We have the UK’s most overcrowded prison
Ministry of Justice figures show 1,444 men held in space designed for 894, as a wing-by-wing renovation stretches to 2034.
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Secret hearing will decide fate of Roehampton pub
Council admits hearing was closed to protect Labour votes before next week's election.
The same failures, the same prison, the same verdict: another Wandsworth death was preventable
Ombudsman Adrian Usher has now twice found that a Wandsworth prisoner might not have died had they been held elsewhere.
Police seize cannabis and £2,200 in Innes Gardens arrest
Six weeks earlier, an officer told a West Putney ward panel that rivals would move in on exactly this patch.
Burglars are targeting homes in West Putney – act now
Police confirm multiple break-ins across the ward and want residents to know what to do.
Wandsworth police officer convicted of rape – third from same unit in three years
PC Dion Arnold told victims he was a police officer so they would trust him, court hears.
Four things Putney’s police want you to know this week
A Putney High Street standoff and the e-scooter law most riders are breaking.
Three men died at Wandsworth Prison within eight days
The ombudsman is investigating but has not published a cause for any of them.
Weapons, drug deals and intimidation: why The Angel pub may lose its licence
Roehampton councillors and Putney MP weigh in against the venue, noting some residents were too scared to complain.
Third time lucky: squatters out of Putney High Street as new shop moves in
Convenience store licence already applied for while eviction case was going through the courts.