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HELPFUL LEGAL ADVICE
Watch your wheels!
Simone Richardson has a warning for local electric scooter users –...
Brixton Advice Centre online
Brixton Advice Centre has launched a free online legal clinic.
Members of the public...
PLANNING & HOUSING
Plans to Demolish Lambeth Hospital
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM) plan to demolish the existing Lambeth Hospital site and apply for planning permission to build a...
Plans for 218 flats on Shakespeare Road waste site
A property developer has approached Lambeth council over plans to build 218 flats on the controversial Norris...
COUNCIL
Call for ‘many more’ Lambeth LTNs
A deputation of local people will tonight (14 October) urge Lambeth councillors to create “many more” low...
Council announces slavery names consultation
Lambeth council today (1 October) launched its planned consultations on what to do about names and places...
Council seeks to change slaveholder ward names
Lambeth councillors are lobbying the Boundary Commission – which sets the size and names of wards and...
‘Huge support’ for Brixton low traffic neighbourhood
Steve Tooze on a new survey showing 75% of residents support the Railton Low Traffic Neighbourhood
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
Foot Locker celebrates Brixton Topcats’ Jimmy Rogers
https://youtu.be/LHQO12Ty_Tg
Foot Locker is celebrating Jimmy Rogers, founder of the Brixton Topcats...
Local history
Van Gogh’s time in Brixton – Townscape Heritage Initiative
Maya Campbell speaks to the architects behind the renovation of Van...