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You might expect a tourist tax in the West End or in Camden. But what about Brixton?

That’s the plan Lambeth council is weighing up, echoing what has happened in tourist hotspots like Edinburgh, Manchester and Bhutan.

Lambeth Council is set to sign a ten-year, £5.8 million leasing deal with private landlord Woodstar Capital to provide 30 studio units for homeless residents in Streatham, as part of a push to cut its spiralling temporary accommodation bill.

The investigation into the fatal shooting of a man in Kirkstall Gardens, Streatham Hill, by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is moving forward.

A man has been found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a woman in Brighton.

Darrell Moore, 33, of Albert Carr Gardens in Streatham, was convicted at Hove Crown Court of two counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault by penetration.

Darrell Moore met the victim at a seafront nightclub with friends in May 2022

A man was found guilty of the rape of a woman in Brighton after a night out.

Darrell Moore met the victim at a seafront nightclub with friends in May 2022.

Darrell Moore met the victim at a seafront nightclub in Brighton with friends in May 2022.

They then attended a friend’s flat in the city, where he committed two rapes and two sexual assaults by penetration.

A jury has convicted a man of raping a woman he met in night club on Brighton seafront.

Darrell Moore met the woman on a Saturday night out in May 2022 and went back to a friend’s flat where he raped her and sexually assaulted her.

Once one of south London’s most beloved old-school boozers, the Crown & Sceptre on Streatham Hill is now back before the Council – this time under its new name, Tu Pub Latino (“Your Latino Pub”) – seeking to keep the lights on a little later into the night.