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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

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

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 17, 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 16, 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