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Stacey Dooley shuts down Giovanni Pernice question and denies friendship amid 'BBC investigation' into Strictly star

The TV presenter was crowned the winner of Strictly Come Dancing in 2018

Evening Standard · May 20, 2024

Baby Reindeer 'real-life Martha stalker' accused of bombarding Sir Keir Starmer with nearly 300 emails

Emails sent to Labour’s Keir Starmer allegedly included taunts about his wife

Evening Standard · May 20, 2024

Economic optimism rises in Britain but Rishi Sunak's Tories not getting credit for it - new poll

Ipsos survey for The Standard shows 33% of adults expect country’s economic conditions to improve in the next year, while 37% think they’ll get worse

Evening Standard · May 20, 2024

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Evening Standard · May 16, 2024

London's birth rate tumbles 20% in a decade as cost of living crisis puts people off having children

More couples choose to delay children or not have them at all

Evening Standard · May 16, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Keeping London's streets safe without eroding rights is a necessary balancing act

Facial recognition technology is already changing the nature of policing in the capital. To that end, the Met has been granted an additional £500,000 to fund further live facial recognition operations against knife and other offences, as part of a £4 million Home Office investment that will also finance the…

Evening Standard · May 15, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: London's renters need curbs on holiday let free-for-all

From agents’ fees to six-round interviews with prospective flatmates, finding somewhere to rent in London is an exercise in strategic patience. Yet somehow, the process has become even harder in recent years.

Evening Standard · May 14, 2024

UK General Election: Sunak & Starmer signal countdown ...The Standard podcast

PM unveils vision for UK as regional mayors convene

Evening Standard · May 13, 2024

The private members' club no one’s talking about

Countless column inches were filled this week on the Garrick Club. Members of the 192-year-old association, which include deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden and levelling up secretary Michael Gove, were horrified to discover that it didn’t admit women and rushed to overturn the rule.

Evening Standard · May 12, 2024

Could London become ‘Manhattan-on-Thames’? ...The Standard podcast

‘Nearly 600 future skyscrapers planned’ & vertical student halls

Evening Standard · May 10, 2024