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If your trusty bike is in need of some TLC, we recommend hauling it in the direction of the junction of Barrington Road and Loughborough Road this Tuesday, 20th October, as the Dr Bike team will be on hand to help you out.

At Dr Bike sessions experienced mechanics check everything on your bike from wheels, brakes, gears and tyre pressure to lights, racks, pedals, saddles and more.

As part of the Streatham Festival 2026, the Streatham Strut will once again be hitting the streets of SW16, serving up no less than ten free gigs in ten venues in ten hours.

Kicking off with a performance by Poppy Holmes at the Bar 61 restaurant at 1pm, music fans can enjoy jumping from venue to venue to catch all the free shows on offer.

Scroll down for deets on all the acts, venues and timings:

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Streatham Strut website

Buses on route P13, which runs between Streatham Station and Sainsbury’s at New Cross Gate, will run every 20 minutes throughout the day from Saturday 10 October, Transport for London has announced.

The change reduces the current 15-minute weekday frequency until 9.30pm and Saturday frequency until 8.30pm. TfL says the adjustment reflects current and expected demand.

The P13 timetable change comes as TfL consults on withdrawing the 415 between Old Kent Road and Tulse Hill and extending the 333 along its route.

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With library cuts one of the day’s central issues, Brixton Buzz looks back at the historic sit-in at Carnegie Library that took place ten years ago.

The programme to convert Lambeth’s public libraries into privately run gyms began under Streatham and Croydon North MP Steve Reed during his time as council leader.

His successor Lib Peck pushed it through, and in March 2016 closed the Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, the busiest children’s library in the borough, handing it to Greenwich Leisure Ltd.

TfL 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 currently operates between the Old Kent Road (Tesco) and Tulse Hill station, and bus route 333 currently operates between Tooting Broadway Station and Elephant & Castle (you can see how these routes operate today by scrolling down).

TfL say that they want to to extend the 333 from Elephant & Castle to Old Kent Road (Tesco) via the routeing of the current bus route 415.

Green Party members backed the motion by 1,022 votes to 813 at the party’s conference in Brighton today. It sets out the party’s opposition to Zionism, which it defines as an ethnonationalist political project, and says anti-Zionism should not be equated with antisemitism.

The policy backs Palestinian liberation, the right of return, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, and a full arms embargo on Israel. It also calls for a single democratic state throughout historic Palestine.

Lambeth say that they are moving forward with the next phase of improving bus journey times across several key transport routes in the borough.

Backed by dosh from Transport for London’s Bus Priority Programme, the council is looking to “improve bus journeys, speed up buses, and create safer and cleaner streets.”

The council said:

To make sure these improved bus routes work for our communities, Lambeth is launching design engagement phases for proposals for the Acre Lane, Norwood Road, Streatham Common North and Croxted Road corridors.

This Black History Month, Brixton Chamber Orchestra is bringing Gospel Orchestrated to Streatham for one huge night of voices, rhythm and full orchestral sound.

Headlining the evening will be MOBO Award-winning gospel singer Lurine Cato, one of the UK’s leading gospel voices, joined by a 40-piece orchestra, live gospel band and the College of Gospel Choir, under the direction of Choirmaster Lascelles Haughton.

This Black History Month, Brixton Chamber Orchestra is bringing Gospel Orchestrated to Streatham for one huge night of voices, rhythm and full orchestral sound.

Headlining the evening will be MOBO Award-winning gospel singer Lurine Cato, one of the UK’s leading gospel voices, joined by a 40-piece orchestra, live gospel band and the College of Gospel Choir, under the direction of Choirmaster Lascelles Haughton.

Emergency services were called to Leigham Court Road, Streatham yesterday afternoon (Mon 14th Sept) following reports of gunshots.

Metropolitan Police officers, London Ambulance Service paramedics and the London Air Ambulance attended the scene, with a man in his 20s being taken to a London major trauma centre for treatment for a gunshot wound.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said:

“We were called at 3.06pm today (Monday 14) to reports of a shooting in Leigham Court Road, SW16.