Malcolm Grimston, Wandsworth’s only independent, did the council tax sums himself. He cannot make Labour’s add up, and will vote for the 188 per cent rise.

Putney family’s Artisan Coffee School in Gunnersbury teaches home baristas to rest their beans and buy the grinder first. A review of the £120 masterclass.

New things to do in Putney: Annie’s Room opens on 8 October at 200 Upper Richmond Road with six darts lanes, sourdough pizza and a door straight into Le Fez.

The Putney art trail and its Southfields twin open on 3, 4, 10 and 11 October: 56 artists, 40 stops, 11am to 6pm, and an interactive map of every one of them.

A man awaiting trial at HMP Wandsworth is reported to have stopped eating after being segregated. The Prison Service has not answered our questions.

A car ploughed through a wall into a block on Clarence Lane, Roehampton, on Monday 28 September. A woman was treated at the scene. No one has said how.

Wandsworth Council closed a Wandle Recreation Centre football pitch on safety grounds and now backs four padel courts on it. The new pitch has no timetable.

Firefighters waded into floodwater on Putney Embankment to lift two women off a bench into an RNLI lifeboat. The London Fire Brigade gives its account.

Firefighters waded into floodwater on Putney Embankment to lift two women off a bench into an RNLI lifeboat. The London Fire Brigade gives its account.

Parking fine fraud: a driver who faked breakdown reports to appeal 13 Wandsworth Council fines has been banned from driving for eight months, plus costs.

Wandsworth Civic Awards 2026: 47 people and groups shortlisted, including work in Putney, Roehampton and Southfields. Winners are named on 26 November.

Review: Popeyes on Putney High Street v Spaceship on Upper Richmond Road. We tried both new fast food places and scored them over five rounds, boxing style.

A tribunal cancelled a £160 fine at the Putney Embankment turning, ruling Wandsworth’s two signs contradict each other, as the council adds cameras there.

Wandsworth council rent: 10,000 tenants face a second rise every year from 2027, and the council cannot say if those paying it themselves can afford it

Wandsworth Council plans to pay for 25 extra police officers. Developer money is committed only for the first few months, and who directs them is unclear.

Wandsworth council tenants would have to apply for a formal say in how their homes are run, under plans to replace residents’ association housing panels.

Police ran e-bikes on a rolling road at the foot of Putney High Street and seized 19 of the 30 e-bikes and scooters checked. Shops can still sell them legally.

A Wandsworth council tenant was ordered to pay nearly £65,000 over a three-year sublet, the council says, as its fraud team cuts time spent looking for more.

Putney’s Prince of Wales pub wins Wandsworth in Bloom’s Best Business prize. The full 2026 winners, from allotments to balconies, and who won twice.

London Rowing Club and Thames Rowing Club won three categories each at this year’s Scullers Head, as Putney’s rowing clubs took eight of the 38 on offer.

199 days, 25 countries and one bag of coffee, from a front door in East Putney to a farm outside Perth

199 days, 25 countries and one bag of coffee, from a front door in East Putney to a farm outside Perth

Twelve Putney food businesses are rated 2 or lower for hygiene. Inspectors found duck served rare at Gazette and mouse droppings at the Garratt Tavern pub.

Wandsworth’s transport committee approves a £450,000 plan to make pedestrians cross Putney Bridge in three stages, as the junction’s history gets rewritten.

Nicholas Brandram died this month. The watchdog wants his arrest, contact with the media and his welfare examined

Nicholas Brandram died this month. The watchdog wants his arrest, contact with the media and his welfare examined

Reported plans to cut the mansion tax threshold from £2m to £1.5m have frustrated Wandsworth and Richmond, and would catch 2,100 more Putney households.

Wandsworth’s transport committee approves a £450,000 plan to make pedestrians cross Putney Bridge in three stages, as the junction’s history gets rewritten.

Kavita Hansla and Lantern Carrier, two poets remembered from years ago, returned to Poets in Putney this summer. Read Bittersweet and Nature’s Wonder in full.

Wandsworth Council wants £450,000 to move the Putney Bridge crossing it built in 2024, sending walkers back to three legs. Councillors see the plan tonight.

Councillor Malcolm Grimston, whose vote keeps Wandsworth Conservative, tells Fleur Anderson MP to prove her council tax reserves claim or retract it

Popeyes opens on Putney High Street at 11am today, the Spaceship on Upper Richmond Road is a burger bar, and four more Putney food sites are changing.

Putney High Street’s bus stop outside TK Maxx reopens 19 months after it was flagged as a pinch point, with the kerb moved about two feet to let cars pass.

Wandsworth plans a £30 charge for bulky waste collections, ending two free pickups a year, to pay for £767,000 of jet-washing and daily street sweeping.

Councillors lose their vote on smaller Wandsworth planning cases from 31 October. Neighbours cannot appeal, and the council has said nothing about it.

Wandsworth wants to spend less running its 11 libraries and hasn’t said how much, ahead of a public meeting on the plan in Putney this Wednesday.

A homeless mother reported no heating in her temporary home. Wandsworth took four months to visit, and the Ombudsman has now ordered a £250 apology.

When he leapt over the fence of the back garden on Disraeli Road, he was likely expecting a patch of empty grass. What he got was a German shepherd at full pace, and a six-foot-four South African who wanted to know what he thought he was doing. This was no ordinary Saturday afternoon. On Friday

When he leapt over the fence of the back garden on Disraeli Road, he was likely expecting a patch of empty grass. What he got was a German shepherd at full pace, and a six-foot-four South African who wanted to know what he thought he was doing. This was no ordinary Saturday afternoon. At the

Wandsworth Council plans to nearly double council tax from April 2027. We answer what’s happening, why, who decides, and what help is available.

Wandsworth council tax doubles next April, the largest rise any English council has ever set. Both parties had the figures a year ago and neither said so.

Both parties had the figures a year ago. Whitehall set most of the rise and the council chose the rest. One councillor said so

The council inspects Putney salons doing nails, lasers and microblading. It ruled Botox and fillers outside its licensing in 2004 and never revisited it.

Lunch deals across Putney, from £6.50 salads on Upper Richmond Road and £12.50 pizza on Putney High Street to a £24 three-course set menu at Gazette.

Man investigated for months over the 2017 Putney Bridge push has died. His family say police knew he wasn’t responsible, and blame the probe for his death.

Passengers and their MP protested at Wimbledon over the East Putney District line branch, which campaigners say failed on 35 days from February to August.

Wandsworth councillors refused to demolish the Pretzel by six votes to three, after an officer said nobody had considered keeping the roundabout landmark.

District line passengers protest at Wimbledon station today as TfL shuts the Wimbledon branch for two more weekends and still withholds its delay records.

A woman was pulled from the Thames at Putney Pier and taken away by ambulance after an emergency response on the Embankment. Her condition is not known.

Putney businesses would pay a higher levy to fund £2.5m of street cleaning and security under Positively Putney’s new plan, with about 70 more included.