Councillors have backed plans to build up to 90 new social rent homes on the Battersea Sports Centre site on Hope Street … and to develop a bigger and better sports centre just a short walk away.

Council highways engineers will shortly begin installing a new zebra crossing in Balham’s Nightingale Lane as part of a £75,000 package of measures to improve road safety.

Council highways engineers will shortly begin installing a new zebra crossing in Balham’s Nightingale Lane as part of a £75,000 package of measures to improve road safety.

A shake up of backroom staff and management structures means the council has been able to create an expanded team of frontline inspection staff dedicated to keeping the borough’s streets clean and tidy.

A shake up of backroom staff and management structures means the council has been able to create an expanded team of frontline inspection staff dedicated to keeping the borough’s streets clean and tidy.

Notting Hill Home Ownership is advertising another 28 shared ownership homes for sale at the Battersea Reach development next to Wandsworth Bridge.

Notting Hill Home Ownership is advertising another 28 shared ownership homes for sale at the Battersea Reach development next to Wandsworth Bridge.

US Ambassador Matthew Barzun has visited Saint John Bosco College ahead of the school’s move to its new Battersea building in September.

US Ambassador Matthew Barzun has visited Saint John Bosco College ahead of the school’s move to its new Battersea building in September.

New figures show that Wandsworth households receiving the clear recycling sack service are recycling 83 per cent of glass and 81 per cent of paper and card - saving £1.7m in waste disposal costs every year.