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Putney Bridge archway
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  • Transport

Putney Bridge is in serious trouble. The council knows. Now you do too.

Council data shows critical structural elements below the national intervention threshold. No budget. No plan. Nothing done since 2021.
byKieren McCarthy
May 12, 2026
Paydens Pharmacy on Upper Richmond Road has closed
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2 minute read
  • Health
  • Thamesfield

The pharmacy inside Putneymead surgery has closed – here is where to collect your prescriptions now

Paydens shuts after financial difficulties at parent group; prescriptions transfer automatically to Putney Pharmacy next door.
byPutney.news reporter
May 12, 2026
The Wimbledon Park golf course before it was sold
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8 minute read
  • Environment
  • Planning
  • Wimbledon

AELTC said Wimbledon Park would gain 23% more nature from development. An expert says it’s really 36% less

A professional environmental scientist submitted detailed evidence before the approval. Here's what it found.
bySenior reporter
May 12, 2026
Harrison family on their world coffee trip
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8 minute read
  • Community
  • East Putney

The Putney coffee family are in China, and Thailand won’t let their van in

Edwin Harrison called from northwest China with news. Thailand had been looking at photographs.
byPutney.news reporter
May 11, 2026
Putney Library's Singing for the Brain group
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1 minute read
  • Community
  • Health

A Putney librarian, a local volunteer and a dementia group made it into David Attenborough’s birthday video

Singing for the Brain at Putney Library appears at 1 minute and 23 seconds in a worldwide choral tribute to Sir David.
bySenior reporter
May 11, 2026
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  • Long read
  • Politics

Wandsworth pays its councillors under £10 an hour. Here’s what that costs us

Putney is full of people who govern NHS trusts and company boards for a living. The current structure is perfectly designed to keep them away.
byThe Editor
May 10, 2026
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2 minute read
  • Transport
  • Wandsworth Town

Wandsworth Town trains change from Monday — here’s what you need to know

Some midday services will skip the station for five months as the £20m step-free upgrade begins.
bySenior reporter
May 10, 2026
Image of a man the British Transport Police are seeking
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  • Crime
  • Transport

District Line indecency: police appeal for witnesses

Incident on East Putney service in April; British Transport Police released CCTV images on Thursday.
byPutney.news reporter
May 10, 2026
Malcolm Grimston at Wandsworth Town Hall
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8 minute read
  • Politics
  • West Hill

The man Wandsworth can’t ignore any more

He holds the balance of power, and will turn it down for something far more powerful.
byKieren McCarthy
May 9, 2026
Colorful blue and yellow overhead bridge reading 'EAST PUTNEY' over a busy street with pedestrians and cars underneath.
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2 minute read
  • Community
  • East Putney

Now the election’s over, we need to talk about East Putney’s bridges

Photos, two polls, and two questions for Network Rail about those very vivid colours.
byPutney.news reporter
May 9, 2026
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