Wandsworth Times

09/07/2025

07/07/2025

This is the moment a three-hour fire sent smoke pouring over Brixton, shutting streets and the tube station.
👉A police investigation has now been launched. Read all about it here:
https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/25294971.brixton-electric-avenue-fire-police-investigation-announced/

07/07/2025

🔥'Avoid the area': Live updates on the blaze in Brixton

Firefighters are tackling a blaze on a famous street in Brixton near the train station. Live updates here.

07/07/2025

Twenty years ago today thousands of lives were changed forever in London.
At 8:49am a bomb went off at Edgware Road station followed by two further explosions on Tube trains and one on a bus taking the lives of 52 people and injuring more than 700.
🕯️ Today we remember the lives lost and all those people affected, including our incredible emergency services, by the events of 7 July 2005

22/06/2025

He seemed very cheery 😁

Simon Cowell has been spotted riding a bike through Wandsworth, casually passing by BrewDog Southside.

21/06/2025

“This would have been a difficult and uncomfortable experience for our passengers and we are truly sorry."

Around 1,800 rail passengers were evacuated in sweltering conditions on Saturday after a Thameslink train broke down near Loughborough Junction,…

21/06/2025

You can expect trains to be cancelled or delays of up to 90 minutes🚄

A fault on a train between London Blackfriars and Herne Hill means all lines are blocked.

20/06/2025

Over the past 30 years, skin cancer cases have risen faster than any other type of cancer in the UK.

This month, Teenage Cancer Trust is working with Melanoma Focus to raise awareness of the dangers of sunbeds and to urge everyone to stay away from them. Sunbeds have been classified as carcinogenic since 2009 meaning that they can cause cancer, and the rise in young people using them is worrying.

The damage done to your skin when you’re young could lead to skin cancer developing in later life, but we can all still enjoy the sunshine safely if we take some simple steps. Find out more about how to stay safe in the sun this summer as well as how to spot potential signs of skin cancer on their website
https://trib.al/SSeotUG

19/06/2025

Enjoy it while it's here😔

An Aldi store in south London will be closing this autumn.

18/06/2025

🚨BREAKING:
Awful news this evening 😔

A man has been taken to hospital after a stabbing at Imperial Wharf station.

18/06/2025

🚨BREAKING:
Disruption is expected until 9pm

Imperial Wharf station has closed due to an 'emergency services' incident

18/06/2025

Crowds of people surrounded the car as it was destroyed in Clapham! 😯😯😯

A police car has been destroyed in Clapham Common after someone jumped on the bonnet and stomped on its windscreen.