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We're treating you to an episode from London Love Stories. Host Katie Strick meets Alice and Elliot, the first of two couples who fell in love after meeting on the same bus route from King’s Cross. Make sure to come back next Saturday for part two... 

The August bank holiday weekend brings a feast of music to west London as Notting Hill Carnival marks its 56th year.The celebration of Caribbean culture runs over three days, with musical styles from calypso to dancehall for over two million expected revellers.Mark Blunden is joined by sound system pioneer and Notting Hill Carnival director Linnet Kamala, whose Lin Kam Art Sound System Futures Programme is developing the next generation of live music talent, from DJs to sound engineers.In part 2, Rachelle Abbott speaks with Joshua Thomson, artistic director of Australian performance art troupe Legs On The Wall.His production Thaw will see members of the daredevil dance troupe suspended above Docklands from a crane atop a 2.5-ton melting block of ice in a bid to urge action on climate change.

London students continued to have Britain’s best GCSE results as hundreds of thousands of teenagers nationwide discovered their academic fate.Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their results in the first year where grade marking was restored to pre-pandemic 2019 levels in all three nations.Evening Standard chief political correspondent Rachael Burford discusses GCSE results day, student stories around the capital and government plans to address attainment gaps. In part two, it appears Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are headed for divorce after a second go at a relationship that first sparked over two decades ago.JLo filed for divorce at an LA court on Tuesday, but what happens next and who gets what - it all hinges on if a prenuptial agreement was signed.We’re joined by Evening Standard courts correspondent Tristan Kirk, who examines the case and next steps for the Hollywood stars’ legal teams.

A report reveals the salaries Londoners need to earn so they can afford a privately rented home in the capital.Average earnings required are growing ever higher, with more than £76,000 a year now needed, according to research by the G15 group, which represents London’s largest not-for-profit housing associations.Evening Standard chief political correspondent Rachael Burford examines the report’s findings.Plus, in part two, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta plans to build the most physically-imposing Gunners team since Arsène Wenger’s ‘Invincibles’.Evening Standard football writer Simon Collings discusses Arteta’s strategy to boost the club’s complement of tall players for the new Premier League season.

The search for British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter resumed on Tuesday after a luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the coast of Sicily.One person is confirmed dead after 56-metre superyacht Bayesian hit a violent storm with 22 aboard, causing the mast to break and the vessel to be thrown off balance in strong winds.Cave divers are trying to access the Bayesian, as Sicily’s Civil Protection said Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer was among six missing.Fifteen people were rescued, including a mother and her one-year-old daughter.Plus, Taylor Swift bows out from Wembley Stadium with nearly three-quarters of a million Swifties enjoying the show over a record-breaking eight nights in total. Hear Evening Standard arts correspondent Robert Dex on Swift’s economy-influencing London run.

Zombie knives and machetes will finally be banned from next month amid horrific attacks on London’s streets.Ahead of a full ban, people in possession of these gruesome-looking weapons are being urged to hand them in at special bins at the capital’s police stations as part of a blades amnesty.We’re joined by Evening Standard home affairs editor Martin Bentham to discuss the ban and knife crime's devastating impact on young Londoners.Plus, in part two, Team GB Olympic 800 metres champion Keely Hodgkinson and victorious climber Toby Roberts on their plans after Paris 2024 gold medal success.

Tom Leathes is CEO of Motorway, the car buying and selling company that launched in 2017 and secured Unicorn status just four years later, after it was valued at over $1billion. This is a preview taken from our business podcast. To hear the full interview just search How to be a CEO or click here.For more interviews, news and analysis, go to the business page here or pick up the Evening Standard newspaper.

Sweden confirms Europe’s first case of a contagious new mpox variant, called Clade 1, following the World Health Organisation declaring a global public health emergency - latest with Evening Standard health reporter, Daniel Keane.In part two, ES arts & culture writer Vicky Jessop on Taylor Swift’s Wembley Stadium run and how the devastating Southport attacks affected the singer.

On this preview episode of our Brave New World podcast, we’re turning our attention to nootropics and neuroscience. Nootropics are drugs and supplements which proponents say can boost alertness, increase focus, and improve memory. Evgeny Lebedev meets Nootopia founder Mark Effinger, AKA Mr Noots. Since launching in 2004, Nootopia has helped 300,000 people- including doctors, biohackers, and fitness instructors- unlock their potential. To hear the full episode search Brave New World on your podcast provider. Disclaimer: you should always seek your own medical advice.