Transport news highlights of 2024 ...The Standard podcast

Mark Blunden,Ross Lydall and Rachelle Abbott
Official launch of the new London Overground lines at Dalston Junction station (TfL)
Official launch of the new London Overground lines at Dalston Junction station (TfL)

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Welcome to The Standard podcast transport news highlights of 2024

In this episode, you’ll hear some of the best bits from our news podcast that's focussed on transport - from four to two wheels, rail and Tube.

There’s been plenty of passenger news and a steady stream of news scoops, courtesy of The London Standard’s transport and City Hall editor, Ross Lydall, who you’ll hear through this special edition.

Latest stories

  • Plane Passenger Claims Flight Attendant 'Wrongfully Accused’ Them of Vaping in Bathroom: 'Extremely Shaken'

    The traveler claims the flight attendant banged on the door and stated they knew the passenger was vaping because of an alarm, the accused wrote on Reddit

  • 2 Reasons You Should Buy a New Car Instead of a Used One in 2025

    Although new car prices are predicted to remain high in 2025, it might be a better bet to buy a new car versus a used car if you're looking to purchase this year. There are several factors favoring...

  • 7 SUVs To Avoid Buying in 2025

    As the car market continues to normalize after a turbulent four years of high prices and low inventory, SUVs are certain to be the overwhelming vehicle choice for drivers in the U.S. Although recent...

  • Bus driver retires after 50 years behind the wheel

    After spending 50 years behind the wheel of an Ottawa bus, Jerome Watters has one piece of advice for making the most out of the job."You have to be a people person," he said. "In order to enjoy this job, you have to enjoy people. And I've had a lot of really interesting people over the years."Watters started driving in 1974, and has had so many passengers that some who he picked up as students are now his peers, driving buses for OC Transpo.Now entering his well-earned retirement, Watters is re

  • 7 Best Electric Cars for Families in 2025

    Ready to go electric? The market is booming with options that can handle everything, whether that's to and from soccer practice or cross-country road trips. Do you need a budget-friendly ride, or are...

  • Innocent person killed when cop chase with murder suspect who wanted to ‘call his mom’ ends in crash

    The deadly incident occurred in Texas on Thursday at around 10.30 a.m. after the suspect, name as Gabriel Cerna, collided with another vehicle on the interstate

  • Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

    A story about a traffic camera pole being cut down hours after going up was among our most read this week.

  • Met unleashes new flying squad on e-motorbikes to tackle two-wheeled phone snatchers

    An elite unit of specially trained police riding high speed e-motorbikes has been deployed in London to target criminal cyclist gangs who snatch mobile phones, The Telegraph can reveal.

  • Tesla Is Offering Big Cybertruck Discounts Because of Weak Demand

    Sales of the Ford F-150 Lightning competitor have not quite lived up to expectations.

  • Commercial Jets Forced to Divert After Elon Musk's Starship Explodes, Raining Fiery Debris Through Sky

    Evasive Maneuvers While it may have provided an eye-popping spectacle for spectators on the ground, the mid-flight explosion of SpaceX's Starship on Thursday evening posed a serious threat to nearby aircraft. As Reuters reports, the rocket's debris that rained down over the Caribbean forced airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to change course to avoid being struck by the fiery remains. The scale of the disruption wreaked is significant. The flight tracking website FlightRadar24 says that doz

  • 5 Sedans To Avoid Buying in 2025

    If you're budgeting and shopping for a new sedan in 2025, you might have some difficulty. American car manufacturers are shifting gears and no longer making sedans en mass. Instead, they're primarily...

  • VinFast to enter India with premium electric SUV to take on rivals

    Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast will enter the Indian market with two premium electric SUVs, taking on homegrown rival Mahindra & Mahindra and China's BYD, which already has a presence in the world's third largest car market. VinFast unveiled its VF6 and VF7 SUVs at the India Auto Show in New Delhi, as it hopes to draw buyers to its EVs and contribute to India's goals of eliminating carbon emissions on a net basis, said Pham Sanh Chau, VinFast's Asia CEO. "We are turning our focus to India - our next growth frontier," Chau told reporters.

  • Southwest pilot arrested on a DUI charge while making preparations in the cockpit

    Police at a Georgia airport arrested an airline pilot on a DUI charge as he was making pre-flight checks aboard a Southwest Airlines flight with bloodshot eyes and reeking of what smelled like alcohol, according to a police report. Passengers had boarded the Southwest Airlines flight from Savannah to Chicago and were awaiting takeoff Wednesday morning when police boarded the plane and took the pilot away in handcuffs. Officers tracked down the 52-year-old pilot after an airport security officer reported that he “smelled of alcohol and appeared intoxicated” while checking in at a flight crew screening lane Wednesday morning, the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement.

  • A doctor accused of sexual abuse by more than 200 former patients is indicted on rape charges

    A grand jury in Massachusetts has indicted a doctor who is accused of sexually assaulting more than 200 former patients over a period of more than a decade. The patients sued Dr. Derrick Todd, who has been accused of performing unnecessary pelvic floor therapy, breast examinations, testicular examinations and other unwarranted procedures on patients dating back to 2010. The Middlesex District Attorney's Office said in a statement Thursday that Todd was indicted earlier that day for “two counts of rape alleging the sexual assault of two women.”

  • Bill Gates on Trump meeting: ‘Frankly I was impressed’

    Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates reflected on a recent dinner he had with President-elect Trump in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, saying he was “impressed” by the former president. “I had a chance, about two weeks ago, to go have a long and actually quite intriguing dinner with him,” Gates told…

  • Nvidia CEO says not attending Trump's inauguration

    Nvidia's chief executive Jensen Huang said on Friday he will not be attending U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, but will instead be "on the road" celebrating the Lunar New Year with employees and their families. Asked by reporters outside Nvidia's new year party in Taipei whether he had talked with the incoming Trump administration about the new artificial intelligence export control rules the outgoing Biden administration unveiled this week, Huang said, "not yet". He also said he had met C.C. Wei, the chairman of Nvidia's main supplier TSMC for lunch where they talked about ramping up production of Nvidia's most advanced AI chips Blackwell.

  • Teacher who gave birth to 13-year-old student’s baby started molesting him when he was 11, court docs allege

    The Independent has now seen the criminal complaint detailing the full extent of the horrific child sex abuse allegations

  • Elizabeth Hurley is dripping in diamonds as she shares most risqué photo to date

    Elizabeth Hurley has regularly showed off her stunning beauty and during the week, the brunette model wowed fans with one of her most risqué photos to date

  • Man City: Pep Guardiola reveals transfer process as City close in on stunning triple deal

    Man City are thought to be close to adding reinforcements to their squad

  • Transfer news LIVE! Sesko agrees Arsenal move; Chelsea bid rejected; new Manchester United target

    January window continues to ramp up with some major deals possible