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....
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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.
Three killed including 17-year-old girl in drone attack on Ukraine
More than 2,520 children have been killed or injured in Putin’s war in Ukraine, United Nations children’s organisation UNICEF has said, with the real death toll likely to be higher that this UN-verified figure
Elon Musk accused of bid to influence German election by backing AfD
The Donald Trump ally has already sparked controversy after wading into UK politics
Warning on buying weight-loss jabs online after Christmas over-eating
The warning was issued by the UK’s medicines watchdog
Dozens of Russia drones 'being spoofed' by Ukraine to hit wrong target
Electronic warfare is reportedly being used to confuse the navigation systems of unmanned aircraft
100s arrested for illegal working at London car washes and nail bars
Immigration enforcement teams carried out nearly 1,000 visits to target illegal working in the capital in recent months
'3000 North Korean soldiers killed or wounded,' in Putin's Ukraine war
Pyongyang was also reported to be preparing to send ‘kamikaze drones’ for Russia’s invasion
Assad will face justice for Syria regime horrors, says investigator
Lawyer Bill Wiley believes Russia will eventually hand over Assad as he has ‘no value’
Rents spiralling at record 12% a year rate in London, official figures
But house price growth in the capital was the slowest in the country
Postmasters 'victim of Capture software' fight to quash convictions
Ministers admit that Capture software, introduced in branches in 1992, may have had errors which left postmasters and postmistresses suffering financial losses
540,000 London properties at 'high or medium risk' of flash floods
The Environment Agency stressed one in eight properties in the city face the threat as the UK is hit with more torrential downpours amid climate change
Minister's 'watchful' warning to universities with Chinese students
Ex-National Security Adviser Lord Sedwill stressed earlier that universities should be ‘thoughtful’ about what courses they offer to Chinese students
North Korea troops 'hit by heavy losses in Putin war on Ukraine'
Ukrainian drones were also reported to have ‘swarmed a North Korean position’ in the Kursk region of Russia
Trump slams as 'crazy' US missiles being fired by Ukraine into Russia
His comments signal a shift in policy in Washington towards Kyiv
Christmas truce proposed for Ukraine war by Putin ally Viktor Orban
Volodymyr Zelensky criticised the call by Orban to the Russian president
Ex-Met Police chief warns on 3D-printed guns after US health boss shot
The firearm used in the fatal shooting in New York is believed to be a homemade weapon known as a ‘ghost gun’
Putin threat as Ukraine targets Russia airfield with 'six US missiles'
Moscow may launch another experimental intermediate-range hypersonic missile at Ukraine
Russian warships 'stay away from Syria port base' after Assad toppled
Reports say troops and equipment were being flown out of Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in Syria’s Latakia province
'Accept new prison' near you to tackle jail crisis, says minister
Punishments for offenders, such as home curfew, could be increasingly used to stop so many of them going to jail
70 die in deadliest 'small boats year as gangs adopt riskier tactics'
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper issued the warning after a meeting in London of the Calais Group, which includes the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, on how to boost action to smash the gangs
Putin spy chief seeks to sideline Zelensky ahead of 'peace talks'
Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, said Russia was close to achieving its goals in Ukraine
'We'll help Syrians go home,' says UK border minister Angela Eagle
But no forced repatriations will take place given uncertainties about the new Syrian administration