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The Latest Breaking News from Wandsworth

Spare these London flats the wrecking ball. But no more eyesore tower blocks please

High-rise blocks should not be the future, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Daniel Khalife: 80 prison officers didn’t show up for work on day terror suspect escaped

Nearly 40 per cent of HMP Wandsworth staff failed to turn up on the day of the prison break, Tory minister admits, as National Crime Agency boss is brought in to investigate

The Independent UK

Five key questions about Daniel Khalife’s escape, after terror suspect recaptured

Why was a terrorist suspect in a category B jail; did he get help to break out; and were overcrowding or staff shortages to blame?

The Guardian - UK

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‘Mess in prison system’ will have played a role in Khalife’s escape, says official

A former director general of the Prison Service has criticised the “mess” in the system that he believes will have played a role in Daniel Khalife’s escape.

Evening Standard

Prison escape: HMP Wandsworth ‘needs closing’, says chief inspector of prisons, after Daniel Khalife case

Charlie Taylor said in an ideal world he would shut the prison, but it was needed to service the courts and because of a ‘crisis’ in prison places

The Independent UK

HMP Wandsworth needs closing, says chief inspector of prisons

Charlie Taylor said in an ideal world he would shut the prison, but it was needed to service the courts and because of a ‘crisis’ in prison places.

The Independent UK

Inquiries launched after terror suspect Daniel Khalife’s prison escape

Justice secretary says ‘no stone must be left unturned’ in examining Khalife’s escape from Wandsworth

The Guardian - UK

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Inquiry to establish why escaped terror suspect was not held at top-security jail

Investigation launched over escape of Daniel Khalife from category B facility, cabinet minister confirms

The Guardian - UK

Terror suspect Daniel Khalife’s escape is ‘catastrophic failure’, prison’s former head of security says

Around 30 to 44 per cent of frontline staff ‘unavailable to work’ in ‘filthy, vermin-infested’ Wandsworth prison

The Independent UK

London has 19 of UK’s top 20 ‘risky mortgage’ postcodes

As interest rates rise, mortgages in these postcodes may be at the highest risk of default

Evening Standard

Michael Williams obituary

Other lives: Labour housing councillor for almost 20 years who championed tenants in the London borough of Wandsworth

The Guardian - UK

Renting in London: the desperate battle to rent homes in the capital’s hottest district

Prices are soaring for would-be tenants in this south-west London borough — and people are making ever-snappier decisions

Evening Standard

Police warn 'do not approach' burglar who ESCAPED prison van and fled on transport

Kwami Richards, 42, escaped from the van outside Brixton Police Station in South London at 2pm yesterday - police chased him into Brixton Underground Station where he jumped on a train

Daily Mirror

A Lidl in Knightsbridge? Discount supermarket eyes new central London stores

Currently, Lidl’s Totternham Court Road shop is its only location within two-and-a-half miles of Charing Cross

Evening Standard

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Meet the hipster developers fighting to build boutique new homes on car parks and small plots around London

Catering to an affluent design-minded crowd, these next-generation developers believe that craft and sustainability can be financially viable

Evening Standard

Virtual ward discharge service saves more than 2,000 hospital bed days in south west London

A digital initiative to free up space at hospitals has helped the NHS save more than 2,000 hospital bed days in south west London.

The Guardian - UK

‘Every square inch monetised’ – is Battersea Power Station now a playground for the super rich?

Its rooftop ‘villas’ are £8m, its shops include Rolex and Cartier – and its affordable housing figure is just 9%. We go inside the £9bn, no-expense-spared rebirth of London’s famous landmark

Evening Standard

Wandsworth parking inspectors end strike after agreeing 11.5% pay rise

Parking attendants in Wandsworth have ended their summer of on-off strike actio

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Irish Mirror

Niall Horan spotted at GAA match as local club pick up rare championship title

Wandsworth Gaels, of which Horan was formerly a member of, picked up their first London Junior Football title in the clubs history.

The Guardian - UK

Peabody Trust accused of failing to offer tenants suitable alternative homes

Nineteen tenants living in south London estate that is being demolished say homes offered to them are unaffordable and too far away

The Guardian - UK

Paddy Barry obituary

Other lives: Social worker with a long career working with children in the London borough of Wandsworth

The Independent UK

What do the results of the elections mean?

Voters went to the polls on Thursday and have delivered a bloody nose to Boris Johnson’s Conservatives.

Evening Standard

The Leader podcast: Labour’s Westminster takeover makes history

Flagship London councils seized from Conservatives in dramatic UK local elections

The Independent UK

Inside Politics: ‘This was the Tories’ jewel in the crown’

Big night for Labour in London as party takes control of symbolic councils but modest gains elsewhere, writes Matt Mathers

Daily Mirror

Local elections: See what the local election results are in your area using interactive gadget

Results have started to come in from across Britain after millions of voters went to the polls in a critical set of local elections. We will keep you up to date with all the latest results as they come in

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