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This part of our new weekly round-up series, where we will bring you five of our favourite and best stories from the last week, just in case you missed them.

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Here are five stories you might have missed from Tooting last week…

Tooting Pocket Park could be completed by the end of August

Tooting Pocket Park is nearing its completion, however, Wandsworth Council is still waiting on a delivery from the manufacturers before it can be finished.

Workers could be seen at the park in recent days, but more equipment is needed from a delayed delivery to get it all finished.

Midwife consultant at St George's encourages pregnant women to have vaccine

Pregnant women have been encourage to take the Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them.

This was said by a consultant midwife at St George's, who mentioned that there has been a worrying rise in the number of unvaccinated pregnant women across Intensive Care Units.

Bedford Hill gets £1m facelift

Areas of Bedford Hill are now looking greener thanks to a £1m facelift.

The council have announced a series of improvements, include new trees, shrubs and safety measures.

Have a look at the article to see pictures of the improvements.

Graveney principal praises school's 'resilience' as over 300 get into first choice university

Over 300 A-level students from Graveney got into their first choice university.

Additionally, nine got into Oxbridge and five will be starting medical/veterinary courses.

Read the article to see what the school's principal, Cynthia Rickman, had to say about the success.

Wandsworth Council changes Plough Lane parking plans amid unrest

Wandsworth Council U-turned on its new parking plans for the areas around Plough Lane.

With AFC Wimbledon finally welcoming fans into its new stadium, the council had plan on introducing week-long controlled parking zones (CPZs) in the residential area, however, this has now changed.

This will extend the CPZ restrictions to 9.30am to 9.30pm from October 1 but only on match and event days, before the plan was for restrictions every day of the week.

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