Noah Vickers

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Plans for two residential towers in Shoreditch have been submitted to Tower Hamlets Council
London

East London towers plan secures 'support in principle' from City Hall

Development would reach 12 storeys high on a disused patch of land between two busy railway lines

17 Apr 2025
Transport

New rail links needed if Heathrow Airport expands, City Hall warned

Solutions include extending the Elizabeth line to Staines - dubbed an ‘absolute game-changer’ for access to the airport from Surrey and south-west London

1 Apr 2025
Transport

New Superloop express bus route proposed through north-east London

The route would link several Tube and railway stations with two local hospitals and an industrial estate on the banks of the Thames

31 Mar 2025
A general view of Hammersmith Bridge in London
Transport

Government suggested making Hammersmith Bridge an unusable 'monument'

EXCLUSIVE: Ideas for bridge’s future were ‘quickly’ dismissed but the crossing could potentially stay car-free forever, document reveals

28 Mar 2025
Deputy mayor for culture Justine Simons and mayor Sir Sadiq Khan
London

Games, fashion, film, design - Khan invests £10m for London's culture

City Hall expects funding to leverage £2.5bn in film investment alone, with British Fashion Council and London Design Festival among those to benefit

27 Mar 2025
London

Concerns raised over Londoners' low trust and confidence in Met Police

Confidence in the Met is at an all-time low, but mayoral officials argue there has been a ‘wider decline’ in confidence in police nationally

26 Mar 2025
The student accommodation block would be located between Harrow Road and the canal close to Paddington station
London

Khan intervenes after council refuses 20-storey student block

Mayor takes control of planning application after councillors concluded it would harm neighbours’ daylight levels and create a ‘sense of enclosure’

26 Mar 2025
London Underground fares
Transport

Khan accused of 'backtracking' on pledge to ban gambling ads from Tube

Mayor says he wants to ‘hear more detail about the Government’s plans in this area’, despite promising to take action himself four years ago

25 Mar 2025
London Overground rail lines renamed
Transport

Skylark, Polari, Paralympic - TfL's rejected Overground line names

Names were rejected because they may have been hard to hear clearly on announcements or could have been abbreviated and used as slurs

25 Mar 2025
Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan spoke with Dr Hilary Jones on his podcast about his decision to expand the Ultra low emission zone (Ulez)
Transport

Ulez not 'anti-motorist', Khan claims

Mayor argues that his London-wide Ulez expansion involved a ‘combination of carrots and sticks’, rather than only seeking to punish drivers

24 Mar 2025
Transport

Vital safety upgrade at Elizabeth line station won't start until 2029

Gap between train and platform has caused several serious injuries, but a permanent solution is said to be ‘currently unfunded’

24 Mar 2025
The event organised by Krupesh Hirani AM brought together members of the Hindu community, along with the Met Police, Crown Prosecution Service and Community Security Trust
Crime

Rise of Hinduphobia in London discussed at City Hall summit

Hatred towards Hindus in the capital is said to be ‘under-reported and often overlooked’ compared with other hate crimes

21 Mar 2025
London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan
London

Khan urges hotels to show 'London spirit' in wake of Heathrow shutdown

Mayor says police will share fire’s cause once investigators have reached firm conclusion

21 Mar 2025
Sir Sadiq Khan was told by a Green London Assembly member to make his free school meal programme 'plant-based by default'
London

Sadiq Khan urged to make school meals 'plant-based by default'

The mayor was also asked to put vegan options at the top of City Hall’s daily canteen menu and to give those options ‘the biggest font’

20 Mar 2025
London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan
London

Sadiq Khan backs London 'tourist tax'

Mayor says many travellers ‘don’t really mind paying the few extra euros’ when they visit cities like Paris and Berlin

20 Mar 2025
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson suggests there are positive opportunities to be found with London's school estate having more 'spare space'
London

London’s falling birth rate brings ‘opportunities', minister claims

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

19 Mar 2025
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said the Government is committed to driving up school attendance rates across England
Politics

Bridget Phillipson: 'Schools failing on attendance must catch up fast'

Minister tells teachers ‘children’s life chances are at stake’ as schools struggle with higher absence levels than before the pandemic

19 Mar 2025
Crime

Mayor commits £6m extra funding to support domestic abuse victims

Sir Sadiq Khan says survivors must have confidence to report abuse, as he warns ‘huge amount of improvement’ needed in criminal justice system

18 Mar 2025
London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan
Politics

Khan: Government must not lose 'safety net' amid welfare changes

In a ‘promise to Londoners’, mayor insists he will speak up over Government’s proposed reforms to benefits system

18 Mar 2025
Concept image of the proposed development on the site of the Great North Leisure Park in Finchley
London

Plan submitted for 1,500 new homes in north London suburb

The scheme includes a 25-storey tower and ‘re-provision’ of a demolished leisure centre

18 Mar 2025
Street market, Ilford High Road, Ilford, London Borough of Redbridge, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
London

Two London suburbs to be studied for thousands more homes

Studies will examine how more housing can be built in two neighbourhoods at opposite ends of London - along with several other areas

14 Mar 2025