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Wandsworth Prison Drug Woes

So the worst has happened. You’ve got yourself in a spot of drug-related bother (possibly after following Croydon’s cut-out-and-keep guide) and been sent down to do a bid. Worse still, that pill-popping has left you with a fiendish habit, all cold sweats and shaky hands …

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Prawn Peril

We all know that Thai food can prove hazardous, but if you’re thinking of visiting your favourite seafood restaurant anytime soon, then stop reading now: a Wandsworth woman died after suffering an allergic reaction to a Thai prawn soup – despite never having a prior …

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Wandsworth’s Plague Of Potholes

Forget rivers of blood, famine and locusts; Tooting and Putney motorists, cyclists and motorcyclists are suffering the daily torment of perpetual potholes, some up to 6 inches deep. The local paper delved into council funding and found that their budget for footway and carriageway repairs …

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Pimp Your Potty; Lease Your Lavvy

Businesses in Wandsworth are being invited to open up their private facilities for public convenience in return for a Council payment of £600 a year. Wandsworth want to recruit 100 toilets which would be clearly advertised and annually inspected, to replace some underused “Automatic Public …

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Sporting Weekend: Winter Swimming Championship

If you were inspired by yesterday’s interview with competitor Olivia Brown, you might want to go along to this weekend’s Winter Swimming Championship at the Tooting Bec Lido, the largest fresh water swimming pool in Europe, to find out more about the joys of an …

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Interview: Olivia Brown, International Outdoor Swimming Competitor

This weekend 670 swimmers from 21 countries will converge on the Tooting Bec Lido to take part in the international Winter Swimming Championships 2008. The event, which always takes place in an unheated outdoor pool, is being held outside Finland for the first time ever. …

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House By Famous Architect Demolished

A Putney cottage designed by Erno Goldfinger has been illegally destroyed. Arbus Ltd, of Croydon, applied for permission to pull down the building in 2002, but was refused. Living up to his surname, Director of the company Rajiv Laxman paid little heed to the order …

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Extra, Extra

Barry George launches second appeal against his conviction as Dando killer. Remember that plane at Heathrow, which lost its wing tip in a collision? Well, it flew 24 hours later with the wing tip still missing. Perfectly safe, though, apparently. ‘Brick Lane‘ premiers in London …