Megan Howe

News Reporter

ABOUT

Megan Howe is an award-winning journalist with experience across both print and digital media. She has worked primarily on Home and Foreign news desks, covering major stories spanning politics, crime, transport, health, arts and culture. In 2023, she was named NCTJ Trainee of the Year after achieving the highest marks in the country for the NQJ exam.

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Megan Howe is an award-winning journalist with experience across both print and digital media. She has worked primarily on Home and Foreign news desks, covering major stories spanning politics, crime, transport, health, arts and culture. In 2023, she was named NCTJ Trainee of the Year after achieving the highest marks in the country for the NQJ exam.

London

Sadiq Khan unveils £12 million plan to help small businesses adopt AI

Fewer than one in six small businesses currently use AI tools, according to City Hall, prompting major investment

8 Jun 2026
LIVE

Three dead after Royal Navy helicopter crashes in Devon field

Emergency services remain at the scene of the crash in a field at Sourton Down, near Okehampton

3 Jun 2026
London

Tube strike ON: RMT slammed as walkouts to hit London after talks fail

Underground services are set to be severely impacted on Tuesday and on Thursday

1 Jun 2026
London

Moment terrified bystanders flee as man, 20, stabbed to death

Police are seeking to speak to potential witnesses to Malakai Ferguson-Ramson’s murder in north-west London

1 Jun 2026
Crime

Police hunt man who punched woman in face after asking for cigarette

The suspect has been described as a Black man around 5ft8in tall with a slim build and believed to be in his 30s or 40s

1 Jun 2026
New Oxford Street bus incident
London

London roads danger: 4,000 seriously injured last year in shock jump

London saw an 8% increase in serious injuries in 2025 compared to the previous year

1 Jun 2026
London

Map reveals London's worst areas for serious road accidents

Evening Standard has created an interactive map of road casualties across the capital

1 Jun 2026
LIVE

Person hit by train causes more rail chaos at Waterloo

South Western Railway services are badly affected due to closed lines as well as a damaged railway at Wimbledon

29 May 2026
Industrial strike
London

School strikes 'could spread across London', union warns

Striking teachers say the current funding model is no longer fit for purpose as financial pressures and falling pupil numbers add to the strain

29 May 2026
Showbiz

Where is Katie Price’s ‘missing’ husband Lee Andrews? A full timeline

Latest twist in ‘disappearance’ of Katie Price’s husband who she claimed was ‘detained in a van with his hands tied’

28 May 2026
London

New bus strikes hit London: Full list of affected routes

Eight routes serving central London and Stratford, including the busy Westfield shopping centre, are expected to be affected

28 May 2026
London

London Ambulance Service sees busiest day since pandemic

Call handlers for London Ambulance Service received almost 9,000 999 calls on Tuesday

27 May 2026
London

Primary schools hit out at London by-election polling station demand

Headteachers argue the use of the schools will cause disruption to pupil’s learning and force parents to find alternative childcare arrangements

27 May 2026
Golders Green fire
London

Golders Green fire latest: Huge blaze 'not suspicious', say police

100 firefighters tackle large blaze at Jewish supermarket in north-west London which is believed to be caused by an electrical fault

27 May 2026
London

Man, 27, charged after A&E doctor stabbed at west London hospital

Mahdi Abdullahi, 27, of Uxbridge, was remanded to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court later today

27 May 2026
London

Murder investigation launched as young man stabbed to death in Kilburn

No arrests have yet been made and enquiries are ongoing

27 May 2026
London

Boy, 3, dies after falling from block of flats in south London

A woman in her 30s has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and remains in police custody

27 May 2026
Jemima Khan
Showbiz

Jemima Goldsmith puts west London mansion on market for £6.5 million

The TV producer bought the home over 30 years ago but is ready for a fresh start, friends say

27 May 2026
LIVE

Temperatures hit 35C in London as train services go into meltdown

The all-time May temperature high was broken for the second day in a row at Kew Gardens, according to the Met Office

26 May 2026
News

Katie Price drama: Foreign Office in talks over Lee Andrews mystery

'Lee is OK. He has not been kidnapped but he is under arrest,’ says his father

26 May 2026
A tourist is seen during the hot weather in front of Big Ben
London

When will the heatwave end? Met Office issues weather alert

It’s going to be a glorious - and possibly record-breaking - Bank Holiday weekend in London

26 May 2026