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....
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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Wandsworth will be the only London borough to keep bills under £1,000
TfL and mayor urged to introduce ‘bill of rights’ to improve working conditions for bus drivers
Managers ‘threaten to discipline staff who fail to issue 10 or 11 tickets a shift’
Campaigners bid to secure historic legal victory over council accused of ‘bulldozing through’ low traffic neighbourhood
Two rings will warn passengers to ‘hold tight’ as bus pulls away from bus stop
Drivers belonging to Aslef will walk out on February 27, March 1, March 8 and March 10 after unanimously rejecting 4.5% pay offer
Lambeth introduced LTN to deter rat-runners from South Circular Road - but critics say scheme is unlawful
Residents bemoan ‘broken Britain’ as council contractors close walkway at rush hour because of ‘gas leak’
TfL reports 6.8% increase in crime - including almost 15,000 cases of theft and pickpocketing
City corporation charges dockless firms £235 per bike in release fees
Residents threaten to ‘pay council tax every second month’ in protest
At present, only two ‘Lizzie line’ trains an hour arrive at and depart from the biggest of Heathrow’s terminals
Eurostar announces it is reinstating its direct service between London St Pancras and the Dutch capital until March 29
Westminster council to spend £2million on safety schemes including doubling size of its CCTV camera network
TfL says investing in London can create jobs for the rest of the UK
All four escalators to be replaced this year in bid to end passenger misery
Kensington and Chelsea bills will remain one of the lowest in the capital
Andy Lord struggled to contain his emotions as he spoke to the Transport for London board about the fatal attack on Jorge Ortega