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Inside the exclusive private London hospitals used by the royals

From wine lists and heated pools to concierge services, only the best of the best will do for The Firm

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2024

Things to look forward to in 2024

From the grand return of the dodo to Soho's rebirth, AI Elvis and a major Yoko Ono exhibition - here's a list of reasons to be cheerful in 2024

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2024

OPINION - Sadiq Khan plans to put loos on the Tube — but what took so long?

Well done, the Greens. If credit is due anywhere for the inclusion of £3 million in the Mayor’s budget for public lavatories at Tube stations, it should go to Caroline Russell. She’s the leader of the Greens in the London Assembly, and she’s been banging on about this for years.…

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2024

Google Maps can now stay connected in tunnels thanks to latest update – here's how to turn on the new setting

Google Maps can now interface with Bluetooth beacons in tunnels to retain signal underground

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2024

What is The End We Start From based on? The movie about first time motherhood in an apocalypse

What is The End We Start From based on? Jodie Comer is a new mum trying to survive the chaos of an apocalyptic world in this survival drama.

GoodToKnow · Jan 18, 2024

Sadiq Khan reveals £500million pre-election spending splurge with more cash for police and Tube toilets

Liberal Democrats' Caroline Pidgeon says mayor has 'magically' found 'pots of money that only a few weeks ago he was denying existed'

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2024

Where tourists seldom tread, part 7: five more British towns with secret histories

From Slough to Stockton-on-Tees, these provincial towns have been derided, mocked and caricatured. But there are so many reasons to visit places that are snubbed by the guidebooks

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024

Labour lifts suspension on London by-election candidate hours before polls open

Members of Hackney Labour were told to cease campaigning for Laura Pascal over the weekend following allegations of transphobia

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024

Homophobic killer who murdered man in east London graveyard loses bid to appeal sentence

Erik Feld was jailed after attacking a father-of-two in a graveyard with a claw hammer

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024

Family of London endurance cyclist who died from heatstroke earn six figure sum from insurers

Barry Covington collapsed while competing in the UCI Gran Fondo Amateur World Championships in France in August 2017

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024