Seventeen young women were guests of honour at Wandsworth Town Hall this summer as they celebrated graduating from an innovative youth development programme which uses the power of sport to build aspiration and self belief.

Wandsworth Council has launched a drive to recruit another 20 foster carers.

Seventeen young women were guests of honour at Wandsworth Town Hall this summer as they celebrated graduating from an innovative youth development programme which uses the power of sport to build aspiration and self belief.

Earlier this year a delegation of Wandsworth councillors, former council officers and local residents travelled to the Somme Valley in northern France to pay their respects to fallen soldiers and to visit the sites of fierce First World War battles involving the Battersea and Wandsworth battalions.

Earlier this year a delegation of Wandsworth councillors, former council officers and local residents travelled to the Somme Valley in northern France to pay their respects to fallen soldiers and to visit the sites of fierce First World War battles involving the Battersea and Wandsworth battalions.

There’s just three weeks left to apply for an extra 15 hours’ of free childcare from September. To be sure of receiving their full entitlement you must apply for a place by August 31.

Wandsworth households have been sent a form asking them to check that the information held on the electoral register is correct.

Applications are now being accepted for the latest round of Youth Opportunity Fund (YOF) grants.

There are only three weeks left for local home owners who are on benefits to apply for a London-wide scheme that could see their home energy bills slashed.

Provisional data from both of Wandsworth Council’s pollution monitoring stations on Putney High Street suggest a major fall in pollution episodes as years of sustained investment in the heavily polluting bus fleet takes effect.