Monday night: five parties, one room, your questions. The only hustings before the 7 May election for East Putney and Thamesfield. Questions must be in by Friday. We built something so you can submit yours in 30 seconds. #Putney #LocalElections

Labour holds Wandsworth by four seats. We built a tool that lets you shift the mood — fed up with the government? Want fresh voices? Watch the ward map redraw in real time. It's the most interesting local election in decades. #Wandsworth #LocalElections2026

Wandsworth votes on 7 May. Twenty Putney seats, seven wards, 30 polling stations. Miss the deadlines and you're locked out. Complete guide: https://putney.news/2026/04/09/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-putney-local-elections-on-7-may/ #Wandsworth #LocalElections2026

Wandsworth Bridge is losing lanes from May to September. No public announcement. We found out through FOI documents about a completely different issue. https://putney.news/2026/04/08/putney-faces-new-traffic-nightmare-as-wandsworth-bridge-loses-lanes-for-four-months/ #Putney #Traffic #SWLondon

The last undeveloped block on lower Putney High Street has a new owner and a new planning application. We dug into who they are, what happened to the 123 homes that were supposed to be built, and what it means for the High Street. #Putney #PutneyHighStreet

Some midday trains will skip Wandsworth Town from 11 May while lifts go in. Five months of disruption - but most journeys are completely unaffected. https://putney.news/2026/04/08/your-train-to-wandsworth-town-may-sail-straight-past-this-summer/ #Wandsworth #Putney

Roehampton residents started planning a community garden 16 months ago. Phase One is in the ground. Sessions through to June. Volunteers needed. What's happening and how to join: https://putney.news/2026/04/07/roehampton-community-garden-phase-one-is-already-in-the-ground/ #Roehampton #London

Wandsworth signed a £360k demolition contract for Alton Estate. Whether there's money to build what replaces it is a different question. https://putney.news/2026/04/07/twenty-years-of-failed-plans-and-now-a-360000-hole-in-the-ground/ #Roehampton #Accountability #London

Wandsworth Council can't say what it paid for an AI system advising 18,000 unpaid carers. Four months past the legal deadline - and the council's response arrived on April 1st. #Wandsworth #FOI #Accountability

Wandsworth paid £1m+ settling asbestos claims since 2020. Zero incidents recorded in the same period. 48 affected buildings. No names given. Second time in a decade they've been asked. #Wandsworth #Accountability

People queuing to get into the Coat and Badge garden on Saturday. Now Young's wants a dedicated outdoor bar. Residents have until 28 April to have their say - and there's a detail about Saturday opening hours worth knowing. #Putney #PutneyPubs

A Southfields street clock has been silent for months. Two companies tried to fix it. Both failed. The third succeeded - and what they found out about the clock's origins is the real story. #Southfields #London

Three hustings, one 10 April deadline, ten questions the council has never adequately answered. Putney and Southfields — free entry, all welcome. https://putney.news/2026/04/05/ten-questions-putneys-council-candidates-need-to-answer-this-month/ #Putney

Nine years. Three attempts. One chance left. Oxford's women faced Cambridge at Putney today - and the 191-year predictor had something to say about it. How it ended: https://putney.news/2026/04/05/oxford-win-cambridge-win-then-the-thames-reclaimed-the-embankment/ #BoatRace #Putney

Two Thames bridges. Two cast-iron failures. One plan to prevent both published in 2021, never acted on. What this means for Putney Bridge is the question nobody in authority will answer. #UKNews #London #Putney

A model using 191 years of Boat Race data identified crew weight as the key predictor at p<0.01. The Boat Race stopped publishing weights shortly after. What the numbers say today - and what's missing: #BoatRace #Rowing

A battery in the wrong bin caused a fire in Wandsworth this week. Third time in eight months. Here's where to drop off old batteries safely. https://putney.news/2026/04/04/a-wrongly-binned-battery-caused-a-fire-in-wandsworth-this-week/ #Wandsworth #FireSafety

Inside the new Half Moon: ‘We’re a legitimately really top venue now’ https://putney.news/2026/04/03/inside-the-new-half-moon-were-a-legitimately-really-top-venue-now/

A live-action Mr Benn film has been announced. The creator lived on a Putney street. The paving stone is still there if you know where to look. https://putney.news/2026/04/03/the-putney-street-that-inspired-mr-benn-is-going-to-the-big-screen/ #Putney #MrBenn

200,000 people come to Putney for the Boat Race. Most just watch the boats go past. There's a 12:15 tradition most of them miss — and it can decide the race before a stroke is pulled. The local's guide: #Putney #BoatRace

Roehampton's 1940s sports pavilion has been waiting since 2018. This week, the Football Foundation said yes. What it unlocks: https://putney.news/2026/04/03/roehampton-pavilion-fundraiser-clears-its-biggest-hurdle/ #Roehampton #London

21 wooden Easter bunnies are hiding in Southfields Village shop windows. You have until Saturday to find them all. Free to enter. The prizes are worth knowing about. https://putney.news/2026/04/02/three-days-left-to-hunt-easter-bunnies-in-southfields/ #Southfields #Easter

Squatters evicted from 67 Putney High Street for the third time - this time via criminal court order. Something on the door of the building tells you what happens next. https://putney.news/2026/04/02/third-time-lucky-squatters-out-of-putney-high-street-as-new-shop-moves-in/ #Putney #London

A year of FOI requests. Three responses, all late. Not one document written by a Wandsworth councillor about the Putney junction crisis. We kept expecting to find something. We didn't. #Putney #Accountability

Something changes for every private renter in Putney on 1 May. Automatic. No forms. No new contract needed. What you gain — and one deadline landlords cannot miss: #UKNews #Housing #Putney

No trains through Putney on Easter Sunday. District Line partial closure all four days. Albert Bridge shut. 200,000 Boat Race visitors Saturday. The full guide to what works and what doesn't 👇 #Putney #London

Wandsworth Council plans to demolish The Rocket pub and convert Church Square into a bus terminus. The council leader invokes the 1647 Putney Debates to justify it. TfL says it is "currently prioritising inaction on a number of other schemes." #Putney #Wandsworth

The Half Moon has a new sign. Art deco, gold on dark blue, and it weighs more than you'd think. Five days until the famous Putney music pub reopens on Boat Race day: https://putney.news/2026/03/31/the-half-moon-has-a-new-sign-and-for-the-first-time-it-tells-you-what-the-pub-is-about/ #Putney

The minister who opposed this amendment in November now officially co-sponsors it. Lords vote: 13 April. https://putney.news/2026/03/31/minister-who-blocked-wimbledon-park-amendment-now-officially-backs-it/ #WimbledonPark #London #UKNews

Oxford's women haven't won the Boat Race since 2016. This year they have an Olympic medallist, a one-shot Spanish Olympian, and a comeback from double hip surgery. Is it enough? https://putney.news/2026/03/31/we-have-got-to-do-something-weve-never-done-before/ #BoatRace #Putney

A £562m pension fund has underperformed by 10 percentage points over three years. The committee met. Noted it. Met again. Noted it again. What the fund's own overseers finally said: #Wandsworth #Pensions

A seven-day inquiry into the Battersea Bridge tower just closed. The most significant argument: the developer says Wandsworth's height limits are effectively obsolete. If the inspector agrees, it affects the whole borough.

Fulham Women are champions — unbeaten all season, title sealed at Craven Cottage. A club that reformed in 2014 is now two promotions from the WSL. Full digest: https://putney.news/2026/03/30/champions-fulham-women-clinch-title-with-craven-cottage-victory/ #WomensFootball #Putney

Two clubs, metres apart on Putney Embankment. One trophy. 3.4 seconds between them. The centenary Head of the River Race produced a local derby worth reading about. https://putney.news/2026/03/29/putney-clubs-take-centre-stage-at-centenary-head-of-the-river-race/ #Rowing #HeadOfTheRiverRace

Network Rail is planning to turn a hidden 400-metre wildlife corridor behind Fawe Park Road into a nature reserve. The land is a Victorian ghost junction. It already has conservation protection. Most residents have no idea. #Putney #EastPutney #Nature

Monday: Wandsworth Council rallies for Hammersmith Bridge. Thumbs up, big banner. Thursday: Asked to put money in. Said no. Then said nothing. For a year. #Putney #Accountability

Boat Race day starts four hours earlier than you think. Full timetable, checkpoint records and the one time that tells you it's a fast race: https://putney.news/2026/03/28/from-putney-bridge-to-mortlake-what-youll-see-and-when-on-boat-race-day/ #BoatRace #Putney

Putney Embankment has reopened after months of closure - just in time for the Boat Race. It won't stay open for long. https://putney.news/2026/03/28/putney-embankment-reopens-just-in-time-for-the-boat-race/ #Putney #BoatRace

East Putney bridge cleaning: council says the worst is over. But something happened hours before the meeting. And nobody has apologised. https://putney.news/2026/03/27/east-putney-bridge-noise-over-the-worst-but-contractor-problems-persist/ #Putney #EastPutney

Wandsworth Council: two press releases in six days promoting Access for All. Also Wandsworth Council: fighting an ICO complaint over its refusal to release the data behind the claims. The figures they're broadcasting and the figures they're withholding: #Wandsworth

Around 20 vehicles seized on Trinity Road last night. Three local police teams, one operation. What they found: https://putney.news/2026/03/27/overstretched-local-police-teams-combine-to-seize-20-vehicles/ #Putney #RoadSafety

The Alton Estate has had three regeneration plans collapse since 2006. The latest was approved this month. Elections are in six weeks. The council doesn't have the money. What has actually changed? A community hall reopened and a fence was replaced. #Roehampton

Wandsworth's conservation rules say side extensions on Charlwood Road "are not encouraged." A planning application to build one goes to committee soon — with 10 objections and the Putney Society against it. The council's own document is the problem. #Putney #Planning

A Wandsworth pension member waited 445 working days for a transfer. Target: 15 working days. We FOI'd the improvement plan. The council's answer is something else. https://putney.news/2026/03/26/wandsworth-pension-members-waited-up-to-18-months-for-transfers-foi-reveals/ #Wandsworth

From Monday, four more items join the Wandsworth recycling list. No new bin. One of the four will surprise you. What's changing: https://putney.news/2026/03/25/four-new-items-you-can-recycle-in-wandsworth-from-monday/ #Putney #Wandsworth

Blake's Heaven has closed on Lower Richmond Road. The sci-fi memorabilia store is leaving — but not Wandsworth. And there's a Dalek story you'll want to know about. https://putney.news/2026/03/25/blakes-heaven-teleports-out-of-lower-richmond-road/ #Putney #London

Wandsworth has doubled council tax on ~1,800 second homes. Document signed December, published Sunday. What the council's leaflet didn't mention: https://putney.news/2026/03/25/the-2-million-the-council-tax-leaflet-forgot-to-mention/ #Wandsworth #CouncilTax

The national stats watchdog has ruled Wandsworth's council tax "freeze" misleads residents. First time in 18 years it's done this to a council leader. Hogg's porkies, exposed: #Wandsworth #UKNews #Accountability

Police found a stolen van in Roehampton on Sunday. What was inside it was more than a stolen bicycle. Full story + what Thamesfield officers are looking for now: https://putney.news/2026/03/24/police-recover-weapons-from-stolen-van-in-roehampton/ #Putney #Roehampton

Wandsworth unanimously rejected a 29-storey tower by Battersea Bridge. The developer appealed. The inquiry — with the Putney Society as a formal legal party — resumes today. What the developer is arguing about the Local Plan: #Wandsworth #Planning