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X Factor turns London schoolboy into a pop star in South America

18.10.11
A chorister who left school in London to go travelling tells how he ended up as an X Factor heart-throb in South America... more

Aces of bass - Chase & Status

14.10.11
Drum 'n' bass duo Chase and Status are behind the biggest British release of 2011 and have developed a ferocious live set - "You really get that intensity at our shows, it's all-out carnage," they tell David Smyth... more

New 'wonder' asthma drug could change patients' lives, says study

27.09.11
Pressure is mounting on the NHS to widen the use of a 'wonder' drug for hundreds of thousands of severe asthma sufferers... more

First eye stem cell trial gets go-ahead

23.09.11
Embryonic stem cells are to be used to treat an inherited blinding disorder in a ground-breaking UK trial ... more

Students struggle as Ucas website shuts

18.08.11
As teenagers were celebrating another record year of A-level results, tens of thousands were left in limbo after the website which confirms their university places was shut... more

The name game - the weird science of nominative determinism

25.03.11
A man called Rich Ricci has become one of the highest-paid bankers in the UK ... is this some kind of sick joke, or a scientific inevitability? Roger Highfield on the power of nominative determinism... more

Northerners 20% more likely to die prematurely than southerners

16.02.11
People living in the north of England are 20% more likely to die prematurely than those in the south, research suggests... more

Students 'locked in' university in fees protest

11.11.10
Group of students were staging a sit-down protest today on campus at the University of Manchester, a spokesman said... more

Lord killed in flats fall 'could have been saved'

03.11.10
An aristocrat who fell to his death from a block of flats would still be alive if he had received the medical help he needed to fight depression, his family said... more

Another business star takes up the Whitehall challenge

13.10.10
The business interview: Lloyd’s chairman Lord Levene has been asked to sort out the MoD. Oh, and he’s also launching a bank... more

Immigration rules 'favour soccer stars over talented scientists'

07.10.10
Britain's Nobel prize-winning scientists condemn plans by the Government to impose curbs on immigration... more

Elite universities already full as students fight for places

20.08.10
Britain's top universities declared themselves full as almost 200,000 students scrambled for a dwindling number of places... more

UK model disappointed by Monte Carlo poker tournament exit

28.04.10
British model who has an astrophysics degree spoke of her disappointment after bowing out of a lucrative poker tournament in Monte Carlo... more

What the Evening Standard's panel of voters are thinking

12.04.10
As Labour unveils its manifesto in one of the most hotly contested polls in recent years, the Evening Standard launches its own exclusive general election panel... more

Where's the proof? Beauty creams that really have been tested

10.03.10
Beauty creams are moving from the realms of pseudo-science to offering real evidence that they do work, says Alice Hart-Davis... more

CDs of the week

14.08.09
Calvin Harris makes music for getting ready to go out, Tinchy Stryder's record is dazzling and The XX have made a great debut.... more

Shameless star joins the West End theatre boom

07.08.09
Anne-Marie Duff is to become the latest big name to take to the West End stage as theatres defy the recession... more

Man killed by Tube train was secretary to Justice minister

09.06.09
A man who died after being hit by a Tube train was a high-flying government civil servant... more

Boots £19 cream really does beat wrinkles

28.04.09
A face cream which costs £19.75 has been declared a success in clinical trials — prompting predictions of frenzied demand for the over-the-counter product... more

Recession means the boomerang generation keep coming back home

15.04.09
Record numbers of young adults are refusing to leave home and instead stay at the “hotel of mum and dad” for years to save money... more

Heart risk for underweight babies

01.04.09
Underweight babies are more likely to develop heart disease and diabetes, according to a study... more

BBC is 'petty' for stripping my son's team of University Challenge title

03.03.09
The father of the University Challenge contestant who caused his winning team to be disqualified spoke out to defend his son... more

University quiz genius could read at age of one

24.02.09
The woman hailed as the greatest ever University Challenge contestant spoke of her "self-image issues" ... more

Ken sets out his stall for 2012

24.02.09
Ken Livingstone's forthright interview with this newspaper today should serve as a sharp corrective for anyone who believed that the former Mayor's defeat by Boris Johnson last May marked the end of his political career... more

Sleaze row peer claims £400,000 just in expenses

27.01.09
One of the peers at the centre of corruption allegations has claimed nearly £400,000 of taxpayers' money in expenses, the Standard can reveal... more

Binge women drinking a week's alcohol in a night

14.11.08
Some young women are consuming more than a week's worth of alcohol units in a night, it emerged... more

Call on MPs to ease 'unethical' abortion rule

17.10.08
Abortion law should be modified to remove "qualifying conditions" required for the procedure, academics say... more

Countdown to man's Big Bang begins

09.09.08
Scientists are preparing to switch on the world's biggest scientific experiment... more

Sushi with the man who has plans to take BT the next mile

16.07.08
Ian Livingston has been fondly called a bean-counter-turned-entrepreneur, but as he sets out his ambitious ideas for BT, it is clear that his retail credentials are solid... more


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