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Chislehurst pub set for upgrade despite fears over ‘excessive clutter’

Posted on October 16, 2026 by charlotte.anderson@newsquest.co.uk | Charlotte Anderson
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Plans for upgrades to the Tigers Head in Chislehurst have been approved by the council.
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Boy, 13, arrested after being taken to hospital in e-bike crash

Posted on March 20, 2026 by charlotte.anderson@newsquest.co.uk | Charlotte Anderson
A teenager has been arrested after a crash between two e-bikes in Mill Hill.
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Boy, 13, arrested after being taken to hospital in e-bike crash

Posted on March 20, 2026 by charlotte.anderson@newsquest.co.uk | Charlotte Anderson
A teenager has been arrested after a crash between two e-bikes in Mill Hill.
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Man arrested after girl, 11, dies in horror south London crash

Posted on January 8, 2026 by charlotte.anderson@newsquest.co.uk | Charlotte Anderson
A 54-year-old man has been arrested following a fatal crash in Lambeth.
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Hour-by-hour London weather during ‘multi-hazard’ Storm Goretti

Posted on January 8, 2026 by charlotte.anderson@newsquest.co.uk | Charlotte Anderson
The Met Office has warned Storm Goretti will be a "multi-hazard event" - with London most likely to be hit with rain.
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Shocking 48 hours of violence in London sees two shootings and ‘multiple stabbings’

Posted on January 4, 2026 by charlotte.anderson@newsquest.co.uk | Charlotte Anderson
Five people are in hospital after a horror 48 hours in London which saw two shootings and "multiple stabbings".
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‘I stayed at a Tenerife hotel in a nature reserve – and it was a true paradise’

Posted on December 20, 2025 by charlotte.anderson@newsquest.co.uk | Charlotte Anderson
With nights now impossibly long and temperatures hitting freezing, catching some winter sun in Tenerife can make you feel like a different person.
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Maltese Connection

Clapham Junction is a prehistoric site on Malta near the Dingli Cliffs. It is a complex network of tracks gouged in the rock. Its age and purpose are still a mystery of Maltese history. Beside the megalithic temples it is the most mysterious artefact on Malta. It is reported that the name "Clapham Junction" was given by an Englishman, who later reported that it reminded him of the great and busy railway station Clapham Junction in London.

Platform 1

The old platform 1 has now become platform ZERO. See our main article about Platform 1 at Clapham Junction

Wheelchair users are advised that they should allow an hour for transfer between platforms at Clapham Junction.

Gay Life on TV

Clapham Junction is a 2007 British television film, written by Kevin Elyot, about the experiences of gay men during 36 hours in the Clapham area of London and the consequences when their lives collide. It was broadcast on Channel 4 in July 2007. The drama was shown as part of a short season by Channel 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.
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