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Figures from across the borough have voiced alarm at the conviction of Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal and Stop the War vice chair Chris Nineham, found guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday 1 April 2026 of breaching Public Order Act conditions imposed on a planned march to the BBC over its Gaza coverage in January 2025.

Jamal received an 18-month conditional discharge, Nineham 12 months, and both were ordered to pay £7,500 in prosecution costs. Jamal was also convicted of inciting others to breach the conditions.

The Loughborough Estate Management Board (LEMB) faced its second HMRC winding-up petition in seven months at the High Court yesterday. Residents’ representatives in attendance at the hearing in the Rolls Building in Fetter Lane, EC4 were placed under strict instructions from the court not to divulge any details to the press.

The ambitious project was initially an InStreatham Business Improvement District (BID)-led project, following a competitive process.

The BID appointed landscape architects Outerspace to undertake community engagement, feasibility studies, design and a planning application and subsequently delivered phase 1.

The popular free Streatham Common Kite Day will be returning to Streatham Common on Sunday, 10th May 2026, transforming the open space into a festival of colour, community, creativity and soaring kites.

You’ll be able to watch world-class kite professionals perform breath-taking displays while you fly your own kite, browse local food stalls, and soak up the buzz of one of South London’s most beloved free events.

Lambeth Council has made a surprise reversal on plans to close three maintained nursery schools, withdrawing consultations and citing changes in national policy – a move that has taken parents, unions and campaign groups by surprise while prompting accusations of “politics over people” from across the borough’s political spectrum.

The consultations on Effra, Triangle and Maytree nursery schools were abruptly ended on Monday 16 March, with the council seizing on a government White Paper published three weeks earlier to justify withdrawing the controversial proposals.

Here’s another update from our Brixton at Night photo series, covering scenes we’ve photographed in the area over the last month.

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People living with Parkinson’s in Streatham and the surrounding areas are being encouraged to try a new chair dancing class which is aiming to help more people to live well with a long term health condition.

Supported by Parkinson’s UK, the new sessions are designed to be a fun and friendly way for local people living with Parkinson’s and similar neurological conditions or mobility issues to get active.

Delivered by local instructor, Dixie Thomas, the chair dancing classes are designed to be adaptable, accessible and above all, fun.

Black Elvis is bringing a burst of rock ’n’ roll glamour to Streatham Hill this Mother’s Day with a special afternoon show at The Crown & Sceptre on Streatham Hill, now better known as Tu Pub Latino thanks to its thriving Latino clientele and lively music scene.

The pub has become a local hub for Latin beats, dancing and late‑night energy, and Black Elvis’s hip‑swivelling Elvis classics will add a vintage twist to that party atmosphere.

Located at the top of Brixton Hill, the Crown & Sceptre is a pub that has seen many changes over the years (it was once a Wetherspoons), but more recently it’s become a thriving, Latino-themed social hub.

We popped along on a jam-packed Saturday night and navigated a jumping dance floor to bring you these photos:

In a borough where the night economy is struggling to survive, it was great to see a community pub full of happy people, but the owners are still finding it hard to make ends meet as operating costs keep on rising.

Strut Safe, the volunteer-run phone line that helps people feel safer on their journey home, is launching the UK’s first ‘Strut Stop’, a new initiative sign-posting safe waiting spaces for anyone heading home late at night.

The first locations will be at Morley’s Stockwell and Dalston Junction.

The launch of the ‘Strut Stop’ comes as new research from Strut Safe’s community reveals the wide scale of concern for getting home safely: 77% of respondents say they feel unsafe walking home alone at night, while 94% have changed or cancelled plans because of safety concerns.