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The Latest Breaking News from Wandsworth

Major emergency search under way after reports of person in River Thames near Wandsworth

Police were called at around 12:30pm on Thursday to reports of someone in the water near Eastfields Avenue

Evening Standard

Young's toasts "exceptional" trading in its pubs over Christmas and New Year

The Wandsworth based operator follows Fuller’s and Mitchells & Butlers in revealing double digit sales growth

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Second man denies helping Daniel Khalife escape prison

Adeel Khan, 30, from Waltham Forest, east London, is accused of helping Khalife after he escaped from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023.

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Prison guard jailed for sex on camera with inmate at HMP Wandsworth

Linda De Sousa Abreu called herself a ‘gangster’ after sex with a serial burglar inside Wandsworth Prison

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Daniel Khalife: Fantasist who played cynical game from hapless MI5 double agent plot to audacious prison escape

Former soldier now jailed for spying for Iran and escape from Wandsworth prison that sparked 75-hour manhunt

The Independent UK

Daniel Khalife: a fantasist or a player in the world of spies?

The young man who escaped Wandsworth prison offered a mixed picture of ineptitude and threat, according to police

The Guardian - UK

Cyclist killed in Putney HGV crash named as high-flyer 'living his best life' in London

Tributes paid to young accountant as cycle campaigners hold vigil to demand road safety improvements

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Woman seriously injured by balaclava-clad thugs who robbed her bike

Victim, 48, approached by suspects on Harbut Road, Wandsworth

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Most dangerous junctions in London for cyclists revealed as council slammed for 'failing to improve safety'

TfL’s target to eradicate all road deaths by 2041 ‘will surely be missed’, warn campaigners

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Parking wardens in three London boroughs go out on strike over pay

Parking wardens in south London have walked out this week in a dispute over pay and working conditions.

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'Nightmare roadworks to pedestrianise street are killing my business'

Emma Thomas in Wandsworth Town said she is ‘haemorrhaging money’ as weeks of narrowed pavements, loud drilling and construction ‘mess’ outside her flower shop has led to a drop in sales

Evening Standard

Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife changes plea to guilty of Wandsworth prison escape

Khalife pleads guilty part way through trial at Woolwich crown court but continues to deny other charges

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Independent UK

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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'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

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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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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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