T ory MPs in the Home Counties are being targeted by the Liberal Democrats as Sir Ed Davey hopes the local elections will provide a “springboard” for an assault on Conservative heartlands. The Liberal Democrat leader said a combination of disillusioned former Tories and left-leaning voters moving out of LondonContinue Reading
Artists – listen up: the Evening Standard Art Prize is back and there’s £5,000 cash up for grabs for the winner. First launched back in 2017, the competition provides an invaluable opportunity for artistic talent across the country to get their work in front of an impressive judging panel andContinue Reading
M igrants crossing the English Channel on small boats have values “at odds” with British norms and are linked to “heightened levels of criminality”, Suella Braverman said. The Home Secretary made the comments as her legislation aimed at deterring migrants from risking the journey from France faced its final CommonsContinue Reading
CHELSEA are up against Brentford in their next Premier League clash TONIGHT – and they’ll be desperate for three points. The Blues have yet to pick up a victory in four games since Frank Lampard took over as manager, and they haven’t won a single game since the start ofContinue Reading
T he first evacuation flights carrying British nationals have taken off from Sudan as UK troops prepare to take over the running of the airfield. Three planes were due to have left conflict-torn Khartoum for Cyprus by Wednesday morning, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledging “many more” would follow asContinue Reading
B etter housing options, tackling low staff pay and making care more affordable are issues raised in a new road map for the future of social care as a sector leader warned it has never been “so close to breaking point”. Now is the time to act to reform theContinue Reading
The government wants the metaverse to be less about having fun and shopping and more about health care and industry.Continue Reading
fizkes/Shutterstock Anxiety rates have been rising in recent years among children and young people, with the situation partially exacerbated by the pandemic. Occasional feelings of anxiety are normal, even in childhood – for example, a child may feel anxious about an approaching test at school. But if the anxiety isContinue Reading
Claudio Caridi, CC BY-SA Seventy years ago, two male scientists, Francis Crick and James Watson, proclaimed they had discovered the secret of life: the structure of DNA. Since then, history has acknowledged how Rosalind Franklin was sidelined. But new archive evidence has cast doubt on the widely accepted narrative –Continue Reading
JOHN Motson has been voted the greatest football commentator of all time in a poll of fans. The late sheepskin-loving soccer encyclopedia beat Brian Moore, David Coleman and Clive Tyldesley to top spot. 1 Late sheepskin-loving soccer encyclopedia John Motson has been voted the greatest football commentator of all timeCredit:Continue Reading
