Nicholas Cecil is Chief Reporter at Evening Standard. A former Political Editor with more than 27 years' experience in the Lobby, Nicholas is highly trusted at Westminster for his authoritative and balanced reporting. Areas of expertise include London, security and intelligence, foreign affairs, defence, economics, health and transport.
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Nicholas Cecil is Chief Reporter at Evening Standard. A former Political Editor with more than 27 years' experience in the Lobby, Nicholas is highly trusted at Westminster for his authoritative and balanced reporting. Areas of expertise include London, security and intelligence, foreign affairs, defence, economics, health and transport.
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Tube strike hits London as Greens 'back RMT wreckers over workers'
London Underground strike started at midday on Tuesday - with another 24-hour walkout happening on Thursday
Tube strikes 'on': RMT slammed as days of travel misery to hit London
Union accused of holding the capital ‘hostage’ with industrial action hitting the London Undeground this week
Drones deployed over London to protect Jewish community after attacks
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Kensington Gardens shut after Israel embassy ‘drone attack’ video
A video, which appears to have been shared by the group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, shows a target over an image of the Israeli embassy
Epsom women plan peaceful protest as police investigate rape
Social media footage showed protesters and dozens of police officers wearing helmets and holding shields, with objects appearing to have been thrown at them in the Surrey town
Mandelson row: Starmer 'won't resign' as he sacks Foreign Office chief
Security officials initially denied Lord Mandelson clearance - but Foreign Office officials overruled the recommendation
Epsom rape protest: Stay away, Far Right crowd told after violence
Social media footage shows large crowds of protesters squaring off with dozens of police officers in the centre of Epsom
Battle to keep Bromley in London as Farage suggests boroughs may leave
‘Bromley belongs in London,’ says Labour MP Liam Conlon
Donald Trump's Iran war threatens to torpedo London's economic uplift
The latest GDP figure shows an unexpected boost to growth before the Iran war kicked off
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‘Soon we will hear the news that some of the flights from city A to city B might be cancelled as a result of lack of jet fuel,’ says Fatih Birol, director of the International Energy Agency
France prepares for terror attack hitting London amid Iran war tension
Exclusive: Special agents from the Paris-based Crisis and Support Centre could be flown over to Britain to help French diplomats deal with a major incident in London
Greens and Reform 'to win London councils' in political earthquake
‘If Reform and the Greens can win boroughs for the first time then that is momentous’, says pollster
Trump says he's 'reopening' Hormuz Strait as UK slams war as a folly
Iran has blocked attempts by the US president to prize open the key strait in the Gulf
'Iron Dome may be needed' to protect London from missile attacks
EXCLUSIVE: Former National Security Adviser Lord Sedwill says UK has to strengthen its air defences to protect the capital and other parts of the country
Donald Trump's Jesus-like AI image sparks 'blasphemy' backlash
UK health minister rejects Trump’s claim his Jesus-like image was ‘meant to be me as a doctor’
Sack London councillor who called Lammy a 'coconut,' Polanski is urged
Hau-Yu Tam, Deputy Leader of the Lewisham Green Group, was strongly criticised for her attack on Tottenham MP David Lammy
Starmer turns UK away from Trump's US as row erupts on closer EU ties
The UK Government will seek to pass a new law which would allow Single Market rules to be adopted through secondary legislation