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One of London’s biggest parties is back to take another 1000+ crowd of dancers across the midnight finish line with headliners STONE COLD HUSTLE and a line-up of funk, soul, rare groove & disco specialists on the decks at Peckham Levels.

SLST honcho JAZZHEADCHRONIC, will be joined by headliners, Bristol’s finest, STONE COLD HUSTLE (LIVE), plus DJs KEITH LAWRENCE, AITCH B (SOUL II SOUL), Jazzcotech boss PERRY LOUIS and Reach Up Disco Wonderland DJs NICK HALKES + DJ DEKAYNE.

TfL plans to spend at least £650,000 on closing a residential street at its junction with the A23, Streatham High Road, removing trees and taking out disabled parking bays, in order to move a pedestrian crossing 50 yards south of its existing location.

Transport Commissioner Andy Lord conceded a short delay to the works on Friday, following an intervention by LIberal Democrat London Assembly Leader, Hina Bokhari AM.

Lambeth residents were shocked to learn last week that a planning application for a giant digital advertising screen has been given the go-ahead metres from their living room window.

The billboard company, Wildstone, were originally granted permission in 2019 to transform the existing paper billboard into a digital screen, before any tenants had moved into the newly built flats at 666 Streatham High Road.

This planning permission expired in September this year and residents were delighted that their case against the development was finally going to be heard.

In a powerful movement to combat alarming disparities in cancer outcomes, Black communities across South East London are joining forces to encourage the uptake of breast screening appointments for women aged 50 to 71, and for Black men aged 45 and over, who have a higher risk of prostate cancer, to talk to their GP about having a PSA blood test.

With data revealing that 1 in 12 Black men will die from prostate cancer compared to 1 in 24 white men, and Black women twice as likely to receive a late breast cancer diagnosis, the urgency for action has never been clearer.

South London anti-capitalist, rebel rousers Meatraffle have released their Christmas single – and it’s gone down rather well in the Brixton Buzz office.

They told us about the song:

Brave Face is the Christmas song that highlights the contrast of personal conflict and depression with the external period of this festival of ‘ joy’ that is encompassing .

its not a cynical jab at Christmas , all it is is a call to all the outsiders to wallow in their self pity to the point of martrydom and take solace in the winter melancholy with a kind of pride .

Christmas can be an especially tough time for dealing with money, and the debt advice kiosk in Streatham Library is open to offer free expert advice via video for individuals with financial difficulties or money worries.

Each kiosk is designed as a soundproof booth, ensuring conversations remain private and confidential.

This is a walk-in service, so no appointment is required.

Upcoming dates and times:

Streatham Library

London

SW16 1PN

More info here

Contact details Vincia Bennett, Library Manager

Three of the four MPs that cover our Brixton Buzz patch voted against the Assisted Dying Bill in the House of Commons today.

Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall and Camberwell Green), Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood) and Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham and Brixton Hill) all voted against the bill that was carried.

Steve Reed (Streatham and Croydon North) is the one MP from our area that voted in favour of assisted dying.

Here’s an interesting Freedom of Information request regarding Active Lambeth, the in-house Town Hall company that now manages leisure centres in the borough.

In short, the FoI requests:

Monthly usage data for specific leisure centres (Clapham, Brixton, Streatham) and all centres combined, broken down by facilities (e.g., swimming pools, gyms, classes) for 2022/23 and 2023/24.

Monthly revenue figures compared to original projections for 2023/24.

User satisfaction data for the same period.

Half decent questions, well put.

Lambeth Council must take action against dangerous driving in Kings Avenue, Thornton Road and Thornton Avenue before death or serious injury occurs, say Lambeth Liberal Democrat Councillors.

This follows yet another shocking incident in which a car smashed through a fence into a front garden in the middle of the night. Yet, with accidents and near-misses mounting, Lambeth Labour refuses to act.

Clapham & Brixton Hill MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy has launched a Christmas Card Competition today, inviting local school pupils to design her annual festive greeting card.

Bell is asking young people who live in Clapham & Brixton Hill or attend school in the constituency to submit an entry, which can be hand-drawn or designed using computer software.

Her chosen theme for this year’s festive card show is ‘Kindness in the Community’.