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Rebecca Ikumelo and Gaby Hutchinson died after ticketless fans tried to force their way into a concert by Nigerian Afrobeats artist Asake in December

Venue could close permanently after two people were killed in a crowd crush in December

A 21-year-old woman is still in a critical condition three months after a crush at The O2 Academy Brixton which left two people dead

The world’s biggest Afro beats festival will return to Portimão’s sun-kissed coast this summer from June 28 to 30

A security guard at the O2 Brixton Academy where two women died in a crush outside a gig by Afro-pop star Asake has said some would allow 'a couple of hundred' extra people into venues in exchange for bribe money

After a fatal crowd crush at the London venue in December, the BBC has spoken to a guard who says hundreds were let in for cash

Security guards at Brixton Academy regularly took bribes to let people into shows without tickets, a whistleblower has claimed. Mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, died in hospital after a crush at the venue in December. They were at the Academy for a gig by Afro…

Whistleblower tells BBC’s File on Four some members of his team would allow ‘a couple of hundred’ extra people into venues in exchange for money

The venue’s licence is under review after two people died at an Asake gig in December.

The London venue had its licence suspended after the surge, during a show by Asake, left two people dead

Rebecca Ikumelo and Gaby Hutchinson died after the incident at the Brixton Academy in south London in December