Tooting round-up: 6 stories about our community from the past week

By The Editor

27th Sep 2020 | Local News

Tooting Community Kitchen feeds those in need twice a week
Tooting Community Kitchen feeds those in need twice a week

Since the launch of Tooting Nub News we have reported on many people and businesses in our community.

I am extremely grateful to be able to write and tell the stories of this wonderful area.

Before we embark on this exciting week ahead - take a look back at some of the top articles since we launched on Wednesday.

Tooting Community Kitchen continues to feed those in need

Tooting Community Kitchen has been serving the vulnerable fresh food and produce for almost two years now.

Starting as one table outside Iceland near Tooting Market in 2018, the community kitchen has grown into a multi-day and multi-area project which serves to feed those in need.

The Tooting shop saying no to single use plastic

BYO, situated in Tooting Market, encourages customers to reuse their packaging and to say no to single use plastics.

In light of recycling week and the Global Day of Climate Action taking place tomorrow (25th) - we took a trip inside Tooting's eco-store to explore its very different take on shopping.

Tooting residents 'walk a mile for climate' in solidarity with Fridays For Future

Friday afternoon (25th) residents walked a mile around Tooting Common in order to show solidarity with Greta Thunberg's FridaysForFuture movement.

Organised by passionate parents Richard Couldrey and Sophia Parker, #walkamileforclimate encouraged discussion and education about climate change and the effect it plays on our lives.

Tooting restaurant believes 30% of their income could be lost from new government rules

A French restaurant in Tooting is concerned about their potential loss of income following enforced earlier curfews from the government.

Bordelaise, situated in Broadway Market, has been running late night dining for four years.

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan crowned champion of the Twitter MP World Cup

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, Labour MP for Tooting, has been crowned the champion of a Twitter World Cup for UK Members of Parliament.

Over fourteen thousand people voted in the final of the social media competition, which saw Dr Rosena against Jeremy Corbyn, Dawn Butler and Alison Thewliss.

Dr Rosena received 14,193 votes, 46.9% of the overall voting.

New Italian restaurant in Tooting says earlier curfew will make it difficult to achieve their vision

An Italian restaurant in Tooting has said that the government's earlier curfew is another rule that will hurt their new business.

Situated on Mitcham Road, La Taverna di Toto says they want people to feel 'at home' during their visit without having to rush off.

The government has said that all restaurants, bars and pubs must close at ten pm.


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