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Wandsworth Council to ban leaving e-bikes on pavements

Riders will be banned from abandoning e-bikes on busy town centre pavements in a South London borough under a new scheme.

Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2024

City Hall could overturn council's decision to refuse 449 new homes in Tooting 'village'

It has been argued that the sale of the land to build the homes would unlock crucial funding for new facilities at Tolworth Hospital

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2024

London's oldest lido reopens to public after £4million makeover

Five-time Paralympic gold medalist Ellie Simmonds unveiled a plaque at Tooting Bec Lido to celebrate its reopening

Evening Standard · May 29, 2024

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Zippos Circus banned from returning to Wandsworth after 'completely unacceptable' damage to common

One neighbour claimed the circus had ‘butchered the common with your trucks’

Evening Standard · May 10, 2024

Major cycling route in South London set for redesign after 79 people injured in collisions in five years

Wandsworth Council expects to spend around £2.9million redesigning part of Queenstown Road

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2024

Mayor of London office set date for Wimbledon expansion plan decision

The All England Club took their fight to the Mayor of London’s office after Wandsworth Council did not approve the £200million expansion plans

Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2024

Wimbledon expansion suffers major blow after Wandsworth Council recommendation on controversial plans

Planning officers recommend planning permission be refused despite approval of neighbours in Merton

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2023

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Girl hospitalised for septic shock after ant infestation bite in south west London council home

The 15-year-old is afraid to go home following the infestation

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2023

Wimbledon expansion a step closer after Merton Council approval despite protests

Ambitious plans still to face Wandsworth Council and London Mayor before spades can go in ground

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2023

Clapham resident's makeshift Shetland pony enclosure sparks complaints from neighbours

Council alerts RSPCA after Shetland ponies found in residential Clapham garden

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

Wandsworth Bridge reopens after being closed for more than two months for repairs

Major west London river crossing reopens after repairs as council says it plans new segregated bike lane

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2023

Wandsworth Council announces £1m Ulez scrappage scheme

The announcement comes after neighbouring Merton Council announced it was also launching a scrappage fund

Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2023

Re-opening of Tooting Bec Lido delayed after ‘buried asbestos’ found

Evening Standard · May 31, 2023

Council becomes first in country to hand out fines to drivers breaking 20mph speed limit

Wandsworth Council in London has suffered a spate of complaints from residents about speeding drivers, with research in the area finding a quarter of drivers ignore the 20mph speed limit

Daily Mirror · Nov 30, 2022

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Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2022

Wandsworth Council begin seizing ‘dumped’ Lime e-bikes

Council takes action after claims bikes are causing ‘unacceptable obstructions’ on pavements

Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2022

London council vows to seize Lime e-bikes blocking its streets in ultimatum

Wandsworth Council says bikes have blocked busy streets around rail stations and Tube stations

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2022

Olympic rowers hope to sink 30m Uber Boats jetty at Putney

The Boat Race is a classic British sporting event - but the route could be compromised if Uber gets its way, rowers fear

Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2022

Families plagued by flat cockroaches that crawl into kids' ears and 'blew up an oven'

Residents in tower blocks in London say they are being plagued by pests and vermin making their lives a misery as they beg the local council to be rehomed in the near future

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Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2022

Wandsworth parking wardens strike amid week of travel chaos

Drivers in Wandsworth may take advantage of unchecked parking as a result of warden strike action, a union has warned.

Daily Mirror · Jun 3, 2022

London's £3bn 'Dubai-on-Thames' slammed as 'disgusting flaunting of excessive wealth'

The Nine Elms regeneration project in Wandsworth, London, opened a year ago and in that time has gained much criticism for its "excessive wealth" with several homes nearby where families struggle to make ends meet

Evening Standard · May 26, 2022

Battersea Park funfair disaster: Sadiq Khan pledges memorial 50 years on

The Mayor said he would ‘ring up’ the leader of Wandsworth Council and ‘explain to him the difference having a memorial makes to the survivors’

The Independent UK · May 6, 2022

Local elections: Five biggest moments as Tories lose historic councils and hundreds of seats

Labour makes significant gains in London, with Keir Starmer calling the results a ‘turning point’

Daily Mirror · May 6, 2022

Fresh calls for PM to quit as Tories lose hundreds of seats in local elections

Boris Johnson saw his party surrender control of Westminster, Barnet and Wandsworth councils in London. Tories also lost West Oxfordshire. Keir Starmer said the vote was a 'turning point' for Labour

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022

Labour hopes for ‘symbolic’ win in Wandsworth – Margaret Thatcher’s favourite Tory council

Once hailed by the Tory right as the deathbed of municipal socialism, this London borough is a key Labour target, as Adam Forrest explains

Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2022

Mum and 3 sons living in 'toxic' mould-infested flat so bad they share a sofa bed

Latesha Banton says she cannot keep up with the cost of replacing items such as mattresses and pillows and has asked Wandsworth Council to compensate her

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