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Calls to start safety work at junction where cyclist died

14.10.11
Campaigners are demanding an immediate start to delayed safety work on a junction where a cyclist was killed last week... more

New weekend closures mean more Jubilee line misery

24.08.11
Mayor Boris Johnson is accused of breaking a series of promises over the Jubilee line as Tube bosses announced more weekend closures... more

Demonstration at death bridge

29.07.11
Cyclists are planning a mass demonstration tonight against 'dangerous' changes to Blackfriars bridge... more

Assembly chief clashes with bosses

29.06.11
The leader of the London Assembly's transport committee has clashed with rail chiefs - saying she could understand what led commuters to climb from a train and walk along the tracks after being stranded for two hours... more

Disabled motorists to be banned from driving to Olympics

08.12.10
Disabled people will be banned from driving to the Olympics, Games chiefs say... more

Call to Name £2m 2012 Olympics ticket sponsor

06.12.10
The Mayor is under pressure to reveal how he plans to fund a £2 million scheme to provide free Olympic tickets to London children... more

Three children in one borough put into care because they are obese

16.11.10
Three children in London have been taken into care because they are obese, it has emerged... more

Boris bikes are first taste of London cycling for thousands

11.10.10
Boris Johnson’s cycle hire scheme is encouraging thousands of people to travel around London by bike for the first time... more

Boroughs see red over plans to ditch traffic lights at crossings

16.09.10
Transport for London came under fire over plans to cut 145 sets of traffic lights... more

Cyclists to give Boris bike feedback

13.09.10
Cyclists are being asked to take part in an investigation into the Boris bikes scheme and the Mayor’s “cycle superhighways”... more

£308m Olympics media centre 'faces demolition' after Games

13.09.10
The £308 million taxpayer-funded Olympic media centre may have to be demolished after the Games if it fails to attract a buyer... more

Lib-Dems: Boris Johnson's plans will cut 7,500 ticket office hours a week

24.08.10
Tube ticket offices across London are to have their opening hours slashed by a total of almost 7,500 hours a week, Lib-Dems say... more

‘Island of prosperity’ fears for 2012 Olympic Park

16.02.10
The Olympic Park risks being an “island of prosperity” in the deprived East End unless efforts are made to spread its benefits, a report warns... more

Assembly launches inquiry into fire safety of London's tall buildings

10.02.10
The fire safety of tall buildings in the capital is to be investigated following the fatal Camberwell blaze... more

Third runway pollution safeguards ‘not fit for purpose’

29.01.10
Government safeguards to reduce the impact of a third runway at Heathrow are 'not fit for purpose', a report claims... more

Boris tells embassies to pay up over congestion charge

10.12.09
Boris Johnson is being pressured to demand payment from embassies owing fees and fines for the congestion charge... more

Met ‘must rethink’ plan to put machine gun police on street

23.10.09
Met under pressure to reverse its decision to begin armed patrols on some London streets... more

Olympics stadium could turn into 'white elephant' after 2012

01.07.09
The 2012 Olympic Stadium is in danger of becoming a "white elephant", a London Assembly committee claimed... more

Transport watchdog fights sack

19.12.08
London's public transport watchdog, sacked for backing Boris Johnson for Mayor, took his case to the Employment Tribunal... more

Doctors 'too busy to tackle measles crisis' Measles spread but NHS 'is tied up by reforms'

22.10.08
Sweeping health reforms could be distracting doctors from the measles epidemic hitting the capital... more

Assembly asks train passengers to help banish 'cattle-trucks'

16.09.08
Passengers are being asked to recount details of their commuting experiences to the London Assembly to help an investigation into overcrowding... more

Stop C-zone extension, say Tories

12.09.08
Conservative London Assembly members have written an open letter calling for the western extension of the congestion zone to be abolished... more

Assembly launches investigation into train overcrowding

09.09.08
The London Assembly will today launch an investigation into overcrowding on trains... more

'We don't understand how to vote for Mayor'

29.04.08
The majority of Londoners do not fully understand the complicated mayoral voting system, according to a YouGov poll for the Evening Standard... more

Comment: voter confusion over polling

29.04.08
With less than 48 hours to go until the day of the Mayoral elections, Londoners should be preparing to cast their votes confident that all is well with the electoral process... more

London Assembly 'should be scrapped'

25.04.08
A thinktank has called for the "ineffective" London Assembly to be scrapped... more

Hockney withdraws from mayoral race

27.03.08
One London mayoral candidate Damian Hockney has withdrawn from the race to run City Hall... more

Minicab touts face losing licence under 'three strikes' plan

25.02.08
A rule of "three strikes and you're out" for minicab touts has been attacked as too lenient... more

Levy 'needed to save West End theatres'

19.11.07
A levy on West End theatre tickets may be needed to save some of London's historic buildings.... more


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