5 h. ago Book exchange libraries to be reinstated at some Tube stations after mayor orders review of his own fire rules

15 stations will see ‘community libraries’ return after TfL finds solution

Events

26 h. ago Even Tesla drivers seem to hate Elon Musk. Their honking protest warms the heart | Zoe Williams

The demonstration outside the Tesla showroom in west London was one of the smallest I have seen. But everyone who passed by was keen to show their supportPark Royal is the worst underground station in London and therefore the world. You come out of a stubby 1930s entrance hall that must have been cute once, right on to a dual carriageway. There’s a hotel on the other side of the road, and a tourist will most likely approach you, asking how she’s supposed to cross, and your answer will be just a sub-verbal collapse into nothingness. There is no obvious way to cross the road. This place was built for cars, and if you’re not a car, you’re stuck in a tube station now. There is actually an underpass, but that’s no excuse for dystopian urban planning.I was there helping the Stop Trump Coalition make a video before the US president’s state visit, whenever that might be, and they were there to see Tesla Takedown, which is not as antagonistic as it sounds, just a score of people, one dressed...

Events

26 h. ago I went to a Tesla protest this weekend – here’s what I learned | Zoe Williams

The demonstration outside the Tesla showroom in west London was one of the smallest I have seen. But everyone who passed by was keen to show their supportPark Royal is the worst underground station in London and therefore the world. You come out of a stubby 1930s entrance hall that must have been cute once, right on to a dual carriageway. There’s a hotel on the other side of the road, and a tourist will most likely approach you, asking how she’s supposed to cross, and your answer will be just a sub-verbal collapse into nothingness. There is no obvious way to cross the road. This place was built for cars, and if you’re not a car, you’re stuck in a tube station now. There is actually an underpass, but that’s no excuse for dystopian urban planning.I was there helping the Stop Trump Coalition make a video before the US president’s state visit, whenever that might be, and they were there to see Tesla Takedown, which is not as antagonistic as it sounds, just a score of people, one dressed...

Politics

4 d. ago The Tube and train disruptions planned for London Marathon weekend

More trains to be put on in parts of the capital on marathon day

Politics

5 d. ago Council offers £12m to revamp overcrowded and inaccessible 'tourist hotspot' Tube station

South Kensington is gateway to Natural History Museum, Science Museum and V&A but has no step-free access

Economics

5 d. ago Police launch robbery blitz at London Tube stations after pregnant woman is punched by phone snatcher in latest shocking attack

The Standard joins British Transport Police officers on patrol at two busy stations in east London

Events

5 d. ago Police robbery blitz after pregnant woman is punched by phone snatcher at London Tube station

Officers say 1,245 robberies across the transport network - around three a day - is a reduction of nearly 20 per cent

Events

7 d. ago Jean Charles de Menezes’s mother says ‘everyone should watch’ TV drama about his killing

Disney+ series revisits killing of Brazilian man wrongly identified as a terrorist by Met police officers in 2005The mother of a man shot dead by police in a London Underground station after being mistaken for a terrorist has said “everyone should watch” a new dramatisation of her son’s killing.Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times by two police marksmen in Stockwell tube station on 22 July 2005. De Menezes was wrongly identified as one of the fugitives involved in a failed bombing two weeks after the 7/7 attack in London, which killed 52 people. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Phone snatcher punches pregnant woman in stomach outside Tube station

Phone snatcher punches pregnant woman in stomach outside Tube station  London Evening Standard

Politics

1 week ago Jean Charles de Menezes' mum makes extraordinary gesture to cops who killed innocent son

A new drama about innocent Jean Charles de Menezes coming to Disney+ is bringing some 'relief' to his family 20 years after he was shot by police at a London tube station

Events

1 week ago Probe launched after passenger falls from platform and dies at Ickenham Tube station

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch have launched an investigation into the death

Events

1 week ago Sick video shows pensioner brutally beaten for bumping into 'hooligan' passenger on Russian tube

The brutal attack was caught on CCTV showing a younger man repeatedly kicking, punching and dragging an older gentleman along the platform at the tube station in Moscow

Culture

2 w. ago Tube journeys disrupted as East London station platform to be closed from May to August

Tube journeys disrupted as East London station platform to be closed from May to August  Yahoo News UK

Politics

2 w. ago Busy Tube and Overground station latest to be hit by fire brigade ban on 'community book swap' scheme

Blackhorse Road loses free book exchange despite mayor’s pledge to intervene

Events

2 w. ago Full list of Tube and Overground closures announced by Transport for London

There is also a part closure on the Elizabeth line this weekend

Politics

2 w. ago Full list of Tube and Overground closures announced by Transport for London this weekend

There is also a part closure on the Elizabeth line this weekend

Politics

2 w. ago Furious parents demand action as knife thugs ‘overrun’ enclave near Willesden Green Tube station

Father-of-two Recorda Davey-Ann Clarke murdered and number of stabbings increased by four per cent in Brent, according to Scotland Yard data

Politics

3 w. ago Parents of brilliant young artist found dead at Tube station hope coroner will leave no stone unturned on Underground safety

Sarah Cunningham’s death aged 31 led to outpouring of grief from art world

Events

3 w. ago London Underground stations and Tube lines with highest crime levels revealed

The issue of crime on the Tube has been thrust back into the spotlight after a man was pictured smoking crack cocaine in front of passengers

Events

3 w. ago Which London Underground and overground stations and lines are closed this weekend?

The Elizabeth line is set to experience alterations

Politics