Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of the Evening Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories....
Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of the Evening Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories.
Many farmers are angry at new post-Brexit trade arrangements agreed by the Government with Australia, New Zealand and other countries
Use of the cameras in the London borough town centre also led to people wanted for firearms, drugs and knife offences being arrested
Russian soldiers are being sent into battle in ‘increasingly small units’ leaving them at greater risk of being killed or wounded
Schools will be told not to teach children any form of sex education until year 5, when pupils are aged nine, according to newspaper reports
Defence experts say Russian forces had made ‘tactically significant advances’ but did not appear to be moving on Kharkiv in the north east of the country
Mike Josef displayed controlled footwork in a video with the mayors of Cologne and Gelsenkirchen ahead of tournament
Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron called on Israel to hold the perpetrators to account after several incidents
China poses ‘genuine and increasing’ cyber risk to UK, GCHQ chief warns
Official figures on the ‘wages recovery’ come just days after GDP growth jumped 0.6% in first three months of the year
PM unveils vision for UK as regional mayors convene
A car bomb attack on Ukraine’s capital was also reported to have been stopped
Russia’s president caught military experts by surprise with his plan to make Andrei Belousov defence minister
Ministry of Defence in London says tactic of sending Russian soldiers on all-terrain vehicles increased the risk of them being killed
In speech in central London, PM seeks to brush off Labour claims of 14 years of Tory failure and portray his party as best placed to lead Britain
The row over Natalie Elphicke threatens to damage both parties
The Labour leader accused the Tories of failing to fulfil their pledge to reduce regional inequalities
Kyiv has sought the US-made aircraft to help it counter Russian air superiority during Putin’s illegal war
Kyiv says it is now producing the same number of deep strike drones as Russia
Analysis: Centrist Tory MPs rally around the PM after Rightwingers ditched coup plan
The Chancellor’s comments came as official figures showed the economy surging out of recession
President admitted his country’s army is facing a ‘really difficult situation’ in the east where Vladimir Putin has stepped up offensives