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Nick Gifford hopes spin at Ascot will get Straw Bear roaring

2009-11-18T10:01:17Z

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

Overnight allowances for peers will be slashed after investigation by watchdog

2009-10-29T10:20:30Z

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

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

2009-09-16T05:37:12Z

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

Sixth form college leads way with 99.4% passes

2009-08-20T13:36:59Z

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

Next stop Cambridge for pioneering boy from the East End

2009-08-20T08:57:32Z

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

Thousands to miss out in university scramble

2009-08-14T08:20:11Z

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

Baroness Scotland changes her tune...

2009-08-05T06:43:04Z

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 ...

Schools ministers 'must do better at boosting the arts'

2009-06-02T07:34:11Z

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

George Baker hoping to make headline news at Ascot

2009-05-28T08:53:38Z

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

Universities still dominated by middle class

2009-02-03T09:02:37Z

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

Looking for full-time employment feels like Kafka's Trial

2009-01-05T08:34:01Z

Racing set to be decimated by freezing conditions

2008-12-31T10:20:41Z

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

Four vie for top place

2008-10-29T11:56:48Z

Four unbeaten teams are neck-and-neck at the top of the Evening Standard schools� 1st XV league

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

2008-09-24T10:32:32Z

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

Universities pledge to interview state pupils

2008-09-24T08:36:11Z

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

Students celebrate record grades

2008-08-14T12:06:04Z

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

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

2008-07-29T14:59:43Z

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

Brown vows to tough it out after Glasgow East disaster

2008-07-25T08:29:32Z

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

Comment: Glasgow kiss for Gordon Brown

2008-07-25T08:10:51Z

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

Labour fears Glasgow election on knife-edge

2008-07-24T09:13:10Z

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

St Benedict's face tough test against Wellington College

2008-03-19T09:16:00Z

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

Throwing down the gauntlet at Queen's Arms

2008-03-10T00:00:00Z

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.

Wellington reprieve after St Peter's are expelled

2008-02-19T08:47:54Z

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

Bonkers but oddly inspired life story

2008-02-04T00:00:00Z

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

Friends reunited in clubland

2007-11-16T13:15:31Z

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

Pathetic Joan stokes up a blaze of theatricality

2007-07-11T23:00:00Z

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

Unconventional King Arthur needs tidying up

2007-06-21T23:00:00Z

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

Courting controversy

2007-02-06T12:23:25Z

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

Club Bar goes the whole hog

2006-09-19T23:00:00Z

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.

Young contender

2006-09-05T23:00:00Z

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.