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HELPFUL LEGAL ADVICE
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...
Advice providers and council act after law centre closes
Advice providers in Brixton are working with Lambeth council to pick up the pieces...
PLANNING & HOUSING
‘Progress’ on Duke of Edinburgh ahead of licensing hearing
“Significant progress” has been made in the dispute over a licence application by the Duke of Edinburgh pub on Ferndale Road, according to licence...
Council withdraws ad hoardings plans for consultation
Plans for advertising hoardings in parks and open space across Lambeth have been withdrawn by the council after planning applications for them drew social...
COUNCIL
Big demand for Windrush compensation scheme
The strong response to a letter from Lambeth council urging residents to claim under the Windrush Compensation Scheme meant supplies of a special form...
Council takes direct control of play and youth services
Young Lambeth Coop (YLC), established by the council in 2014, which has had a major role in commissioning local work with young people, lost...
Lambeth Question Time at Brixton Library
Lambeth council are hosting a day of activities and workshops around Windrush Square on Friday 6 September from 10am-4pm. Representatives of the council, local...
Council to sign deed on future of Brockwell Park
Lambeth council is to make an agreement with a specialist charity that it says will protect Brockwell Park, with some exceptions, from development and...
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
CHARITY & VOLUNTEERING
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CELEBRATING BRIXTON PEOPLE
Mums and kids get creative for Brixton International Women’s Day
Fari Goolab
Rosella Black
Leanne
Narissa Williams
Nadia Bennouna
The #MotherWorks photography exhibition is back in Brixton at the Library from Monday 2...
Local history
Brixton would be the worse without it
As Brixton prison marks its 200th anniversary, Steve Powdrill considers the changes it has seen
At 5:30 each morning, men, women and boys held at...