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The council's own scenarios raise its share of the bill by 100% to 150% from April 2027, a Band D total of up to £3,059. Residents get a say from 19 October.
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Licensing
Ringo Pizza Hammersmith Licence Suspended for a Month
Ringo Pizza's licence is suspended for a month after a Home Office review. Local Hero on Fulham Road gets an alcohol licence, with a 9pm garden curfew.
Halloween
Fulham Halloween 2026: Parsons Green Pumpkin Patch From £7.50
Parsons Green's pumpkin patch runs 24 Oct to 1 Nov, now from £7.50. Franky plays the Lyric 27 to 31 Oct; The Hungry Ghost's Halloween shows are sold out.
Council
Hammersmith and Fulham Council Tax: No Cap From April 2027
The council says Government funding changes could cost it up to 40% of its £222m budget. From April 2027 no referendum limit applies to its council tax.
Heritage
Sacred Heart Hammersmith Organ Wins £247,788 Lottery Grant
The UK's only Hippolyte Loret organ, smuggled out of Paris in 1904, is going to Canterbury for restoration. A free exhibition opens at the school on 19 October.
Events
What's On in Fulham: Pumpkin Patch, Then the Winter Festival
The Eelbrook funfair's last weekend from Thursday, the Parsons Green pumpkin patch from 24 October, then the Winter Festival and Cinderella on 14 November.
News
London Accordion Orchestra Hosts Bielefeld, Sun 25 Oct
Two accordion orchestras, one from London and one from Bielefeld, play The Tabernacle on Sun 25 Oct at 2pm. Elgar, Holst, film music; tickets £15 and £12.
Planning
Hammersmith and Fulham Planning: 79 Fewer Affordable Homes
Two schemes approved on 15 September cut 79 affordable homes between them. All five applications went through, and the minutes came out a week later.
Sport
Shepherds Bush Cricket Club Win First National Title
The Bush beat New Farnley by five wickets at Wormsley on 13 September, the first Middlesex club to win the national cup since Teddington in 1991.
Remembrance
Remembrance Sunday in Fulham and Shepherd's Bush: 8 Nov
Two parades on Sunday 8 November 2026, 10.30am to noon: Parsons Green to Fulham War Memorial, and Sulgrave Road to Shepherd's Bush Green. Closures inside.
Christmas
Santa's Grotto in Fulham and Shepherd's Bush: 2026 Prices
Two ticketed Santa visits this year: Santa's Winter Garden at Fulham Palace, 20 Nov to 23 Dec, and London Christmas Village on Shepherd's Bush Green from £15.
Christmas
Fulham Palace Christmas Fair 2026: 5 and 6 December
Fulham Palace's Christmas fair is Sat 5 and Sun 6 Dec, 11am to 4pm, £5 adults, £3 children. Twilight fair Fri 4 Dec, £10; Santa's Winter Garden from 20 Nov.
Planning
Sotheron Place, Fulham: £17m Loan to Build 31 Homes
A £17m loan will fund 31 flats at Sotheron Place, off the King's Road, 10 of them at affordable rents. What was approved, what it replaces and how it got here.
Fulham Wire is a local news site for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. That means Fulham, Parsons Green, Sands End, Walham Green and Hurlingham in SW6; Hammersmith, Brook Green and Ravenscourt Park in W6; Shepherd’s Bush, Askew and White City in W12; and Barons Court, West Kensington and Olympia on the borough’s side of W14.
It is a small borough and a busy one. Two Premier League grounds stand inside it: Fulham’s Craven Cottage on the river, and, in spite of the name, Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge, which is in SW6. Westfield London and the White City development sit at the north end, Wormwood Scrubs and Old Oak run up against the Ealing boundary, and the Earls Court site is being rebuilt on the southern edge. Match days, roadworks and large planning cases account for much of what changes here from one week to the next.
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Boundaries here are tight, and we check them before we publish. A large part of W14 is in Kensington and Chelsea, the Earls Court redevelopment straddles the border, and Hammersmith and Fulham shares some services with neighbouring boroughs, so we confirm which authority actually made a decision before we report it. If we get something wrong, tell us and we will correct it.