Covid 19: schools under pressure from rising cases
As coronavirus cases are on the rise again and the Omicron variant becomes more prevalent, some of the measures designed to slow the spread of the virus have been reintroduced.Wearing facemasks is man...
7 Dec 20216min
Skill Up Step Up: £1m campaign to assist jobless young into work
London’s youth unemployment has soared by 55 per cent since the start of the pandemic, with 21 per cent of young people seeking work jobless.The Office for National Statistics says the figure is five ...
6 Dec 20216min
Inside the CIA: exclusive interview on spies’ secret Wikipedia
We get the scoop on Intellipedia, the internal Wiki developed at Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley. The Leader was granted the first British broadcast interview with one of the digit...
3 Dec 20218min
Meghan wins privacy battle against Mail on Sunday
The Duchess of Sussex has emerged victorious from her privacy battle with the Mail on Sunday despite last-minute bombshells from a former key aide. Meghan sued the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and ...
2 Dec 20217min
Omicron: ‘I’m pregnant, stuck in South Africa & then my husband was stabbed’
It was meant to be a sunshine break and catch-up with family and friends in South Africa before welcoming their first child for 32 weeks pregnant Evening Standard Celebrity Correspondent Lizzie Edmond...
1 Dec 20216min
Omicron: UK's face mask crackdown - will it work?
Mouth-and-nose coverings are back on London’s tube and rail network, and in shops, with the threat of £200 fines for breaking the rules. Amid concerns about vaccine efficacy against Omicron, we get th...
30 Nov 20217min
London’s Youth Jobless crisis
Our investigations editor, David Cohen, joins the podcast following his front-page probe into London’s astonishing youth unemployment problem. In a joint investigation with our sister site the Indepen...
29 Nov 20218min
Tube strikes and the TfL Crisis
A 24-hour strike has caused travel chaos for London commuters wanting to travel on the Victoria, Central, Northern, Jubilee and Piccadilly tube lines. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union...
26 Nov 20219min
