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Hammersmith Bridge

Knocking down Hammersmith Bridge is the sensible answer

byKieren McCarthy

July 2, 2026

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July 04, 2026

Putney’s traffic misery is permanent now Hammersmith Bridge won’t reopen

Bridge over a calm river seen through leafless tree branches on a sunny day, with twin towers in the distance under a blue sky.

The £1m junction was rebuilt for a 2026 reopening that is now dead

Cyclist taken to trauma centre – sixth serious crash on Putney High Street in two years

Street view of a row of red brick shops (Vodafone, Chipotle, Clarks, McDonald's) under a blue sky with cars parked along the curb.

A cyclist in hospital and still no safety review from the council.

Councils were told to build EV infrastructure. Nobody told them to make it work together.

Electric charging lamppost sticker

Three technologies, three operators, no coordinator. What happens when green transport…

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Walkabout feature the new cabinet member for transport and local councillors. Pic: PAG

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Putney’s junction still unfinished as new cabinet takes a walkabout

Platform at East Putney station with benches, a person sitting, and a large tree in the background

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TfL promised the District Line was ready for Wimbledon. It broke down the same afternoon.

Class 444 and 450 trains

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‘Only travel if necessary’ – three days running, as Britain sets a heat record

Heathrow expansion plan

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Heathrow’s expansion plan landed on Clean Air Day. It says your quiet hours will shrink

TRAFFIC

July 04, 2026

Tall black LED sign with orange dot-matrix text mounted on a pole at a construction site, surrounded by yellow safety barriers.

Thames Water digs up Putney High Street again – and there is no way around it

Wandsworth Bridge northbound

What’s actually happening to Wandsworth Bridge this summer – and why the official communications got so confused

Crash on Fulham Palace Road, 14 May 2026. Pic: Putney.news

Fulham Palace Road closed after Audi hits motorcycle at Wardo Avenue junction

Pedestrians walking on a city sidewalk beside parked cars, brick office buildings, and a red bus on the street edge.

Putney is gridlocked – on the road and at the count

byPutney.news reporter

May 8, 2026

BUSES

Red double-decker bus with a 'Putney Bridge' destination sign, parked on a busy city street beside a bike rack and pedestrians nearby.

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Putney’s buses are turning back again before they reach the traffic

Traffic on Lower Richmond Road

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

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Thames Water disrupts route 424 twice as TfL stays silent on the route’s future

Red double-decker bus parked along a city sidewalk with a blue public phone booth and storefronts on the left side of the street.

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A broken phone box on Putney High Street is a major congestion problem. Help us get rid of it

TRAINS

Underpass beneath a blue-and-yellow railway bridge with large white letters, pedestrians on the sidewalk.

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…

bySenior reporter

June 9, 2026

District Line

The District Line is striking again. Twice. Next week.

Red double-decker bus on a city street under a blue-and-yellow bridge, with a London Underground roundel sign nearby and pedestrians on the sidewalk.

Transport

Five tube lines disrupted this Bank Holiday – here’s how to get where you’re going

Subway train in motion at an underground platform, platform edge and tunnel visible to the left.

Transport

District Line strikes this week called off – but June dates now in place

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Southfields Tube station during Wimbledon

TfL postpones District Line upgrade just weeks before Wimbledon

bySenior reporter

Lacy Road in Putney

Illegal e-scooter rider arrested after Putney officer is injured

Traffic on Putney Bridge Road

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

A District Line train crossing the Thames over Putney bridge

Transport

Putney’s transport is broken today – tube, buses, roads, all of it

bySenior reporter

Southfields Tube station during Wimbledon

TfL and Network Rail are hiding from Londoners furious about the District Line

Who’s watching Putney Bridge? No one. And the system explains why

Person in a hooded jacket sitting by a window on a bus, holding a yellow handrail beside the passenger seat area.

Did you see this man? Police appeal after woman sexually assaulted on District Line

byPutney.news reporter

Wandsworth Town train station

Death on tracks shuts down trains through Putney

Putney’s buses are so slow the BBC came to film them

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Heathrow expansion plan

Heathrow’s expansion plan landed on Clean Air Day. It says your quiet hours will shrink

The plan also admits some communities will face more aircraft noise than today. It doesn't…

bySenior reporter

June 19, 2026

Putney to Heathrow in 30 minutes

Direct to Heathrow in 30 minutes: the plan to give Putney its own airport train

Heathrow Airport

Heathrow’s £49bn runway plan approved as noise burden details kept from MPs

Heathrow Airport

Does Gatwick’s second runway kill or clear the path for Heathrow’s third?