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Jacob Phillips

@JakePhillipsBBC

Live reporter @BBCNews

 London, England
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Joined April 2017
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PJ Lynch@PJLynchjourno23 Jul 2025
For 2 months I have received online trolling when reporting on Hillingdon Council. Now, the council are making similar “bias” complaints - because they don’t like my scrutiny. Last week, I was blacklisted by the council - who now refuse to engage with me👇 mylondon.news/news/west-lond…

'Hillingdon Council is trying to cancel our reporter - they don't like scrutiny'

MyLondon is calling out the West London council's toddler tantrum in response to the excellent journalism of our Hillingdon Local Democracy Reporter whose job it is to hold them to account

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Noah Vickers@noahvickers1419 Mar 2025
NEW: In an interview with @theLDNstandard, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson tells me London's falling birth rate brings "opportunities to think creatively" about how to re-purpose empty school buildings across the capital. standard.co.uk/news/london/b…
London’s falling birth rate brings ‘opportunities', says Education Secretary

London’s falling birth rate brings ‘opportunities', says Education Secretary

Bridget Phillipson also tells the Standard that Government will ‘look at the evidence’ from Sir Sadiq Khan’s free school meal programme

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Soho celeb haunt the Groucho Club could close after a 'serious' crime was reported in the venue. Police are investigating and licence has been suspended pending full hearing: standard.co.uk/going-out/bar…
Soho's famous Groucho Club closes amid 'serious crime' claims

Soho's famous Groucho Club closes amid 'serious crime' claims

The Groucho first opened in 1985 and has long been a hit with the Soho crowd

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Thanks to @JacobPhillipsES at @standardnews for talking to us about the government levy to support grassroots music venues. Bring it on! standard.co.uk/news/london/l…
London grassroots venues hail 'most significant shift' in 50 years of live music

London grassroots venues hail 'most significant shift' in 50 years of live music

A levy may be included in the price of tickets at venues such as Wembley Stadium and the O2 arena to help fund grassroots venues

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Man who appears to be wearing homemade armour has just been swooped on by armed police outside Parliament
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Ross Lydall@RossLydall28 Oct 2024
What’s the future for the Walthamstow beer mile after the closure of the Wild Card brewery? standard.co.uk/news/london/w…
Walthamstow beer mile: Could cash crisis call time on east London hipster breweries?

Walthamstow beer mile: Could cash crisis call time on east London hipster breweries?

The closure of Wild Card Brewery has sparked concerns about other E17 venues

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Standard News@standardnews16 Oct 2024
Standard reporter named journalist of the year for exposing 'conveyor belt justice' standard.co.uk/news/uk/stand…
Standard reporter named journalist of the year for exposing 'conveyor belt justice'

Standard reporter named journalist of the year for exposing 'conveyor belt justice'

Tristan Kirk hailed as ‘a journalist who made a difference’ for his investigation into flaws of Single Justice Procedure

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Noah Vickers@noahvickers142 Oct 2024
BREAKING: Sadiq Khan's night czar, Amy Lame, is standing down after eight years at City Hall. She says it's “the right time” to “move on”, but it's been “a real privilege to serve Londoners”. It's unclear if the £132k role will be given to someone new. standard.co.uk/news/london/a…
Sadiq Khan's night czar Amy Lamé quitting after eight years

Sadiq Khan's night czar Amy Lamé quitting after eight years

It is unclear whether Ms Lamé will be replaced with a new night czar

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Labour loses central London by-election amid row over Sadiq Khan's Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans standard.co.uk/news/politics…

Labour loses by-election amid row over Sadiq Khan's Oxford Street pedestrianisation

The council result came just days after the controversial move was unveiled

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I started working at the Standard exactly four years ago today. I’d just turned 21, first job out of university — needless to say, they really took a chance on me. A very sad day for the paper and my wonderful colleagues.
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The last ever front page of the Evening Standard.
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EXCLUSIVE: New Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has vowed to “tackle the hard yards” #frontpage Speaking to @nicholascecil, she has pledged to make the unions abandon outdated work practices on Britain’s strike-plagued railways and get trains in London running on time
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Tristan Kirk@kirkkorner18 Sep 2024
Fast-track justice: Grieving mother speaks after being prosecuted for a single day of no car insurance when her baby died A joint @EveningStandard @itvnews probe found wrongly #SingleJusticeProcedure prosecutions including against defendants who had died standard.co.uk/news/uk/singl…
My justice nightmare: Grieving mother's fast-track court ordeal revealed

My justice nightmare: Grieving mother's fast-track court ordeal revealed

A panel of expert barristers has found nearly three quarters of the SJP prosecutions they assessed were not in the public interest

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Standard News@standardnews22 Aug 2024
East London student who cared for blind parents gets top GCSE results standard.co.uk/news/politics…
East London student who cared for blind parents gets top GCSE results

East London student who cared for blind parents gets top GCSE results

Cother Nada Toba, 16, from Forest Gate, said she wanted to ‘make my parents proud’

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Tristan Kirk@kirkkorner31 Jul 2024
It's baffling to me that CPS & Met Police didn't think they should announce publicly that Huw Edwards had been charged when it happened on June 26. For nearly 5 weeks, the existence of a pending criminal case of this high interest was kept secret.
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Ross Lydall@RossLydall27 Jul 2024
Have just learned from colleagues that yesterday’s paper was the last Friday edition @EveningStandard. At least we bowed out with a clever/ironic headline. Let’s go, indeed… 👋
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Hackney Police
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Cmdr James Conway, in charge of policing in Hackney, said: "The death of a child is devastating and my first thoughts are with his family and friends. “I would appeal to anyone with information about the incident (cont) spkl.io/l/60164CUu6
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🚨NEW: A Hackney Labour councillor has resigned after being accused of sexually assaulting a child
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Jeremy Corbyn wins Islington North seat by almost 8,000 votes over Labour candidate standard.co.uk/news/politics…
Jeremy Corbyn wins Islington North seat over Labour candidate

Jeremy Corbyn wins Islington North seat over Labour candidate

Mr Corbyn won 24,120 votes compared to the Labour candidate Praful Nargund’s 16,873

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General Election results LIVE: Rachel Reeves say Labour in 'touching distance of forming next government' - @JacobPhillipsES and @SimonPeterHunt with the latest standard.co.uk/news/politics…
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Standard News@standardnews3 Jul 2024
After 14 years, London wants change — now Labour must deliver #frontpage The Tories have lost Britain's trust after Brexit, partygate and the “mini-Budget” - while Rishi Sunak has been a disappointing PM. Read in why The Standard is backing Labour: standard.co.uk/comment/gener…
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