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Traffic on Lower Richmond Road
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4 minute read
  • Thamesfield
  • Transport

Eighteen months of fixes, and Putney’s junction is back to square one

The council's headline solution on Lower Richmond Road has been quietly removed.
bySenior reporter
June 10, 2026
Pension Committee chair dismisses a member of the public when interrupted.
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  • Finance
  • Politics

‘Off!’: the pension meeting where the chair was heckled and officers admitted misleading pensioners

The new Conservative chair ejected a heckler and insisted on surveying 44,000 members.
byPutney.news reporter
June 10, 2026
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3 minute read
  • Community
  • Thamesfield

First Putney gym to win community protection now battling TfL over rent

Mayor's office brokers standoff as gym fights rent rise it says it cannot afford.
byKieren McCarthy
June 9, 2026
Underpass beneath a blue-and-yellow railway bridge with large white letters, pedestrians on the sidewalk.
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2 minute read
  • East Putney
  • Transport

No tube, no Galveston Road: how to get around Putney this weekend of 13 June

East Putney and Putney Bridge lose tube service from Saturday. Thames Water closes the road at the same time.
bySenior reporter
June 9, 2026
Police walking down the street
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  • Crime

Fewer than half of Wandsworth residents think the police do a good job

West Putney officers still can't explain a violence spike three months on.
byPutney.news reporter
June 9, 2026
Map of Asia and Australia showing a dotted travel route with labeled cities, plus a photo inset of two people in a van at the top right.
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  • Community
  • Travel

Daisy the van made it to Singapore. Now she needs someone slightly unhinged to drive her home

The Putney coffee family's Instagram call has attracted 853 replies - and the applicants are extraordinary.
byKieren McCarthy
June 8, 2026
Traffic on Putney Bridge Road
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3 minute read
  • Transport

The council promised Putney a junction consultation by June. June is here.

A seven-month scrutiny gap, three missed deadlines, and the departing councillor's final plea.
bySenior reporter
June 8, 2026
Glass-fronted modern building next to a lush garden with bushes and trees, brick planter along the path.
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2 minute read
  • Politics
  • Thamesfield
  • West Putney

Pool closure halted, but the councillor in charge still hasn’t seen the plans

Places Leisure confirms the 1 July closure will not go ahead. Some works will still proceed.
byPutney.news reporter
June 8, 2026
Exterior view of a Metropolitan Police outpost with a blue sign, wooden panel facade, and bulletin board windows on a city street.
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6 minute read
  • Crime

The Met closed Wandsworth’s police cells over safety fears and told no one – not even its own watchdog

16 months of silence while the body set up to hold the Met accountable was left in the dark.
bySenior reporter
June 7, 2026
Wandsworth Town Hall
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3 minute read
  • Politics

How Wandsworth Council works, how it’s about to change, and what’s still wrong

The constitutional review forced by one independent councillor - explained, with the gaps included.
byKieren McCarthy
June 7, 2026
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