Robert Dex

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Robert Dex is Arts Correspondent at The Standard covering all things cultural. He previously did the same job at the Press Association and also worked on local newspapers in Cornwall and south London.... MORE

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Robert Dex is Arts Correspondent at The Standard covering all things cultural. He previously did the same job at the Press Association and also worked on local newspapers in Cornwall and south London.

<p>Waves crash over Newhaven Lighthouse during Storm Ciaran</p>
UK

Travel chaos, floods and power cuts as 100mph Storm Ciarán batters UK

Communities are reeling after major storm wreaked havoc

2 Nov 2023
<p>Israeli armored personnel carriers are seen during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip</p>
World

Israeli army says Gaza City completely encircled

Israeli forces push into Gaza City as fighting intensifies

2 Nov 2023
<p>Waves crash the harbour wall in Newhaven, southern England</p>
UK

Storm Ciaran causes chaos: In pictures

The storm hit the UK with a vengence causing damage across the south

2 Nov 2023
<p>The force said officers would ‘intervene swiftly’ if hate crimes took place (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)</p>
UK

Suspect in homophobic attack arrested after public appeal

Detectives appealed for information to trace 28-year-old Alex Ogden after the attack

2 Nov 2023
<p>Dragos Carabineanu who died after an attack at Burnt Oak Tube station</p>
Crime

Man dies after Burnt Oak Tube station attack

Dragos Carabineanu died in hospital four days after he was attacked

2 Nov 2023
<p>Firefighters at the scene of a collapsed building on Chelsea Embankment</p>
London

Firefighters rescue man after Chelsea building collapse

Six other people were evacuated from inside the building

2 Nov 2023
<p>Abdi Hassan, 27, of Janson Close, Brent, was sentenced to 14 years after being found guilty of GBH, robbery and possession of an offensive weapon.</p>
UK

Man jailed for violent knife-point robbery in Neasden

Police are still looking for his two accomplices

1 Nov 2023
<p>12 people sought by the Met Police over different offences during two seperate pro-Palestine marches in central London</p>
London

Police hunt 12 suspected of offences during pro-Palestinian marches

Police want to identify the people pictured

1 Nov 2023
<p>Police are appealing for information (Andrew Matthews/PA)</p>
London

Police officer injured, 3 arrested after fireworks thrown at station

Fireworks were thrown at police on Halloween

1 Nov 2023
<p>Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried outside the Manhattan federal court</p>
World

Jury told to follow 'pyramid of deceit' to convict Sam Bankman-Fried

The court will rule on what lawyers have described as one of the biggest frauds in US history

1 Nov 2023
<p>Italian police officers</p>
Crime

British woman found stabbed to death in Italian home

The dead woman was found after a friend became worried about her

1 Nov 2023
<p>An image of one of the children kidnapped by Hamas in the attack on Israel is projected onto 
Wembley Stadium</p>
London

Images of kidnapped Israeli children projected onto London buildings

Wembley among landmark sites displaying images of Israeli children kidnapped by Hamas

25 Oct 2023
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London

This role’s given me the time of my life, says new star of Cabaret

Singer Self Esteem said she is having the best time on stage in the musical Cabaret

20 Oct 2023
<p>Protesters at a seperate pro-Palestinian rally</p>
UK

University row breaks out after pro-Palestinian rally at SOAS

The row follows a pro-Palestinian rally at the university

18 Oct 2023
Podcasts

Celebrating 20 years of Frieze art fair

Plus! How Gilbert & George are supporting London Creates campaign

13 Oct 2023
<p>The 2023 London Frieze art exhibition opened on Friday </p>
London

London salutes 20 years of big Frieze

Organisers are hailing the exhibition as “the most international to date”.

13 Oct 2023
World

‘We are suffocating’: The last messages of slaughtered Israeli family

Texts from one Israeli family stopped an hour after they told friends they were safe

13 Oct 2023
World

Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize in literature

The new laureate joins an illustrious list of past winners thanks to ‘his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayable’

5 Oct 2023
<p>Just Stop Oil have interrupted a performance Les Miserables</p>
Crime

Just Stop Oil activists booed as they storm Les Miserables show

Five people arrested as protest leads to chorus of boos from audience and cancellation of performance

5 Oct 2023
<p>Jeremy Hunt tours nearby the construction site of the Co-op Live indoor entertainment arena</p>
UK

Chancellor’s ‘pay boost for two million’ with £11 an hour living wage

The Chancellor said the pay-rise would benefit the lowest-paid

2 Oct 2023
<p>Football-mad: Friends launched a world record bid to provide Sunderland fan Bradley with the most Christmas cards for one person</p>
UK

Man charged after Sheffield Wednesday fans seen mocking Bradley Lowery

The young football fan died aged six in 2017

1 Oct 2023