Noora Mykkanen

Noora Mykkanen | Senior News Reporter

Senior news reporter with a keen interest in urban transport, Noora covers everything from TfL, the London Underground, railways and airports.

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E-bikes on fire on a Tube station platform in Sutton and Rayners Lane.

E-bike ban starts on London Underground today - see where they are still allowed

UK 2 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

Two pictures showing a lorry crashed through the barrier on the M11 near Stansted Airport.

Major motorway closed for hours after lorry crash near London airport

UK 1 day ago By Noora Mykkanen

A Nationwide Building Society branch in Middlesbrough, UK, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Nationwide Building Society has reached a preliminary agreement to buy Virgin Money UK Plc for ??2.9 billion ($3.7 billion), in a deal that raises the stakes for consolidation among Britain's mid-sized lenders. Photographer: Ian Forsyth/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Full list of Nationwide branches set for major changes within weeks

UK 2 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

Mick Philpott and wife Mairead Philpott speak to the media at Derby Conference Centre, Derby following a fire at their home last week which claimed the lives of six of his children. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday May 16, 2012. Jade Philpott, 10, and brothers John, nine, Jack, seven, Jessie, six, and Jayden, five, all perished in the blaze at their home in Allenton, Derby. Mr Philpott's 13-year-old son Duwayne died of his injuries in Birmingham Children's Hospital at the weekend with his parents at his bedside.

Dad who killed his own kids in house fire 'battered and bruised after prison attack'

UK 2 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

A train travelling on the Island Line between Ryde Esplanade and Ryde Pier Head on the Isle of Wight which has been closed for maintenance this winter.

Aboard the UK’s one of a kind floating train line which is set to reopen soon

UK 3 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

Friends and family are looking for missing Tony from Hackney, east London.

Concern grows for missing cyclist from London last seen weeks ago

UK 3 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

Two images showing Olivia, 13, who was attacked on a path in Morecambe, Lancashire, by a group of girls, and image showing the injuries to her face.

Girl, 12, arrested after teen's head 'kicked like a football' in horror attack

UK 3 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

Smoke rising out from a car crash scene on the M6 on October 15 near Tebay, picture of dad and his two sons killed in the crash, and his partner Jade.

Family of four killed by suicidal pilot deliberately driving wrong way down M6

UK 3 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

Passengers queue at a check-in desk at Heathrow Terminal 2 in London. Flights resumed at the west London airport on Friday evening and restrictions on overnight flights were temporarily lifted following hours of closure, after a blaze knocked out an electricity substation in Hayes late on Thursday evening.

Heathrow Airport could face more disruption at Easter after strikes announced

UK 17 hours ago By Noora Mykkanen

The aftermath of a lorry crash on the M6 near Walsall and Birmingham on traffic camera.

Drivers face 90-minute delays on major motorway after lorry crash

UK 4 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

People disembarking the Elizabeth line train at Ealing Broadway station.

Elizabeth line gap that's hurt passengers won't be fixed for another four years

UK 4 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

The M40 crash victim and crash scene near Oxford.

Family pays tribute to 'devoted' dad killed in M40 crash

UK 5 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

Traffic camera showing queues and congestion on the M25 in Surrey after a car fire.

Drivers face hour-long delays after car catches fire on M25

UK 5 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

Kabal Singh, who drives professionally for Uber and Eagle, and his private hire car.

I'm an Uber driver left £2,500 out of pocket because of TfL's 'licensing crisis'

UK 6 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

Underground sign with people walking.

Commuters facing severe delays across London Underground's Northern and Central lines

UK 6 days ago By Jasper King

A man and his wife with a parking ticket they got from Euro Car Parks in Enfield.

Man gets £100 fine for parking at supermarket when he was at a funeral

UK 6 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

A combination image with a e-bike on fire and e-bikes on the London Underground Tube.

E-bikes to be banned on London Underground in days after string of station fires

UK 6 days ago By Noora Mykkanen

A United plane taking off from San Francisco airport in the US.

Plane forced to turn around after 1,000 miles because pilot forgot their passport

US March 25, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen

A combination picture showing the fire at a substation near Heathrow, passengers with suitcases waiting for flights and smoke coming from the substation in North Hyde.

Major update given on fire near Heathrow Airport

UK March 25, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen

Lower Thames Crossing development consent decision announced The Lower Thames Crossing application has today been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport. gov.uk

Full details of new £10,000,000,000 Lower Thames Crossing after it is approved

UK March 25, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen