How London became Europe’s smartphone theft capital
The London Standard’s crime editor Anthony France reports a phone is now stolen in the capital every six minutes amid a 150 per cent increase in device snatches.As part of an investigation into this c...
20 Dec 202410min
Thames Water customers brace for 35% bills surge after Ofwat ruling
Thames Water bills will rise by more than a third to an average of £588 over the next five years despite its dismal record on pollution and leaks.Water regulator Ofwat said the UK’s biggest water comp...
19 Dec 202411min
Euston HS2 station to have just six platforms, says government
The government has confirmed London’s new HS2 station at Euston will have just six platforms.The London Standard’s transport editor Ross Lydall reports rail commentators fear this could result in a la...
18 Dec 202412min
Ukraine claims killing of Russian chemical weapons general in Moscow e-scooter bomb
Ukraine has claimed responsibility for an e-scooter bomb that killed a top Russian general in Moscow on Tuesday.Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical pro...
17 Dec 202413min
Royal Mail £3.6bn takeover: impact on UK stamps, letters & parcels
Royal Mail has been cleared to be taken into foreign ownership for the first time in its 508-year history.Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky was given the green light by ministers to buy Royal Mail’s ...
16 Dec 202410min
Syria revolution, farmers’ protest, Tube fare rises & Marie Antoinette’s £24m ‘smartwatch’: our weekly news round-up
Welcome to The Standard podcast’s round-up special edition. In this episode:Assad flees Syria: what now for Middle East after rebels topple regime?Ivy League graduate Luigi Mangione charged with Unite...
14 Dec 202412min
How much are 2025 Tube ticket rises & London bus fares?
Transport for London has announced fare increases for Tube travellers next year at more than double the rate of inflation.Mayor Sadiq Khan confirmed the cost of travelling on the Underground, London O...
13 Dec 202412min
Dr John Krystal: Why ketamine can solve a mental health epidemic (Brave New World preview)
Host Evgeny Lebedev meets Dr. John Krystal, professor of neuroscience at the Yale School of Medicine, to discuss Ketamine, what it is, and how it can solve a mental health epidemic. This is a special...
12 Dec 202417min
