The Star and Garter's owners say work starts in December, the month their hotel permission runs out.

Last year the council was told a hotel wasn't viable. What the new plan leaves blank: https://putney.news/2026/10/15/star-and-garter-owners-plan-december-start-as-hotel-permission-runs-out/

#Putney

Wandsworth has voted to close KITE, its own team helping people recover at home after hospital.

The Cabinet Member says it isn't part of the cuts.

What the council's paper says:

#Putney #London

Wandsworth's finance chief says he is "deeply uncomfortable" with the 94% council tax rise, but won't go further to protect low-income households.

The figures behind it: https://putney.news/2026/10/15/labour-now-wants-wandsworths-council-tax-rise-put-to-a-public-vote/

#Wandsworth #Putney

Low-income #Wandsworth residents face losing council tax exemption, reports @itsmylondon.bsky.social, as the authority also plans a 94 per cent hike in council tax bills.

Full story: www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

#Tooting #Furzedown #Balham #Earlsfield #Battersea #Putney #Roehampton

North Putney gets around nine hours a day without Heathrow's planes overhead.

Its civic society told MPs yesterday what a third runway would do to that. The chair's reply: https://putney.news/2026/10/14/putney-warns-mps-a-heathrow-third-runway-would-halve-its-quiet/

#Putney #Heathrow

Roadworks on every road into Putney's gridlocked junction this week, and three-way lights on the South Circular.

What's shut and until when: https://putney.news/2026/10/14/every-road-into-putneys-gridlocked-junction-has-roadworks-this-week/

#Putney #London

I’m doing a live movie quiz tomorrow night at Putney Waterstones! Details below but it’s only a fiver (& that includes a glass of wine! So it’s basically free). It will be fun, come along! (Or am at Foyles CXR nov 1st).

Please repost 😁 #Putney

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Heathrow's planes switch runways every afternoon, and Putney gets a break.

Today the Putney Society tells MPs what a third runway would do to it.

https://putney.news/2026/10/13/putney-society-takes-heathrow-noise-case-to-parliament-today/

#Putney #London

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Brown (any bird with brown plumage) and an alt of #Blue.

An Eurasian jay in the tree at the end of the garden gives us an easy twofer.

#birds #birding #wildlifephotography #putney #jay

Councillors found mistakes in the papers going to Wandsworth's Cabinet tonight. Officers apologised for some.

None has been corrected.

What the committees changed: https://putney.news/2026/10/12/a-rushed-round-of-committee-meetings-changed-none-of-wandsworths-79m-savings/

#Wandsworth #Putney

⚠️ Three-way lights on the South Circular in Putney, and the Upper Richmond Road pavement shut.

The cause: a Thames Water hole. How big it is: https://putney.news/2026/10/12/a-paving-slab-sized-hole-brings-three-way-lights-and-more-traffic-chaos-to-the-south-circular/

#Putney #London

The White Lion by Putney Bridge has been sold, 14 years after it shut.

Nobody has said who bought it. The seller had plans of its own.

What they show: https://putney.news/2026/10/12/white-lion-sold-new-owner-for-putneys-rotting-grade-ii-landmark/

#Putney #London

A distillery under a District line arch in Putney makes a spirit most locals have never tasted. Its bar may now open Saturdays.

Before you go: https://putney.news/2026/10/10/the-speakeasy-under-the-district-line-has-added-saturday-afternoons/

#Putney

A scuba club trains at the bottom of Putney Leisure Centre's deep end every Tuesday.

From the floor, the pool is not the pool you swim in.

What an hour down there is like: https://putney.news/2026/10/10/a-tuesday-night-at-the-bottom-of-putneys-deep-end-is-a-mini-holiday/

#Putney #London

The old Wandsworth library has already been a court house and a museum.

Now artists are moving in, and some could end up living there.

https://putney.news/2026/10/09/artists-are-moving-into-the-old-wandsworth-library/

#Wandsworth #London #Putney

Staff told the board running St George's and Queen Mary's that colleagues who raised concerns faced repercussions.

Not for the first time: https://putney.news/2026/10/08/staff-tell-putney-hospital-bosses-that-speaking-up-brings-repercussions/

#Putney

TfL wants to stop the 74 bus running to Putney.

Its consultation page doesn't say the plan means fewer buses. Its own timetables do.

What they show: https://putney.news/2026/10/07/tfl-wants-to-stop-the-74-bus-running-to-putney/

#Putney #London

Easels along the railings on Putney Embankment, painters facing the river at low tide.

Professionals and hobbyists, and it costs nothing to join.

Where they set up next: https://putney.news/2026/10/06/putney-bridge-sat-for-its-portrait/

#Putney #London

I’m in this month’s Time & Leisure 😍 Thank you for mentioning my book, The Mothers of SW19. Always an essential read in SW19 timeandleisure #SW19 #wimbledon🎾 #putney #southfieldsmums

A Putney corner shop has been shut for at least four years. Now there is a ladder inside, one of six shopfronts getting new occupiers. What is going in: https://putney.news/2026/10/05/putneys-empty-shops-are-filling-again/

#Putney #London