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  • Pupils going on record

    SCHOOL pupils composed a song with help from a team of professional musicians. The pupils from Sedgehill Secondary School, Sedgehill Road, Bellingham, are taking part in a Learning and Skills Council-funded Access to Music project. They composed a song

  • Health cash to help over-50s

    SIX projects are being funded to improve health services for the over-50s and people with chronic illnesses. Neighbourhood Renewal will finance the Living Longer Living Well initiatives with £204,550 over two years. Schemes include a review of the

  • News in brief

    ADOPT AN ANIMAL: The Royal Parks Foundation has selected various species of animals and plants for people to adopt. From £15 for an annual duck adoption to £500 for a deer for life, people can give an original Christmas present while helping preserve

  • MP battles to save estate’s post office

    ELTHAM'S MP has taken the campaign to save a post office to the House of Commons. Clive Efford told fellow MPs The Mound branch on Coldharbour Estate, New Eltham, is in an area designated by the Government as a neighbourhood renewal area due to deprivation

  • Treat in store for fans of football

    AN ADDICKS' favourite and Britain's first ever Football League substitute will be signing copies of his autobiography at a bookstore. Keith Peacock picked up the title when he came on for Mike Rose in a Charlton game against Bolton on August 21, 1965

  • Recycling banks turning into dumps, claims councillor

    A COUNCILLOR is calling for action to prevent a recycling centre becoming a waste tip. St Paul's Cray Councillor Colin Willetts wants Bromley Council to sort out dumping problems near recycling banks in Cotmandene Crescent. He said: "The council's not

  • Did you see armed robbery?

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an attempted armed robbery at a newsagents. A white man, in his late teens, entered West Kent News, Croydon Road, West Wickham, pulled out a handgun and threatened a member of staff at about 5.50pm on November

  • Ten years of helping mums

    An organisation offering support for young mothers has celebrated its 10th anniversary. Platform Penge offers services to young mums aged 14 to 25. These include creche facilities, post and ante-natal care, drop-in sessions, parenting classes and education

  • Teacher’s African exchange

    PUPILS have welcomed a teacher on a visit from an African school. Children at Alexandra Infants and Junior School, Kent House Road, Beckenham, have made a four-year commitment to raise £250 a year for a school in Kihoole, Uganda. As part of the commitment