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Wandsworth Christmas Trees: Four Stores Open from 19 Nov
Christmas tree stores open at Battersea Park, Lavender Hill and Putney on 19 November and Tooting Bec Lido on the 21st. A 6ft Nordmann costs £60 to £85 online.
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Tooting Short Let Past 90 Nights Faces Enforcement Notice
A Gassiot Road home in Tooting Bec let on Airbnb and Booking.com for more than 90 nights this year faces a council enforcement notice to stop the short lets.
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Tooting Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Tooting
Tooting roadworks: Loading/Unloading (notice of 22 Oct) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
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Tooting Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Tooting weather today: fog, 11°C by day and 5°C overnight, with a 0% chance of rain and winds up to 8 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Jobs
Wandsworth Claimant Count: Under-25s at a Five-Year High
1,400 Wandsworth residents aged 16 to 24 claimed jobless benefits in September, the most since 2021. The total rose 270 in a month to 10,150, or 4.0%.
Tooting
Tooting Adult Courses: £10 Business Admin, £50 Fruitcake Day
A Level 2 business admin qualification for £10, assessments from 2 November, leads STCG's adult courses at its Tooting Centre, with cake and cookery classes.
Christmas
Tooting Bec Lido Christmas Day: 8am to Noon, Members Only
Tooting Bec Lido opens 8am to noon on Christmas Day, race at 10.30am, for South London Swimming Club members only. How to join in time, and what it costs.
Christmas
Wandsworth Christmas Markets: Power Station 5 to 22 Dec
Battersea Power Station's free makers' market runs 5 to 22 December, 11am to 8pm. Tooting, Southfields and Battersea High Street dates are due in November.
Remembrance
Wandsworth Remembrance Sunday: 8 November, Three Services
Remembrance Sunday is 8 November. Wandsworth marks it in Battersea, Putney and Tooting at 10.45am, then Battersea Park's memorial on Wednesday 11 November.
Tooting
Tooting Poetry Night: Suli Breaks at House of Ora, 23 Sept
Write About Now brings Suli Breaks to House of Ora on Mitcham Road on Wednesday 23 September. Doors 7.30pm, open mic sign-ups on the door, tickets from £22.38.
Christmas
Wandsworth Christmas Lights: Putney 3.15pm to 7pm, 27 Nov
Putney switches on 3.15pm to 7pm and Northcote Road at 5pm, both Friday 27 November, then Putney's ice trail on the 28th. Council dates are due in November.
Council
Wandsworth By-Election: Labour Hold Trinity by 127
Shirin Georgiani held Trinity for Labour with 1,558 votes to the Conservatives' 1,431 on 39.56% turnout. The Conservatives stay one seat short of a majority.
Council
Wandsworth By-Election: Trinity Vote Could Decide Control
Polls in Trinity ward close at 10pm today. A Conservative gain takes the party to 30 of 58 seats and an outright majority; a Labour hold leaves nobody with one.
Schools
Wandsworth A level results 2026: 79.1% A*-C, Graveney 85%
Borough grades at A*-C rose 3.5 points to 79.1%. Graveney hit 85%, Chestnut Grove two thirds at A*-B, Ark Putney up 20 points, and re-marks close on 20 August.