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Pod flats to help beat shortage in housing for capital's key workers

19.08.11
Pod homes for teachers and firefighters are being put on the roofs of buildings to help solve London's housing crisis... more

Dougray Scott to host charity golf tournament

12.07.11
Desperate Housewives star Dougray Scott is to host the Leuka Mini Masters alongside James Nesbitt and Gianluca Vialli... more

Wrong body in the coffin: Family's grim discovery at funeral as hospital blunders

04.07.11
Two grieving families were sent the wrong bodies for burial after a mix-up by a London hospital, it has been revealed... more

City Spy: Barclays' Diamond must be worried...

10.03.11
A reader writes in about Bob Diamond's pay. "Just some points from an investment banker with 30 years in the business..."... more

Lady of the lamp: Mary Katrantzou's bright idea

18.02.11
Mary Katrantzou has lit up the fashion world with a rather bright idea. Lena Corner meets a very switched-on newcomer... more

Twins go sky-diving for 82nd birthday

18.10.10
Identical twin brothers will mark their 82nd birthday on Sunday with their first sky dive... more

Mother dies after winning cancer drug fight

12.05.10
A mother who fought the NHS to provide her with a life-prolonging drug dies — two weeks after winning her appeal... more

Woman sent home with sprained ankle had cancer of brain

13.04.10
Woman sent home from a London hospital only to be told the next day that she had life-threatening cancer when she visited another hospital... more

Cancer support charity to cut visits after funding falls

08.12.09
A London cancer charity is faced with axing vital home visits for patients because of a funding crisis... more

The fertility experts

04.11.09
The best clinics in and around London... more

He was my friend, my mentor – the greatest writer London had

21.04.09
JG Ballard – Jim to those who knew him – is considered by many to be the most significant author of the past 50 years. Here, one admirer pays tribute to his foremost literary inspiration and remembers an extraordinary and gentle man... more

Paxman joins brain donor list

20.04.09
Celebrities including Jeremy Paxman and Jane Asher have pledged to donate their brains after death to help find a cure for Parkinson's disease... more

UK fertility experts hail first ‘defect free’ designer pregnancy

26.01.09
A British woman is pregnant with the world’s first “fast-track” designer baby, scientists have revealed... more

The best gift for Holly, her friend's kidney

23.12.08
A kidney patient who had given up hope of a normal life today thanked a childhood friend for "the most amazing gift"... more

Huge areas of London have gaps in emergency care

08.12.08
Londoners could be more than 40 minutes from specialist medical units designed to treat the most seriously injured patients, experts fear... more

The Art of Giving

02.10.08
As the Evening Standard launches its new Eros Charity Card, we introduce the people you will be helping every time you buy the paper... more

Cancer victim leaves hospital bed to cycle 1,000 miles for charity

18.08.08
A cancer victim left his hospital bed hours after emergency treatment because he was determined to start a gruelling 1,000-mile fundraising trip... more

'Jamie and I are desperate for a baby boy,' says Jools Oliver... as she poses in a seductive shoot

31.07.08
Jools Oliver has revealed that she is prepared to undergo further gruelling IVF treatment to give husband Jamie the son he has dreamed of.... more


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