News in Clapham

A project at Bank station will close six Northern line stations in 2022.

A temporary bus route will replace Northern line services between Kennington and Moorgate while Bank station is rebuilt.

Pret A Manger is celebrating Christmas in the height of summer with wreaths, Slade and its festive sandwich.

Clapham Nub News is flummoxed to report that Pret has kickstarted Christmas in Clapham Junction.

Lambeth may not be a participant in the electric scooter scheme launched in six London boroughs last month, but the London Fire Brigade still have their work cut out for them in Clapham thanks to incidents caused by electric vehicles.

A recent spate of fires caused by e-vehicle batteries – including one at a flat in Clapham – has prompted the London Fire Brigade's Fire Investigation team to issue an urgent safety reminder to members of the public with e-scooters or electric bikes.

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Wandsworth Council will carry out repairs on St John's Hill Bridge for ten weeks in a project to start on Monday (June 28), on the same day Transport for London (Tfl) begin a separate project at the Lavender Hill / Elspeth Road / Latchmere Road junction.

Tfl have warned the works on Lavender Hill are likely to last until October 4 with parts of the junction closed for resurfacing works in mid-September.

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Lambeth Police have issued an appeal to help find a man missing from Brixton.

Philippe Fraser, 36, has not been seen since Tuesday 8 June when he left his home above the bar Hootananny in Brixton.

Lambeth Council has encouraged anyone who lives or works in Clapham to take a Covid-19 PCR test after 422 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Lambeth in the seven days to June 15.

A pop-up testing site on Clapham Common which was due to close has been kept in operation following a rise in confirmed cases of the Delta variant.

Balham Tube Station will be partially closed until late December

From Monday June 28 Balham Tube Station will be 'exit only' between 7.30am and 9.30am on weekdays due to planned escalator works.

The Eden Nature Garden in Clapham has launched a fundraising campaign to urgently repair its wildlife pond, currently being drained of water by the ancient Oak tree nearby.

Clapham has few secrets so well kept as the Eden Nature Garden. Adjacent to St Paul's Churchyard, Eden Nature Garden is a haven of tranquillity, having been transformed in 2000 from disused church land running alongside Matrimony Place.