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Feb 18, 2020 · 15 min
HSBC job losses: why we need to fight the City’s corner; Sadiq Khan explains his EU “associate citizenship” plan; & London Fashion Week reviewed.
Can UK banks survive in the era of the US megabank? There are worrying signs with HSBC announcing 35,000 job losses, just days after a similar move at RBS. The Evening Standard’s business news editor Alex Lawson explains why it’s so important the UK ne...
Feb 17, 2020 · 10 min
Should the UK get British nationals off the coronavirus cruise ship? Also, assessing the damage from Storm Dennis; and big changes at London’s Museum of Childhood
The US and Australia are among countries that have now vowed to get their citizens off a cruise ship moored off Japan, with coronavirus on-board. So far, the UK government’s not committed to the same action, but the Evening Standard’s deputy political ...
Feb 14, 2020 · 12 min
Could London cope with a Coronavirus pandemic? And a call for environmental ‘sustainability’ at London Fashion Week
There’s a worrying warning from grassroots lobbying group The Doctors’ Association UK that London’s hospitals are under-prepared for tackling a spread of coronavirus. Evening Standard features writer Sam Fishwick’s been investigating what would happen ...
Feb 13, 2020 · 16 min
Sajid Javid resigns as Chancellor: Why? Plus, who is his replacement Rishi Sunak; and why Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt is “a masterwork”
Sajid Javid has resigned as Chancellor amid reports of a row between him and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. What really happened behind closed doors in Downing Street? The Evening Standard’s political editor Joe Murphy’s been finding out about the extra...
Feb 12, 2020 · 14 min
Coronavirus: How Covid-19 is keeping brands away from London Fashion Week. Also, is Bernie Sanders on track for White House win?
Coronavirus has been given a new name by the scientists trying to defeat it. In today’s podcast, we talk to Evening Standard deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil about why the World Health Organisation has decided to re-label the disease as ‘Covid-19...
Feb 11, 2020 · 12 min
Jamaica deportation row leaves 25 offenders in UK; HS2 green light; Pete Buttigieg's Oxford student days
25 foreign national offenders are still in the UK after being pulled from a deportation flight that was supposed to take them to Jamaica. The Evening Standard's Home Affairs Editor Martin Bentham explains how a legal row over mobile phones led to ...
Feb 10, 2020 · 14 min
The British Coronavirus 'super-spreader' linked to 6 UK cases; and how 'Parasite' has changed the Oscars forever
A British businessman is being linked to 6 Coronavirus cases in the UK and 4 more in other countries. The Evening Standard's Health Editor Ross Lydall explains how the so-called 'super-spreader' has been identified, and what action the B...
Feb 7, 2020 · 9 min
Coronavirus cruise ship horror could help win the race to find a vaccine
There are more than 30,000 confirmed cases of Coronavirus around the world, but the number could much higher. Right now there’s a global race to produce a vaccine, as the death toll rises towards 700. Today’s podcast is about that effort.Featuring c...
Feb 6, 2020 · 14 min
On board the coronavirus cruise ship; Trump’s impeachment win; Hollywood’s last golden age star dies
Coronavirus is spreading fast with over 30,000 cases confirmed, and with a third case confirmed in the UK. UK health secretary Matt Hancock chaired a Cobra meeting to explain what the government are doing to help block the spread in the country. UK min...
Feb 5, 2020 · 19 min
Can Mayor Pete Buttigieg oust Donald Trump? & Shaun Bailey's pitch for London Mayor
There’s all-out war between Republicans and Democrats in Washington, and Donald Trump appears to be winning. Nancy Pelosi may have ripped up the print-out of his State of the Union address, but the President’s approval ratings are at an all-time high a...
Feb 4, 2020 · 15 min
Boris goes green in electric car pledge – but can we really ban petrol cars by 2035? Also, did Iowa caucus chaos give Trump cause to cheer?
Boris Johnson has pledged that the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned by 2035 – bringing the government target forward by a full five years. But on Tuesday sacked environment minister Claire O’Neil accused the Prime Minister of ‘not gett...
Feb 3, 2020 · 15 min
Streatham attack: UK terror laws must change - Plus, what’s it like being a BAFTA judge?
Another terror related incident took place on Streatham High Street yesterday, the second in London in the last three months. How do we stop these attacks becoming “normal”? The attacker has been named by police as Sudesh Amman and the Islam...
Jan 31, 2020 · 11 min
Drawing Brexit: a special episode on the day Britain leaves the EU
How do you sum up Brexit in one image? That was the challenge set to the Evening Standard’s cartoonist Christian Adams. To achieve it, he has delved into the archives, to take inspiration from one of the greatest illustrators in all newspape...
Jan 30, 2020 · 16 min
Coronavirus: China policy leaves hundreds of brits stuck in Wuhan, splitting families apart
The last British Airways flight out of China landed in Heathrow on Wednesday night carrying some very relieved passengers. But an estimated 200 Brits remain trapped in Wuhan. The UK have sent a plane to get them but Beijing will not give it pe...
Jan 29, 2020 · 13 min
Why western brands are closing shops in China; will Pompeo UK visit be hampered by Huawei deal; saving a London pop icon
Today British Airways announced they are suspending flights to and from mainland China while they assess the coronavirus situation. The British government has said all repatriated citizens will be placed in quarantine on their return ...
Jan 28, 2020 · 14 min
Boris Johnson defies Trump on Huawei 5G approval. Plus new post-Brexit migration rules, and remembering Nicholas Parsons
After a crunch meeting Boris Johnson has said that Huawei should be allowed a limited role in the new UK 5G infrastructure – despite lobbying from the Trump administration against Huawei’s involvement. Boris Johnson has now been warned that a US-UK tra...
Jan 27, 2020 · 14 min
Coronavirus: we must help brits stuck in Wuhan, China. Plus tributes for Kobe Bryant, and how Brexit could change our diets.
11 million Chinese people are currently locked in the Coronavirus-struck city Wuhan, along with other international citizens. Advice to American and French people within the capital is that to evacuate and they have been offered assistance to do so imm...
Jan 24, 2020 · 16 min
Coronavirus: is the UK prepared? Plus new facial recognition powers for London police, and the ‘fun’ side of Davos 2020
The death toll in China rose to 25 today and cities surrounding Wuhan – where the disease was first reported - have been locked down. Effectively 33 million people are now in quarantine. Chinese New Year brings concerns across Europe that the ...
Jan 23, 2020 · 14 min
Why Holocaust lessons are still vital today, plus is ‘colourblind’ casting of new David Copperfield movie a good thing?
The World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem is the largest diplomatic event in Israel’s history. Marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, leader from countries including Germany, France and Russia are attending. The UK is being ...
Jan 22, 2020 · 16 min
Is China Coronavirus ‘as deadly as Spanish flu”? Also: inside Lisa Nandy's Labour leader race, and the legacy of a comedy legend
UK Health organisations have stepped up precautions over the outbreak of the new pneumonia-like Coronavirus. The World Health Organisation are likely to declare the disease a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Heathrow airport w...