The London Standard’s crime editor Anthony France reports a phone is now stolen in the capital every six minutes amid a 150 per cent increase in device snatches.

As part of an investigation into this crime epidemic, he interviewed phone theft victims and spent time with a City of London Police team to examine the work of the force’s anti-phone theft squad.

Anthony joins The Standard podcast to discuss his findings.

In part two, writer and director Susie McKenna on how a new pantomime production of the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty has been given a "modern remix".

Sleeping Beauty is on at Broadway Theatre in Catford until 31 December.

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Thames Water bills will rise by more than a third to an average of £588 over the next five years despite its dismal record on pollution and leaks.

Water regulator Ofwat said the UK’s biggest water company, which supplies London and was recently fined £18 million for breaking share dividends rules, will be allowed to hike its bills by an inflation-busting £152, or 35 per cent - that’s an average £31 a year.

The charges are being hiked to fund a £104 billion spending plan, with other water companies in England and Wales following suit increasing customer bills.

The Standard podcast is joined by Matthew Topham, lead campaigner at We Own It, a pressure group for public ownership.

In part two, patients with sleep apnoea are receiving a choice of two nerve stimulators from University College London Hospitals to combat the condition, and it’s the first UK healthcare provider to offer both therapies without needing bulky equipment.

We’re joined by Mr Ryan Chin Taw Cheong, consultant ENT and sleep surgeon at UCLH’s Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals.

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The government has confirmed London’s new HS2 station at Euston will have just six platforms.

The London Standard’s transport editor Ross Lydall reports rail commentators fear this could result in a lack of capacity should HS2 ever be extended north of Birmingham.

Ross joins us to discuss what the reduced number of platforms could mean for passenger journeys and also an update on the mega-project’s price tag.

In part two, Dr Enrico Amico, assistant professor in applied mathematics at the University of Birmingham, on methods behind research that uses neuroimaging to reveal new ways of mapping the brain.

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