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  • Childcare subsidies offered up to parents

    LOW-INCOME families are set to make a saving after the launch of a subsidised childcare scheme. Around 100 places in Bromley nurseries will be subsidised by the London Development Agency (LDA) to help less well off parents who want to go out to work.

  • Dancers step up to national final

    A QUINTET of toe-tappers has danced its way to success in a national competition. Five girls who attend the A1 Dance School, Castlecombe Road, Mottingham, triumphed at the South Coast Masters competition, held in Bognor Regis, Sussex. Georgina Kenny

  • Numbers up for council

    NEW direct-dial telephone numbers have been introduced at Bexley Council. The move is aimed at cutting switchboard delays. It means the public can contact council staff direct instead of going through the switchboard. The council, which currently handles