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Ban e-bikes or we’ll strike, threaten London Underground drivers after platform fire

Three fire engines were called to an e-bike blaze at Rayners Lane station last month

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Union safety reps 'stormed out of meeting after TfL refused to ban e-bikes from Tube'

New twist in London Underground fire risk row after e-bike exploded

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan unveils £7m fund in bid to clean up London's rivers

Funding comes as the mayor hosts a roundtable summit with Thames Water and other agencies - but is criticised for failing to include the London Assembly

Evening Standard

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OPINION - London needs to ban e-bikes on public transport — otherwise I fear tragedy will strike

E-bike battery fires are raising safety concerns, leading to calls for a ban on e-bikes on the Underground

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan demands book exchanges reinstated in Tube stations amid fire safety row

TfL had ordered the libraries’ removal for fire safety reasons outlined by the LFB - but Mayor says he is hoping for ‘very swift announcement of a U-turn’

Evening Standard

Record numbers of drivers caught speeding as Met police targets issuing a million tickets a year

815,345 drivers were caught breaking the speed limit in Greater London in 2024, up 85,000 in a year

Evening Standard

OPINION - Long live the book exchanges on the Tube: they're the best of London

Thank you Sadiq Khan, for seeing the light. Whatever your critics make of you, surely they can’t criticise you for this: stopping books being removed from tube stations.

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Sadiq Khan steps in to save London Underground book exchanges after outcry over closure

Transport for London said it was forced to close the beloved book-swaps across every London Underground station

The Independent UK

Anger as TfL drops free book libraries from Tube stations due to 'fire risk'

Book lovers said that TfL had removed ‘the one bit of joy in a commute’

Evening Standard

Tube union threatens strike unless e-bikes are banned from London Underground after platform blaze

The fire at Rayners Lane station sent toxic fumes billowing across the station and caused temporary disruption to the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines

Evening Standard

Silvertown and Blackwall tunnel tolls: TfL launches quick way to check if you have to pay

Online vehicle checker now includes tunnel tolls - but doesn’t show whether discounts are available to low-income Londoners

Evening Standard

Concern over 'low take-up' of Silvertown and Blackwall Tunnel toll discounts

Sadiq Khan urged by Liberal Democrats to do more to ‘ensure local people are fully aware of the discounts available to them’

Evening Standard

Revealed: how Sadiq Khan's Ulez expansion cut road pollution in every outer London borough

Transport for London publishes data for how pollution levels have been affected by Ulez expansion

Evening Standard

London mayor Sadiq Khan: I have 'no plans' to move the goalposts on Ulez vehicle emission rules

20-year-old petrol cars and vans and 10-year old diesels will remain exempt from £12.50 levy

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Third runway at Heathrow would 'wipe out environmental benefits from Ulez', warns Sadiq Khan

Mayor steps up opposition to Heathrow expansion as new report finds further improvement to air quality thanks to ultra-low emission zone

Evening Standard

'Everyone hates Elon' fake ads attacking Musk appear on London Tube and bus stops

Musk mocked for declining sales of Tesla cars after controversies

Evening Standard

Ulez expansion to Greater London boundary has driven air pollution down, TfL reveals

Nitrogen dioxide down 4.8%, carbon dioxide down 1% but traffic increases

Evening Standard

London travel news LIVE: Severe delays on the Piccadilly line due to signal failure

Earlier disruption between London Paddington and Heathrow has now been cleared

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Detailed plans unveiled for new Superloop bus route in south London

The SL11 forms part of the ‘Superloop 2’ network of express bus services promised in Sir Sadiq Khan’s manifesto last year

Evening Standard

London 'health hazard' railway bridge clean-up demanded after mysterious orange substance leak

Orange substance said to contain coliform bacteria and E.coli

Evening Standard

Revealed: Moving pedestrian crossing 50 yards down Streatham High Road cost almost £1m

Liberal Democrats say the safety scheme’s ‘eye-watering’ cost suggests ‘something has surely gone wrong’

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan says he wants to take control of Oxford Street because council has 'failed' the area

Mayor wants to part-pedestrianise the ‘tired’ street and doesn’t want Labour-run authority to be ‘obstacle to progress’

Evening Standard

First look at unusual branding for the new £2m Silvertown tunnel bike bus

Only cyclists will be allowed to use the new bus through Sadiq Khan’s controversial road tunnel under the Thames

Evening Standard

Double whammy fares misery for commuters as Tube and train fares rise above inflation

Passengers advised to renew season tickets and Railcards before Sunday

Evening Standard

How much do TfL Tube and bus drivers earn as strikes over salaries begin

Tube and bus drivers are taking industrial action this week over demands for better pay – but what is their current compensation?

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