News archive
News published May 2011
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Celebrating Wandsworth's past
Published 25 May 2011
Discover the history of the borough at this year's Wandsworth Heritage Festival, which starts on Saturday (May 28) and runs until June 12.
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Concerns over cycle race
Published 25 May 2011
The council has urged Transport for London (TfL) to minimise disruption to local people during August's Olympic cycle race test event.
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Battersea Park Adventure Playcentre
Published 24 May 2011
Contrary to stories appearing in the media, Wandsworth Council is NOT proposing to charge for entry to its parks or the ordinary playgrounds within parks.
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Listening to you in Fairfield ward
Published 23 May 2011
Residents living in Fairfield ward, which covers Wandsworth town centre and the streets around St John’s Hill in Battersea, will get the chance to quiz local politicians and town hall managers at a public meeting tomorrow night (Tuesday).
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Jane Cooper named Mayor of Wandsworth
Published 20 May 2011
West Putney ward councillor Jane Cooper has been appointed to serve as Mayor of Wandsworth for the next 12 months.
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Redevelopment plan for Marco Polo House
Published 19 May 2011
Marcus Cooper Group has submitted plans for the redevelopment of Marco Polo House in Nine Elms.
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New Clapham Junction entrance opens
Published 19 May 2011
The new step free entrance to Clapham Junction was officially opened today (Thursday) in a move that will help to ease overcrowding throughout the station.
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New cabinet posts unveiled
Published 19 May 2011
Wandsworth’s new council leader Ravi Govindia has unveiled his new cabinet team.
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Scheme for kids ‘should be London-wide’
Published 19 May 2011
London's Fire Commissioner Ron Dobson was so impressed with what he saw at the borough's safer citizen programme that he's called for it to be introduced across the capital.
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Radical reform at heart of new agenda
Published 19 May 2011
The new leader of Wandsworth Council has promised to lead a “radical reform” of housing by giving greater priority to working households while also helping first time buyers onto the property ladder.