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‘We tried Easter eggs to find the best – and the cheapest came out on top’

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
Easter is on the horizon and so to gear up for the big day we tried a bunch of Easter eggs – and the winner won’t break the bank.
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Flying start for Team Wandsworth in London Youth Games

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Wandsworth Council
Team Wandsworth is celebrating early successes in this year’s London Youth Games, with the volleyball team storming through to the finals in July.
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Wandsworth opens new space to keep residents safe

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Wandsworth Council
Residents in Roehampton and Putney will benefit from a more visible and responsive police presence thanks to a new Safer Neighbourhood touchdown space that opened on 11 April.
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Borough of Culture celebrations come to the Boat Race

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Wandsworth Council
Our London Borough of Culture celebrations came to the iconic Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race on Sunday with a display of silk flags welcoming visitors to the Putney Embankment.
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Borough of Culture celebrations come to the Boat Race

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Wandsworth Council
Our London Borough of Culture celebrations came to the iconic Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race on Sunday with a display of silk flags welcoming visitors to the Putney Embankment.
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Wandsworth opens new space to keep residents safe

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Wandsworth Council
Residents in Roehampton and Putney will benefit from a more visible and responsive police presence thanks to a new Safer Neighbourhood touchdown space that opened on 11 April.
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Flying start for Team Wandsworth in London Youth Games

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Wandsworth Council
Team Wandsworth is celebrating early successes in this year’s London Youth Games, with the volleyball team storming through to the finals in July.
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Grim 24 hours of violence across London sees two stabbed with one left dead

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
A grim 24 hours across London has seen two people stabbed with one of the victims left dead.
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Met Police officer jailed after woman woke up while he was raping her

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
Metropolitan Police officer Samuel McGregor has been jailed for raping a woman.
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Will Royal Mail deliver my letters and parcels on a bank holiday?

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
Royal Mail doesn't deliver or collect parcels as usual on a bank holiday - here are the arrangements for the August bank holiday 2025.
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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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