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Noah Vickers
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Journalist @TheHouseMag.bsky.social | Previously reported for @theLondonStandard.bsky.social and @EDP24.bsky.social | 🏳️‍🌈

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I also asked Jenkyns about climate change, which she says is the result of "natural cycles".

Asked whether there is anything unusual about record-high temperatures over recent years, she told me "things can be presented in certain ways".

What does this mean for Lincolnshire?
September 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
And this map, also sourced through FOI requests, shows how temporary accommodation in some boroughs is home to people almost 100 years old
May 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
FOI requests by @citizensuk.org show just how long some families and individuals have been waiting in temporary accommodation
May 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Some concerning ONS data this week revealed how the explosion of shoplifting in London since the pandemic is showing no sign of slowing down. It was up 54% in 2024, year-on-year. Rest of England only saw a 15% increase.

Story: www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
April 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
'Top ten' longest estimated wait times across England here:

www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
April 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Sadiq Khan tells @thelondonstandard.bsky.social lessons will be learnt from Heathrow substation fire.

Asked how it was possible for a single substation to put the airport out of action, he says it is “important we don’t speculate on the various power entry points into Heathrow”
March 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
One of the most interesting findings in the data, I think

www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
February 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Graham Wynn of the British Retail Consortium tells me "inadequate police action over the years has given criminals a free rein to steal goods"
February 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Why has shoplifting in London risen by 50% in the year to Sep 2024, when the increase across England and Wales in the same period was only 22%?

Mayor says:

1.) “Because we have a lot of shops here”

2.) Cost of living is worse in London, which leads to more “acquisitive crime”
February 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Sadiq Khan tells me a third runway at Heathrow would undermine his efforts to clean up London’s air.

He also warns it would worsen UK net carbon emissions and noise disturbances for west Londoners.
January 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Will Sir Sadiq Khan attend the opening of the Silvertown Tunnel in April, and is he excited about it?

He says Londoners “should be incredibly proud” of the project, and insists - despite the controversy around it - it is a “great piece of infrastructure”.
January 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Latest updates from the last Mayor’s Question Time of the year at the Standard’s liveblog 👇

www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
December 19, 2024 at 11:11 AM
The ‘Tooting Four’, who staged an anti-Ulez protest outside Sadiq Khan’s home in April, were this morning found guilty of harassment at Westminster Magistrates’.

One of the four, Nick Arlett, and the group’s spokesman, Cllr Simon Fawthrop, spoke to media outside the court:
December 6, 2024 at 2:01 PM
EXC: Sadiq Khan reveals he is against the assisted dying bill, saying he has 'real concerns' about the possibility of 'coercive control', but also over terminally ill people feeling 'guilt' about the impact of their condition on others.
November 26, 2024 at 1:51 PM
My first time reporting from the Royal Courts of Justice today, as the Save Our Safer Streets group challenge Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman's decision to remove three LTNs from Bethnal Green... 🚴🚘

Campaigner @janeharrislondon.bsky.social tells me the move could "put lives in jeopardy"
November 20, 2024 at 8:36 PM