Gen Z will vape wherever they want and don't care who they piss off Airplane toilets, funerals, Tube platforms, buses. Maddy Mussen on how her vape-obsessed cohort became ungovernable Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2025
TfL chief 'hopeful and optimistic' new Piccadilly line trains will start running in a year The 94 new trains will be the first on the ‘deep level’ London Underground to have air conditioning Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025
‘Sick and vulgar’ Tube passenger who sexually assaulted young woman on Central line is jailed The victim took a mobile image of Rohan Uddin, 22, allowing police to identify him Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025
Revealed: 17 Tube stations get green light for step-free renovations - but plans for 13 others are shelved Upton Park, Blackhorse Road and Wood Green in line for upgrades - but Queensbury and Brent Cross among stations to have hopes dashed Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025
Samantha Morton says ‘care system not fit for purpose’ as she is made OBE The actress, known for her roles in Longford and The Serpent Queen, was honoured for services to drama and charity. Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025
OPINION - Should Lime bike users be forced to wear helmets? So, Lime bikes are facing at least a dozen legal claims from cyclists who say they were injured while riding “faulty” bikes and alarmingly these alleged injuries include broken legs, arms and ankles, dislocated shoulders and brain injuries There are an estimated 40,000 Lime bikes out there and the company… Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2025
Tube staff offered new three-year pay deal to end strike threat The deal would provide a 3.4 per cent rise for the current financial year, followed by an amount equal to the RPI rate of interest for 2026/27 and 2027/28 Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2025
Central line chaos as passengers trapped in sweltering tunnel for over an hour One passenger said he saw a commuter urinate inside the ‘stupidly hot and claustrophobic’ Central line train, which was stuck for over an hour before finally terminating at Leyton Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2025
Police hunt ‘Piccadilly line’ knife-wielding phone robbery gang Anyone who recognises them is urged to come forward after three males – including a boy, 17 – were attacked in London Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025
Boris bikes fight back against Lime: £40m sponsorship deal keeps TfL scheme on the road until 2032 Number of e-bikes due to rise to 5,000 as Santander agrees to continue investing in London’s original hire bike scheme Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025
A quarter of Londoners say they are more likely to cycle following Tube strike A poll by Lime and YouGov found that 28 per cent of Londoners are more likely to consider cycling in the future due to the disruption Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025
Lime bikes chief executive reveals huge expansion vision: 'We want to be in every borough in London' E-bikes currently available for hire in 17 boroughs - but firm has sights set on all 33 after ridership soars during Tube strike Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2025
Talks to try to resolve Tube dispute to resume on Friday The Rail, Maritime and Transport union is seeking a cut in the 35-hour working week of its members. Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025
Up to 300 Tube staff at risk of being deported as Government faces calls to suspend new visa rules RMT and TSSA union members protest outside Home Office over ‘knee-jerk’ changes to immigration laws Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025
Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025 Tube talks: RMT criticises TfL's efforts to prevent more strikes as 'a slide show with no negotiations' ‘There was no offer made, no negotiations, no interest in coming to any agreement’, according to union memo
Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025 Will deal be reached to avoid more Tube strikes? RMT and London Underground officials to sit down for talks today RMT leaders will meet with London Underground officials on Wednesday, raising hopes of a deal
Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2025 Teenager who carried out string of 'abhorrent' sexual assaults at London Tube stations jailed The 18-year-old sexually assaulted two women within two hours during spate of attacks on the Tube network last year
Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2025 RMT union official accused of 'mocking' commuters hit by Tube strike while sunbathing in Majorca Daniel Gibbons documented his summer holiday while millions of people struggled into work because of industrial action on the Underground
Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2025 RMT boss Eddie Dempsey 'almost optimistic' that TfL peace talks will prevent more Tube strikes ‘If we can get ourselves into a position where there's a compromise that works on both sides, then we'll settle’
The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025 Is London Tube strike the shape of transport stoppages to come? The Man Who Pays His Way: RMT walkout was super-efficient, but brings risks for union
Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2025 Dodgy e-bikes should come with cigarette-style health warnings, say London transport chiefs Concern grows about illegally-adapted bikes being ridden at high speeds by delivery riders
Evening Standard · Sep 14, 2025 Union boss behind Tube strike warns drivers on £72k could walk out again despite 3.4% pay rise The RMT rejected a 3.4% pay offer and is campaigning for a cut in members’ 35-hour weeks
Evening Standard · Sep 14, 2025 Tube bosses accused of 'misleading' public with criminal record claim in fare dodging crackdown Transport for London has been under pressure for months to crackdown on fare dodging
Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2025 Tube strike sparked huge surge in bike crashes, London Ambulance Service data shows Bike crashes increased by 44% during the Tube strikes as two million cyclists took to two wheels to get around the city
The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025 London and Glasgow to be linked by new service from ‘budget train company’ The new service will open up more ways to travel between Glasgow and the UK capital