The Guardian view on the London press: the capital needs its own news
Editorial: The Evening Standard has lost its sparkle, but Londoners should not be left without a daily news source
So it’s goodbye to London’s Standard, my old paper – and to the heart of democracy, local news
Simon Jenkins
The sad decline of this nearly 200-year-old institution has culminated with a decision to end the daily print edition, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
London Evening Standard to close daily newspaper and launch new weekly
Chair Paul Kanareck says newspaper’s losses – £84.5m in the past six years – not sustainable
August 2023
Evening Standard reliant on Evgeny Lebedev’s funding after losses widen
London newspaper has lost £84.5m in last six years, and auditors say it may cease publishing if support ends
July 2023
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Sunak refuses to rule out cabinet reshuffle on Friday amid Tory fears over byelection defeats – as it happened
Brief letters
Bird on the wire nest on Electric Avenue?
Derek Malcolm obituary
Derek Malcolm, longtime Guardian film critic, dies aged 91
March 2023
‘The model is broken’: UK’s regional newspapers fight for survival in a digital world
As Reach makes more job cuts on local titles, is a sustainable future in sight for local journalism to hold power to account?
July 2022
Evening Standard’s losses climb to nearly £70m over five years
Evgeny Lebedev’s London freesheet reports £14m loss for last year as Covid continues to hit advertising
May 2022
Alexander Lebedev severs links with Independent after Canada sanctions
Government refuses to release Lebedev peerage details despite MPs’ instruction
April 2022
Tories ‘bending the rules’ after missing deadline for publishing Lebedev advice
Not releasing MI5 advice on granting peerage makes government look like it has something to hide, Labour says
The vision collector: the man who used dreams and premonitions to predict the future
In 1966, a British psychiatrist had an idea: to change the course of history by asking the public to share their eerie intuitions
Evgeny Lebedev’s nomination for peerage ‘paused’ after MI5 advice
Appointments commission raised security concerns in 2020 but felt ‘bounced’ into approving him because No 10 pressed for it
March 2022
It’s possible Evgeny Lebedev’s only crime is absurdity. Perhaps his editors could let us know
Catherine Bennett
Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev insists he is not ‘an agent of Russia’
Boris Johnson denies overruling spies’ concerns over Evgeny Lebedev peerage
Keir Starmer calls for investigation into Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage
November 2021
Maureen Cleave obituary
Journalist who was close to the Beatles and known as one of Fleet Street’s most exacting interviewers
