News in Clapham

Clapham Nub News is delighted to introduce new restaurant Yori on Clapham Junction's Lavender Hill.

Located at 196 where Ginger Kiss used to be, Yori has been a firm favourite among fans of Korean cuisine ever since its first restaurant in Piccadilly opened in 2016.

Balham Tube Station will still open its entrance next week, according to Dr Rosena Allin-Khan.

Transport for London (Tfl) on Monday announced Balham Tube Station would be 'exit only' between 7.30am and 9.30am on weekdays due to planned escalator works at the station.

A fire has broken out at Clapham Junction less than two weeks after the London Fire Brigade were called to a train on fire at platform 15.

Passengers at Clapham Junction or travelling through the station today (Wednesday June 23) can expect disrupted services until at least 4pm after a fire broke out next to a track at the station.

The clouds over Clapham on Monday might have made a damp squib of the Summer Solstice this year but look to the skies for a sweet sight at sunset tomorrow night because a Strawberry Moon is set to rise as the sun dips below the horizon.

The full Moon in June became known as the Strawberry Moon to signify the start of the strawberry harvest.

Wandsworth and Lambeth have reported two of the highest Covid-19 infection rates of London boroughs, according to the latest data released by Public Health England (PHE).

There were 398 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Wandsworth in the seven days to June 15, a rise of 62 cases or 18.5% on the previous week's data. This means Wandsworth reported an infection rate of cases per 100,000 people of 120.7, the second highest infection rate in London.

Police have released details of a man suspected to have stolen a cash box from a church in Wandsworth.

Wandsworth Police shared an image in a tweet on Saturday (June 19) and asked anyone who recognises the man to contact them.

The victim of a fatal shooting in Balham was "set upon without warning" by two masked suspects as he left his home on Thursday night.

Police said the two suspects shot Matthias Poleon, 27, in the chest and fled the scene in a silver car at around 10.50pm on Thursday (June 17), leaving him to die in his doorway on Bedford Hill.

Wandsworth Police yesterday joined forces with a local youth charity and implored the local community to help stop violence among teenagers, hours before a man in his twenties was shot dead in Balham.

Last Thursday a man was stabbed on Cedars Road shortly before another was fatally stabbed in Streatham. On Sunday, a 14-year-old boy was arrested after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed on Prentis Road in Putney.

Breaking news updates after a young man was shot dead in Balham

The man in his twenties who was fatally shot in Balham last night has been named as Matthias Poleon.

Wandsworth Police have issued an appeal to the public to help find missing local man, Alan Watts.

Alan from Battersea was last seen before he left Queen Mary's Hospital on 6 August 2020.