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OPINION - Why more toilets is an urgent public health issue for London

My party trick is I can put a name to the face of every MP from the 2010-15 parliament. This was only vaguely useful a decade ago, and grows ever more redundant as time continues its remorseless march to the heat death of the universe. It may also explain my…

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Work starts in London on anti-apartheid 'Centre of Memory and Learning'

The £3.5m Islington-based project will involve transforming the building into a vibrant cultural space, and is located at the ANC’s former London HQ

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Wimbledon expansion go-ahead: All England Club gets green light to build 39 new tennis courts

The plan will see 39 new courts built on the former Wimbledon Park Golf Club, including an 8,000-seater stadium

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Elderly and disabled Londoners left waiting as TfL's Dial-a-Ride buses come hours late - or not at all

Mary Donohue, 82, said one bus took three hours to take her home

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London mayoral elections: What are the candidates' plans for public transport?

The mayoral candidates plans for London transport at a glance

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London’s council tax bombshell: £2,000+ annual bills on the rise - The Standard podcast

Our Local Democracy Reporter Noah Vickers explains the details behind the capital’s council tax rises.

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OPINION - Why London's council tax bill soars as services continue to be slashed

Don't shoot the messenger. But if you must, remember it's our local democracy reporter, Noah Vickers, not me. Londoners in nearly half the capital's boroughs will pay average council tax bills of more than £2,000 per year.

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Why Sir Keir Starmer’s shied away from Sadiq Khan’s policies - The Standard Podcast

Our Local Democracy Reporter Noah Vickers discusses his interview with Sir Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan.

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London’s independent music venues in crisis despite bumper year - The Standard podcast

Noah Vickers and Robert Dex discuss London's hospitality sector boom, and why small music venues are struggling despite it.

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Sadiq Khan: Next mayoral election will not be a referendum on Ulez

The mayor said he will instead be judged on his record over a range of areas

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TfL unveils over 80 new zero-emission buses in Sutton, with health message

City Hall hopes the buses - along with the expanded Ulez - will improve Londoners’ health

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Almost two-fifths of robberies in London are of mobile phones

Mayor of London and Met Police chief urge phone companies to ‘design out’ theft

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Dazzling LGBTQ-themed bus and train wraps launched by TfL for Pride

A bus, Overground train, and Elizabeth line train, each wrapped in a dazzling design to celebrate Pride, have been unveiled by Transport for London (TfL).

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Mayor and Met Police say major operation has brought fall in London homicides

Sadiq Khan said Operation Denali has helped bring London’s homicide level down to its lowest level since 2014

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‘My opponents are shedding a tear’ - Sadiq Khan hits back on housebuilding claims

The Mayor was accused by the Conservatives of building too many tower blocks and not enough ‘family homes’, in his bid to meet a Government-set housing target

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‘A win-win for businesses’: London politicians urge action to boost cargo bike use

Transport for London believe the vehicles could replace up to 17 per cent of van-driven kilometres in central London by the end of the decade

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Sir Mark Rowley: New ‘psychological tools’ could weed out malicious police recruits

The Met Commissioner said the police force was ‘tightening up’ its vetting processes for new and existing officers

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Memorial to victims of transatlantic slave trade to be created in London Docklands

The memorial will be unveiled in the summer of 2026, with a winning artist’s design selected via an open competition process

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Politicians take aim at ‘rogue landlords’ in London ‘wild west’ of supported housing

One shocking case saw two homicides take place in an “inapproporiately mixed accommodation unit”

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New funding to help people rough sleeping on Night Tube and buses

A £2 million package from the Mayor is to be partly put towards boosting outreach teams on London’s Night Tube and bus network

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Sadiq Khan: ‘Silent majority are with me on Ulez expansion’

As the Mayor claimed that most Londoners supported his Ulez plan, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared to signal his own support for the proposal

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Sadiq Khan launches scheme to train 500 basketball coaches across London

The £1.1 million scheme will support the training of around 500 coaches over three years

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Sadiq Khan urges government to create ‘women-friendly’ workplaces

The Mayor of London called on the government to reduce the cost of childcare

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Sadiq Khan: Some Ulez protesters are joining hands with far-Right

The Mayor pointed to a ‘far-right’ element among a group of anti-Ulez protesters

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Better infrastructure needed in outer London, cyclists warn

Members of the charity Cycle Sisters said the capital’s network of bike lanes needed to be expanded further into outer boroughs

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