Members of the Rayner family have been selling building and DIY products on Brixton Road for nearly 40 years. Simone Richardson finds out ab..
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The show is open to artists who are at least 16 years old and are based in or around Brixton. We aim to include as many works as possible, b..
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Closure of The Baron menswear shop on Atlantic Road marks another stage in the transformation of Brixton.

Once one of several nearby shop..
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Cressingham Gardens from Brockwell Park

Photographic artist Mark Aitken is auctioning prints of his acclaimed images of residents of the ..
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A much-travelled cricket club, now based at Dulwich Sports Ground, is looking for new members who want “fun and joy” with their cricket.

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A charity fund to aid members of the Windrush Generation is now accepting applications for grants of up to £25,000 from community and grassr..
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The Cherry Groce memorial pavilion on Brixton’s Windrush Square is due to be officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sunday 25 A..
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Protest over the Windrush scandal outside the BCA in Brixton

The Black Cultural Archives (BCA), based in Brixton’s Windrush Square, has q..
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Pop Brixton’s containers have provided a blank canvas for a variety of local creatives and businesses to manifest their ideas into thriving ..
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Everyone over the age of 11 who lives or works in Lambeth is being asked to take a PCR Covid-19 test after new cases of the variant first id..
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One of the many Brixton establishments opening for outdoor business today (12 April) is the Effra Social.

It is under new management as o..
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Huge machines boring the main tunnel will produce many tons of spoil

National Grid has withdrawn a planning application for a site in Lou..
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Local campaigners organised by the Labour party pressure group Momentum protested outside the Westminster offices of a major corporate landl..
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81 Acts of Exuberant Defiance, set up to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Brixton Uprising of 1981 with a community-led cultural prog..
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Brixton Finishing School, the scheme to diversify entry-level talent in advertising and media, has launched a new initiative – the #BrixtonR..
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Brixtonites are being called upon to contribute towards The People’s Collection, an archive documenting the legacy of the 1981 Uprising in B..
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The Brixton uprising

Tomorrow, 10 April, is the 40th anniversary of the start of the Brixton Uprising. Local resident Europe Singh was th..
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The Mocktales played outside The Ritzy throughout the lockdown, helping Brixton meet its need for live music. Simone Richardson listened and..
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The pool depends on the work of volunteers

Ruskin park’s paddling pool, closed for a year as a result of Covid and a broken pump, is set ..
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As the 40th anniversary of the Brixton Uprising approaches, Dave Randall listens to the soundtrack of the struggle

Brixton 1981 – a polic..
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The Platform Cafe in Loughborough Junction is halfway through its crowdfunding campaign to refurbish the cafe as part of Mayor of London’s B..
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The new Brixton House theatre under construction in 2019

Two Brixton enterprises are set to receive large loans or grants from Lambeth co..
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Wayne Turney (former Choice FM sales manager), Dr Yvonne Thompson CBE (former Choice FM director), Lambeth mayor Philip Normal, DJ Daddy Ern..
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The new Ty mural in Valentia Place

A striking new mural by @icreatenotdestroy has appeared in Valentia Place.

It reads "I Come From Br..
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The joyful noise of the Brixton Chamber Orchestra greeted residents and commuters on Railton Road this morn..
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A competition offering local musicians the chance to win 50 free hours of professional studio recording time launches today (1 April).

T..
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Virgin Radio’s Eddy's Good News, hosted by Herne Hill resident Eddy Temple-Morris, reports that eagle-eyed residents of Poets Corner spotted..
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The ZOE Project Covid app

Charlotte Latimer meets the team behind app-based Covid research at King’s College – who would like to see more..
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Lambeth council today (29 March) launched a Covid self-isolation support service, including payments of up to £500 for low-income residents ..
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Inside the Department Store Studios

Two exciting new businesses will start work in Brixton in May.

Gabriella Lafor’s Line Stream video..
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A new BBC Two documentary Black Power: A British Story of Resistance takes a look at the British Black Power movement of the 60s and 70s. Li..
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Sign outside shop in Herne Hill

Lambeth council today (25 March) warned that it is taking “firm action” against a small minority of local..
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Papi’s Feasts is a brand new hot meal delivery service from social enterprise Papi’s Pickles, formerly of Brixton, Borough Market and catere..
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Anti-racism campaigners in Windrush Square

Anti-racist campaigners gathered in Brixton's Windrush Square today (20 March)  as part of an ..
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Young women from London can get free access to a global virtual film festival that provides a rare platform for films by, for, and featuring
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As festivals all over the UK sell out on hopes of a Covid-free summer and many yearn to travel, Medya Gungor hears from the organisers of We..
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Lambeth town hall in Brixton will be lit in orange tonight in memory of Sarah Everard and other women in Lambeth whose lives have been taken..
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Brixton Life Drawing, started by local textile designers Anya and Bex in 2019, has launched a new "Draw & Tour" project.

Regular classes ..
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Computer-generated image of the memorial to Cherry Groce in Brixton's Windrush Square

The Cherry Groce memorial is due to be delivered to..
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Brixton based charity Poetic Unity have collaborated with We Are Parable, Warner Bros and BFI to be part of the official UK release of the m..
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The 'guerilla signs' in English and Bengali

Brixton is one of the places where young activists will mount a campaign of guerrilla road si..
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Sarah Everard

The family of Sarah Everard today (11 March) described her as a “shining example” who was “kind and strong” as they repeate..
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Sarah Everard

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick tonight (10 March) said that detectives and search teams investigating the d..
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Sarah Everard captured on CCTV on the night she disappeared a week ago

A serving Metropolitan Police officer was last night arrested in c..
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April1981: Police form a barricade across Railton Road outside the Atlantic, now the Dogstar.

PICTURE: "1981 Brixton Riots" by Kim Aldis. Li..
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Parents, educators and carers of children at a central Brixton nursery have launched a campaign to save it after Lambeth council refused to ..
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Brixton Road outside the Tube station is the site for a new “green woman” traffic light signal.

Transport for London (TfL) announced toda..
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When better than International Woman’s Day to meet Kemi Akinola, a woman who has dedicated her life to helping others? She spoke to Simone R..
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WOM Collective at work

As part of local celebrations for this year's International Women’s Day on Monday (8 March) the WOM Collective is ..
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Sarah Everard

Friends of Sarah Everard are appealing for anyone who may have seen her on Wednesday evening (3 March) to come forward. Her..
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