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.
Revealed: fraudsters made 12,000 failed applications for City Hall payouts
Soaring levies will mean that shared ownership homes will no longer be ‘affordable’, warns London Assembly
Four in 10 trains from Mill Hill East delayed - while dozens fail to turn up
Veteran driver Rob Dale waited three months for a new licence. It finally arrived - 17 days after his death.
Drivers heading north in the morning and south in the evening have to pay £4 peak rate ‘surcharge’
14,500 pieces of graffiti on Central line and 8,400 on Bakerloo line
Grace period in place for a month, letting drivers who dodged tolls of up to £4 per crossing off the hook
Critical Mass demonstration held after death of 24-year-old Jamal Yahya Pratley on his way to work
Mayor’s aides say ‘unacceptable’ if London loses out to rest of the country, amid fears that £2bn DLR extension may not be funded
Third early-morning attack on same Walthamstow homes and businesses
But Londoners tell TfL they still want the Bakerloo Tube line to be extended
Milton Keynes, Watford, Tring and Northampton passengers first to benefit
Mayor urged to put the brakes on increasing number of ‘Chelsea tractors’
But it may take a decade to remove diesel buses from the capital’s streets
Woman breaks down in tears in front of mayor as she tells of the terror of being forced to live on the streets and wait for help
Police suspect balaclava-wearing teenagers were involved in the six late-night hammer attacks
Up to 800,000 journeys a day are made on the ‘Lizzie line’
But mayor scores own goal by confusing Chelsea and Arsenal women’s teams
Mayor Sadiq Khan says developers should cross finish line in 2028
Kaya Comer-Schwartz came under scrutiny as the Metropolitan Police prepares to cut 1,700 staff
Cycling festival being held across capital, from Hounslow and Hammersmith to Hackney, over Bank Holiday weekend