Ross Lydall

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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.... MORE

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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.

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Best turntables: Record players to get your vinyl sounding great

Do your vinyl justice with the best turntables to play them on. Ross Lydall finds the models up to scratch

17 Feb 2025
London

Sadiq Khan's home borough sets lowest council tax in the country

Wandsworth will be the only London borough to keep bills under £1,000

17 Feb 2025
Transport

93 people killed in 'preventable' London bus crashes or onboard falls

TfL and mayor urged to introduce ‘bill of rights’ to improve working conditions for bus drivers

17 Feb 2025
Transport

How London parking wardens are being pressured to issue tickets

Managers ‘threaten to discipline staff who fail to issue 10 or 11 tickets a shift’

14 Feb 2025
Transport

Council staff upset by 'horrid' LTN meeting got day off to recover

Campaigners bid to secure historic legal victory over council accused of ‘bulldozing through’ low traffic neighbourhood

14 Feb 2025
Transport

Ding ding! TfL brings back Routemaster bell to boost passenger safety

Two rings will warn passengers to ‘hold tight’ as bus pulls away from bus stop

14 Feb 2025
Transport

Elizabeth line strike chaos alert as Aslef drivers reject £75,700 wage

Drivers belonging to Aslef will walk out on February 27, March 1, March 8 and March 10 after unanimously rejecting 4.5% pay offer

14 Feb 2025
Transport

Campaigners ask High Court to order council to axe south London LTN

Lambeth introduced LTN to deter rat-runners from South Circular Road - but critics say scheme is unlawful

12 Feb 2025
London

Pedestrians hit by 30-minute queue to cross Hammersmith bridge

Residents bemoan ‘broken Britain’ as council contractors close walkway at rush hour because of ‘gas leak’

12 Feb 2025
Transport

Elizabeth line crime up 33% as Gaza war fuels 'hate' rise

TfL reports 6.8% increase in crime - including almost 15,000 cases of theft and pickpocketing

11 Feb 2025
Transport

Lime e-bikes seized for blocking pavements (with £235 release fee)

City corporation charges dockless firms £235 per bike in release fees

11 Feb 2025
London

Big stink: Backlash after London council axes weekly bin collection

Residents threaten to ‘pay council tax every second month’ in protest

11 Feb 2025
Elizabeth Line
Transport

TfL 'to double' number of Elizabeth line trains at Heathrow Terminal 5

At present, only two ‘Lizzie line’ trains an hour arrive at and depart from the biggest of Heathrow’s terminals

10 Feb 2025
Transport

Eurostar restarts direct trains between St Pancras and Amsterdam

Eurostar announces it is reinstating its direct service between London St Pancras and the Dutch capital until March 29

10 Feb 2025
London

More CCTV cameras to target West End phone snatchers

Westminster council to spend £2million on safety schemes including doubling size of its CCTV camera network

10 Feb 2025
Transport

Bakerloo line extension and DLR to Thamesmead: TfL writes 'wish list'

TfL says investing in London can create jobs for the rest of the UK

10 Feb 2025
Transport

London station to close for six months to end broken escalators fiasco

All four escalators to be replaced this year in bid to end passenger misery

7 Feb 2025
London

Tory borough announces lowest council tax increase in London

Kensington and Chelsea bills will remain one of the lowest in the capital

6 Feb 2025
Transport

TfL boss's tears after 'unspeakable' killing of Elizabeth line worker

Andy Lord struggled to contain his emotions as he spoke to the Transport for London board about the fatal attack on Jorge Ortega

6 Feb 2025