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Wandsworth success at Youth Games
Wandsworth’s boys Judo team has claimed gold at the 2010 Balfour Beatty London Youth Games.
The boys volleyball team also struck gold to cap a superb performance from the borough’s young sports stars.
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Employment support for young black men
A council funded scheme is helping tackle high levels of unemployment among young black men of Caribbean heritage.
The Wandsworth Future Works (WFW) initiative offers one-to-one skills coaching and access to a wide range of emp |
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Money advice event this Wednesday
Residents will be able to get a money MOT at the council’s Community Advice Day this Wednesday (July 28).
The event helps local people find out about benefits and other financial help available to them.
The council has tea |
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Libraries offer sound and vision specials
Film and music buffs can now enjoy some extra entertainment for free when they visit a Wandsworth library.
From today, Monday, music lovers can take out three CDs for the price of two – with the cheapest one free of charge.
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Young entrepreneurs brave the Dragons’ Den
A team of enterprising teenagers from Oak Lodge School has scooped first prize in the Wandsworth Interschool Dragons’ Den Competition.
Following a tense final, the Dragons awarded Oak Lodge the top prize for their ingenious in |
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Veterans honoured
A special reception took place last month honouring two former members of the armed forces for their years of service in defence of the country.
Jack Adam and Laurie Black, who both now work for the council, were presented with |
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Support shops on Upper Richmond Road
The council is urging local people to keep shopping on the Upper Richmond Road while lengthy road works are taking place.
Engineers working for Southern Gas are replacing a major gas main on the stretch between Ravenna Road (n |
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Minister honours Wandsworth's adult learners
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, was the guest of honour as this year's Wandsworth Lifelong Learning Awards.
Mr Duncan Smith was joined on stage by the council's executive member for education, Cll |
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Money advice day next week
Residents will be able to get a money MOT at the council’s Community Advice Day on July 28.
The event helps local people find out about benefits and other financial help available to them.
The council has teamed up with loca |
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Child protection work is 'strong'
The council's procedures and systems to protect children at risk of abuse, harm and neglect have been praised following a spot check by social work inspectors.
An unannounced spot check by child protection inspectors from Ofste |
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Invite to a summer street party
The council is calling on local residents to come together and get to know each other better this summer by staging their own street parties.
Residents are being encouraged to organise a variety of community events, ranging fr |
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Armed Forces Day this Saturday
The Pipes and Drums of The London Regiment's A Company (London Scottish) will tour the borough this Saturday as part of Armed Forces Day.
Three public performances will be taking place at the following locations:
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Tooting Common travellers face legal action
The council is taking urgent action to remove a group of travellers who have set up camp on Tooting Bec Common.
While they remain on the common they will be closely monitored by officers in the council's parks police service. T |
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CCTV helps solve major crimes
The council's CCTV system has proved its value yet again in helping secure convictions in two high-profile court cases.
The youths who attacked and killed 67-year-old grandfather Ekram Haque outside the Church Lane mosque in To |
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Lavender Hill Festival this weekend
The Lavender Hill Festival takes place this Sunday (June 27) with a fantastic variety of entertainment, alfresco shopping and fun activates for residents of all ages.
Market stalls will line the pavement between 11am and 5pm an |
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Pickpocket Awareness Please be aware!!
Be aware of your handbags and personal belongings, pickpockets are working this area.
Tooting Town Centre SNT
Don’t be a victim follow these simple guidelines.
• Be aware of your personal belongings.
• Keep your belong |
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Vote for best grassroots short film
A film made by a local young director and film-maker could be named as one of London's best short films if it can win enough votes from the public.
Under the Influence with Stephen Mensah was written and directed by Corey Macri |
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Thousands benefiting from lifelong learning
The council's lifelong learning service, which offers a wide range of adult education classes, delivers good quality teaching and outstanding value for money, according to Ofsted.
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Action to outlaw mass water fight
The council is taking urgent steps to prevent a giant water fight being staged in Battersea Park next month.
The council has learned that people are being invited to take part in a mass water fight in July via the social networ |
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Fantastic response to waste campaign
The people of Wandsworth have cut the amount of rubbish they produce by more than half a kilo per household per week.
This has helped save the council around £300,000 a year in waste disposal costs, helping it to keep council t |
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One week left to organise a street party
People hoping to arrange a road closure so that they can stage a street party to coincide with this year's Big Lunch initiative - have just seven days left to make the necessary application.
Anyone who wants to close off their |
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Details of councillors' surgeries
Following last month's local council elections new details of councillors surgeries have now been published.
The surgeries give residents the chance to speak to their elected representatives and to raise any issues of local con |
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Advice on urban foxes
Residents concerned about the presence of foxes in their back gardens or neighbourhoods can download a useful information pack from the council's website.
Public concern about foxes has been heightened this week following the a |
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Street party fee fixed at £75
Councillors have formally backed plans for a modest fee of £75 for people wanting to arrange a street party to mark this year's Big Lunch initiative
This low cost fee will only apply to organisers who want to close off the pub |
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New drive for safer car seats for kids
The council is backing a new road safety awareness campaign that aims to prevent children and babies being killed or injured because they are sitting in the wrong kind of car seat.
Research has shown that as many as eight out o |
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Launch of The Police Community Forum
The Police Community Forum launches on Tuesday 8th June 2010 at 1900. Tooting Town Centre Safer Neighbourhood Team would like to invite local residents, retailers and visitors to Tooting Town Centre to the launch, to meet the team |
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Chestnut Grove's Chinese adventure
Ten students from Chestnut Grove School, Balham have arrived back home after a ten-day adventure in north east China.
The group of thirteen and fourteen year-olds has made history as the first local pupils to visit the Far Eas |
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New text service for teenagers
Wandsworth teenagers can now get free, confidential sex and relationship advice by text straight to their mobile phone.
Wandsworth is one of three London boroughs to offer the new NHS-funded txtm8 service, aimed at 13 to 25-year- |
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New library opens tomorrow
The new Wandsworth Town Library will open its doors to the public tomorrow morning (Tuesday) at 9.30am.
Based at 11 Garratt Lane, opposite Southside Shopping Centre, the building has completed a £1.5 million redevelopment proj |
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Wandsworth A-Level success
Local students are celebrating a record year as the borough’s A-Level results improved again.
Provisional figures show that 74.7 per cent of results were in the higher grades of A-C, up from 71.5 per cent last year.
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Business Park Investment Boost
Companies on the Garratt Business Park have approved radical plans to turn the area into a Business Improvement District (BID). This means all businesses on the estate must make regular cash contributions to pay for impro |
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Fireworks crackdown a big success
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A joint crackdown by police and the council on yob behaviour and rowdyism in the period around Ha |
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Steer clear of illegal firework sales
Trading standards officers are warning the public they could turn Bonfire Night into a tragedy or damp squib if they do not buy fireworks from established businesses.
They are advising consumers to steer clear of fireworks offer |
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Surgeries on Saturdays call
A national patients survey on access to GP services has revealed a demand for more Saturday morning surgeries at local practices.
Wandsworth PCT found that Saturday opening was favoured by more than a third of patients (37 per c |
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