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In photos: It’s a hideously wet and dismal day out for Peckham Town as they lose 1-3 in a storm-battered field in Chislehurst www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/10/in-p...

brixtonbuzz.comIn photos: It’s a hideously wet and dismal day out for Peckham Town as they lose 1-3 in a storm-battered field in ChislehurstThis far down the football pyramid, Peckham Town are notable for not only having a sizeable home support, but also having a small and very dedicated away following. Sadly, the spectator facilities …

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brixtonbuzz.comBrixton’s Coldharbour Lane closed off due to police incident, early morning Sunday 25th Oct 2026Coldharbour Lane, by the junction with Moorland Road and Barrington Road, is currently closed to all traffic, as multiple police vehicles attend to an incident.

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brixtonbuzz.comIn photos: God Save The Queens – 50 years of She Punk at the Electric Brixton, Fri 16th Oct 2026Last Friday an enthralling bill celebrating the contribution of women to tje punk movement took place at the Electric Brixton.

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brixtonbuzz.comBlack History Month Poetry Night: Stories, Voices & Conversations at Clapham Library, Tues 27th Oct 2026Lambeth Libraries are inviting you to come and celebrate the richness, diversity and power of poetry, stories and shared conversation, with their free event at Clapham Library, nest week.

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brixtonbuzz.comIn photos: It’s a calamitous Chatham catastrophe as Dulwich Hamlet get thumped 0-4 at home, Tues 20th October 2026Halloween came early for Dulwich Hamlet on Thursday night when they found themselves being thoroughly outplayed and outmuscled by a strong Chatham Town team. Buzz photographer Max was there to watc…

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brixtonbuzz.comSix events a year and bigger crowds proposed as Brockwell Live announces its 2027-2031 festival plans for Brockwell ParkBrockwell Live – the folks behind the annual series of festivals in Brockwell park – have announced their proposals for the next five years, which includes increasing the daily capacity…

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brixtonbuzz.comBrixton Village Lates DJ events under threat due to noise complaints from neighboursThis is a familiar story that’s being played out all over the UK. An area gentrifies and catches the eye of developers. Developers then build upmarket flats to attract upwardly mobile incomer…

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brixtonbuzz.comIn photos: FC Greenwich give Peckham Town a real mean time; thumping them 4-0 at home, Sat 17th Oct 2026FC Greenwich dished out a real GMT* to Peckham at the Menace Arena on Saturday, with the in-form, top of the table team comfortably winning by four goals to none. (*GMT = Great Massive Tonking)

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brixtonbuzz.comRapport Festival of Film 2027 calls out to African and African diaspora filmmakersRapport Festival is an international Black/African diaspora arts festival which looks to put the spotlight on work created by Black/African diaspora practitioners and artists from multiple genres a…

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brixtonbuzz.comSouth London Rising: Your Streets Your Stories – free day for 13-18 year olds to talk about their life‘South London Rising: Your Streets Your Stories’ is a free event taking place in Tulse Hill at the end of this month.

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brixtonbuzz.comIn photos: the long fight to save Cressingham Gardens and Central Hill, as demolition plans set to endAt Wednesday’s full council meeting, cabinet member for housing Cllr Pete Elliott announced the move. If cabinet ratifies it on 21 October, it will end more than a decade of uncertainty for residen…

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brixtonbuzz.comProtesters target Gail’s Bakery in Brixton ahead of today’s openingCash4Commons – the activists who were behind a series of posters highlighting the growing commodification of public green space in Lambeth – have struck again, attacking Brixton’…

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brixtonbuzz.comOpinion: the demise of Kennington Skate Park reflects the growing wealth gap and inequality in LambethThe fact that Kennington Skate Park has become a makeshift shelter for the unhoused highlights the reality that Brixton is in the grip of a homelessness and mental health crisis. Despite signific…

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brixtonbuzz.comDanny Dyer goalie develops an infinite ‘GET IN’ loop as Peckham lose at home to Parkwood Rangers, Sat 10th Oct 2026After a dour 88 minutes of horribly average football, the Menace Arena suddenly starting ringing out to the sound of ‘GET IN!,’ bellowed out at maximum volume after Parkwood Rangers man…

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brixtonbuzz.comAnnual celebration of Stockwell’s Bronze Woman, the first UK monument to honour a black woman, Thurs 8th October 2026On Thursday 8th October at 12 (noon), Olmec (Black and Minoritised Communities-led race equality organisation) will hold the annual gathering at Bronze Woman statue in Stockwell, an annual celebrat…

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brixtonbuzz.comIn photos: Kennington Skatepark (the Kenny) becomes a homeless campBack in October last year, Brixton Buzz ran a feature noting that Lambeth Council had broken its promise to restore Kenny, Kennington Park’s iconic 1970s skatebowl. Two weeks later, campaigners ass…

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brixtonbuzz.comLabour’s Lying Leaflets: tensions rise in Myatt’s Fields ahead of Thursday’s by-election – 8th October 2026As Myatt’s Fields residents prepare to vote in Thursday’s by-election, Labour is accusing the Greens of planning cuts to Minet Library. But the £498,000 library savings target at the centre of the …

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brixtonbuzz.comTfL want to scrap the popular 415 route from Tulse Hill – see proposals, maps and diagrams hereTfL has announced that they intend to axe the popular 415 bus route serving Tulse Hill and replace it with an extended 333 bus route – that goes nowhere near Tulse Hill. Bus route 415 current…

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Four large knives recovered in Windrush Square by Windrush Safer Neighbourhood Team www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/10/four...

brixtonbuzz.comFour large knives recovered in Windrush Square by Windrush Safer Neighbourhood TeamToday (Tuesday 6th October), officers from the Windrush Safer Neighbourhood Team recovered four knives during proactive patrols in Windrush Square, Brixton.

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brixtonbuzz.comIn photos: another late equaliser rescues a point for Peckham Town against Bexley FC, Sat 3rd October 2026A bumper crowd of 262 shimmied into the Menace Arena on Saturday afternoon to see Peckham Town take on Bexley FC.

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Forget Homes for Lambeth – what’s going on with the unwanted food van on Windrush Square? www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/10/forg...

brixtonbuzz.comForget Homes for Lambeth – what’s going on with the unwanted food van on Windrush Square?Last week the mysterious and customer-less Greek gyro kebab van that has been in residency in Windrush Square since the spring, was briefly replaced by a swanky Airstream burger van.

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brixtonbuzz.comSave International House campaign calls for urgent intervention ahead of Mayor of London planning decisionOn Monday, the future of a community of 141 charities, social enterprises, community organisations and small businesses in Brixton will be put before the Mayor of London. Tenants of International H…

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The football club that lost a goal: have you seen Battersea Ironsides’ missing goalposts anywhere? www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/10/foot...

brixtonbuzz.comThe football club that lost a goal: have you seen Battersea Ironsides’ missing goalposts anywhere?With the start of the new season, Battersea Ironsides FC have discovered that one set of their goalposts has gone ‘walkabout,’ forcing them to move today’s home game to another gr…

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Ros Griffiths says, ‘think London, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Brixton’ for her Windrush Square Arts bar project www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/10/ros-...

brixtonbuzz.comRos Griffiths says, ‘think London, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Brixton’ for her Windrush Square Arts bar projectSpeaking in front of a projected image of Ros Griffiths in the basement of Squires HQ – The Department Store – Ros Griffiths, Chair of Friends of Windrush Square, outlined an ambitious …

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Do you recognise this face? Supercute’s cargo bike stolen by brazen thief in Loughborough Junction, Sat 26th Sept 2026 www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/09/do-y...

brixtonbuzz.comDo you recognise this face? Supercute’s cargo bike stolen by brazen thief in Loughborough Junction, Sat 26th Sept 2026Brixton’s Supercute brewery has fallen victim to a brazen late-night theft after their distinctive cargo bike was hauled away on Saturday night right at the brewhouse entrance on Coldharbour …

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brixtonbuzz.comLabour raising council tax fears as Myatt’s Fields by-election loomsLambeth Green Party spokesperson Zviko Chihoro has hit back at claims in the Evening Standard that the council is examining whether it could get special government permission to raise council tax a…

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brixtonbuzz.comMartin Abrams on 100 days of Green-led Lambeth: ‘We will stand with the local community – because we are the local community’The tradition of judging a new administration by its first 100 days dates back to Roosevelt’s New Deal in 1933 when the incoming US president inherited the Great Depression. Lambeth’s n…

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brixtonbuzz.comPeckham Town undone by card wielding Nick Cave tribute ref, as they lose at home to Sevenoaks Town Res, Sat 19th Sept 2026The theme music was the Weeping Song at the Menace Arena yesterday, after Peckham Town found themselves down to just nine men at times, thanks to a Nick Cave-esque ref who liked to dish out more ca…

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10 Sept

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brixtonbuzz.comOpinion: Brixton Rec still broken, improvement slow: council scrutiny committee on 21st September 2026It’s no secret that when Lambeth leisure services were brought back in house under the Active Lambeth banner there were teething problems.

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brixtonbuzz.comKids Ride for Palestine – photos from a community bike ride in Brockwell Park this summerOn a very hot afternoon in July, over 100 families, including grandparents and toddlers, gathered in Brockwell Park to take part in a Kids Bike Ride for Palestine – making visible their solid…

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brixtonbuzz.comServices worth fighting for – Lambeth Council to launch new campaign at Town Hall public meeting on Thurs 15th Oct 2026Under the banner of ‘Services Worth Fighting For,’ Lambeth Council are launching a new campaign to ‘end austerity, open up the council’s books, and ask for your ideas to save mone…

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A Brixton writer pens an angry, defiant and moving statement about the recent abuse of RNLI volunteers and staff www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/09/a-br... @RNLI