Read More 10 minute read Comment Politics Putney once had three Thames crossings. It is time to think about a fourth The junction cannot be fixed. But the problem it represents can be solved. byThe EditorApril 29, 2026
Read More 4 minute read Crime Politics Roehampton Secret hearing will decide fate of Roehampton pub Council admits hearing was closed to protect Labour votes before next week's election. bySenior reporterApril 27, 2026
Read More 8 minute read Community Long read Planning Politics Wimbledon Two court defeats and a parliamentary ambush. Wimbledon Park’s residents won’t give up. The five-year fight to stop the All England Club building on protected land — and what happens next. byKieren McCarthyApril 25, 2026
Read More 6 minute read Homes and Property Housing Planning Politics Wandsworth’s housing crisis has the same cause. Both parties helped create it. Why planning rules produce the wrong homes - and why neither Labour nor the Conservatives said so at the hustings. byKieren McCarthyApril 24, 2026
Read More 10 minute read Live events Politics Southfields Southfields hustings: the applause line that wasn’t true, and the truth nobody else said One candidate got the loudest cheer of the night. Another got the facts right. byKieren McCarthyApril 23, 2026
Read More 9 minute read Politics Transport After a fourth Commons debate on Hammersmith Bridge, no new funding; possibly a breakthrough Seven-year funding principle walked away from, and Wandsworth is in the frame. byKieren McCarthyApril 22, 2026
Read More 7 minute read Housing Politics Wandsworth keeps promising to fix its housing failures. The same promise, six times. Three families. Three ombudsman rulings. Three identical apologies. Putney.news documents the pattern. bySenior reporterApril 22, 2026
Read More 5 minute read Planning Politics Southfields Wimbledon Done in seconds: the Wimbledon Park amendment is now on the statute book 162-55 in the Lords, months of campaigning - then the Commons agreed it on the nod and moved on. bySenior reporterApril 22, 2026
Read More 10 minute read Politics Transport Your chance to move things on Hammersmith Bridge: 30 seconds, today Parliament debates the bridge for the fourth time in five years. Fleur Anderson MP asked what to raise. Pick your asks and send. byKieren McCarthyApril 21, 2026
Read More 18 minute read Politics ‘Built 500 brand new council homes’ – or 366, or 90? Wandsworth Labour’s record, checked We tested 25 claims in Wandsworth Labour's manifesto. Three are accurate. One isn't close. byKieren McCarthyApril 19, 2026