The Latest Breaking News from Brixton Academy

After a fatal crowd crush at the London venue in December, the BBC has spoken to a guard who says hundreds were let in for cash

Security guards at Brixton Academy regularly took bribes to let people into shows without tickets, a whistleblower has claimed. Mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and security guard Gaby Hutchinson, 23, died in hospital after a crush at the venue in December. They were at the Academy for a gig by Afro…

Whistleblower tells BBC’s File on Four some members of his team would allow ‘a couple of hundred’ extra people into venues in exchange for money

Rebecca Ikumelo and Gaby Hutchinson died after the incident at the Brixton Academy in south London in December

Gaby Hutchinson was the second person to die after a crush at the O2 Brixton Academy last Thursday, the security guard had been working when ticketless fans stormed the venue

Two women aged 21 and 23 remain in a critical condition in hospital

Three women are in hospital and in a critical condition the Met Police said

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Eight people were hospitalised with injuries following the incident in south London, with three in critical condition

Nigerian artist Asake’s show was cut short following the incident on Thursday night.

Police said they are urgently investigating what happened in the ‘extremely upsetting incident’