A man selling pirated porn DVDs on the streets has been locked up for four months. Xue Qiang Zhen was caught red-handed offering the lewd films to passersby in Tooting High Street last December. The Chinese man, who was seeking asylum in the UK, dropped
Education Secretary Ruth Kelly has defended the Government's decision to pump millions of pounds into academies. Speaking after Battersea Technology College announced its decision to express an interest in becoming an academy, she said they "broke the
The severe financial deficit at St George's Hospital is getting worse, despite a major drive by NHS managers to slash costs. The trust has even suspended paying its debts to other NHS bodies in order to balance its books from month to month. Finance
Campaigners have issued a "see you in court" threat to developers and planners in a last-ditch bid to overthrow plans for a recycling plant near their luxury homes on Wandsworth riverside. The town hall approved plans for the 25m high Materials Recycling
A tube crime blitz will be launched over the Easter break, as part of a crack down on trespassers and vandals on the underground. Operation Rhino, a partnership between London Underground (LU), British Transport Police (BTP) and Metropolitan Police
A tube crime blitz will be launched over the Easter break, as part of a crack down on trespassers and vandals on the underground. Operation Rhino, a partnership between London Underground (LU), British Transport Police (BTP) and Metropolitan Police
The parents of two severely disabled boys have lost their appeal to make Wandsworth Council pay for alterations to their home. Michael and Henrietta Spink, of Sugden Road, Battersea, took the council to the High Court and argued it should pay for adaptations
A bogus minicab driver has been jailed for 10 years for a string of vicious late-night robberies on lone men sparking a fresh alert over unlicensed taxis. Wandsworth police are warning against using unlicensed vehicles after Balham crack-cocaine addict
A disgraced former councillor has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of pounds intended for the upkeep of a housing estate in West Barnes. Tony Giles, who was thrown out of Merton Council in January 2003, admitted stealing more than £16,000 from West
