Episode 6: The Future of the Thames
Lucy Tobin looks to the future of the River Thames. From climate change and population growth to water shortages, pollution and emerging con...
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Episode 5: Thames Water in the Hot Seat
Lucy Tobin investigates the challenges facing Thames Water as the company comes under increasing scrutiny from customers, politicians and ca...
Episode 4: Inside London's Super Sewer
We hope you enjoy this new series from The Standard. To listen to more episodes now, check out Thames Unfiltered. In the fourth episode of T...
Episode 3: The Victorian Sewer That Built Modern London
We hope you enjoy this new series from The Standard. To listen to more episodes now, check out Thames Unfiltered. In the third episode of Th...
Episode 2: What Does Clean Really Mean?
We hope you enjoy this new series from The Standard. To listen to more episodes now, check out Thames Unfiltered. In the second episode of T...
Episode 1: How Healthy is the Thames?
In the first episode of Thames Unfiltered , host Lucy Tobin asks the question: How healthy is the Thames today? Since being declared biologi...
Is it easier than ever to build a start up now? With AXA Startup Angel Competition judges
Small and medium-sized enterprises accounted for 99.9% of the UK’s 5.7 million new companies last year. So what does it really take to build...
Pesticide “Safe Levels” Questioned, SpaceX Falcon Heavy Scrubbed, and Diablo IV’s Lord of Hatred Lands — Al’s Final Episode
It’s the final show with Alan Leer, and we’re not going out quietly. A major study is mapping pesticide exposure against cancer hotspots and...
London’s new Imperial–Lenovo AI hub, Apple’s iPhone privacy patch, and Nintendo hit with a tariff refund lawsuit
Al’s on for your Monday commute as White City gets a fresh AI flex — Imperial and Lenovo are launching a new London AI Technology Centre aim...
London recycling robots bought, volcanic lightning explained, Cisco’s quantum switch, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, and DJI Lito drones
Al’s in your ears for the Friday commute, because London’s recycling future just got a bit more robotic — Imperial-linked Recycleye has been...
Fleming Centre approved in Paddington, UK ramps up AI cyber defence, and Xbox teases new Discord Game Pass perk
Alan Leer in your ear for the Thursday commute, because London’s just green-lit a new research hub in Paddington aimed at taking on antimicr...
PlayStation age verification hits the UK, UCL bowel cancer trial follow-up, and London’s Open Science week at the Crick
London’s open-science crowd takes over the Francis Crick Institute, UCL and UCLH share a seriously encouraging bowel cancer trial follow-up,...
London Parkinson’s gut-bacteria clue, UK robotics adoption hubs, Hubble’s Trifid Nebula anniversary
Al’s on the mic with a tight commute sprint: London-led researchers say gut bacteria could help flag Parkinson’s risk years before symptoms...
BAFTA Games winners in London, Tesco’s QR-code barcodes, Breakthrough Prize gene therapy, and a new clue to finding rare earth minerals
Al’s back with a tight commute sprint: London rolls out the red carpet for the BAFTA Games Awards, as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 nabs Best...
OpenAI’s London office move, UK emergency-response robots, and Pragmata finally launches
Al’s in your ears with a proper commute sprint: OpenAI locks in a permanent London office for 2027, the UK trials robots for the kind of haz...
Starmer summons TikTok & Meta to No.10, cancer drugs go “off-label” (properly), and Microsoft Patch Tuesday is massive
Al’s on with a quick commute sprint: Downing Street drags TikTok, Meta, X and mates into No.10 to talk kids’ online safety — because infinit...
District line gets LiDAR track scanning, UK battery materials push, Adobe PDF zero-day patch, and Webb redraws the planet–star line
Al’s back with a quick sprint through the stuff shaping your day — starting on the District line, where TfL expands LiDAR scanning to check...
Anthropic withholds “Mythos” AI as Project Glasswing launches, ICO uses an LLM for case admin, Tech.eu Summit London agenda lands — plus Bond game delay
Alan Leer's on the mic for your London commute as Anthropic admits it’s built an AI model it won’t release — and launches Project Glasswing...
UCL’s cancer “visibility” breakthrough, UK signal jammer ban plan, brain organoids boom, Cyberpunk PS5 Pro upgrade
A UCL team in Bloomsbury is finding ways to make tumours less “invisible” to the immune system, while the government looks to clamp down on...
BNW Preview: Michael Pollan
For Episode Nine, Evgeny is joined by Michael Pollan, journalist, author, and one of the leading voices exploring the human mind. Drawing on...