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Sorry, Sarkozy - you won't entice me back to France

06.11.09

One disconcerting aspect of being among London's 300,000 French expats is hearing Nicolas Sarkozy constantly implore me to return home... more

IVF specialist: Why I'm devoted to my work

04.11.09

Demand for IVF in London is at an all-time high and leading specialist Mohamed Taranissi has one of the best success rates in the country... more

Meningitis alert at Oxford after student dies

02.11.09

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Pressure was too much for him, says mother of hanged Oxford student

16.10.09

Mother told of her heartbreak after her student son committed suicide at Oxford University because of the pressure to get a first-class degree... more

Plans for new university buildings unveiled

15.10.09

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�Under pressure� Oxford student hanged himself

14.10.09

Talented Oxford University student hanged himself after telling friends he was struggling with his studies, an inquest heard... more

First 1,000 children are given swine flu vaccine in trial begin

29.09.09

Children in Britain received swine flu jabs today as trials for the vaccine started... more

4C temperature rise 'extreme but plausible'

28.09.09

Temperatures could rise by 4C in this generation according to a new study from British scientists... more

Latest advice: Don't give Tamiflu to under thirteens

10.08.09

Children should not be given the two main drugs used to treat swine flu because the side-effects outweigh the benefits, experts warned... more

Hard lessons for rising labour star

24.07.09

Eleven years ago, at the age of 17, Will Straw found himself being marched to Kennington police station by his father... more

Grim start to life in big brother's bleak house

05.06.09

The Big Brother contestants are adjusting to life in a house stripped of all creature comforts... more

Breathe easy, this chocolate won�t pile on the pounds

21.05.09

The perfect snack for chocolate-lovers watching their weight has been released in shops � if they can get their hands on it... more

Expert who stole pages of rare texts has prison term halved

29.04.09

An internationally-renowned scholar who was jailed for cutting out and stealing pages from rare and ancient literary texts had his sentence halved... more

Baby Labour

22.04.09

Georgia Gould isn�t the only child of a Labour dynasty making her mark in politics. Emily Hill reveals the other holders of famous names following the family tradition... more

It�s women who�ll reap the benefit of this crunch

24.03.09

It's the kind of thing you hear more and more often - "I'm doing what I've always wanted to do"; "I'm spending more time with the kids and being a proper dad" - in response to that increasingly dangerous question: "What do you do?"... more

Vatican rushes to defend Pope's condom claim

19.03.09

The Vatican has been forced to defend Pope Benedict XVI's opposition to condoms as a means for stopping the spread of Aids... more

500-year-old school to admit girls for the first time

11.03.09

A top private boys school is to admit girls for the first time in its 500-year history... more

University quiz genius could read at age of one

24.02.09

The woman hailed as the greatest ever University Challenge contestant spoke of her "self-image issues" ... more

Versatile Hewat's unstoppable as London Irish axe Dax again

12.12.08

London Irish outclassed Dax for the second time in six days to take total control of their European Challenge Cup pool ... more

Oxford rugby players in new race row over 'blacking up'

18.11.08

Rugby players from Oxford University have sparked a second race row in as many weeks after pictures of them blacked-up and wearing loincloths at an Africa theme party were uncovered... more

Oxford University has �30m stuck in Iceland

16.10.08

The full scale of the Iceland bank crash's impact on British institutions is emerging... more

Dyslexia gene discovery brings hope to sufferers

01.10.08

The gene linked to dyslexia has been identified which scientists said today could lead to better treatment for millions of sufferers... more

The great Britons who support our campaign

09.09.08

Gold-medal cyclists Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins backed the Evening Standard campaign for a lasting London 2012 legacy... more

City lawyer 'who groped student in Soho strip club' is sacked

05.08.08

A City lawyer has been sacked after allegedly sexually assaulting a work experience student at a Soho strip club... more

The bump she DIDN'T want: Pregnant Natasha Kaplinsky inspects damage to her 4x4

27.07.08

It was a different kind of bump all together. Pregnant Five News presenter Natasha Kaplinsky examines the damage to her gas-guzzling BMW X5 which was shunted while parked outside her home in Fulham, south west London.... more

Growing flocks of parakeets forcing out native birds

04.06.08

Parakeets are breeding in such numbers in London that there could be 50,000 by 2010, threatening native species, experts warned... more

Barbican show is posing a most seductive question

10.10.07

The Barbican has insisted their Seduced exhibition, a new survey of 2,000 years of sex in art, is a most serious academic show.... more

The Long way round

27.09.06

Josie Long's Kindness and Exuberance is the most upbeat, quirky comedy show you'll ever encounter. Long might look shambolic but this is a smart and endearing hour celebrating life's bright side.... more