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'What's Brixton like? Graffiti, yeah we’ll do that': McDonald’s criticised over graffiti-covered lampshades in revamped restaurant

04/03/16 18:30

The fast food chain has installed lampshades emblazoned with graffiti tags at the branch in South London - but the redesign has been described as ‘offensive’ and ‘misguided’. More than 50 McDonald's restaurants across Britain are thought to be displaying the design in some capacity, but it is the Brixton branch's light coverings which seem to have upset people. Lee Dema, who founded the St Matthew's Project, an organisation that works with disadvantaged young people in Brixton, said he thinks the decor is ‘a little bit misguided’. He said he would not lose any sleep over it, but added: ‘I just thought they thought 'Brixton, yeah, what's Brixton like? Graffiti, yeah we'll do that'.’...read

A property market gone mad? Windowless flats go on sale in south London's Brixton... and they'll set you back £465,000
26/02/16 15:53
The two bedroom flats do not have any windows. Instead they have light wells, which are vertical shafts roofed with glass to allow in natural light.
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'Do you do palaces?' Duchess of Cornwall asks an inmate to paint the royal residence after being impressed with his skills during a visit to Brixton Prison
04/02/16 16:00
While taking a tour through the workshop of Bounce Back - a charity that trains prisoners in construction skills - Camilla spoke to prisoners practising their skills.
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David Bowie's life full of Stardust: Boy from Brixton who grew up to be a global superstar with bisexual affairs, rock and roll and drugs along the way
11/01/16 08:53
Even from the age of 13, raised in south London, the young David Jones was engaging, handsome and charming – and girls flocked to him like homing pigeons.
Who needs REAL freckles? Woman hopes to raise $215,000 for beauty product that uses fake tan to create natural-looking dots on unmarked cheeks
22/11/15 12:41
Remi Brixton, from LA, launched Freck Yourself because she said there is 'nothing more beautiful than bare skin and fresh freckles' - but people with real freckles have been left unimpressed.
CCTV captures the shocking moment 'vicious' robber shoots corner shop worker in the FACE and leaves him battling to save his sight
03/11/15 09:56
The 44-year-old man was treated for his injuries at a hospital but needs surgery to remove ball bearing-like pellets from his eyes after the shooting in Brixton, south London.
Can you buy BLUE MILK at your Tesco? Artists sneak around London altering supermarket labels, billboards and posters (and nobody's caught them... yet)
16/09/15 10:06
Brixton-based brothers Sholto and Hugo Brown have been touring England's capital, altering food labels, roadside billboards and buildings with whimsical jokes and wordplay.
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Robbers in burkas are foiled... because the didn't walk like women: Raiders made off with £64,000 of cash and jewellery from south London pawnbrokers
28/08/15 13:03
Michael Lindo, 34, and Aaron Dumetz, 24, who stole more than £64,000 worth of cash and jewellery from a pawnbrokers were caught because 'they did not walk like women'.
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'No evictions and yuppies': Vandals trash upmarket estate agents Foxtons in protest against gentrification and rising house prices they claim are forcing locals out of deprived South London district of Brixton
25/04/15 19:32
The front window of Foxtons Brixton branch was demolished (pictured) and its housing notices were defaced with spray paint during a protest against surging house prices in London.
Pub at centre of race storm after hosting Ku Klux Klan party where white landlord blacked up and black staff dressed as Klansman
05/11/14 19:00
The Queens Head in Brixton has come underfire after pictures emerged of its white landlord Simon Tickner blacked up and a barman dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Liz Jones's Diary: In which I move into his Brixton flat
11/10/14 23:23
David had made a huge effort: lit candles, bought four new pillows, made stir-fry and cleared a space for me in his wardrobe. It felt weird to be staying in a man's flat. But liberating...
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The riot twins who told their mother they were going to the gym - but joined the mob on the streets instead
10/08/11 19:03
Linette Livingstone, 58, said she was horrified to discover that her 19-year-old sons Icha and Micha, pictured, had both been arrested following disturbances in Brixton.
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Whole new Bulls game for Luol Deng, the boy from Brixton who walks tall in US
07/06/11 22:53
Luol Deng cannot leave his house in Chicago without a disguise, yet at home in Brixton he is relatively anonymous.
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Brixton - Latest news, breaking stories and comment

'What's Brixton like? Graffiti, yeah we’ll do that': McDonald’s criticised over graffiti-covered lampshades in revamped restaurant

A property market gone mad? Windowless flats go on sale in south London's Brixton... and they'll set you back £465,000

'Do you do palaces?' Duchess of Cornwall asks an inmate to paint the royal residence after being impressed with his skills during a visit to Brixton Prison

David Bowie's life full of Stardust: Boy from Brixton who grew up to be a global superstar with bisexual affairs, rock and roll and drugs along the way

Who needs REAL freckles? Woman hopes to raise $215,000 for beauty product that uses fake tan to create natural-looking dots on unmarked cheeks

CCTV captures the shocking moment 'vicious' robber shoots corner shop worker in the FACE and leaves him battling to save his sight

Can you buy BLUE MILK at your Tesco? Artists sneak around London altering supermarket labels, billboards and posters (and nobody's caught them... yet)

Robbers in burkas are foiled... because the didn't walk like women: Raiders made off with £64,000 of cash and jewellery from south London pawnbrokers

'No evictions and yuppies': Vandals trash upmarket estate agents Foxtons in protest against gentrification and rising house prices they claim are forcing locals out of deprived South London district of Brixton

Pub at centre of race storm after hosting Ku Klux Klan party where white landlord blacked up and black staff dressed as Klansman

Liz Jones's Diary: In which I move into his Brixton flat

The riot twins who told their mother they were going to the gym - but joined the mob on the streets instead

Whole new Bulls game for Luol Deng, the boy from Brixton who walks tall in US

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