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HELPFUL LEGAL ADVICE
Brixton Advice Centre online
Brixton Advice Centre has launched a free online legal clinic.
Members of the public...
Court closures and police cuts affect the quality of justice
Mark Bagshaw, a Camberwell-based solicitor with Amphlett Lissimore, considers the cost to individuals and...
PLANNING & HOUSING
Brixton tower: planning applicant does not own the site
AG Hondo Popes Road BV, the Amsterdam-based company seeking planning permission for a 19-storey tower on Popes...
More new offices for Brixton
The Shakespeare Business Centre off Coldharbour Lane at the Loughborough Junction end is to be restored and...
COUNCIL
Virus cases low but rising in Lambeth
Rates of Covid-19 infection in Lambeth remain low but are rising slowly, the council said today (11...
Council to underwrite cost of Cherry Groce memorial
Lambeth council is to underwrite more than £80,000 of the cost of the Cherry Groce memorial in...
Police impose conditions on plan to close Brixton Road
Police have today (31 July) imposed conditions on tomorrow’s planned “lockdown” of Brixton as part of the...
Libraries to reopen – by appointment
Brixton and other Lambeth libraries will partially re-open from Monday 20 July.
They will...
CRIME
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...
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION
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CELEBRATING BRIXTON PEOPLE
Learning and working through lockdown
As plans to get children back into classrooms dominate the news, Simone Richardson meets three local women working in education to...
Local history
A brief background to Brixton’s buildings – Townscape Heritage Initiative
Today Brixton is regarded as one of London’s most...