News in Clapham

Clapham Nub News is your local news service, bringing you unique and breaking stories from our town.

This is part of our new weekly round-up series, where we bring you five of our favourite and best stories from the week, just in case you missed them.

A paediatrician killed in a collision with a lorry "died on the way to her patients" in Clapham, her parents have said.

Doctor Marta Krawiec, 41, was found with life-threatening injuries after the collision in Theobalds Road, Holborn, at around 8.55am yesterday (Wednesday August 4).

Ex-England cricketer Monty Panesar talks about his choice to opt out of Kashmir Premier League in his new column for our sister site Twickenham Nub News, Monty's Spin On. Have a read of Monty's piece below.

Pakistan and India haven't found a solution over the land of Kashmir. Pakistan has confidence in the people of Azad Kashmir to decide the fate of their beloved state. The world is showing concern about the dispute over Kashmir. War will be no resolution to the argument. The settlement of Kashmir is all-important for lasting peace and prosperity.

Families have branded the historic Battersea Park lamp post change as "pointless" as they are replaced with eco-friendly bulbs.

Residents say the money spent to refurbish the lamp posts would be better spent on community projects – or to help those most in need financially.

Around 60 firefighters are tackling a fire that has broken out at The Goat on Battersea Rise.

Battersea Rise is closed to traffic at the Northcote Road junction while the London Fire Brigade continue to tackle the blaze (Wednesday August 4).

Police have released a picture of a girl missing from the Putney area.

Wandsworth Police have appealed for information about a 14-year-old girl who has been missing since yesterday (August 2).

Plans for a London Underground strike this week have been suspended.

A four-day strike had been planned for this month, however, the first two days of these strikes, set to happen on August 3 and 5, have been suspended.

A man has been charged for the fatal stabbing of Shane Jerome in Brixton last Wednesday.

Brandon Aldon McNeil, 18, was charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon in a private place on Friday, July 30.

Plans to make Covid vaccine passports mandatory at nightclubs would make the newly opened Lit an "unviable" business, its owners Ashley Letchford and Daniel O'Reilly have said.

Full vaccination will be a condition of entry to nightclubs and venues with large crowds from September. But as Ashley Letchford, 40, says: "If I can do an antigen test to fly to Portugal, why can't we operate the same system in clubs?

Clapham Nub News is your local news service, bringing you unique and breaking stories from our town.

This is part of our new weekly round-up series, where we bring you five of our favourite and best stories from the week, just in case you missed them.