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The London boroughs with the highest rise in homelessness due to breakups

Posted on April 20, 2026 by robyn.bennett@newsquest.co.uk | Robyn Bennett
The London councils with the biggest rise in homelessness due to relationships breaking down has been revealed rising by 712.5 per cent between 2020 and 2025.
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All the London venues benefiting from a £30m arts and culture funding boost

Posted on April 19, 2026 by robyn.bennett@newsquest.co.uk | Robyn Bennett
Cultural venues, museums, and libraries are set to receive a £30 million boost to improve access to arts and culture from the government’s Arts Everywhere Fund.
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All the London venues benefiting from a £30m arts and culture funding boost

Posted on April 19, 2026 by robyn.bennett@newsquest.co.uk | Robyn Bennett
Cultural venues, museums, and libraries are set to receive a £30 million boost to improve access to arts and culture from the government’s Arts Everywhere Fund.
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Sexual offences by London taxi drivers ‘tripled in three years’

Posted on April 17, 2026 by robyn.bennett@newsquest.co.uk | Robyn Bennett
Shocking data shows that sexual offences by taxi drivers in London have more than tripled in three years.
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Sexual offences by London taxi drivers ‘tripled in three years’

Posted on April 17, 2026 by robyn.bennett@newsquest.co.uk | Robyn Bennett
Shocking data shows that sexual offences by taxi drivers in London have more than tripled in three years.
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Hundreds of new zero-emission buses to hit capital’s streets

Posted on April 15, 2026 by robyn.bennett@newsquest.co.uk | Robyn Bennett
Buses across London are getting EV charging as part of a drive to cut tens of thousands of carbon emissions with plans to run on renewable energy by 2030.
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Hundreds of new zero-emission buses to hit capital’s streets

Posted on April 15, 2026 by robyn.bennett@newsquest.co.uk | Robyn Bennett
Buses across London are getting EV charging as part of a drive to cut tens of thousands of carbon emissions with plans to run on renewable energy by 2030.
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The London boroughs most affected by hearing loss revealed

Posted on April 6, 2026 by robyn.bennett@newsquest.co.uk | Robyn Bennett
Havering and Bromley have been revealed as London’s hearing loss hotspots, with around one in six residents affected.
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What happened when one London borough became the capital’s Borough of Culture?

Posted on April 6, 2026 by robyn.bennett@newsquest.co.uk | Robyn Bennett
Wandsworth has looked back on its year as London’s Borough of Culture 2025 after celebrations ended with a bang.
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The London boroughs most affected by hearing loss revealed

Posted on April 6, 2026 by robyn.bennett@newsquest.co.uk | Robyn Bennett
Havering and Bromley have been revealed as London’s hearing loss hotspots, with around one in six residents affected.
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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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