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.

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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.

Transport

Fraudsters tried to claim millions from Sadiq Khan Ulez scrappage fund

Revealed: fraudsters made 12,000 failed applications for City Hall payouts

13 Jun 2025
Sadiq Khan
London

Sadiq urged to help as leaseholder service charges hit £4,000 a year

Soaring levies will mean that shared ownership homes will no longer be ‘affordable’, warns London Assembly

13 Jun 2025
UK On Lockdown Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
Transport

Tube misery: commuters wait up to 41 minutes for Northern line trains

Four in 10 trains from Mill Hill East delayed - while dozens fail to turn up

13 Jun 2025
Transport

Minicab driver in TfL licensing backlog chaos dies from heart attack

Veteran driver Rob Dale waited three months for a new licence. It finally arrived - 17 days after his death.

13 Jun 2025
Silvertown Tunnel opens
Transport

Silvertown and Blackwall tolls 'discriminate against south London'

Drivers heading north in the morning and south in the evening have to pay £4 peak rate ‘surcharge’

12 Jun 2025
Transport

23,000 graffiti 'tags' removed from Tube trains in last two months

14,500 pieces of graffiti on Central line and 8,400 on Bakerloo line

12 Jun 2025
Silvertown Tunnel opens
Transport

Thousands of drivers escape £180 fines for not paying new tunnel tolls

Grace period in place for a month, letting drivers who dodged tolls of up to £4 per crossing off the hook

11 Jun 2025
Transport

Pictured: Victim of London’s latest fatal cycle crash

Critical Mass demonstration held after death of 24-year-old Jamal Yahya Pratley on his way to work

10 Jun 2025
London

Sadiq Khan in 'red on red' clash with Chancellor over cash for London

Mayor’s aides say ‘unacceptable’ if London loses out to rest of the country, amid fears that £2bn DLR extension may not be funded

10 Jun 2025
London

Man tells of latest red paint attack on home wrongly dubbed a brothel

Third early-morning attack on same Walthamstow homes and businesses

9 Jun 2025
Transport

'Bakerloop' extension of Superloop bus network to launch in autumn

But Londoners tell TfL they still want the Bakerloo Tube line to be extended

9 Jun 2025
Transport

Boost for commuters: new trains with 20% more seats arrive at Euston

Milton Keynes, Watford, Tring and Northampton passengers first to benefit

6 Jun 2025
Transport

'Supersize' SUV cars should pay more to park, say Sadiq Khan's allies

Mayor urged to put the brakes on increasing number of ‘Chelsea tractors’

6 Jun 2025
Transport

Red buses go green as Sadiq Khan hits 2,000 zero-emission landmark

But it may take a decade to remove diesel buses from the capital’s streets

6 Jun 2025
London Mayoral election
London

500 empty homes to be given to homeless Londoners by Sadiq Khan

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

23 May 2025
London

'Heartbreaking': Mystery vandalism attacks on two primary schools

Police suspect balaclava-wearing teenagers were involved in the six late-night hammer attacks

23 May 2025
The Elizabeth Line opens to members of the public in London
Transport

Elizabeth line hits new record as £20bn line marks third anniversary

Up to 800,000 journeys a day are made on the ‘Lizzie line’

23 May 2025
Crystal Palace duo Joel Ward and Marc Guehi lift the FA Cup at Wembley
London

'London 2, Manchester 0': Khan's taunt after Palace and Spurs cup wins

But mayor scores own goal by confusing Chelsea and Arsenal women’s teams

22 May 2025
London

Stunning images of Crystal Palace pool and sports centre redevelopment

Mayor Sadiq Khan says developers should cross finish line in 2028

22 May 2025
Crime

Mayor’s policing deputy cannot say how many police stations will shut

Kaya Comer-Schwartz came under scrutiny as the Metropolitan Police prepares to cut 1,700 staff

22 May 2025
Transport

Petal power: London cycle lane with tulips made from recycled plastic

Cycling festival being held across capital, from Hounslow and Hammersmith to Hackney, over Bank Holiday weekend

22 May 2025