Brixton Buzz

Detectives have charged a man with murder following the death of Robert Hill, who died in May.

David Souttar, 22 (20.09.03) of Chelsham Road, Clapham was charged with murder on Thursday, 23 October and appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 24 October where he was remanded into custody.

He will next appear on Tuesday, 28 October at the Old Bailey.

Police were called to Woodbourne Avenue, London, SW16 on Friday, 16 May following the death of 81-year-old Robert Hill.

Seen thundering through Brixton and sending plumes of steam and smoke skyward yesterday was a mighty Merchant Navy Class 35028 locomotive named Clan Line.

This loco is a bit of a regular visitor to Brixton and usually hauls private charter trains to the south coast and back in Pullman luxury.

You can find out more about the loco in one of our earlier features. or read about the mystery of the 60 foot steam loco inside Brixton’s Bon Marche department store.

Local residents in Streatham have raised concerns about the state of a property which was attended by the fire brigade earlier this year in their local neighbourhood.

The property is owned by Dellhome Ltd, a company used by developer Iqbal Ali Khan to rent temporary accommodation to various London councils.

Private Eye recently reported on the fact that Lambeth has given almost £4m to companies owned by Iqbal Ali Khan, despite the fact that the landlord has a previous conviction for illegally converting a property into flats without planning permission.

Seen locked up outside Craft Beer on Brixton Station Road is this knackered bike which served as an advert for the now defunct Buzz Bike rental business for three years.

Time hasn’t been kind to the bike, which now has buckled and broken wheels.

The Vauxhall-based Buzzbike supplied bikes and e-bikes to commuters for a monthly fee shut up shop in November last year citing “escalating costs and difficult economic conditions that have impacted the whole bike industry.”

When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his estate, with a look of terror still etched on his face, and the paw prints of a gigantic hound beside his body, the great detective Sherlock Holmes is summoned from Baker Street, with Dr Watson in tow, to unravel the mysteries surrounding his death, and investigate the ancient curse of the Hound of the Baskervilles…

As we reported earlier this month, the iconic 1970s Kennington Park skatebowl, known as “Kenny,” is at risk of being abandoned as Lambeth Council considers pulling its funding.

A change.org petition has already received over 1,700 signatures and last night campaigners assembled outside Lambeth Town Hall demanding that the park be brought back to full use,

FoKP are waiting to hear from the Council if any decisions were made at last night’s meeting

Keep up with FoKP’s Skatebowl story on their Instagram feed or on Facebook.

Lambeth Council has been forced to step in and rethink part of its borough-wide green retrofit programme after its main contractor, Cenergist Ltd, went into administration over the summer

— leaving the work only 90 per cent complete and the Council scrambling to finish the job.

Cenergist had been hired under the government-backed Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme to carry out low-carbon heating and energy-saving upgrades at ten schools and two leisure centres, including Streatham Leisure Centre.

A new book charting Keir Starmer’s rise to power has levelled explosive allegations about Lambeth Labour’s right-wing faction – including claims that the council’s current Deputy Leader, Cllr Danny Adilypour, joked with a white staffer about “becoming racist” while working with Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Labour members.

The Green Group of Councillors say that they have been made aware of “shocking attempts by the Lambeth Labour Group of Councillors to persuade disgraced former Labour Councillor Irfan Mohammed (pictured above) to attend Lambeth Council’s Full Council meeting next week on 15th October.”

They added: “This is despite Cllr Mohammed being charged with multiple sexual assault charges and awaiting trial in 2026.”

They told Brixton Buzz:

Lambeth Liberal Democrats have been in touch to express their deep concern over the decision to relocate the Streatham Wells and Streatham Common & Vale Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs) from their base at 326-328 Streatham High Road to Gipsy Hill Police Station in Crystal Palace.

They told Brixton Buzz: