Ross Lydall is City Hall Editor and Transport Editor at The Standard. He reports on the Mayor, Transport for London, City Hall politics, cycling, planes, trains and automobiles. In more than 20 years at The Standard, he has covered it all: Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson, Sadiq Khan, 7/7, the London Olympics, the covid pandemic and royal weddings. He was shortlisted as 2023 multimedia journalist of the year....
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Ross Lydall is City Hall Editor and Transport Editor at The Standard. He reports on the Mayor, Transport for London, City Hall politics, cycling, planes, trains and automobiles. In more than 20 years at The Standard, he has covered it all: Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson, Sadiq Khan, 7/7, the London Olympics, the covid pandemic and royal weddings. He was shortlisted as 2023 multimedia journalist of the year.
National Cycle Network at risk of 'falling into ruin', author says
Laura Laker says it’s ‘outrageous’ how the NCN is largely unfunded as she releases her new book on the 13,000-mile network
Southeastern to recruit 600 staff this summer as it increases services
There will be a late-night returning service at the weekend from Margate for visitors to the town’s Dreamland amusement park
Lizzie line hits 350m passengers milestone as it marks 2nd birthday
The ‘game changing’ £20billion cross-London line has become the UK’s single best-used railway
Scotland is key battleground if Labour is to win an election landslide
Rishi Sunak is due north of the border on Thursday afternoon, where he will campaign alongside Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross
Eurostar: New EU border checks won't cause 's***-show' at St Pancras
Explained: what the EU’s new EES passport system means for UK travellers
Most drivers hit with Ulez fine since expansion have failed to pay it
TfL says almost a million fines were ‘outstanding’ – or unpaid after a month – leaving it owed £218,316,553
Vehicles donated through Ulez scrappage scheme arrive in Ukraine
More than 100 vehicles will be used for humanitarian purposes rather than being scrapped
London's 'mini Holland' cycling scheme 'a role model for other cities'
Pioneering Walthamstow scheme celebrates 10th anniversary
Freedom Pass 'in danger' if councils lose income from motoring fines
Money from parking tickets and fines is used to subsidise £292m cost of providing free travel for older and disabled Londoners
Rail firm Lumo to launch new London to Manchester low-cost service
Service could offer alternative to Avanti West Coast from 2027
Safety alert issued over shortage of fully trained Tube station staff
RMT union made the alert following a report into a smoke incident at Clapham Common station last year
Eurostar to order 50 new trains in bid to add mainland Europe routes
Cross-channel rail operator wants to increase annual passenger numbers from 18.6million last year to 30million by 2030
Sadiq Khan presents Pope with tea as he meets pontiff in Vatican
The mayor of London was in the Vatican for an audience with the Holy Father on Thursday morning
Southeastern plans for new fleet of trains to lure commuters back
Since the pandemic Southeastern requires a taxpayer subsidy of more than £1 million a day
Elizabeth line now has 4G in all eight of its underground stations
Roll-out of 4G mobile coverage completed at Paddington, Whitechapel, Canary Wharf and Woolwich stations
Sadiq Khan to meet Pope Francis this week and hail benefits of Ulez
London Mayor is attending a climate change summit event at the Vatican on Thursday
Revealed: How the Tories blew the London mayoral election
Infighting, apparatchiks and a ‘screwed up’ selection - the full behind-the -scenes story of the Susan Hall mayoral shambles
Laurence Fox loses deposit after failing to be London Assembly member
Laurence Fox had already been barred from taking part in the London mayoral elections after submitting invalid nomination papers.
Mayor earns more than Prime Minister as salary rises to £160,000
The Mayor and at least 13 of his City Hall staff earn more than the wage Rishi Sunak last declared
Spoof song ridiculing Susan Hall's mayoral campaign is online hit
A Mayor Named Sue by Marsh Family -that also pokes fun at Sadiq Khan - plays on Johnny Cash classic A Boy Named Sue
Report reveals scale of panic as Tube train filled with smoke
Rail Accident Investigation Branch report says passengers had to wait for four-and-a-half minutes inside the train before station staff began to help