The former head of the Government's schools testing agency, who resigned over the Sats fiasco, will be paid £180,000 for the six months following his suspension last year, it emerged... more
Our poll on London's policing shows that by a narrow margin, the capital has a positive view of the police - but public satisfaction is moving in the wrong direction following the widely viewed collapse of bystander Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests... more
Schools Secretary Ed Balls personally backed the crisis-hit new marking system for Sats despite admitting it was a "risk", the Standard can reveal... more
Tens of thousands of families face a stressful wait for school test results as further details of the chaos that engulfed this year's Sats marking emerge... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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