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Traffic wardens 'pressured' into issuing tickets - Telegraph.co.uk
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
Telegraph.co.uk
Traffic wardens 'pressured' into issuing tickets
Telegraph.co.uk
The father of two, from Wandsworth, south London, lost his job last February after tipping off a driver who was about to be given a ticket. Mr Berkani claimed that he was harassed and eventually dismissed by NSL, the contractor, because he preferred to ...
Traffic warden Hakim Berkani exposed secret 10 tickets a day quota schemeDaily Mail
Traffic warden quotas exposedAutoExpress
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Cycle Surgery opening another shop, this one in sunny Wandsworth - road.cc
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
Cycle Surgery opening another shop, this one in sunny Wandsworth
road.cc
by nick_rearden on January 26, 2012 - 15:48 We posted last week about two new Cycle Surgery branches coming in Fulham and the The Square Mile; next it's the inner city suburbs of Wandsworth and Tooting getting the new bike shop.
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NHS bosses deny surplus will be used to "bail out" Croydon - Wandsworth Guardian
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
Daily Mail
NHS bosses deny surplus will be used to "bail out" Croydon
Wandsworth Guardian
NHS managers have been told to keep their hands off Wandsworth NHS's surplus after fears that it could be used to fill a £26.8m funding hole in Croydon. Wandsworth NHS has prudently managed to accumulate a surplus of £16.7m but at a high level NHS ...
NHS trust looking at neighbours to fill £27m black holeKingston Guardian
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Wandsworth residents welcome Boris Bikes - South West Londoner
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
South West Londoner
Wandsworth residents welcome Boris Bikes
South West Londoner
By Robert Edwards Over 200 Wandsworth residents have participated in a consultation process to determine where 80 new bike stations are to be built, as plans to bring the iconic cyan cycles to the borough are unveiled. With 123 unique suggestions, ...
Clapham Junction station to get a Barclays Cycle Hire docking stationYour Local Guardian
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Wandsworth Council secures £1.25m apprenticeship funding - South West Londoner
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
South West Londoner
Wandsworth Council secures £1.25m apprenticeship funding
South West Londoner
By Hardeep Matharu £1.25m worth of apprenticeship funding has been won by Wandsworth to boost employment opportunities for young people in the borough. This follows the release of figures last week showing youth unemployment is now at its highest since ...
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Tooting "free" school yet to secure premises - Surrey Comet
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
Tooting "free" school yet to secure premises
Surrey Comet
The centre is run by the Wandsworth Youth Enterprise Centre (WYEC), a charity who help disadvantaged young people set up in 1988, on behalf of the London Development Agency (LDA) But the Wandsworth Guardian understands that while the Bickersteth Road ...
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New homes plans in Nine Elms approved - whathouse.co.uk
Last Updated - 25/01/2012
24dash
New homes plans in Nine Elms approved
whathouse.co.uk
The Wandsworth scheme, which will be developed by Marcus Cooper Group, will include a proportion of affordable homes, as well as new restaurants, retail and office space. As part of the agreement for securing planning consent, the developer, ...
Over 450 homes approved for Nine Elms regeneration zone24dash (press release)
Go-ahead for 450-home Marco Polo House schemeConstruction Enquirer
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Clapham Junction station to get a Barclays Cycle Hire docking station - Wandsworth Guardian
Last Updated - 25/01/2012
Clapham Junction station to get a Barclays Cycle Hire docking station
Wandsworth Guardian
By Alexandra Rucki » Clapham Junction station will be get a Barclays Cycle Hire docking station when the scheme expands into Wandsworth. Two hundred people contacted Wandsworth Council last year with suggestions about where the popular Boris bikes ...
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Wandsworth Council pledges to press for solutions to Putney pollution problems - Wandsworth Guardian
Last Updated - 25/01/2012
Wandsworth Council pledges to press for solutions to Putney pollution problems
Wandsworth Guardian
By Alexandra Rucki » Wandsworth Council has pledged to press for more hybrid buses and stricter implementation of the Low Emissions Zone following a meeting with the Putney Society on Monday. The society met with Councillor Jonathan Cook, ...
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Proposals to demolish Battersea Victorian school building spark opposition - Your Local Guardian
Last Updated - 25/01/2012
Proposals to demolish Battersea Victorian school building spark opposition
Your Local Guardian
Wandsworth Council wants to knock it down so it can be replaced with three bedroom apartments and public spaces. But people living in the street fear the modern four-storey building will undermine the Victorian feel of the area and loom over their ...
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26th Cycle Surgery store to open in Wandsworth - Bike Biz
Last Updated - 24/01/2012
Bike Biz
26th Cycle Surgery store to open in Wandsworth
Bike Biz
Cycle Surgery Wandsworth, in South West London, will open in the middle of March. It follows the announcement of shops on Upper Thames Street and Fulham Road. The location for the 2500 sq ft store was chosen to be convenient for the local residents ...
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Downton Abbey star joins youngsters in Wandsworth Museum to celebrate ... - Wandsworth Guardian
Last Updated - 23/01/2012
Downton Abbey star joins youngsters in Wandsworth Museum to celebrate ...
Wandsworth Guardian
Miles Scott, St George's Healthcare chief executive and the mayor of Wandsworth Councillor Jane Cooper also attended the event, held in Wandsworth Museum, West Hill. A film about the campaign was shown to visitors, whilst children's choirs from Garratt ...
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Hundreds more homes approved for Nine Elms regeneration - Your Local Guardian
Last Updated - 23/01/2012
24dash
Hundreds more homes approved for Nine Elms regeneration
Your Local Guardian
The site, located on Queenstown Road to the east of Battersea Park, was granted approval at a Wandsworth Council planning meeting on Thursday. A new pedestrian walkway will run through the development alongside a public garden, public courtyard and ...
Over 450 homes approved for Nine Elms regeneration zone24dash (press release)
Go-ahead for 450-home Marco Polo House schemeConstruction Enquirer
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Quartet jailed after crime spree across south London - Your Local Guardian
Last Updated - 23/01/2012
Quartet jailed after crime spree across south London
Your Local Guardian
Romaine Gayle, 18, of Wandle Way, Wandsworth, and Ishmael Baptiste, 21, of Mitcham, were both jailed for robbery. The first of five robberies took place in Clapham High Street on August 4, 2010 where a G4S employee was assaulted and cash stolen.
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Row over Wandsworth Free school plan - BBC News
Last Updated - 22/01/2012
BBC News
Row over Wandsworth Free school plan
BBC News
A row has broken out over plans to set up a Free School in Wandsworth. It was initially given permission to open in neighbouring Lambeth - but was forced to relocate after its site was sold. Now a group of parents and teachers in Wandsworth have said ...
Katharine Birbalsingh criticised over 'wasteful' free school projectThe Guardian
The Observer uncritically regurgitates Trotskyist smears against Katharine ...Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
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New breast cancer treatment unit opens - Wandsworth Guardian
Last Updated - 22/01/2012
New breast cancer treatment unit opens
Wandsworth Guardian
The Rose Centre, a £4m state-of-the-art breast diagnostic unit, was officially opened at St George's Hospital, London, on Thursday 19th January by the Mayor of Wandsworth, councillor Jane Cooper. St George's Hospital is a regional cancer centre and its ...
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Katharine Birbalsingh criticised over 'wasteful' free school project - The Guardian
Last Updated - 21/01/2012
The Guardian
Katharine Birbalsingh criticised over 'wasteful' free school project
The Guardian
Birbalsingh has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money by parents and teachers in Tooting, Wandsworth, the proposed site of the Michaela community school, where Mandarin and Latin will be on the curriculum. The new secondary school will take money ...
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Wandsworth centrepiece of Diamond Jubilee celebrations - South West Londoner
Last Updated - 21/01/2012
South West Londoner
Wandsworth centrepiece of Diamond Jubilee celebrations
South West Londoner
By Hardeep Matharu Wandsworth is set to be London's jewel in the crown this summer as the centrepiece of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Grand and exciting festivities will take place in the borough in June to mark the 60-year reign of HM ...
Battersea Park set to be centre of Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrationsWandsworth Guardian
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Wandsworth Council finance officer jailed for £100k fraud - Croydon Guardian
Last Updated - 21/01/2012
Wandsworth Council finance officer jailed for £100k fraud
Croydon Guardian
A Wandsworth Council finance officer has been jailed for two years after plundering more than £100000 of public funds from the local authority's housing account. Colin Hadfield, from Caterham, stole £102380 between May 2009 until July 2011 by abusing ...
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Relief as Wandsworth Council confirms it is not evicting looter's family - Your Local Guardian
Last Updated - 20/01/2012
BBC News
Relief as Wandsworth Council confirms it is not evicting looter's family
Your Local Guardian
By Alexandra Rucki » There has been widespread relief that Wandsworth Council has decided not to evict the family of Clapham Junction looter, Daniel Sartain-Clarke. The council issued a statement this morning explaining that following a meeting with ...
Victory as Wandsworth council folds over riot eviction threatSocialistworker.co.uk
Woman's riot eviction threat liftedThe Press Association
So much for strong action: Council abandons attempt to evict family involved ...Daily Mail
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Wandsworth centerpiece of Diamond Jubilee celebrations - South West Londoner
Last Updated - 20/01/2012
South West Londoner
Wandsworth centerpiece of Diamond Jubilee celebrations
South West Londoner
By Hardeep Matharu Wandsworth is set to be London's jewel in the crown this summer as the centrepiece of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Grand and exciting festivities will take place in the borough in June to mark the 60-year reign of HRH ...
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Wandsworth to invest extra £30 million in housing estate improvements - 24dash (press release)
Last Updated - 20/01/2012
24dash (press release)
Wandsworth to invest extra £30 million in housing estate improvements
24dash (press release)
Council tenants and leaseholders in Wandsworth are set to benefit from a series of improvements to their homes and neighbourhoods worth £72 million over the next three years. This future investment in local housing estates is on top of a £24 million ...
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Tooting business centre preferred choice for 'free school' - Your Local Guardian
Last Updated - 20/01/2012
Tooting business centre preferred choice for 'free school'
Your Local Guardian
But the Wandsworth Guardian has been told there is currently no more room for any additional firms in the building, let alone a free school which plans to admit 120 pupils in its first year. Should any offer from the school be accepted, ...
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Wandsworth riot eviction threat mother can stay in home - BBC News
Last Updated - 19/01/2012
BBC News
Wandsworth riot eviction threat mother can stay in home
BBC News
Following a meeting with Wandsworth Council, his mother and her daughter will now be allowed to stay at their home in Battersea. During a meeting on Thursday, Ms de la Calva gave a series of assurances to the council that she would do nothing which ...
Relief as Wandsworth Council confirms it is not evicting looter's familyYour Local Guardian
Victory as Wandsworth council folds over riot eviction threatSocialistworker.co.uk
Woman's riot eviction threat liftedThe Press Association
Daily Mail
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Double blow for Battersea Park Adventure Playground - Wandsworth Guardian
Last Updated - 19/01/2012
Double blow for Battersea Park Adventure Playground
Wandsworth Guardian
Battersea Park Adventure Playground is facing a double blow after Wandsworth Council announced plans to axe staff and replace existing equipment with "bland, risk-free" alternatives. On Friday, the council announced it had found £200000 to create a ...
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