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May 7 elections: Hour-by-hour guide to results

Results will be declared from the early hours of Friday through to Saturday evening.

Evening Standard

May 7 elections: Hour-by-hour guide to results

Results will be declared from the early hours of Friday through to Saturday evening.

Evening Standard

'Porkies' row as London council proposes cheapest council tax bills in country for fourth year

Average bills for south London council will increase to £1,020 a year - half the amount in most other London boroughs

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Council tax: Cheapest London borough refuses Government offer of two-year emergency hike in bills

Wandsworth vows to keep taxes as low as possible, while Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham also unlikely to use new powers

Evening Standard

Mistakenly released prisoner hands himself in as Lammy faces fresh pressure over handling of fiasco

William ‘Billy’ Smith, 35, returned to Wandsworth prison after being mistakenly released on Monday

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UK Prison Release Scandal: Two Inmates Freed by Mistake in Days — and the Hidden Yearly Total Is Even More Shocking

Two inmates were wrongly freed from HMP Wandsworth as data shows 262 mistaken releases in a year, exposing major flaws in the UK prison system.

International Business Times UK

Full list of childhood vaccination uptake for local areas in England

Uptake of vaccines remains lowest in areas of London.

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I’m 91 and have cancer but a London council let me live in a soaking, mouldy flat for a year

Wandsworth refused to class a repair to damage from a water leak as an ‘emergency’

The Guardian - UK

E-scooters now cover a third of London as new borough joins trial

Council pledges to ‘closely monitor’ scheme’s expansion, as data reveals more than five million e-scooter journeys have been made since trial launched

Evening Standard

Revealed: The London boroughs generating millions every year from residents' parking permits

Wandsworth, Kensington and Chelsea, Islington and Hackney in top 10

Evening Standard

The battle for Battersea: decision looms for controversial riverfront high-rise

Residents fear the excessive height and scale of the proposed 29-storey block will set a precedent for other riverfront towers

Evening Standard

Nine in 10 councils in England to levy maximum council tax increase

Highest possible rise for third year running comes as cash-strapped authorities try to repair finances and, for some, avoid bankruptcy

The Guardian - UK

Few households avoid third year of maximum council tax hikes as plans approved

All 153 upper tier councils have now approved their council tax increases for 2025-26.

The Independent UK

‘No two days are the same and you can make a real difference’: four social workers reflect on their careers

From paid apprenticeships to degrees, there are many routes to becoming a social worker – here’s a look at some of the main ones, and how four people who switched careers found them

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Full list of London council tax bills as virtually every borough seeks maximum increase

Revealed: Why Wandsworth can set the cheapest bills but Kingston’s are biggest in the capital

Evening Standard

London council tax: Sadiq Khan's home borough sets lowest bill in the country (again)

Wandsworth will be the only London borough to keep bills under £1,000

Evening Standard

London council tax soars: two-thirds of boroughs will charge in excess of £2,000 a year

Lib-Dem and Tory boroughs at top of table - while Labour councils will issue cheapest bills

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More CCTV cameras to target West End phone snatchers as London borough sets low council tax bill

Westminster council to spend £2million on safety schemes including doubling size of its CCTV camera network

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Mapped: Britain’s twenty happiest places to live

There’s a new number one spot

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

The Guardian - UK

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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