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Office days: The full list of average weekly working patterns at FTSE 100 companies

Here is the full list of respondents and their feedback to a Evening Standard survey looking at weekly working patterns, writes Joanna Hodgson

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2023

Sierra Leone’s pregnant teens matched with mentors to save their lives

Sex for lunch money or just to jump the queue for water – teen pregnancy is common in Sierra Leone and death rates among pregnant girls are shockingly high. 2YoungLives is a mentoring scheme that aims to help girls survive childbirth and get back to education.

Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2023

Talking Point: Will you use the Bank of England’s proposed digital pound?

Dubbed by some as ‘Britcoin’ the planned digital pound would not in fact be a cryptocurrency but could become a new way of paying

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2023

The Leader podcast: ‘Going to church on your period is a sin’

How myths about periods are finally being dispelled in El Salvador

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2023

In El Salvador, girls find power in talking about their periods

The Red Butterflies educational programme is helping girls - and boys - from rural El Salvador demystify menstruation and learn to respect their bodies

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2023

Love Island Winter 2023: First episode review

The first in Evening Standard's Love Island: Crack On, we take a look at the first episode, discuss the changes to this year's format and make our predictions on who will take home the crown. Maya Jama left the Love Island contestants in shock after announcing the arrival of the…

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2023

Deborah Watts, cousin of Emmett Till, on his legacy and what moved her about the film

"I can see the moment when she decided to swallow her pain and move forward towards action", Deborah Watts, cousin of Emmett Till and co-founder of his foundation, holds back tears. Till is a compelling new biographical drama film based on the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley's relentless pursuit of…

Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2023

St George’s Hospital in south London declares critical incident due to bed shortages

St George’s University Hospitals said the move was made to ‘improve discharge of patients across all wards’

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2023

Former Daily Mail editor appointed new chief of The Independent

THE former editor of the Daily Mail has been appointed as editor in chief of The Independent.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 4, 2023

‘She was the best of Britain’: remembering Dame Vivienne Westwood, an icon of British fashion

The ever-irreverent British fashion designer has died at the age of 81. Maddy Mussen looks back at her life, work and iconoclastic spirit, according to those who knew her best

Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2022