In case you missed it: Our top stories of the week

ICYMI in Clapham is a weekly column where we recap the top news stories of the past seven days in case you missed one or other the first time around.

Here are six stories you might have missed from Clapham this week…

Wandsworth care home takes two weeks to tell daughter of her mother's death

A care home in Wandsworth failed to tell a woman her mother had died for two weeks, an Ombudsman report revealed last week.

Northcote Road summer pedestrianisation splits local opinion

As the pedestrianisation of Northcote Road has drawn to a close for a second year the council are asking residents to have their say on the future of the initiative via their online survey.

While the trial has proven popular, encouraging people to dine in the area and shop locally, it has also created a divide in the community.

Three locals in their twenties convicted of possessing £1000 of drugs and a shotgun

Three men from South London have been found guilty of drugs and firearms offences after police found them in possession of a sawn off shotgun and £1000 worth of crack cocaine and heroin.

Almost a year ago on November 19 2020, police noticed the occupants of a black BMW acting suspiciously on Rotherhithe New Road in Southwark, Lambeth.

The husband and wife duo replacing The Rectory with new pub the Pig's Head

The Rectory in Clapham Old Town has been taken over by the young couple behind London's Noble Inns group of pubs and restaurants.

Maria and Scott Hunter have proven they have a knack for turning dilapidated London boozers into profitable destinations.

Having sold their previous businesses – which include the Princess of Shoreditch, the Pig & Butcher Islington and Smokehouse restaurants – the husband and wife under their new umbrella venture, Antidote Projects, are transforming The Rectory into new pub the Pig's Head.

Brixton shooting: Man charged with murder of Gary Mayhew

A man has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting that took place in nearby Brixton week.

Gary Mayhew, from the Camberwell area, died last Thursday (October 21) after being admitted to a south London hospital with gunshot injuries.

A post-mortem found the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the 25-year-old's leg.

[H2]Wonderful four-bedroom period property for sale in Abbeville Village

Our featured 'Property of the Week' in Clapham today was a fabulous four-bedroom house in the popular Abbeville Village, on the market with Foxtons.

Presented over three floors with period features throughout, the house offers plenty of living and entertaining space.

Located on Narbonne Avenue, the wonderful shops, cafés and restaurants on Abbeville Road are within easy reach of the house. So too is Clapham Common and the similar village atmosphere around Clapham Old Town.

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