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4 Palestinian Activists Jailed

Just watched the live stream sentencing from Woolwich Crown Court which was fascinating!  In all four cases the defendants’ lawyers cited mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, anxiety and autism as mitigation factors …The Judge handed down substantial sentences:12m ago18:48Four Palestine Action activists jailed over raid on Israeli-linked defence firmFour Palestine Action activists have been jailed after raiding an Israeli-linked private defence company.Samuel Corner, 23, was sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison, including on the count of grievous bodily harm and criminal damage.He will be eligible for parole after seven years and eight months.Charlotte Head, 30, and Leona Kamio, 30, were each jailed for six years less 45 days for causing criminal damage.The pair will be eligible for parole after four years and 320 days.Head was also disqualified from driving for one year because she was driving the prison van that the group used as a "battering ram" to get inside the Elbit Systems UK factory.Fatema Rajwani, 21, was jailed for five years and eight months less 45 days for causing criminal damage.She will be eligible for parole after four years and 200 days.Justice Johnson said he took into account that Rajwani was only 20 at the time of the attack.They were not ordered to pay compensation, but Justice Johnson said the damaged company and the injured police officer could bring legal proceedings to seek compensation.The group caused £1m worth of damage to the Elbit Systems UK factory in Bristol in the early hours of 6 August 2024, in protest over the company's ties to conflict in the Middle East.The quartet were found guilty of criminal damage last month after a retrial.

Sue Hammond ● 19h7 Comments ●

Putney Bridge Closed ~ Emergency Services Present

Putney Bridge closed to all traffic – major emergency service presence on scene:Putney Bridge is closed in both directions, with a large emergency service presence on both sides of the bridge.Multiple police cars, three fire engines, and an ambulance are deployed across both approaches. Two rescue boats – one fire rescue vessel and one lifeboat – are in the water on either side of the bridge. The reason for the closure is a man is stood on the outside of the bridge.Pedestrians have been cleared from the bridge and are being turned away at both ends.All bus services crossing the bridge have been turned around. Traffic is building on both sides, with no vehicles crossing. On a busy Friday evening, the closure is affecting routes across southwest London.https://putney.news/2026/06/12/putney-bridge-closed-emergency-services-on-scene/

Sue Hammond ● 16h1 Comments ● 2h

Random pic 13 June 2026

Parsons Green Fair https://flic.kr/p/2sdkq9g

Michael Ixer ● 14h0 Comments ● 14h

Cleaning up the Thames

I noticed the other day that there had been a clean up on the Thames by a group of canoeists including a West London MP.It would be good if the Thames was cleaner and safer to swim and boat in and I noticed this website:https://cleaningthethames.pla.co.uk/clean-thames-challenge/I know that Thames 21 are also active in this area and I've read about Fleur Anderson MP taking part in what I think must still be an annual (or more?) Wet Wipe Count on the foreshore.https://www.thames21.org.uk/As part of London's Rivers Week there is an exhibition at Stanley Picker's Gallery @ Kingston Universityhttps://www.thames21.org.uk/event/london-rivers-week-2026-stanley-picker-gallerys-exhibition-a-simultaneous-agreement/I don't understand where their weeks' start and end but this exhibition seems to be on for quite a while!There's always more to learn about rivers and their tributaries!Just beware and take care and don't just jump in the water to cool down because it is hot out as there can be a lot of risks including heart attacks from the sudden change in temperature.

Philippa Bond ● 3d3 Comments ● 20h

Stephen Ogilvie, Belfast Stabbing Victim ~ Update

Update on Stephen Ogilvie ~ FBThe doctors said it was looking good and he was a fighter. They tried to bring him out of the coma but he didn't do well so they had to induce him again.They're going to try and take him out gradually to see how it goes.His throat has had to be stapled from one side to the other, he's lost his left eye and socket completely, he had 2 surgeries yesterday to rebuild his nose.The doctors are now focusing on the swelling in his face.https://www.facebook.com/share/1DtLWSwgRJ/?mibextid=wwXIfrThank God 🙏🏻he is recovering but his life has changed irreparably.🙁

Sue Hammond ● 22h0 Comments ● 22h

Not quite right, Nigel.

"The police force accused of anti-white racism after officers’ response to the murder of Henry Nowak is over five times more likely to subject black people to a stop and search than white people, according to the latest figures.The racial disparity in the Hampshire force is higher than the average for England and Wales, and has worsened in recent years." (Guardian, naturally)

David Ainsworth ● 8d51 Comments ● 1d

Police officer injured on Lacy Road

According to a MetEngage update, PC Damian from the local safer neighbourhoods team was injured when he challenged someone on an illegal e-bike on Lacy Road this Wednesday. The rider was arrested and PC Damian didn't take any time off work

Barry Elms ● 1d0 Comments ● 1d

85 Bus

Just made the mistake of choosing to catch the 85 back from Kingston instead of the train.  It was pretty crowded the whole journey but when we got to the stop by St John’s Avenue on Putney Hill, it got really hot and lacking in any breeze inside the bus.  
We were getting off opposite Putney station.  Everytime the lights signalled green, the bus couldn’t move across URR because it would have been stationary on the yellow box, so we had to wait about 4 changes of traffic signal until PHS had a gap for the bus to go into. People asked several times for the bus doors to be opened, but the driver wouldn’t do so.  I love the hot weather, but I got to the point where I thought I had had enough and might faint. The reason for this situation was the traffic jam on PHS.

Martine Guy ● 15d14 Comments ● 1d

Putney’s Oldest Buildings

What are the oldest buildings in SW15?  
I know the Winchester House Club is old and looking online the house dates back to the early 17th Century, but what are the others?  Anything Georgian? I think the churches must be some of our oldest buildings, but what’s the oldest house? Thank you for any info.

Martine Guy ● 16d24 Comments ● 1d

John Healey, Defence Secretary, Resigns

His resignation letter is very critical of Starmer and Rachel from Complaints over defence budget.   Government is in complete disarray.   Time for a GE!

Sue Hammond ● 2d8 Comments ● 1d

PUTNEY POOL WILL SHRINK

Please help us keep Putney pool to its 33-metres they’re planning to shrink it to 25-metres. Please sign our petition thank you. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-putney-s-33-metre-pool

Nina Sklar ● 10d20 Comments ● 1d

Random pic 12 June 2026

Swiss Alps near Valais https://flic.kr/p/2qk2snj

Michael Ixer ● 1d0 Comments ● 1d

Cyclists

Cyclists will now be fined £50 for going through a red light. Police on the look out in Putney.  Front Page of Forum.

Barbara Stevens ● 11d10 Comments ● 1d

Random pic 11 June 2026

Steve Ovett's statue, Brighton https://flic.kr/p/2sfFKqM

Michael Ixer ● 2d0 Comments ● 2d

Putney

Why are they still letting all these illegals into the Country, even after they have committed a crime they still keep them here. Has the Government no thought for the residents already been here years do we mean nothing, most of us have paid for years and worked. Yet illegals get everything, they are mostly all men it's frightening for everybody especially people with children. Has the Government completely lost is marbles the tax we pay is obviously not used properly, but all the blame and cost are put on to us.  Read Rachel Reeves wants to give companies £5000 to each foreign person they employ. But our youngsters cant get a job. No wonder people are marching and Belfast are kicking off. But its the ordinary people are in the wrong because the Government have lost control.

Barbara Stevens ● 3d0 Comments ● 3d

Random pic 10 June 2026

Netsuke. Hare/rabbit pounding with pestle and mortar. Maker unknown. Japan. 1701-1900, Ivory. Wellcome Collection /Science Museum Group A641096 https://flic.kr/p/2sgctKyFrom the Wellcome exhibition Coming of Age: Japanese mythologies of long lifeThis carved ivory okimono (sculptures) and netsuke (clothing toggles) feature Japanese myths and folktales about long
life. You might recognise some of these stories as they have similarities with other tales from across East Asia. This netsuke show the story of the
moon hare where in Japan the hare pounds rice cakes with a pestle and mortar.
[Text from exhibition label]

Michael Ixer ● 3d0 Comments ● 3d

Random pic 9 June 2026

A fine beetle crawling along the pavement, East Putney https://flic.kr/p/2shuq5c

Michael Ixer ● 4d4 Comments ● 3d

Denby Pottery Calls in the Adminstrators

Due to a drop in demand for its pottery and increasing energy prices, this wonderful British company is under threat of closure.   The company is over 200 years old.  600 staff are at risk of losing their jobs. We have a Denby dinner service and it has been part of our life since we married in the 1970s.  It was a wedding present.  My in-laws also had a Denby dinner service and the girls I worked with also bought it when they married.  Arabesque is iconic and groovy. What sad news for this country and the pottery industry.

Martine Guy ● 91d12 Comments ● 3d

Farage: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Not likely!

"Nigel Farage hits out at X deepfakes showing him brawling with Bank of England governor on Question TimeFake images have circulated on X which link to articles that falsely claim Mr Farage confronted Mr Bailey on the BBC’s Question Time" (Standard)Meanwhile and conversely:-"Reform UK has removed attack ads including a portrait of Andy Burnham after the artist threatened legal action over what he described as unauthorised use of the image to push an “anti-immigration” message.Lawyers instructed by illustrator Stanley Chow have accused Nigel Farage’s party of copyright infringement and asked for a public apology over the content, which they said was “edited without permission”.The images were reportedly AI-generated and appeared to show a group of people in a small boat holding “Vote Andy” placards emblazoned with Mr Chow’s portrait of the Makerfield by-election candidate and Labour leadership hopeful.A Reform UK spokesman said the party maintains that its use of the material, which was posted a number of times on social media, “amounts to fair use” and that “this legal action is politically motivated”.“However, we have removed the posts in good faith and without any admission of liability on our part,” they said."https://www.facebook.com/lancslive/posts/reform-uk-has-removed-attack-ads-including-a-portrait-of-andy-burnham-after-the-/1420867630062078/Can you see what Farage is yet?Forgotten Farage's Thailand-based billionaire supporter? Probably.

David Ainsworth ● 4d1 Comments ● 3d