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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

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Brixton Academy reopening tonight for first time since fatal crush

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

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

Campaigners call for reform of beleaguered Home Office compensation scheme

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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‘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

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'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

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

Josh Barrie finds an unexpected item by the sausages

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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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Four injured after alleged gun attack in Brixton

Police were called to the scene on Coldharbour Lane just after 5am on Sunday to reports of a fight and gunshots fired, the Metropolitan Police said.

The Guardian - UK

Pop, drill and inhuman metalcore: new music to get excited about in 2024

Eight fresh acts to check out, from the astonishing flows of Brixton rapper Cristale to the southern rock of MJ Lenderman

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Brixton Academy: Police appeal to identify 13 people at gig crush which killed two on anniversary of tragedy

Scotland Yard issues pictures of people they want to trace as families of two killed call for justice

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Teenager fighting for his life in hospital after stabbing in Brixton

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

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Two arrests as pro-Palestine activists block police van during march in Brixton

Protesters surrounded a police vehicle and sat on the road, Metropolitan Police said

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Justin Henry: Detectives investigating disappearance of south London man find body in car boot

Justin Henry was last seen at his partner's address in Brixton

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Man charged with murdering his mother in Brixton

A man has been charged with murdering his mother in Lambeth.

The Independent UK

Images of jewellery worn by missing man Justin Henry released by police

The 34-year-old was last seen in person at his partner’s address in Brixton, south London, on October 15.

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Justin Henry: Missing man's family makes emotional plea for information as mother says 'we are broken'

Justin Henry, 34, was last seen in person at his partner’s address in Brixton, south London, on October 15 – and was reported missing a day later

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‘It's like we've returned to the 1990s’ — the shocking rise of LGBTQ+ hate crime in London

London's queer community is reeling after the deadliest rise in homophobic attacks in a decade — so why the spike and how are LGBTQ+ people responding? Katie Strick reports

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