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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
Malcolm Grimston at Wandsworth Town Hall
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  • 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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  • 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
Overhead editorial illustration of a monochrome UK local election ballot paper on a grey polling booth shelf, with five party-style icons across the top, two boxes marked with black Xs, and a hand holding a pen hovering over an empty box.
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  • Politics
  • Southfields
  • Thamesfield

What Wandsworth’s council would look like if votes actually decided it

The Greens would hold 10 seats. Instead they hold none. The arithmetic behind the result.
bySenior reporter
May 9, 2026
Poster reading: A vote for anyone other than the two local Conservative candidates Charlie Drakesmith and Daniel Ghossain, plus the Independent.
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  • Politics
  • West Hill

Putney’s Independent candidate gets help from unexpected source: the competition

West Hill Conservatives distributed a leaflet backing only two of its three candidates…
byPutney.news reporter
May 7, 2026
Putney Bridge junction ground to a halt. Pic: Nat.
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  • Politics
  • Thamesfield

For many Putney voters, there’s one issue on their mind: the dreaded junction

With the Conservatives confident of winning back council control, we look at its role in Putney's biggest policy mess.
byThe Editor
May 7, 2026
Rob Alford's belongings on the pavement outside HMP Wandsworth. He has been sleeping there since his release on bail about four weeks ago. (Photograph: Mark Lawry / Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign)
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  • Community
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  • Wandsworth Town

Wandsworth releases men into nothing. Some die. Some sleep at the gate.

Watchdog has no recommendations after one death; bail releases come with no support.
byPutney.news reporter
May 6, 2026
Black and white photograph of a 12-year-old Jack Beresford on the Thames in 1911, with his name written in his own handwriting beneath the image.
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  • Rowing
  • Thamesfield

He learned to row on this river. Then he went to Berlin and beat Hitler’s Olympics

Jack Beresford's six personal albums, kept private for decades, going online this summer.
byPutney.news reporter
May 5, 2026
The Angel pub on Roehampton High Street
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  • Roehampton

The Angel raid: a helicopter, 29 officers, a battering ram – and a baby shower

A warrant listed Class A drugs, client lists and cash flow ledgers. The police found cannabis stalks and 57 empty plastic bags.
byKieren McCarthy
May 5, 2026
Wandsworth Town Hall
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What two Roehampton councillors said in a closed hearing that voters were never meant to hear

The committee rejected both their arguments. Both stand for re-election Thursday.
byKieren McCarthy
May 4, 2026
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