News in Clapham

A local woman has been jailed for three years after killing a young mother by dangerous driving in Battersea.

Rajanee Brown, 26, of Balham Hill was sentenced to three years' imprisonment at Kingston Crown Court today (Friday, October 29) for causing death by dangerous driving.

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.

Wandsworth Council authorised the pedestrianisation from April 17 to October 31 2021.

Domestic abuse victims in Wandsworth will receive support from one of the largest service providers in London from November 1.

Hestia, founded by Jim Horne in 1970, has been commissioned by Wandsworth Council to provide local men, women and children with emergency accommodation and victim advocacy.

Clapham Breakfast Briefing: Friday, October 29

Clapham Breakfast Briefing is a daily column dedicated to morning 'must-knows' from around town and other useful tid bits: weather, traffic, travel and trivia news in a nutshell.

A care home in Wandsworth failed to tell a woman her mother had died for two weeks.

The shocking details came to light through an Ombudsman report.

Ex-racing driver and founder of Clapham North MOT Ronnie Grant has been invited to wave the chequered flag at the 50th Anniversary Formula Ford Festival this weekend as his son, George, competes.

George Grant, who owns Clapham North MOT, is set to race in the season finales for both the Mazda MX-5 SuperCup and the MX-5 Clubman Championship support races at the Kent circuit.

Stolen bikes recovered in a police raid can ride back to their rightful owners, if only we can locate them.

A whopping 16,293 bikes have been stolen from Londoners in 2021 alone, Metropolitan Police data records reveal.

Local residents are invited to comment on the plan to landscape Windmill Drive on Clapham Common as plans to permanently close the road to vehicles solidify.

Windmill Drive has been closed to vehicles since spring 2020, when Lambeth Council put a traffic filter in place during the country's first Covid-19 lockdown.

Clapham Breakfast Briefing: Thursday, October 28

Clapham Breakfast Briefing is a daily column dedicated to morning 'must-knows' from around town and other useful tid bits: weather, traffic, travel and trivia news in a nutshell.

As more and more events are being organised locally Nub News is launching a new weekly round up of what's on in Clapham each weekend.

Every Thursday we will now bring you our top picks of the events in our What's On section for the coming weekend.