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Security audit found ’81 points of failure’ at Wandsworth prison after escape

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has pleaded guilty partway through his trial at Woolwich Crown Court to escaping from HMP Wandsworth.

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Daniel Khalife admits escape from Wandsworth prison in dramatic plea change mid-trial

Daniel Khalife admits breaking out of HMP Wandsworth and going on the run

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Woman ‘raped by a man she just met’ in Wandsworth park close to primary school

Scotland Yard said enquiries are ongoing into the attack at 4pm on Monday

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Stamp duty: first-time buyers in four London boroughs to face the biggest increases

First-time buyers in Haringey, Hackney, Richmond and Wandsworth face stamp duty rises of £11,250 next year, while those in Barking will pay £876 more

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Wandsworth escape accused says it was ‘foolish’ to jail him with his ‘skill set’

Daniel Khalife, 23, says he absconded because he was ‘terrified’ of being locked up with dangerous offenders

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'I escaped prison to be upgraded to high security section away from sex offenders'

Fellow inmates at HMP Wandsworth included prolific sex offenders and terrorists, he said

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Daniel Khalife tells court: I escaped prison to be kept in high security unit

Fellow inmates at HMP Wandsworth included prolific sex offenders and terrorists, he said.

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Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife accused of prison escape ‘pencil rolled’ from under food truck, court told

Daniel Khalife is alleged to have escaped from HMP Wandsworth in south London

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Ex-soldier accused of prison escape ‘pencil rolled’ from under truck, court told

Daniel Khalife is alleged to have escaped from HMP Wandsworth in south London.

The Independent UK

Green light for hundreds of new homes in Tooting as City Hall overrules Wandsworth Council

An NHS doctor told City Hall it would be a ‘lost opportunity’ for the ‘derelict’ site to ‘go unused’ in the midst of London’s housing crisis

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Scandal-hit HMP Wandsworth spending £22m fixing windows to thwart drone drug supply

The Ministry of Justice has promised a crackdown on drugs and better living conditions for inmates at HMP Wandsworth

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Battersea Power Station under fire from council over low levels of affordable housing

So far about half of the Battersea Power Station masterplan has been delivered with two of the six phases of the development completed

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New figures show rise in number of female prison officers sacked after sex with inmates

It comes after a guard in Wandsworth pleaded guilty to misconduct after a video went viral

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Council’s ‘spreadsheet’ blunder sees more than 6,500 general election votes missed

Wandsworth Council has apologised over the issue which thankfully had no impact on the result in the Putney count

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Wandsworth prison guard accused of having sex with inmate breaks silence

Linda De Sousa Abreu breaks her silence after being charged by police

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Police investigate video 'showing female prison officer having sex with inmate in Wandsworth Prison cell'

The Ministry of Justice called in police after the video was released online

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Wandsworth Council to ban leaving e-bikes on pavements

Riders will be banned from abandoning e-bikes on busy town centre pavements in a South London borough under a new scheme.

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Woman raped during aggravated burglary near Wandsworth Common

Police seek witnesses after rape at address on Wandsworth’s Routh Road

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Why I live in Wandsworth: baker Ruby Bhogal on the dog-friendly 'village' that has it all

The baker, author and GBBO alumna was so taken with Wandsworth she persuaded her best friend to move there too

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London’s dirty secret: Why the capital is the worst place in the country at recycling

The city is the worst region in the country for recycling, with Tower Hamlets and Wandsworth bottom of the charts, and the mayor set to miss his targets. What needs to change?

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Safety changes set to stop 'speeding cyclists' on Wandsworth Thames path

Planter boxes and rumble strips are being added between Wandsworth Bridge and Battersea Park

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Zippos Circus banned from returning to Wandsworth after 'completely unacceptable' damage to common

One neighbour claimed the circus had ‘butchered the common with your trucks’

The Guardian - UK

Eileen Jarvis obituary

Other lives: Social worker and campaigner for the rights of women and children

Evening Standard

Wandsworth and Haringey win Borough of Culture bids for 2025 and 2027

The winning borough receive more than £1 million in funding.

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Wandsworth drug dealers convicted after police surveillance operation

Reyon and Dean Vincent were brought to justice by a police unit investigating gang crime

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