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Ross Lydall
Ross Lydall is the Health Editor and the City Hall Editor of the Evening Standard. He reports on the NHS and advances in science and medicine, and on the Mayor, Transport for London, City Hall politics and anything else he spots while out cycling. He was the first journalist to write about “Boris bikes” and is still waiting for Crossrail to open.
Khan forced to hide in cafe as protesters turn up at mayoral launch
Mr Khan called for a 1945-style programme to rebuild the economy and promised to focus on ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’
High Street Kensington cycle lanes should be reinstated, says Mayor
TfL-commissioned survey of 1,000 residents finds 56 per cent support for protected lanes - but 30 per cent opposition
Brazil variant causes Covid reinfections in up to 61%, say scientists
The variant is also 1.4 to 2.2 times more transmissible than the normal strain of the virus found in the Amazon basin
Give us answers on Brazilian mutant: Warning of threat to roadmap
We have no clue over identity of mutant carrier, says minister Nadhim Zahawi
2 million cheers for London: Delight at landmark vaccination figure
Chief nurse: this is key to unlocking city
London Ambulance medics get body-cameras in bid to reduce attacks
529 attacks on frontline crews in less than a year and 18 assailants jailed
Hammersmith ferry won’t start until summer - and won’t be free
Residents say plans breach their belief that replacement ferry service would be free
Patients with covid at ‘very high risk of death’ after surgery
Safety precautions ‘must be maintained’ despite backlog of two million patients
Covid vaccines ‘cut risk of hospital admissions by up to 94%’
The Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines were shown to reduce the risk by up to 85% and 94% respectively
Four more symptoms should be added to official Covid list - experts
Researchers say cases are missed when people display symptoms outside the ‘classic triad’
London falls to bottom of the vaccine rollout league
Mass vaccination centres across the capital are reported to be standing idle — prompting calls for teachers, police and transport workers to be offered unused slots
London sees biggest fall in Covid deaths in the country
The ONS research revealed that fewer than half of people diagnosed with the virus had symptoms
Sadiq Khan under scrutiny over road deaths as 20mph limit proposed
Pressure on Mayor as almost 100 killed in past year despite lockdown
Oxford vaccine ‘works well’ on UK Covid strain
New data 'shows vaccine is around as effective' against the Kent mutant
Government defends its handling of hotel quarantine
Officials are seeking to make 28,000 room bookings by March 31 — enough for more than 1,400 passengers a day arriving from 33 “red list” countries