News in Clapham

Clapham Common parkrun is desperate for volunteers and has appealed to the local community to help keep Clapham running.

Last Saturday hundreds of runners rocked up to Clapham Common to take part in the first parkrun since Covid-19 restrictions forced the event to be cancelled.

Ex-England cricketer Monty Panesar has written an article on Simone Biles for our sister site Twickenham Nub News. Have a read of Monty's piece below.

Simone Biles, four-time Olympic gold medalist and arguably the greatest gymnast of all time, has made international headlines for quitting the team and her all-around events at the Tokyo Olympics. Douglas MacArthur famously said: "Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul." But for all the viewers who are prepared to watch on TV without putting themselves through the mental and physical sacrifice required to become an Olympic champion, you should think twice before saying Biles is a QUITTER.

St George's Hospital has been slammed for acting "above the law" after it began building works without permission.

The plans for a three-storey temporary hospital office were submitted in March but building work began before planning permission was given.

A person has been hit by a train between Balham and Clapham Junction.

Southern Rail UK reported the incident on Twitter at around 10.10am. It wrote: "It is with great sadness that we report a person has been hit by a train between Balham and Clapham Junction.

Mark Callis, Wandsworth Council's animal welfare manager, tells Nub News readers how to keep their dogs safe.

London led the 'Pandemic Puppy' trend, with dog ownership rising 141 per cent over the course of a locked down 2020. For dog owners - old and new alike - lucky enough to live locally to Clapham Common, the enjoyment of walking Fido across its fields becomes tempered if there is a sense his safety might be at risk.

A long-term commitment by Clapham commercial cleaning company Cleanology to fair pay has resulted in a win at the prestigious Living Wage Champion Awards.

Cleanology CEO Dominic Ponniah celebrated the win with staff, saying: "Of all the awards Cleanology has won in recent years, this has the most significance.

All traffic signals are out on the A24 Clapham Common South Side, near Windmill Drive.

Drivers travelling in all directions have been advised to use caution at this junction between Elms Road and Narbonne Avenue.

Clapham can officially head to Lane Eight for its daily caffeination, with doors to the new coffee shop open at 6 The Pavement.

Britain may be a nation of tea drinkers but its capital, and our slice of it in Clapham, is in a seriously committed relationship with coffee.

Anyone who has read any part of the Report on the abuse of children in the care of Lambeth Council will be disgusted and alarmed. The extreme abuse of defenceless children by paedophiles and sadists in Lambeth over decades is stomach-churning. Lives were devastated.

The question is not just how this sexual and physical abuse could happen, but how it could happen for decades.

Lambeth Council has apologised to the hundreds of people who as children were subjected to horrendous cruelty and sexual abuse in its care homes.

The damning report published by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) this morning follows a succession of inquiries that failed to establish the truth about how paedophiles came to look after children in Lambeth's care.