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Nominate your local hero: Civic Awards deadline extended to 4 July

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Wandsworth Council
There’s still time to shine a spotlight on someone in Wandsworth who goes the extra mile for others. The deadline for nominations for this year’s Wandsworth Civic Awards has been extended to Friday 4 July.
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Old York Road transformation continuing

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Wandsworth Council
Old York Road is continuing its transformation this summer, with new paving, planting and public space improvements taking shape as part of our borough-wide neighbourhood renewal programme.
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Nominate your local hero: Civic Awards deadline extended to 4 July

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Wandsworth Council
There’s still time to shine a spotlight on someone in Wandsworth who goes the extra mile for others. The deadline for nominations for this year’s Wandsworth Civic Awards has been extended to Friday 4 July.
Posted in News, Wandsworth Events | Tagged events

Old York Road transformation continuing

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Wandsworth Council
Old York Road is continuing its transformation this summer, with new paving, planting and public space improvements taking shape as part of our borough-wide neighbourhood renewal programme.
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Met officer appears in court charged with sexually assaulting two people

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting two people.
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Londoners invited to apply for new series of Channel 4’s Virgin Island

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
The course is designed to help the virgins overcome the fears holding them back from sex and intimacy.
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Two shot and three others stabbed with one dead in GRIM weekend across London

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
A grim weekend across London has seen a man shot and three others stabbed with one of the victims left dead.
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Urgent ‘do not travel’ warning issued for London Waterloo train services

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
An urgent “do not travel” warning has been issued for some services to and from London Waterloo.
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Final support acts revealed for Stevie Wonder as Hyde Park gears up for summer gigs

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
Ezra Collective, Thee Sacred Souls, and Corinne Bailey Rae will support music icon Stevie Wonder at BST Hyde Park which gets underway this Friday.
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Government urges Britons in Qatar to ‘shelter in place until further notice’

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
The UK government has urged Britons to 'shelter in place until further notice' following a US government warning to its citizens to do the same
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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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