Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 9h

Get your first month FREE at Brilliant Beans Tutoring – perfect for children aged 7–11 for the upcoming 11+ exams!
Saturday sessions take place at their school in #Norbury. Info & booking:
🌐 brilliantbeanstutoring.co.uk
📧 [email protected]
📞 0204 501 0894
#ad #Tooting

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 11h

Thames Water is currently carrying out works at #Tooting Broadway, at the junction of Tooting High Street and Mitcham Road, with lane closures leading to likely traffic delays.

Work is expected to be completed on Sunday 26th October. More info and updates: one.network?GB145800086

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 20h

Instant Physio's Ed has launched The Active Life Podcast, where he dives into topics around joint health, strength, recovery & ageing well!

Listen on Spotify: spotify.link/LBnTwIKLtXb

📍Instant Physio, 261 #Balham High Rd
📞 020 3488 2698
🌐 instantphysio.co.uk
#ad #Tooting

2

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 1d

The annual Chilli Sauce Championships 🌶️🌶️🌶️ returns to Balham Bowls Club this Sunday 19 Oct for its 11th year (info in images)!

£5 on the door.📍 #Balham Bowls Club, 7-9 Ramsden Rd, SW12 8QX

#Tooting #Wandsworth

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrate Black History in #Tooting with a FREE walk this Saturday 18th October, 2pm-4pm!

More info & booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tooting-bl...

1

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 1d

Following a trial, the area of Totterdown Street outside #Tooting Market will become a permanent pedestrianised community space, #Wandsworth Council has announced.

Read the full report via: totterdown.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...

1 1 5

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 2d

HALF PRICE KEBABS every Tuesday at Broadway BBQ in Broadway Market #Tooting!

📍near Longmead Rd entrance of Broadway Market. All food is halal. Ts & Cs apply. Offer valid on eat-in only. Offer ends 25/11/25.

More info & full menu: instagram.com/broadway.bbq

#ad #Wandsworth #Furzedown

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 2d

Little Village, a network of baby banks in London (including #Tooting), is urgently appealing for donations to help support families with young children this winter with clothes, blankets and other supplies, reports the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Donate via: littlevillage.org

1 1

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 3d

Hats off to The Ramble Inn #Tooting & its customers for raising £1,000 for Royal Trinity Hospice through their pub quiz (bringing the total they've raised over the last few years to £8,000)! Pictured is owner, Jimmy, handing the cheque to Royal Trinity Hospice's Mia. 🎉🎉🎉

3

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 6d

NEW TO #TOOTING: Western Union has opened a branch at 11 Mitcham Rd, offering worldwide money transfer (with 50% off transfer fees until this Sunday 12 October) – and you can even get your keys cut too!
Open 9am-8pm, Mon-Sun. 📞 020 8682 2221
Congrats & good luck to the team!

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 6d

#Tooting-based Poppy's Funerals host a free Open Afternoon at their offices and mortuary on Wednesday 15 October, 2pm-3pm.

Info & booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poppys-fun...

📍 The Gatehouse, Lambeth Cemetery, Blackshaw Rd, SW17 0BY

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 6d

Thames Water is still working on the leak on Mitcham Road in #Tooting, near the junction with Mellison Road, with delays likely. The work is due to be completed tomorrow, Friday 10th October, according to information on One Network.

See one.network?GB145950546 for more info and updates.

1 1

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 6d

#ThrowbackThursday to Upper Tooting Road, c. 1910.

2

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 6d

#Tooting Bangladeshi 🇧🇩 restaurant Dhoompan has launched amazing set menus & lunch offers as they approach their two year anniversary at 47 Trinity Rd!
All food is halal, veggie & vegan options available. Strictly no alcohol.
Info/booking: linktr.ee/tandoorkingx...
#ad #Balham #Wandsworth

1

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 7d

The Urban Wine Co recently took to #Tooting’s streets for people to try the wine, with locals amazed to find that the grapes were grown in Tooting!

Owner Richard was also recently featured in the @financialtimes.com & he’ll be interviewed on BBC Radio 4 at 9am this Sat!

Info: urbanwineco.co.uk

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 7d

The next #Tooting History Group meeting features two talks on "Tooting Bec Asylum Remembered 1903-1995" and takes place next Tuesday 14th October at 7.30pm at the United Reformed Church, Rookstone Road, SW17 9NQ.

More info: tootinghistory.org.uk

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 8d

Have you signed up to our #Tooting newsletter? Subscribe via tootingnewsie.substack.com/subscribe for a round-up of everything that's happening – news, events, food & drink deals, community stories, local causes, new openings, and much more – in Tooting every week!

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 8d

HALF PRICE burgers & cocktails every Tuesday in October at Burger Nine & Blend Bar in Broadway Market #Tooting!

Ts & Cs apply. Find Burger Nine & Blend Bar near the Longmead Rd entrance of Broadway Market. Halal burgers available. Offer valid every Tuesday til 28/10/25.
#ad #Tooting

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 8d

The next Mega Skip Day takes place from 9am this Saturday 11th October, in seven locations around #Wandsworth, including #Tooting.

More info, including details of what you can bring and when & where the skips will be open, via Wandsworth Council: wandsworth.gov.uk/mega-skip-days

#Putney #Battersea

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 9d

A mum who lost 13 litres of blood during her daughter’s birth has praised the “incredible” care teams at #Tooting's St George's Hospital who saved her and her baby’s life.

Full story via St George's: www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/newsitem/mum...

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 9d

Win an Autumn Hamper at Howden #Tooting! Pop into Howden Tooting at 149/155 Mitcham Road and provide your insurance renewal details by 26/10/25 for a chance to win! Ts & Cs apply.
📞 0208 672 3375
🌐 howdeninsurance.co.uk/tooting
#ad #Wandsworth

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 9d

Artists around #Wandsworth welcomed people into their homes, studios and galleries for the FREE Wandsworth Artists’ Open House at the weekend – and it'll be happening again this weekend!

More info & a list of venues, artists, and trails maps: www.artistsopenhouse.co.uk

#Tooting

1 1

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 12d

Libo & Gio Hair Salon at 115 Upper #Tooting Road has sadly closed after 55 years in business. More info in images. 👇

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 13d

Lots happening in libraries across #Wandsworth (including #Tooting) in October, including reading groups, Black History Month events, Diwali craft sessions, National Poetry Day, Pokémon, art & chess clubs, kids' activities, & more!

Info via Better UK: www.better.org.uk/library/news...

1

Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 14d

An early morning rainbow 🌈 over Garratt Lane in #Tooting, captured today by @savagelessx (Instagram) – thanks for sharing!

2