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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Green Party is no longer supporting Saiqa Ali as a candidate in its Streatham St Leonard’s stronghold, after her social media posts were criticised as antisemitic and opposition parties repeatedly called for her to go -- Article >>> www.streathamstuff.co.uk/article/2026...
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Greens drop support for Streatham candidate Saiqa Ali
29 Apr 2026 — The Green Party is no longer supporting Saiqa Ali as a candidate in its Streatham St Leonard’s stronghold, following allegations that she made antisemitic posts on social media and amid ...
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Common & Vale's Labour councillor Dominic Armstrong is bottom of the class for casework, data suggests — just six formal enquiries to the council, puts him bottom of the list in Lambeth and way behind any other councillor in #Streatham -- Article >> www.streathamstuff.co.uk/article/2026...
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Streatham councillor Dominic Armstrong is bottom of the class for casework, data suggests
25 Apr 2026 — Council data shows that the Labour councillor has made just six formal Member Enquiries – the council’s main mechanism for handling residents’ issues. He’s bottom of a list of more than ...
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
A car smashed through railings and embedded itself in the corner of a block of flats on Streatham High Road late on Saturday evening. All three emergency services attended the incident. No serious injuries were reported at the scene www.streathamstuff.co.uk/article/2026...
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Car smashes into block of flats on Streatham High Road
A car smashed through railings and embedded itself in the corner of a block of flats on Streatham High Road late on Saturday evening. All three emergency services attended the incident. No serious inj...
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Too busy to be open, too busy to close? The road through the middle of #Streatham Wells is key to the fabric of the area, and poses difficult questions for policy-makers and council election candidates -- Article >>> www.streathamstuff.co.uk/article/2026...
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A residential road doing a main road’s job: the Valley Road conundrum
17 Mar 2026 — Traffic flows heading south through Streatham have again highlighted the conundrum that Valley Road poses to local policy-makers. On the one hand it’s too busy and its rush-hour traffic ...
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Lambeth’s deputy council leader says there are “currently no plans to restrict traffic on Valley Road” in #Streatham – but confirms that a cycle route is proposed along it, and stresses that the council needs to “keep people safe” -- Article >>> www.streathamstuff.co.uk/article/2026...
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Council must keep cyclists safe on Valley Road, Lambeth deputy leader says
17 Mar 2026 — Lambeth’s deputy council leader has said there are “currently no plans to restrict traffic on Valley Road” – but confirmed that a cycle route is proposed along it, and stressed that the ...
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Pothole politics: the crumbling state of #Streatham’s roads is emerging as a focus for local election candidates, with the Greens highlighting potholes as a “bread and butter” issue that it says is symptomatic of the area's “managed decline” -- Article >>> www.streathamstuff.co.uk/article/2026...
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Pothole politics comes to Streatham, as Greens point to “literal craters” as symbol of decline
16 Mar 2026 — The crumbling state of Streatham’s roads is emerging as a focus for local election candidates, with the Green Party highlighting local potholes as a “bread and butter” issue that it says...
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
LibDem council candidates are “strongly opposed” to the return of the #Streatham Wells LTN, which brought the area’s transport system to its knees before Lambeth was forced to ditch it, almost exactly two years ago -- Full article >>> www.streathamstuff.co.uk/article/2026...
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LibDems to oppose return of Streatham Wells LTN
9 Mar 2026 — Local LibDem council candidates have come out as “strongly opposed” to the reinstatement of the Streatham Wells Low-Traffic Neighbourhood, which famously brought the area’s transport syst...
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Labour marks its territory in #Streatham Wells -- council moves ahead with "healthy route" cycle scheme, which seems to require the closure (again) of Valley Road and also a cycle lane straight across the common -- full article >>> www.streathamstuff.co.uk/article/2026...
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Labour marks its territory in Streatham Wells, with cycle plan for Valley Road and Streatham Common
Straight on for Croydon! Streatham’s Labour-run council is pressing ahead with a cycle scheme that seems to require not just the closure – again – of Valley Road, but also a bike lane straight across ...
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
#Streatham’s Labour councillors say they ditched controversial streetlight-dimming scheme a year ago – and blame "error" for their inclusion in council plans. LibDems - accused of "misinformation" - say Labour have questions to answer - Full article > www.streathamstuff.co.uk/article/2026...
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Argument builds over who did what and when, as Labour backs away from streetlight-dimming plan
Streatham’s most senior Labour party councillors have doubled down on claims that they ditched controversial streetlight-dimming plans at first sight and as much as a full year ago – and blamed errors...
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
All very murky - Council plans to dim #Streatham 's streetlights, are they on or off? Labour is trying to close the issue down, claiming that it “vetoed” its own idea last year. But can that be right, and is the controversial plan really off the table? www.streathamstuff.co.uk/article/2026...
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All very murky - Labour’s plans to dim Streatham's streetlights, are they on or off?
Council plans to save money by turning down streetlights in Streatham and across Lambeth have generated a month-long storm of argument (and plenty of evasive political wording). Labour is now trying t...
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The FixMyStreet website also has two reports of the problem. The first of them dates back to June 15th: "Manhole cover rocks and is noisy as cars drive over it". The second, from 22nd July, describes a "collapsed catchpit cover". Both include pictures of the damage.
A picture of the broken cover from the FixMyStreet website. The cover is still roughly in place in the roadway but is missing its corner and is not properly in its frame, sticking up above the road surface at an angle
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The cover was originally broken by a utilities worker, who had said it would be fixed the next day, according to one resident. Another said he had reported it to Thames Water, who sent the report to Lambeth council, while a third said he had reported it to Lambeth directly.
A picture from further away, the crashed car still visible on the right, while an ambulance is parked opposite it and a police car is parked in the foreground
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Contact with the damaged ironwork sent the car onto the pavement of Heybridge Avenue at around 2pm. Residents of the street described it as an "accident" that was "foreseeable", and said that several of them had reported the broken cover as a problem.
The broken square iron cover lies upside down on the pavement, one corner of it missingA traffic cone stands in the roadway, maybe a metre from the kerb, as a warning of the hole left by the missing cover
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
A car crashed into a lamppost on a #Streatham street on Thursday after hitting a broken drain cover that residents have been reporting to the council for nearly two months. Emergency services attended, and the female driver was taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm.
A black car on the pavement, its front end smashed by a collision with a lamppost, which is now leaning towards the camera
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
...occupied a slot in "The Dip" between Streatham Green and the station. That unit has since had several incarnations, including as an international call centre and clothes shop, a "purveyor of lovely stuff" selling craft beer, and most recently a hairdresser and wiggery.
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The British Heart Foundation operates a second-hand bookshop on the High Road, but the new Waterstones branch is otherwise Streatham's only specialist bookseller, and the first since Words Worth Books, fondly recalled by long-time Streatham watchers...
Shopping bags from the old "late lamented" Words Worth Books shop in Streatham, in a picture posted on X by Robert Doyle, @RJDoyleSW2
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
"We haven't figured out yet whether busy there means good or bad for us," one said. "Most people are very positive about it - it could help create a little hub, as people go there and notice us," said another.
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
In nearby cafes and gift shops, staff were positive about their new neighbour, although they said it was too early to know whether it was good for business.
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Staff asked by @streathamstuff didn't remember selling Boris Johnson's memoir 'Unleashed', but one copy seemed to have gone from the central half-price display between Friday and Sunday's close. "We are selling a lot of books, that's for sure," one diplomatic staff member said.
A display of three shelves of books offered at half price in Waterstones. One copy of "Unleashed" by Boris Johnson appears to have been taken.
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Local MP and Environment Secretary Steve Reed cut the ribbon to formally open the store on Saturday morning, and said it was "really good news for the area". There was no suggestion that the scissors used in the ceremony were hand-crafted or controversially expensive. x.com/SteveReedMP/...
Streatham and Croydon North MP Steve Reed cuts the ribbon to officially open the new branch. Credit: Steve Reed, as posted on his official Facebook and X accounts.
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The High Road's new bookshop was immediately busy on its unannounced "soft" opening on Friday, and stayed that way. Staff said the shop felt busier than other branches they had worked in, with people "constantly coming in and saying how excited they are about it".
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Waterstones' first weekend in #Streatham went "fantastically", and "a lot of books" got sold, possibly including one by Boris Johnson, although that could not be confirmed. --1/8
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Staff said they were "really pleased about the amount of excitement" around the soft launch, business had "exceeded expectations", and nothing had gone badly wrong so far. They did also say, "Sorry, it's my first day," at least once.
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StreathamStuff @streathamstuff.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social unexpectedly opened their new #Streatham High Road bookshop late on Friday afternoon and immediately attracted plenty of customers, with queues forming at the tills within the first hour.
The window display and open door of Waterstones' new bookshop on Streatham High Road
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