Brixton Wholefoods shut today after break-in
Brixton Wholefoods on Atlantic Road is closed today (21 October) following a break-in during which the shop was trashed.
Proprietor Hilary Waterfield said the intruder...
Brixton police use dispersal order in Ferndale ward
Police authorised a “Section 35” dispersal order in the Ferndale area of Brixton yesterday. The order expires at 1pm today (16 June).
The local Metropolitan...
Van will be front counter of Brixton police station for six weeks
Brixton police station’s front counter is to relocate to a van directly outside its front doors for about six weeks, the Metropolitan Police said...
Guilty plea after machine gun find
A man has pleaded guilty in court after police officers discovered a Skorpion machine pistol, a revolver and ammunition in a disused car near...
Man detained after racial abuse in Windrush Square
Police detained a man outside the Ritzy in Brixton’s Windrush square shorty before 8am this morning (28 October) after an incident in which a...
Residents air concerns over Streatham terror attack
Two of London’s 12 bail hostels are in Lambeth, a meeting of more than 100 Streatham residents heard last week.
They also heard and expressed...
Brixton Ballers recover stolen wheelchair
Wheelchair basketball player David Batista has his £5,000 sport chair back after a sting operation involving the police led to its return.
Percy Hutchful, coach...
Domino Club criticises knee-jerk blame for local police incidents
Brixton Domino Club has criticised social media and online commentators who leapt to the conclusion that it was connected with the recent death of...
Chucklehead Cider appeal after Country Show takings stolen
Chucklehead Cider, the small Devon farm producer whose product is central to the Lambeth Country Show, had much of its takings stolen after the...
Brixton pastor welcomes Mayor’s speech linking youth violence with poverty and cuts
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said today that poverty, poor mental health and school exclusions, exacerbated by Tory cuts, are connected to the rise...
Man who defrauded Lambeth council jailed
A man who stole nearly £300,000 from Lambeth council was yesterday (18 March) jailed for six and half years.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said...
Seven council workers convicted of housing benefit fraud
Seven benefit assessors who worked for London councils, including Lambeth, have been convicted of housing benefit fraud worth more than £1 million.
They will be...
Brixton Soup Kitchen warns others after criminals use its name in scam
Brixton Soup Kitchen founder Solomon Smith has described as “heartbreaking” a scam that used the soup kitchen’s name and image to steal from charity...
COMMENT: London’s bleeding
16-year-old Saara Yearwood Hadadj says government should not be banning music, but opening youth clubs
Over recent years knife crime in London, has become a major...
Brixton stolen wallet plea
Natalie Itinov from Bulgaria was robbed outside KFC in central Brixton last night (9 March).
The thief escaped on a bike with her wallet containing bank...
Runaway flat deposit fraudster sentenced
Fraudster James Bennett, 32, of no fixed abode, was today (15 December) jailed for six years in his absence. He had been found guilty...