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Council tax hikes: Thousands of Londoners to pay for first time while some face bills doubling

Kensington and Chelsea is expected to follow in the footsteps of Wandsworth, Westminster and Hackney and double council tax bills for some home owners in the borough

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on mistaken prisoner releases: a broken system not human error

Editorial: Recent cases of prisoners let go by mistake rightly disturb the public. But they reflect the overstretched and underfunded criminal justice architecture

The Guardian - UK

Smiling wrongly released prisoner William Smith hands himself back in to Wandsworth prison

Convicted fraudster William ‘Billy’ Smith smiled and waved as he walked back into the south London jail

Evening Standard

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Mistakenly released prisoner Billy Smith turns himself in

Police continue hunt for Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif as fraudster returns to Wandsworth jail

The Guardian - UK

Robert Jenrick accuses David Lammy of 'Bulls****' on live TV amid row over mistaken prisoner releases

The comment came as pressure piles on the Justice Secretary after prisoners were mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth

Evening Standard

Prisoner manhunt continues as Lammy faces slew of questions

Police are trying to track down two inmates released in the last week from HMP Wandsworth.

Evening Standard

Two more prisoners on run after being released from HMP Wandsworth by mistake in fresh crisis for Labour

Police searching for Algerian sex offender freed from Wandsworth jail by mistake along with convicted fraudster – days after justice secretary claimed he’d introduced strictest-ever prison checks following Epping migrant blunder

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Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail

Surrey Police said Billy Smith handed himself into to HMP Wandsworth following his accidental release

Evening Standard

David Lammy under pressure as two more prisoners mistakenly freed

Algerian sex offender and a fraudster released by Wandsworth jail, days after new checks brought in

The Guardian - UK

South London train station to get £7m new entrance to beat overcrowding

Work at Wandsworth Town Station is due to begin next year

Evening Standard

Dolly Parton's little known charitable connection to Wandsworth

The Hollywood star’s charitable endeavors reach as far as the UK

Evening Standard

Boris Becker was asked by prison doctor if he had been self-harming during his time in Wandsworth

In his upcoming autobiography, tennis ace Boris Becker has revealed he was asked by a prison doctor if he had been self-harming during his time in Wandsworth.

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Boris Becker describes horror of prison life

In his new autobiography, Boris Becker has described the “screaming, fear and freezing, mould-infested cells” of Wandsworth prison after he did an eight month sentence in the jail.

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Liberty Festival 2025: Disability Arts Celebration heads to Wandsworth

Liberty Festival will be bringing a huge range of acts for this disabled-led event, all for free

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Wandsworth unveils 'growth plan' which could see 14,000 new homes in next decade

The scheme includes plans for 8,400 new homes in Nine Elms, 3,000 more homes in Clapham Junction and 3,000 extra homes in Wandsworth Town

Evening Standard

Council tax bombshell: Eight London boroughs face big bill rises or major cuts to services

EXCLUSIVE: London boroughs facing being hard hit by the controversial shake-up include Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, Wandsworth, Richmond, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Camden and the City of London

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South London primary school set to close after just eight children joined reception class

St Anne’s Church of England School, in Wandsworth, could shut permanently on August 31

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Where is the cheapest council tax in the UK and how does London compare?

Nearly every London borough has increased council tax bills by the maximum amount allowed by the Government for the 2024/25 financial year

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'Excessive' Battersea riverside tower block plans rejected by councillors

Councillors voted unanimously to refuse planning permission for the development at a Wandsworth council planning meeting held on Thursday

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Town hall rich list: Nearly 100 council employees earn more than prime minister in London

Westminster City Council tops a ‘Town Hall Rich List’ revealed on the same day as council tax goes up across the country

Evening Standard

Revealed: London boroughs dominate league table of cheapest council tax bills in England

Wandsworth, Westminster and City of London are least expensive areas

The Guardian - UK

Dick Muskett obituary

Other lives: Community worker who helped to set up the Workers Beer Company in London

Evening Standard

Wandsworth told it must fix 'serious failings' in council housing

Concerns were raised over a lack of electrical safety checks and failure to complete overdue fire safety actions

Evening Standard

All eyes on Wandsworth: why the London Borough of Culture 2025 is the place to be

Loyal locals rave about their leafy south-west London home

Evening Standard

Wandsworth is kinky and Chelsea is vanilla: New stats reveal sex toy sales by London borough

New stats from LoveHoney have revealed the biggest buyers across London — and some boroughs are getting freakier than others

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