Jason

Ten-year-old Jason, whose mother Katerina works at Brixton’s Mosaic Clubhouse, needs your help.

He has started a petition to all..
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Curfew Grooming, a Brixton-based barbers, have taken their focus on customer experience one step further by becoming one of the 12th Man bar..
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Cllr Jim Dickson at the launch of the Covid testing site in Brockwell Park

Lambeth council is the first London borough to bring all Covid..
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Image from the LSL report

The pandemic has exacerbated sexual health risks facing BAME communities in Lambeth. Matt Spivey looks at a rep..
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Brixton’s already fraught traffic is set to get worse as “safety-critical” gas main repairs close Coldharbo..
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Railton Road

First results from monitoring of the Railton low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) show it has reduced motor traffic in and around..
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Computer generated image of the proposed tower seen from outside Lambeth town hall

London mayor Sadiq Khan has taken over the planning ap..
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Gurpreet Dosanjh

Brixton Yoga has been offering free, live, virtual Zoom classes since the beginning of the first lockdown. 

Gurpreet ..
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A new surplus food co-ordination and distribution service commissioned by Lambeth council and run by Healthy Living Platform started work th..
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Greenpeace South West London is organising a scavenger hunt until the end of February half term in support of local Low Traffic Neighbourhoo..
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Dave Randall talks to Celeste Bell, daughter of Poly Styrene. She has just finished a film about the unique..
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Gayle Haddock

Simone Richardson meets Gayle Haddock, one of the many people who have chosen Brixton to live and work

“Without my Brixt..
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A new service for enjoying local products at home has just launched with a gift box showcasing Brixton.

Steven Wilson created indebox aft..
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IRMO puts on classes and workshops for the Latin-American community in Brixton

A Brixton-based charity reveals today (4 February) that ha..
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Ruby Gregory talks to people involved in a documentary investigating women and young girls who are coerced into gangs, featuring a former vi..
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Simone Richardson meets Brixton resident and busker Francisco Javier Perez

Javi

Francisco Javier Perez – Javi to his friends and fans ..
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Ansel Wong. Photograph Khadifa Wong

Ansel Wong CBE, a political activist, cultural historian and community leader, is the new chair of th..
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Re:Sole founder Moosa Nsubuga

South London charity Re:Sole's new permanent space in Brixton Village is set to open next month, following ..
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Lee Lawrence talks to Dave Randall about his prize-winning book that recounts the police shooting of his mother Cherry Groce in Brixton and ..
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Brixton feels like home to musician Wayne Trevieno Thomas – and not just because it's where, before lockdown, he sold his work. He explained..
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'Our greatest asset is our diversity' – staff at Pipoca on the Brixton Road: Claudia De Oliveira (centre) with colleagues and friends Fanny ..
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Dorchester Courts tenants protest

The London Renters Union (LRU) has welcomed Lambeth council’s announcement that it will serve an improv..
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Vauxhall City Farm is one of scores of local charities heading into the unknown of a third lockdown. Simone Richardson finds out how directo..
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The next Brixton Bookjam may be virtual, but it’s also local, with novelist Stella Duffy and podcasters Deserters among the authors taking p..
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Striking images from landmark Brixton venues are among many in a project chronicling the effect of lockdowns on London’s music scene.

Pho..
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Detail from the map

An illustrated map of Brixton Village, covering Market Row and Granville Arcade, has been created.

The map also hi..

Lambeth council has opened a community testing site in the town hall in Brixton for people in the borough who may have Covid-19, but are not..