This week the Standard embarks on a unique piece of reporting on London: The Dispossessed, a survey of the capital’s hidden poverty. It will shock readers — and it should do... more
In the richest capital in Europe almost half our children live below the poverty line. The Evening Standard will this week shine a light on their plight... more
Labour has pledged once again to get tough on Britain’s yob culture. Terry Kirby revisits the south London estate where Tony Blair made a similar promise just after Labour’s 1997 landslide... more
Mike Smith of Sixties group The Dave Clark Five has died aged 64, it was announced last night. He died yesterday from pneumonia at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, agent Margo Lewis said... more