A 1960s Brixton office block in Lambeth will be redeveloped into a 341-room hotel and co-working hub, but a Nando’s restaurant and gym will be lost.
Lambeth Council is preparing to sell a derelict Cormont Road school beside Myatt’s Fields Park as severe financial pressures force urgent asset disposal.
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UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Former Premier League referee David Coote’s sentencing for making a category A indecent image of a child, to which he pleaded guilty in October 2025, was postponed from 11 December to 8 January 2026 at Nottingham Crown
USA (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The US Supreme Court heard arguments on 10 December 2025 in Hamm v. Smith, grappling with whether Alabama can execute Joseph Clifton Smith, deemed intellectually disabled by lower courts despite IQ scores of 72-78, due to testing margins
Russia (Parliament Politics Magazine) – NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on 10 December 2025 that Russia views all alliance members as targets, urging immediate defence spending hikes to 3.5% of GDP amid threats from Moscow and its allies like North Korea.
Bulgaria (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced his government’s resignation on 11 December 2025, moments before a parliamentary no-confidence vote, bowing to weeks of mass protests over corruption, economic policies, and a controversial 2026 budget. The move, amid