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London workers are starting to attend their offices on Fridays more, new figures suggest, but the return is a “slow crawl back rather than a rush” to pre-pandemic levels....

The capital’s pupil numbers crisis + smartphones crackdown

Exclusive: Just a quarter of IVF treatments in the capital between 2009 and 2021 were funded by the NHS

Alexei Navalny practically predicted this. Russia’s foremost opposition leader and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, who was serving a 19-year prison sentence on a range of charges he called politically motivated, said in a 2022 documentary that “if they decide to kill me, it means that we are incredibly strong”.

Around 500 protesters, some dressed as skeletons and t-rexes declared “Ulez is dead” at an event in Biggin Hill

More and more people are turning to games like Candy Crush and Stardew Valley. Here’s what to know

The Cassandra Centre meets in coffee shops after its hub on Norbury High Street was sold

Don’t call it a comeback, he’s been here for years

The idea bears a close resemblance to the ‘pay-per-mile’ system which Sadiq Khan has promised will not happen for as long as he is mayor

As workers prepared to walkout at 5pm, one told the Standard they have to make four deliveries an hour to earn minimum wage

The campaign by VCCP London and Wavemaker has won a competition launched by the Standard and Outernet London