News in Clapham

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Smoking cables discovered in the Clapham Yard train depot have blocked all South Western Railway lines, with disrupted and cancelled services expected until the end of today (Tuesday June 6).

Wandsworth Police have released an image of a teenager missing from her home in the borough.

Maiwenne Diabate has been missing from her home in Wandsworth since yesterday afternoon (Monday June 6).

'This phrase was being well used before Jeff Bezos was a glint in his mother's eye,' says local trader Robin Moxon.

Amazon has apologised to Moxon's for demanding the Clapham South fishmonger stop advertising their sale of "prime day" boat fish.

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A rare opportunity to catch a glimpse of the Goodyear Blimp presented itself yesterday afternoon for anyone in Clapham who happened to look skyward – and has exceedingly good eyesight.

Tasked with photographing Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding in 2011, it has been nearly a decade since the Goodyear Blimp was last seen over London.

A man has been sentenced after a vehicle stop in Clapham found him carrying a Samurai-style sword.

Terrel Doyley, 23, was sentenced on Tuesday (June 29) to six months' imprisonment for possession of a bladed weapon and an additional day imprisonment for possession of a Class C drug.

A group of protestors have pitched tents on Clapham Common with home-made anti-vaccination and "lovedown not lockdown" signs displayed around the campsite.

Clapham Nub News visited the campers this afternoon (June 28) as the rain began to pour, and saw a range of makeshift posters propped against tents.

Get Vaccinated at Battersea Arts Centre

Alongside pop-up walk-in clinics, there is an established community vaccination walk-in clinic at Battersea Arts Centre open 9-6pm daily.

In a paper which outlines its opposition to The Sexual Exploitation Bill 2019-21, local charity Fulfilling Lives Lambeth Southwark Lewisham (Fulfilling Lives LSL) argues The Nordic Model 'puts women involved in sex work at greater risk of harm and exploitation' and 'exacerbates the power imbalance between those selling and those purchasing sex'.

A local charity has spoken out against a new Bill which would make paying for sex a criminal offence in England and Wales.