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Nick Gifford hopes spin at Ascot will get Straw Bear roaring

18.11.09
Nick Gifford is mulling over the possibility of aiming Straw Bear at the World Hurdle at Cheltenham in March, should the gelding rediscover his old sparkle... more

Overnight allowances for peers will be slashed after investigation by watchdog

29.10.09
Peers face big cuts in their expenses as well as being asked to provide full receipts for the money they claim in future... more

Johnson plans to cut red tape and save 200,000 police hours

16.09.09
Home Secretary Alan Johnson is to announce plans to slash police red tape by cutting the size of the stop and search form... more

Sixth form college leads way with 99.4% passes

20.08.09
Students at a sixth form college in south London led the way with a record number of A grades... more

Next stop Cambridge for pioneering boy from the East End

20.08.09
A-level students across London were celebrating their results today - or just the relief that the wait was over... more

Thousands to miss out in university scramble

14.08.09
Tens of thousands of A-level students could be denied a university place this summer as Britain's top colleges warn they are already full... more

Baroness Scotland changes her tune...

05.08.09
Raised eyebrows in the Treasury at the interview with Baroness Scotland, the attorney-general, in the Financial Times. She is keen to get across just how determined she is to crack down on financial crime ... ... more

Schools ministers 'must do better at boosting the arts'

02.06.09
A leading education expert has called for a revolution in the role of the arts in schools... more

George Baker hoping to make headline news at Ascot

28.05.09
Horse racing: George Baker has made an astonishing metamorphosis from racing journalist to successful trainer in the blink of an eye... more

Universities still dominated by middle class

03.02.09
White middle-class families continue to dominate places at leading universities, new research indicates... more

Racing set to be decimated by freezing conditions

31.12.08
The cold snap has started to take its toll on Britain's jumps meetings with both Uttoxeter and Warwick called off... more

Four vie for top place

29.10.08
Four unbeaten teams are neck-and-neck at the top of the Evening Standard schools’ 1st XV league... more

Strewth! They're speed dating our girls off us...

24.09.08
Thirty Australian men launched a raid on Soho to pinch as many London women as possible and spirit them back Down Under - all with government backing... more

Universities pledge to interview state pupils

24.09.08
A group of leading universities will guarantee interviews to gifted working-class teenagers amid mounting government pressure to take more students from state schools... more

Students celebrate record grades

14.08.08
Students across London are celebrating after scooping top grades in their A-levels... more

'This is my time, says Harman in leader bid'

29.07.08
Gordon Brown faced a threat of ministerial resignations and a claim that deputy leader Harriet Harman is preparing to stand for Prime Minister... more

Brown vows to tough it out after Glasgow East disaster

25.07.08
Gordon Brown has vowed to tough out a growing crisis over his leadership after a humiliating defeat in "supersafe" Glasgow East... more

Comment: Glasgow kiss for Gordon Brown

25.07.08
The victory speeches of winning candidates in by-elections are usually characterised by triumphalism rather than political acuity... more

Labour fears Glasgow election on knife-edge

24.07.08
A last-minute attack of nerves hit Labour today as the crucial Glasgow East by-election came to a nail-biting finish... more

St Benedict's face tough test against Wellington College

19.03.08
Two of the leading Standard super 1st XV teams are to fight it out for honours at Twickenham... more

Throwing down the gauntlet at Queen's Arms

10.03.08
With a more pub-like name, decor and atmosphere, the Queen's Arms is a good barometer for the prevailing fashion of pubs in London.... more

Wellington reprieve after St Peter's are expelled

19.02.08
Wellington are not out of the Daily Mail U18s Cup after all, despite losing their quarter-final match 12-10 against St Peter's of Gloucester... more

Bonkers but oddly inspired life story

04.02.08
Time may be catching up with revered singer Dionne Warwick, but her voice was still in fine fettle at the London Palladium.... more

Friends reunited in clubland

16.11.07
The Big Uni Reunion is a great party night for catching up with pals from those good old student days.... more

Pathetic Joan stokes up a blaze of theatricality

12.07.07
No 20th century British play better demonstrates the dangers and intolerances of religious fundamentalism than Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Unconventional King Arthur needs tidying up

22.06.07
The Armonico Consort Touring Opera's production of Purcell's King Arthur is an unconventional adapataion of a traditional yarn. ... more

Courting controversy

06.02.07
The Royal Court should provoke, says its new director Dominic Cooke in his first interview, and he plans to do just that.... more

Club Bar goes the whole hog

20.09.06
The all-day menu is a sign of the times and this is what the recently opened Club Bar & Dining is offering. If its aim is to be all things to all people, it is succeeding well.... more

Young contender

06.09.06
It may be pitched at slinky young Londoners with a few bob to spare, but the food at The Club Bar & Dining is of surprisingly high quality, says Marina O'Loughlin.... more

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