The highs and lows of London's year in lockdown
The Evening Standard's Jonathan Prynn and Nicholas Cecil discuss how measures to curb the spread of coronavirus have hit the capital city. More than £50bn has been wiped from London's economy, accordi...
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The EU vaccine war's heating up as a third covid wave comes the UK's way; and is Deliveroo worth nearly £9bn?
Political editor Joe Murphy describes the negotiations as the European Union threatens to raise the stakes in the vaccine wars, just as Boris Johnson warns the continent's "third wave" of coronavirus ...
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Life expectancy in Covid-era London worst since Second World War
“Staggering” official figures reveal how Covid-19 has impacted life expectancy in London -now at its worst since the Second World War.Data from PublicHealth England, analysed by the King’s Fund, shows...
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Schoolgirls are being empowered to beat street predators as community processes trauma of Sarah Everard’s death
Londoners are still processing the horrific disappearance and death of Sarah Everard, there is a renewed focus on what more can be done to keep women safe on the streets. As the inquest into Sarah’s d...
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Is the EU starting a coronavirus vaccine war?
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen's shocked the UK by appearing to threaten to cut off vaccine supplies from Europe if doses of AstraZeneca made in the UK aren't sent back to the cont...
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Why is the AstraZeneca covid vaccine being suspended by so many EU countries? And Prince Philip is out of hospital.
With countries across Europe suspending use of the AstraZeneca injection, we speak to Dr Will Budd, from Imperial College London, about claims that the vaccine may be causing blood clots in some recip...
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Sarah Everard Vigil: How it turned to violence
Evening Standard crime correspondent Anthony France takes us through the events that turned a peaceful vigil on Clapham Common into a violent protest with four arrests. Could Scotland Yard have done m...
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Sarah Everard: Met acknowledges "hurt and anger"; And Ross Lydall meets Laurence Fox
Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave has promised Scotland Yard's dedication to the people of London is "undiminished" after it was confirmed Sarah Everard's body had been identified. The Evening Stan...
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