UK unemployment spikes as we plunge into Covid recession, and New Zealand faces virus return
After 102 days with no locally transmitted infections, coronavirus is back in New Zealand. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed four cases have been found in Auckland, the country's biggest city, w...
11 Aug 202014min
How the government plans to re-open schools in September safely. And, Simon Callow on pantomime and a "theatrical catastrophe"
Boris Johnson says the country has a "moral duty" to get children back in school this September. But with scientists debating the safety of it, how does the government plan to re-open classrooms witho...
10 Aug 202016min
Thousands of at-risk young people not visited by children’s services in lockdown, and the UK 'wants Biden to be President'
A special Evening Standard investigation has found thousands of vulnerable young people weren’t visited by children's services during lockdown. In the three months to June 30, face-to-face visits by c...
7 Aug 202013min
The Hiroshima legacy, 75 years on; and how lockdown's made it harder to catch terrorists.
What is the legacy of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bomb attacks? 75 years on, survivors have contributed to an oral history of that's being exhibited at the Imperial War Museum, with a message t...
6 Aug 202014min
Beirut after the blast: How does the city recover? And could Tik Tok be coming to London?
There's anger on the streets of Beirut after an explosion with a quarter of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb's power ripped apart the port area of the city. From there, journalist Nada Homsi tells us blame ...
5 Aug 202013min
After Donald Trump's 'car crash’ Axios interview, why do politicians put themselves through it? And four weeks to save London's summer
Donald Trump's opponents have seized on a television interview in which the US President struggles to defend the country's record on coronavirus. He's also been criticised for dismissing civil rights ...
4 Aug 202018min
London's "critical" moment as coronavirus rises again; and will Eat Out to Help Out save our restaurants?
The World Health Organisation's Dr David Nabarro's told the Evening Standard London is "at a critical time" in its battle against coronavirus. He's spoken to our deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil...
3 Aug 202013min
What's going on with the UK's coronavirus restrictions? And, how big tech made a fortune during the pandemic lockdown
Boris Johnson has cancelled major moves out of lockdown including the reopening of wedding parties and casinos in response to a rise in coronavirus cases. The Prime Minister called a press conference ...
31 Juli 202015min
