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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

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

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

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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

Circus banned from Streatham Common over ‘extensive’ damage

Some call for circus to go ahead as operator pledges to cover cost of reinstatement

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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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.

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Brixton O2 Academy faces indefinite closure as Met Police ‘loses confidence’ in operator after deadly crush

The Met Police have submitted an application for Brixton O2 to have licence revoked, saying it has ‘lost confidence’ in the operator

Evening Standard

Mum gets £21k after carrying disabled child around flat for three years

Ombudsman found 'no evidence' that suitable accommodation was sought for the family. And the delays have now had a detrimental impact on the child's future mobility

Wales Online

Family faces eviction for withholding rent as 'damp' council home is 'falling to pieces'

Marie McManus has been living in the damp-ridden property in Brixton Hill, South London, for the past five years while Lambeth Council fix her family's other home

Daily Mirror

Mum has 'lost her life' as she's forced on 4-hour school run every day

Family has been moved 35 miles away from their home by the council after they were evicted. Travel costs have also increased for the struggling parent

Wales Online

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

Family whose baby died after being drugged and harnessed offered 'insulting' £13k compensation

A family whose baby tragically died after she was found hanging from a harness used to strap her to a bed have branded an offer of £13,300 compensation 'insulting'

Daily Mirror

Michael Gove accuses Lambeth Council of ‘persistent’ failures after child left in mould-ridden home

Housing Secretary says London council failed to provide ‘most basic level of decency’ for tenants after complaints

Evening Standard

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Awaab's Law: Social housing tenants 'empowered to make complaints'

“Too many social housing tenants are being let down and ignored"

Daily Mirror

Mum says she's lucky to be alive after flat ceiling collapses twice leaving her homeless

The government ombudsman ruled in Ayoola Ahmed's favour when Lambeth Council were slow to fix the first ceiling collapse, the second time she said she was almost killed when it came down again

Daily Mirror

Mum says son left with sores all over body after living in 'damp and mouldy home'

Catherine Odigie says she and her three children have been suffering in their mouldy and damp council house. Ms Odigie claims the problems are so bad, it has left her son "disfigured" with rashes all over his body

Evening Standard

“Awful… ineptitude” — what went wrong with the Mayor’s solar power scheme?

The Solar Together scheme was meant to kickstart the capital’s switch to solar power but instead has been beset by delays, leaving many out of pocket and trying to escape the situation. By Anthony France

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Council forced to refund drivers £100,000 in fines due to confusing road sign blunder

A confusing sign outside a primary school in Balham, south west London, has caused more than 1,000 drivers to be fined, with Lambeth Council now admitting it was poorly located

Wales Online

Council forced to give 1,000 drivers back £100,000 in fines after sign mistake

The sign was in place for six months, but drivers said it was confusing

Evening Standard

Lambeth Council ordered to fix fire safety failings at high-rise tower block

Firefighters found fire safety failings at 20-storey Ward Point tower in Kennington last month

Evening Standard

Brixton Academy to remain shut for three more months following fatal crowd crush

The venue has already been shut for nearly a month since the tragedy on December 15

Evening Standard

London council ‘failed tenant and left them in disgraceful conditions’, says Michael Gove

Housing Secretary criticises Lambeth Council after tenant left in ‘intolerable’ conditions

The Independent UK

Brixton Academy venue licence under review after two people killed in crowd crush

Met Police applies for summary review following incident that killed two people

The Guardian - UK

Artist fears he will lose flat as Lambeth council hits him with £98,000 repair bill

Local authority leaseholders have to share costs, have no say over who does the job and can face financial ruin

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