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Mapped: Britain’s twenty happiest places to live

There’s a new number one spot

The Independent UK

Britain’s ‘happiest places to live’ in 2024 revealed

Gen-Zs were the most likely to feel they would be happier living somewhere else, while those aged 55-plus were the least likely, Rightmove said.

Evening Standard

Inside HMP Wandsworth: How Daniel Khalife’s escape reveals ‘shocking’ prison chaos

It was revealed two guards checked the truck that Daniel Khalife escaped under

The Independent UK

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Prisons crisis and chaos at HMP Wandsworth laid bare in wake of Khalife’s escape

Khalife made his escape in September last year, while being held on remand over spy charges, by strapping himself underneath a food delivery lorry.

Evening Standard

Wandsworth Council approves plans for 54 new homes despite locals' concern about overcrowding

Residents raised concerns about the scheme, including over the loss of storage space in the garages and potential parking issues

Evening Standard

Letters of support for huge tower at Battersea Bridge removed after 'feedback concerns'

Letters of support backing controversial plans to build a huge tower at the bottom of Battersea Bridge have been removed, after residents named as having signed them complained.

Evening Standard

Woman arrested after video apparently shows UK prison officer having sex with inmate

Met police began investigating on Friday after being made aware of video allegedly filmed at HMP Wandsworth

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Woman arrested over Wandsworth Prison ‘inmate and officer sex video’

Video emerged appearing to show a female prison officer having sex with an inmate at HMP Wandsworth

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on dangerous prisons: Wandsworth’s failure is one of many

Editorial: The chief inspector’s latest warning makes it clear that problems go right to the top of the prison service

The Guardian - UK

How often is council tax paid and are there tax-free months?

With changes in the council tax rules, it's vital to know how often you need to pay and which months might be tax-free

Evening Standard

Wandsworth council sets London's lowest council tax as more boroughs prepare to issue £2,000 bills

Kingston – which shares a border with Wandsworth in Roehampton Vale - is again expected to set the highest bills

Evening Standard

OPINION - Wimbledon's expansion plan is not a 'win-win,' it is bad for Londoners

Our shared view as local MPs is that the project should not go ahead

Evening Standard

Londoners back £200m expansion for Wimbledon

Poll shows support for The All England Club, which runs the Wimbledon Championships, building 38 new grass courts and new stadium on the former Wimbledon Park golf course

Evening Standard

Wimbledon expansion plan dealt blow as planners advise rejecting it

Wandsworth council officers snub scheme to build 8,000-seat stadium show court and 38 grass courts

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Evening Standard

Wig cupboard, anyone? 10 London homes for sale with unique historic details, from Wandsworth to Wood Green

Common old cornicing won’t cut it? These historic London homes come with rarefied features, from art deco mouldings to frescoed ceilings

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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 Guardian - 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?

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Evening Standard

‘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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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 Independent 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

Evening Standard

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

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