Londoners have started casting their votes in the 2024 mayoral election that is pitting Labour incumbant Sadiq Khan against Tory challenger Susan Hall.

The Home Secretary branded it a "vile, antisemitic" group as the order to proscribe it took effect

Sir Keir Starmer is currently more popular with British people than Boris Johnson, a new poll suggests.

The Crown Prosecution Service has been asked to review evidence into the coronavirus-related death of railway worker Belly Mujinga.

As I write this, I am sitting on an Avanti West Coast train from Edinburgh to London listening to arguments break out between the passengers. People are arriving at seats thinking they had reserved...

Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize after helping broker a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

Superdrug has launched a new range of sanitary products "for people who menstruate".

Police dispersed crowd over fears they were "putting people in danger" Bottles thrown and batons used as clashes broke out Jeremy Corbyn's brother Piers and conspiracy theorist David Icke among...

The Muslim council of Britain today described the London Bridge terror attack, carried out during the month of Ramadan, as an affront to the religion of Islam.

Scores of protesters clashed with officers after defying a police ban to pay respects to Sarah Everard in Clapham Common on Saturday night. 

As he prepares to launch the controversial channel GB News, its chairman Andrew Neil talks Piers Morgan, cancel culture, BBC salaries and getting out of your comfort zone

Jeremy Corbyn has been voted as the best prime minister Britain never had in a Twitter poll.

Weekly coronavirus deaths have dropped to the lowest number in England and Wales since mid-March, new statistics suggest.

Priti Patel has said she doesn’t support the Black Lives Matter protests and wouldn’t ‘take the knee’ in a recent interview.

Five MPs, including Sir Bob Neill, Stephen Hammond and David Simmonds representing London constituencies, have now gone public calling for Boris Johnson to resign since Gray report

The brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has denounced politicians who have voted for Covid restrictions.

Lord Alan Sugar has said his central London property investments are "suffering" due to office workers staying home and City-based companies finding out they "don't need" pre-pandemic size premises.

The Hollywood star surprised 500 elderly residents on Christmas Day

It's the funnyman's first comedy special since 2010

Donald Trump has claimed that a law protecting Twitter from liability over its users’ post must be scrapped due to “national security” fears as he was mocked online with the hashtag #diaperdon.

Activists protested in Glasgow Central Station after the UK abstained from voting for a ceasefire at the UN

Barristers for the duke claim News Group Newspapers unlawfully gathered information on him from 1994 to 2016, the High Court heard

Police are investigating the death of a London business student whose body was found lying on a beach in East Sussex.

Britain has held talks with the US on an alternative 5G supplier to Chinese tech giant Huawei, Downing Street confirmed today.

Tom Hardy has reportedly been cast as the next James Bond to replace Daniel Craig.

Evening Standard launches new appeal to get food to the vulnerable during virus crisis – with backing from Boris Johnson You can donate at virginmoneygiving.com/fund/FoodforLondonNOW

Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas in a popular shopping districts as thousands took to the streets to march against Beijing's plan to impose national security laws on the city.

Royal couple announced on Monday evening’s BBC Radio One show that they would lead discussions on the importance of mental health for show to be broadcast on Tuesday

The Mayor of London visited a cannabis facotry in Los Angeles as part of his US tour.

Mr Trudeau is in the UK for talks on the war in Ukraine with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte

Chelsea Clinton has urged people to lay off Donald Trump’s son Barron, saying she feels "very protective" of the teenager.

There will be a traditional church service held in the abbey

The US has imposed sanctions on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and other top officials for undermining the territory's autonomy.

EXCLUSIVE: The Ipsos MORI research found the Conservatives have pulled ahead of Labour by four points amid overwhelming public acclaim for the vaccine rollout

London Elects, the body that oversees the City Hall elections, has said Fox’s application to stand in the May 2 election was ‘not valid’

An Irish teenager has handed himself into the police after Ian Wright shared images of racist abuse he had suffered on Instagram.

At least two moped-riding thieves suffered broken bones after they were rammed by police cars, the Metropolitan Police commissioner has admitted.

Law professors were among those who took the newly-formed Reform UK party leader to task over the error

Tear gas is among the new flavours at a Hong Kong ice cream shop as a "reminder to people that they still have to persist" in the city's pro-democracy movement.

Olly Alexander has sparked a backlash after signing an open letter condemning Israel as an 'apartheid regime'

Protesters have marched in Hong Kong to mark the first anniversary of a violent clash with police outside the semi-autonomous Chinese city’s legislature.

More than 600 people have been arrested during five days of climate change protests

Hong Kong police have made their first major arrests under the new national security law.

Labour has now demanded a “very swift explanation” from Number 10 over reports that Dominic Cummings broke the Government’s coronavirus lockdown rules.

The charity works with vulnerable children and young people in the southern African nations of Lesotho and Botswana

The Yoko Ono Lennon Centre will be home to the University of Liverpool’s new 400-seat concert hall, The Tung Auditorium

A 14-year-old schoolboy has managed to build a working nuclear reactor in his bedroom and is being regarded as one of the youngest experts in America.

Laurence Fox has lost his £10,000 deposit after getting just 1.8 per cent of votes in the London mayoral elections.

Yorkshire MP Philip Davies has demanded a debate on freedom of speech after a man was found guilty of making a "grossly offensive" video online.

Brewery tells of excitement as Prince of Wales samples its pizzas in Hackney Wick

A London charity earmarked to be a major beneficiary of the Evening Standard’s On the Breadline Christmas appeal has received a “substantial personal donation” from His Majesty The King to help...

The singer's lyrics drawn upon his grief after his mother passed away in 2016

Shocking footage has emerged showing hundreds of Coventry University students flouting social distancing rules at a huge party in halls despite increasing Covid-19 cases.

England’s Deputy Chief Medical officer has raised eyebrows while attempting to promote the Government’s new Test and Trace programme.

The publishers of the Mail on Sunday have been criticised by a High Court judge for refusing to “see the light” before eventually conceding defeat in its long-running battle with the Duchess of...

An adorable photo of two holiday “best friends” when they were young girls in 2006 sparked a successful social media search to reunite the pair.

Tom Hardy has reportedly been cast as the next James Bond to replace Daniel Craig.

Jeremy Corbyn has been voted as the best prime minister Britain never had in a Twitter poll.