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Tributes paid to woman 'stabbed by stranger' while heading home for family party

Johanita Dogbey was said to be heading to a family party at the time of the brutal attack in Brixton in London on Monday afternoon.

Daily Record

Family pay tribute to ‘beautiful daughter’ stabbed to death by ‘stranger’ in Brixton

The family of a woman believed to have been stabbed to death by a stranger yards from her Brixton flat have described her as “beautiful and kind hearted”.

Evening Standard

Brixton Academy: Why have Met Police called for closure of the historic venue?

Lambeth councillors in January temporarily suspended the venue’s licence for three months while inquiries into its safety took place

Evening Standard

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Get Alexa Chung’s Met Gala brunette locks with this £6.50 Bleach London colour

Visiting Brixton’s Bleach London salon a week before the main event, Alexa worked with Alisha Dobson and Alex Brownsell to make sure her hair was red carpet ready - with own brand products

Daily Mirror

Suspect arrested after 31-year-old woman stabbed to death by stranger

The 31-year-old woman died in Stockwell Park Walk, Brixton, just after 4pm on Monday.

The Independent UK

Grandmother sued by Brixton neighbour after ‘making lives a misery playing 90s dance music at 2am’

PR boss says his life has become a ‘living hell’ with a decade-long campaign of noise nuisance and harassment

Evening Standard

Brixton: Police make arrest after ‘random’ fatal stabbing of woman, 31

The 31-year-old was on the phone to her grandmother when she was attacked

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Murder arrest after woman stabbed to death by stranger in Brixton

The woman was walking along Stockwell Park Road when she was attacked by a man from behind

The Independent UK

Woman stabbed to death in broad daylight in Brixton

Victim in her 30s pronounced dead at the scene in south London on Monday afternoon

The Guardian - UK

Online petition to save Brixton Academy surpasses 50,000 signatures

The south London music venue faces permanent closure after the Metropolitan Police urged the council to strip the venue of its licence.

The Independent UK

Woman stabbed to death in street in Brixton

The victim, thought to be in her thirties, was pronounced dead at the scene

Evening Standard

Petition to save Brixton Academy passes 25,000 signatures

South London concert venue has been closed since December after two people died in a crowd crush

The Independent UK

Petition to ‘save Brixton Academy’ receives thousands of signatures as Met ‘loses confidence’ in operator

A petition to save Brixton Academy has received thousands of signatures as the venue’s future remains in the balance.

Evening Standard

Met Police call for permanent closure of Brixton Academy

Brixton Academy's licence may be indefinitely suspended following fatal crowd crush

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The Guardian - UK

Met police calls for Brixton Academy’s licence to be revoked

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

The Independent UK

Metropolitan Police apply for O2 Academy Brixton to be closed for good

The police have asked Lambeth Council to revoke the venue’s licence after a crowd crush in December left two people dead.

The Guardian - UK

‘They’re doing this by stealth’: how the Met police continues to target Black music

Exclusive: London’s force denies conflating rap with criminality, but venues accuse them of ongoing racial profiling and censorship

The Guardian - UK

‘I look for the good in all situations’: The Power’s Toheeb Jimoh

Since his breakout role in the hit series Ted Lasso, Brixton boy Toheeb Jimoh has been nominated for an Emmy – and now Hollywood is calling. He talks to Tim Lewis about staying grounded, and how he’s finding his way

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Daily Mirror

Killer jailed for stabbing man to death in music video shoot has sentence reduced

Brandon McNeil, 20, was handed a life sentence with a minimum of 24 years after admitting to murdering Shane Jerome, 23, in Brixton, south London, in July 2021

The Independent UK

Man who murdered motorcyclist has minimum jail term reduced

Brandon McNeil, now aged 20, admitted murdering Shane Jerome, 23, in Brixton, south London, in July 2021.

Daily Mirror

Woman still in critical condition 3 months after Brixton crush tragedy which left two dead

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

Daily Mirror

Married couple illegally claimed £1million in benefits and bought FIVE properties

Emmanuel Bay, 68, and Nancy Bay, 67, from Brixton, south London, fraudulently received £1 million in disability benefits between 1999 and 2018 and bought five properties

Daily Mirror

Man who bought home on 'UK's most dangerous street' for £5,000 says it's now worth £1m

Hasan Rezvan, 75, bought the four-bed property in Brixton, south London in 1970 after moving to the UK from Cyprus - despite the area's bad reputation it has since skyrocketed in value

The Guardian - UK

Indie cafe in Brixton takes on hedge fund-backed coffee chain over name

Family-run Blank Coffee in south London launches legal challenge saying US Blank Street Coffee is trying to copy its ‘vibe’

The Independent UK

Misplaced breathing tube contributed to death of UK’s first child Covid victim, coroner finds

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, of Brixton, south-west London, died of acute respiratory distress syndrome, caused by Covid-19 pneumonia, in the early hours of March 30 2020

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