Drink 3/5 Decor 2/5 Food 4/5 Price 3/5 Atmosphere 3/5 Staff 3/5 The main problem I have with chain pubs is that they are all exactly the same. I am not sure why I expected The Crown, a member of the Beefeater family, to be the exception rather than the
SELHURST Park was a place of hyper-activity yesterday as Crystal Palace brought in three new players on transfer deadline day. The Eagles swooped to sign Inter Milan duo Nicola Ventola and Gonzalo Sorondo on loan until the end of the season before
A list of winners for the August Limited Edition Hop Farm competition: The main winner of the first prize of a family pass, lunch for four, a hamper of goodies and the chance to judge a companion dog show is Steve Thoms, from West Wickham. The 20 runners-up
A BITTER battle over the future of two Bexley primary schools has been rekindled. Upland Infant and Junior schools in Church Road, Bexleyheath, were amalgamated last year despite huge opposition. Now one man is on a mission to get the Victorian school
PROOF has been found News Shopper is the best local newspaper. Residents are so fed-up of some other newspapers, they are putting notices up saying they only want the best delivered. The notices demanding only quality newspapers are pushed through
CONTROVERSIAL town regeneration plans, which include the building of a road through Central Park, have been given the go-ahead despite protests. The £94 million plan which includes around 500 homes, a Tesco hypermarket in Lowfield Street, pedestrianisation
A WIDOW has made an emotional plea for help in finding her husband's killers, a year after he was stabbed to death. Labourer Kamaljit Kalon, known to his friends as Bobby, was stabbed several times in Gordon Promenade, Gravesend, on July 10, 2003. Police
Samantha Payne reviews Yukio Mishima's Sotoba Komachi and The Damask Drum at Greenwich Playhouse - rating: 4/5 IF you fancy an original theatrical experience I strongly recommend seeing Yukio Mishima's Sotoba Komachi and The Damask Drum at Greenwich
A TRIBUTE to classic pop band Genesis is coming to Acacia Hall, High Street, Dartford, on Friday, September 3. Genesis In The Cage energetically create the atmosphere, music and drama of Genesis, the ultimate rock band featuring Phil Collins. Doors
AN exhibition celebrating the diversity of breads in London will be held at the oh! art centre at Oxford House in Bethnal Green from September 2 to 26. There will be 30 photographs of London's rich baking tradition. For more information, call 020 7837
THE audition dates for Silas Marner by George Elliot at Theatre 62 will be Tuesday, 7, Thursday, 9, and Friday, 10 September at 7.45pm at the Wickham Theatre Centre, Corkscrew Hill, West Wickham, Kent. Production dates are February 21 to 26, 2005. Contact
While the number of pupils passing their GCSEs may not have risen nationally, TOBY NATION reports on Greenwich and Lewisham's strive for success ... THE national pass rate has stayed the same at 97.6 per cent although the number of youngsters gaining
AN ANTI European Union pensioner is calling for Greenwich Park's "illegal" metric distance signs to be torn down. Part-time car park attendant Terry Jones, 71, of Rochester Way, Eltham, has written to Tony Blair and The Royal Parks demanding action over
A FORMER bakery dating back to the late 18th century will be left to rot if bailiffs force an eviction, according to campaigners. The Georgian Grade II listed building, at 227 Deptford High Street, Deptford, is on English Heritage's Buildings at Risk
The complete works of Shakespeare in 90 minutes? Reporter Samantha Payne finds out more ... FROM its humble beginnings as a street act in California to being the longest-running comedy in the West End, The Reduced Shakespeare Company is back on tour
THE Chinese State Circus is rolling into Croydon with a brand new troupe of 30 of the country's finest performers. The show will feature breathtaking stunts, from a teetering tower of chairs with seven performers balanced on top to a multitude of plate
MOVES are afoot to transform a Victorian rubbish tip into a 21st-century household recycling and re-use centre. The £1 million Waldo Road redevelopment, due for completion in March 2005, is designed to boost Bromley's recycling and reduce traffic queues
ESTATE agents say buyers are avoiding the area because of "council inaction" over an influx of travellers onto green belt land. Chris Brand, manager of tjestates, St Paul's Cray, revealed three house buyers immediately pulled out of house sales following
A COUPLE whose autistic son has been treated "outrageously" have accused the council of insensitivity. Trevor Alloway, 52, and his 46-year-old wife Diane, of Wakely Close, Biggin Hill, are battling Bromley Council in a bid to find a suitable placement
ART-LOVERS mingled with families to enjoy three days of art exhibitions in Crystal Palace Park. There were workshops for children and visitors got to take home their own artistic mementoes from the Six Thousand Chairs event. The 6,000 deckchairs were
RESIDENTS, health watchdogs and councillors will join forces today in an attempt to bring NHS beds to the north of the borough. The Beds for Beckenham protest aims to persuade Bromley Primary Care Trust (PCT) chiefs to use the current £20 million Beckenham
