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Wandsworth prison needs ‘urgent improvement’ due to security, violence and self harm
A watchdog has called for scandal-hit Wandsworth prison to be put into emergency measures amid concerns over failings in security and severe problems with overcrowding, drugs, violence and self-harm. Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor wrote
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Man who sent racist tweet about Arsenal and England star has conviction overturned
A football fan who posted a racist tweet about Bukayo Saka following an England loss had his conviction quashed because the tweet did not include the Arsenal star’s Twitter handle and was not a direct message. Monzer El-Sharnouby tweeted “Saka
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Mum 'felt violated when manhandled’ by policeman over bus fare in Croydon
A mum felt “very violated” after a police officer “manhandled” and “wrongly arrested” her for bus fare evasion in front of her young son, a court has heard. Pc Perry Lathwood, 50, of Norman’s Bay, East Sussex, allegedly assaulted Jocelyn Agyemang
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Woman, 80, fighting for life after being hit by motorbike in Putney
An 80-year-old woman is fighting for her life after she was hit by a motorcyclist in Putney. She is currently in a life-threatening condition following the crash on Putney High Street on May 9. The incident involving the pedestrian and motorcyclist
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Fire under investigation after tent and camping equipment destroyed in Croydon
A tent and camping equipment outside a disused building in Croydon have been destroyed in a fire. Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to Park Street in Croydon at around 5pm yesterday (Thursday, May 9). Wooden hoarding
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‘Caring’ dad-of-three died when window panels fell on him at Thornton Heath site
The director of a Croydon double glazing firm was given a suspended sentence after a dad-of-three was killed by a window panel. Kashif Rehman, 40, suffered a cardiac arrest when a number of toughened glass panels weighing up to 10kg each fell
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Concerns for missing south London girl who hasn't contacted family for nearly a month
Police are searching for a girl who has been missing from south London for almost one month. Julia, 16, is missing from Mitcham, Merton and has had no contact with her friends or family. She was last seen on April 13 and police are concerned