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• Could this happen in Balham?

  By  allinthegenes at 09:20 on 07/09/10

  

  When a customer bought a chicken burger from a take-away in Tooting, she hadn’t bargained on an unwanted extra ingredient – a cockroach. Luckily the customer managed to spot the cockroach before eating it and alerted the council's food safety team which immediately launched an investigation into health and hygiene standards at Chicken-2-Go on the Upper Tooting Road. When food inspectors visited the takeaway they found a...

• Crisis? What crisis?

  By  aloquifique at 15:58 on 03/09/10

  

  My son, pictured below, has been through the Wandsworth National Child Measurement Programme and we've just been notified of the results. Apparently he's overweight - and not only that, just 1lb away from being obese. The government tell us all that we have a crisis on our hands and more than 1 in 5 children of Reception age are overweight or obese.  Judging from my son's experience, I would have to seriously call into question...

• Wandsworth Council aiming for transparency

  By  aloquifique at 10:54 on 12/08/10

  

  Wandsworth Council has published details of all spending above £500 in a move designed to bring greater transparency to local government expenditure. The list, which is available on the council website at www.wandsworth.gov.uk/spending, includes the value of every purchase and the name of the supplier.  It will be updated on a monthly basis. Wandsworth is among the first councils...

• Watch Out for Rogue Traders

  By  aloquifique at 00:00 on 20/07/10

  

   The council is backing a national campaign urging people not to accept building and maintenance repair offers from cold callers. Bogus doorstep traders use a range of persuasive and emotional tactics to secure a fast sale and con people out of their money. For example, they often claim their offer is urgent and that if you don’t sign up now you will miss out on the deal.  They are a particular problem in the summer...

• Safety Cycling Mirror Installed in Tooting

  By  aloquifique at 23:22 on 15/07/10

  

  London’s first on-street cycle safety mirror has been installed at the junction of Upper Tooting Road and Trinity Road. ‘Trixi’ mirrors are positioned to give drivers of large vehicles better visibility of cyclists at junctions. Transport for London (TfL) will install a total of 39 at traffic signals on the capital’s roads for a six-month trial period.  The aim is to reduce the number of cyclists killed or...

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