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�We must invest in our education�

14.10.09

Universities were hardly out of the headlines over the summer. And the looming review of tuition fees promises to keep the temperature high through the autumn and winter too... more

Science 'just for posh kids' as subject dwindles in state sector

06.10.09

Study of science is becoming the preserve of 'posh kids' from private schools amid warnings of a shortage of specialist teachers in state education... more

US politician puts blame on Churchill for Second World War

04.09.09

The row over responsibility for the Second World War broke out again last night at the Evening Standard and Intelligence Squared's joint debate on Winston Churchill... more

190 miss a place in university mix-up

25.08.09

Almost 200 sixth-formers given a place at a leading university have had the offers retracted after admission blunders... more

You can't beat beetroot

12.08.09

Beetroot is the new health veg: it�s low in calories, will help you detox and is even good for stamina ... more

Backpacker backlash as boy's father denies bush ordeal was a hoax

16.07.09

Family of London backpacker Jamie Neale angrily hit back at claims generated by the Australian media that his miracle survival is a hoax... more

London backpacker found alive after 12 days lost in the bush

15.07.09

British backpacker Jamie Neale is found alive after going missing in the Australian bush for nearly two weeks. He survived living on seeds, grass and berries... more

Andy Murray cheered to rafters in epic victory

30.06.09

Andy Murray raised the roof of Centre Court as he fought through to the Wimbledon quarter-finals in an epic five-set battle... more

Anything's possible: Meet London's top fixers

28.05.09

Want to secure an audience with the Pope, get into Elton John�s party or source the world�s rarest diamonds? Meet the people who like to say �yes��... more

Scam victims 'likely to be caught out again'

19.05.09

Those who have fallen victim to "get rich quick" scams or bogus lotteries that cost the public �3.5 billion a year are likely to fall victim again to such schemes, the consumer watchdog the Office of Fair Trading said ... more

Quick end to year of controversy

09.04.09

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Student killed by leukaemia she didn't know she had

27.01.09

A boyfriend has told of his grief after his student girlfriend died on a Caribbean holiday two days after complaining of a headache... more

The ten young stars with sights on London gold

16.01.09

We highlight 10 athletes who are aiming for gold medals at the 2012 Olympic Games.... more

Anti-terror job for 'safe pair of hands'

22.12.08

Bob Quick's appointment to head Britain's counter terrorism operations was generally considered a safe move following the departure of his predecessor Andy Hayman.... more

University degree won't mean you get a good job, students told

26.11.08

Students were warned not to go to university in the hope of a better-paid career amid fresh evidence that thousands of graduates end up in menial jobs... more

Women lawyers will battle it out in Madonna divorce

16.10.08

Guy Ritchie is consulting the lawyer who secured Britain's biggest divorce pay-out, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Finance

08.10.08

Britain will look to the Square Mile to pull it out of the economic mire, and these are the big names who will deliver the recovery. ... more

Students celebrate record grades

14.08.08

Students across London are celebrating after scooping top grades in their A-levels... more

Actress Emma Thompson introduces her 'adopted' refugee son at Mandela party

26.06.08

With actor husband Greg Wise and her unofficially adopted son Tindyebwa Agaba around Emma Thompson doesn't have to look too far for a dashing leading man.... more

Emma Thompson's 'adopted' Rwandan son moans about Britain's 'pathetic celebrity culture'

05.03.08

Five years ago he left a life of unimaginable hardship as a child soldier in war-torn Rwanda to join one of the most successful families in Britain. Tindyebwa Agaba, the 20-year-old 'adopted' son of Emma Thompson, has lived at the actress's Hampstead home and had his university education paid for by her ... more