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Maoist cult leader was found dead in bed in prison cell, inquest hears

Aravindan Balakrishnan, jailed in 2016 for string of sexual assaults, died of natural causes, coroner rules

The Guardian - UK

Brixton shooting: Man, 22, rushed to hospital after being gunned down on estate

Man in a non life threatening condition

Evening Standard

London man jailed for ‘stealthing’ after removing condom without consent

Guy Mukendi, 39, from Brixton sentenced to four years and three months for rape

The Guardian - UK

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Meet Dionne Brown, the new London star of Channel 4's Queenie

The 28-year-old chats about starring in the TV adaptation of Candice Carty-Williams’ bestseller, the huge mural of her face in Brixton and filming sex scenes

Evening Standard

Brixton slasher who slit throat of random woman in series of knife attacks jailed

Mohamed Nur attacked three other strangers two days before murdering Johanita Kossiwa Dogbey

The Independent UK

Brixton slasher Mohamed Nur jailed for life for series of attacks that ended in woman's murder

Two days before killing Johanita Dogbey, he slashed the faces of two women and a man in ‘unprovoked and random’ attacks

Evening Standard

Where to eat in Brixton: the best restaurants in SW9, from Fish Wings & Tings to Etta's Seafood Kitchen

In Brixton are codfish fritters on one corner, Japanese pancakes on another

Evening Standard

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"Rap purists wouldn't dig us as we weren't straight-up rap. We weren't an indie group, or a rock group": Stereo MC Rob Birch on the making of classic '90s album Connected

Connected was the sound of the Stereo MCs' summer, but it became the soundtrack to dance music's year

MusicRadar

Man jailed for 'vicious homophobic attack' on couple waiting at Brixton bus stop after Black Pride

Victims Michael Smith and Nat Asabere had been travelling home from Black Pride

Evening Standard

Patrick Lovely obituary

Other lives: Artist and art teacher who documented the life of people and places in south London

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - It’s great Brixton Academy is reopening, but they owe it to London to get it right

It’s vital that lasting lessons have been learned after two people tragically died in a crush outside a concert at the venue 16 months ago – such a disaster must never happen again

Evening Standard

Brixton Academy reopening tonight for first time since fatal crush

Venue reopens 16 months after two people were killed in a crowd crush

Evening Standard

Campaigners hold vigil in Brixton to mark anniversary of Windrush scandal being revealed

Campaigners call for reform of beleaguered Home Office compensation scheme

Evening Standard

London vigil marks six years since exposure of Windrush scandal

Campaigners and supporters gather in Brixton to ‘remember those who have died without redress’

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Lee Westcott to open French bistro pop-up in Brixton's Bottle & Rye

New Forest asparagus and Cornish bouillabaisse will be on the menu during the chef’s Brixton residency

Evening Standard

Candlelight vigil to be held in Brixton six years on from Windrush scandal

A candlelight vigil is to be held in Brixton to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the Windrush Scandal emerging.

Evening Standard

Brixton murder: Man to serve 20 years in prison after stabbing friend to death

It is believed a drunken argument ended in tragedy - and murder

Evening Standard

When Black gay London came out

Jason Okundaye has used his knowledge of the capital’s Black queer spaces and community for good, celebrating them in a new book. Emma Loffhagen meets him for a tour of Brixton’s surreptitious sights

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O2 Academy Brixton to reopen 16 months after deadly crowd crush killed two people

Security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, and mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, were killed in the tragedy

Evening Standard

Three men charged with attempted murder over Brixton shooting which left woman hospitalised

Police were called to reports of a fight at roughly 5am in shooting incident last month

Evening Standard

Electric Brixton: Famous gig venue given protected status to safeguard future

A long-running gig venue that has hosted acts from Soul II Soul to Suede has been given protected status to help keep it open for future generations.

The Guardian - UK

‘Living in Brixton allowed me not to be judged non-stop’: Zineb Sedira, the artist who makes people feel at home

The child of Algerian parents who grew up in France and found artistic freedom in London on family, ideas of belonging and how she and close friend Sonia Boyce came to be the toast of 2022’s Venice Biennale

Cycling Weekly

'We have a real fight on our hands' - much-loved London bike shop calls for help to survive

South London's Brixton Cycles is asking for donations following a tough year

Evening Standard

Josh Barrie's bacon and eggs: Café on the Hill, Brixton

Josh Barrie finds an unexpected item by the sausages

Evening Standard

Family of seven in one-bed flat 'not overcrowded', south London council says

An 11-month-old baby living in the Brixton flat has been taken to hospital six times, her father says

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