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Today will see military parades, tea parties, and church services, but how did Londoners celebrate VE Day in 1945?

Potential six-point penalty for speeding at 97mph reduced to five points after actor wrote to magistrates court

The Independent, in which Evgeny Lebedev is also biggest shareholder, reports seventh year of profitability

I did two spells at the Evening Standard, the first in the late 1980s, the second, as editor, between 2012 and 2017. In that first period of time, we covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, the Big Bang and its consequences, and the drama…

Today is the final daily issue of the Evening Standard. From next Thursday, September 26, we will be relaunching as a vibrant, culturally rich weekly newspaper, which will contain all your favourite Evening Standard elements — news, sport, entertainment, culture, restaurants, music, comment, investigations, campaigns and fun.

After successful campaign by the Standard, charities warn that Rishi Sunak’s pledge risks getting ditched in Rachel Reeves’ Budget

As London’s paper fades from view, I’ve been remembering its 9os heyday, when everyone who worked there was drunk or rude – or both

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Were it admitted to the United States, the UK would not be much of a swing state. An exclusive Ipsos poll for the Evening Standard finds that more than twice as many Britons want Kamala Harris rather than Donald Trump as the next US president — 50 per cent to…