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Comfort food at its finest – I scoffed the lot at upmarket hotel’s lounge bar

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
Something I did not expect at the Radisson Blu hotel restaurant off Tottenham Court Road was a dish of heartwarming comfort food.
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Barefoot man climbs Big Ben as emergency services work towards ‘safe conclusion’

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
Emergency services have been called to big ben as a man continues to scale the tower.
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Barefoot man climbs Big Ben as emergency services work towards ‘safe conclusion’

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
Emergency services have been called to big ben as a man continues to scale the tower.
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Recap after Westminster Bridge shuts as ‘man climbs Big Ben’

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
A man climbing Big Ben has shut off Westminster Bridge as police tried to bring him down safely.
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LIVE updates as Westminster Bridge shut while ‘man climbs Big Ben’

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
Bridge Street in Westminster is closed, right next to Big Ben, as a man has been recorded climbing it today (March 8).
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The real people and places behind Disney East End boxing saga A Thousand Blows

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
Steven Knight's hit boxing drama A Thousand Blows starring Stephen Graham was inspired by real life characters and places in East London
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The real people and places behind Disney East End boxing saga A Thousand Blows

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
Steven Knight's hit boxing drama A Thousand Blows starring Stephen Graham was inspired by real life characters and places in East London
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Ceramic poppies set for Tower of London return

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
Almost 30,000 ceramic poppies will return to the Tower of London in May 2025 to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
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‘I had dinner on the 32nd floor of The Shard and it was spectacular’

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
A review of Oblix, a restaurant on floor 32 of London landmark The Shard.
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The surprising real reason you’re paying £8 for a pint in London pubs

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Wandsworth Times | News
A pub manager had shared the real reason explaining why pub goers are being charged £8 for a pint of beer in London.
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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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