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Ross Lydall

@rosslydall.bsky.social

Transport Editor and City Hall Editor, The London Standard Email: ross.lydall@standard.co.uk

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Man tells of latest red paint attack on home wrongly dubbed a brothel Third early-morning attack on same Walthamstow homes and businesses

Third red paint attack on same properties in Walthamstow www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

09.06.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Flower power: central London cycle lane lined with tulips made from recycled plastic Cycling festival being held across capital, from Hounslow and Hammersmith to Hackney, over Bank Holiday weekend

We need tulips in every β€œMini Holland” www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

22.05.2025 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
500 homes to be given to homeless under Sadiq Khan's plan to eradicate rough sleeping 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

β€œI was told to bed myself down for three nights and wait for someone to turn up."
Woman breaks down as she tells @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social what it is like to be homeless in London
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

20.05.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Safety alert at crash death bus station where drivers 'fail to let people cross' road Health and Safety Executive sends TfL another warning about Walthamstow bus station, where a pensioner was killed by double decker

New safety alert issued for east London bus station where pedestrian was killed by double decker www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

19.05.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pedestrian dies after collision with e-bike rider on busy west London high street Man in 60s dies in hospital more than a month after crash at the Shepherd’s Bush market end of Uxbridge Road

Pedestrian dies after collision with e-bike rider in west London www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

19.05.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive CCTV footage of red paint attack on homes in Walthamstow EXCLUSIVE: Watch CCTV footage of latest in series of early-morning attacks reportedly linked to Chinese gangs

Exclusive: Another red paint attack on homes in east London www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/r...

16.05.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Woman driver pleads not guilty to causing death of cyclist Harry Webb in Hackney Accused expected to claim she suffered β€˜loss of consciousness’, court told

Latest in the court case relating to the death of cyclist Harry Webb: accused driver pleads not guilty and expected to claim 'loss of consciousness' www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/h...

16.05.2025 07:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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Barnet council by-election: Labour holds seat, Tories second but Reform polls 592 votes

16.05.2025 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hackney marshes parking row: astroturf pitches, rugby, sailing and tennis targeted Council to charge up to Β£5.70 an hour to park at Mabley Green, West Reservoir and Spring Hill park

Own goal? Council crackdown on free parking spreads to more children’s sports venues www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

15.05.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fewer than 4,000 affordable homes started in London in 2024/25 - with eight boroughs building fewer than 10 new homes www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

14.05.2025 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Inside City Hall: pictures show the London landmark half-derelict and awaiting a promised transformation into offices, restaurants and shops www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

14.05.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today’s adventure… 🚲 πŸ’»

12.05.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sadiq Khan's plan to build on London's greenbelt is a total misdirection Sir Sadiq Khan has stepped back into the breach by signalling a willingness to allow developers to build on pockets of Green Belt land.

London’s housing crisis: three words that never seem to go away
www.standard.co.uk/comment/sadi...

09.05.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That would be a β€œbrave” decision…. 🍿

09.05.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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South London low-traffic scheme opponents celebrate shock High Court victory History made as High Court rules against Lambeth council over traffic scheme

Wow! Victory for West Dulwich LTN campaigners www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

09.05.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hackney Marshes football clubs slam 'extortionate' parking charge plan Hackney council to charge up to Β£5.70 an hour to park at the marshes where David Beckham and John Terry learned to play

Its all kicking off at Hackney marshes: council plans to introduce parking charges for grassroots footballers (and charge more than Westfield) www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

08.05.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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School closures: MP says cost of living crisis means families can't afford London Family seeking housing in Camden offered a place in Manchester - while Enfield council considers buying homes in Liverpool

Another interesting speech from
@florenceeshalomi.bsky.social πŸ‘€
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

06.05.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm grateful to Richmond Park Cyclists for drawing my attention to official data on the number of pedestrians killed in collision with cyclists (12 in four years) and the number killed in collision with cars (1,099 over the same period)

02.05.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Royal Parks 20mph speed limit for cyclists could prevent return of London Duathlon Fears that annual event will never take place again in Richmond Park - as cycling club ditches time trials

Time trials ditched and London Duathlon feared unlikely to return to Richmond Park after Royal Parks puts the brakes on cyclists www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

02.05.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lime bike rider miraculously avoids serious injury in bus crash Video of horror crash in Shoreditch viewed hundreds of thousands of times

This Lime bike v London bus crash gets worse every time I watch it
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

01.05.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Turn it down! Passengers who play loud music on trains are anti-social, suggests PM Londoners back Β£1,000 fines for passengers who play music on speakerphone

β€œHeadphone dodgers” row gets a hearing at PMQs - with people who put feet on seats next in the firing line @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social

www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

30.04.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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War on fare dodgers stepped up amid concern of surge in β€˜gate-pushers’ Efforts to target bus network hampered by lack of Met police support

Virtually every time I travel by train or Tube in London these days I spot a fare dodger blatantly pushing through the barriers.
(I don’t blame station staff for not daring to intervene - one did at Liverpool St recently and risked assault)
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

30.04.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Supersize SUVs much more likely to cause fatal injury to cyclists and pedestrians' Sports utility vehicles account for more than half of new cars bought in UK

Alarming research reveals the scale of the danger posed to pedestrians and cyclists - especially children - by "supersize" SUV cars www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

30.04.2025 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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Don't do this! Tube chaos after passenger jumps onto live tracks 'to recover AirPod' Thousands stuck in tunnels while CCTV was checked to ensure passenger had not fallen under train at Earl’s Court station

What not to do if you drop your AirPods on the Tube… www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

28.04.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Speeding cyclists are being urged to slow down in London's Royal Parks But it’s unclear how rule will be enforced after Royal Parks police axed

Cyclists in royal parks asked to limit speed to 20mph www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

25.04.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This graph's based on fewer observation points (12 rather than 30) but is still quite something...

25.04.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New data on cycling in the City of London πŸ‘€

25.04.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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TfL urged to do more to safeguard intoxicated passengers after artist's Tube death Sarah Cunningham was killed after accidentally walking into Tube tunnel

Coroner issues 'intoxicated passengers on Tube' alert after artist's accidental death www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

25.04.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Twice as many bikes as cars in 'Square Mile' after 57% increase in City cyclists Change part-fuelled by massive rise in use of Lime and Forest e-bikes

Bikes outnumber cars two to one in the City of London www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

24.04.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sadiq Khan faces backlash from residents over Oxford Street pedestrianisation Residents’ groups tell London Assembly investigation that need for change has been overstated by Mayor of London

We all want Oxford Street to thrive but as I told @eveningstandard.bsky.social @rosslydall.bsky.social I share concerns about lack of transparency and proper engagement. Local communities need to trust the process if we're going to make pedestrianisation a success⬇
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

23.04.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

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