IF YOU fancy yourself as a bit of five-a-side football star then The Elms may have just what you are looking for. The Elms are currently taking bookings for its Mens five-a-side Bromley league which starts on January 30 at Priory Leisure Centre.
Thamesmead Town 1 v 1 Sevenoaks Kentish Observer Premier Division Cup. THE Mead finished top of Group D in the early stages of the League Cup ensuring a home draw in the quarter-finals against either Hythe Town, Erith & Belvedere or Herne Bay, writes
THERE were medals and personal bests a-plenty for the Bexley Athelti Club athletes at the County Sports Hall athletics Championships. In the under-13 age group Zoe Ford took gold in the Speed Bounce with 80 and also achieved a personal best in the
A burst water main caused at least one accident and a few near misses on Tuesday. The incident, caused by a broken fire hydrant, happened in Oxhawth Crescent, Petts Wood. The water was freezing on contact with the road, which made conditions hazardous
Dartford under-11s 3 v 0 Woolwich under 11's Friendly DARTFORD under-11s continued their unbeaten spell with a 3-0 frienly victory against a strengthening Woolwich side, writes Brian Page. The hosts went close to scoring in the opening minutes
Orpington 2 v 0 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers British Energy Kent County League, Division 1 (West) ORPINGTON returned to winning ways beating Larkfield by two goals to nil. The hosts were made to fight for their victory but showed more resilience
Swale Magpies 2 v 1 HJF Dartford Ladies South East Counties Women's Football League Division 1 East DARTFORD Ladies were unlucky not to bring any points back from their travels to top-of-the-table Swale after conceding a 1-0 half-time lead, writes
Beccs 14 v 10 Ankorians IN A hard-fought match Ankorians took the lead with a try, conversion and penalty before Beccs replied with a unconverted try by Sean Welch and a Michael Hook penalty. Another Hook penalty early in the second half gave Beccs
FLEET have missed out on signing Andy Hessenthaler after the player decided to join Coca-Cola Football League Two side Barnet. Chairman Brian Kilcullen said: "Andy is a local player who would have undoubtedly brought a lot of experience to our team
Charlie MacDonald spreads the possession SP2264-07
The Canvey goal comes under pressure SP2264-03
The Canvey keeper holds on to a Charlie MacDonald effort SP2264-02
Fleet 2 v 0 Canvey Island Nationwide Conference For more pictures, click on Non-League Pictures FOLLOWING their FA Trophy mis-hap at Boreham Wodd, Fleet came back with a comfortable victory over arch-rivals Canvey Island. Despite the dismissal
Chelsea 1 v 1 Charlton Athletic Barclays Premiership For more pictures, click on Charlton pictures CHARLTON Athletic prepared for their FA Cup tie against Leyton Orient with a confidence boosting point at Stamford Bridge. New-boy Marcus Bent scored
FOURTEEN years in the job and Charlton chief Alan Curbishley probably thought he had seen it all, writes Matt Wright. Promotion, relegation, a play-off victory and a Championship title not to mention the Addicks' sensational return to The Valley the
Lee Coburn attempts a spectacular shot on goal SP2267-08
Mark Greatorex makes progress down the wing SP2267-07
VCD boss Martin Ford appeals in the background as Mark Greatorex is roughly treated SP2267-06
Lee Coburn gets a tackle from behind SP2267-04
Stuart Abbott chases down possession SP2267-05
Paul Foley and Danny Penny get involved from a VCD corner SP2267-03
VCD's Mark Greatorex is the victim of a karate-style challenge SP2267-02
VCD Athletic 1 v 0 Broxbourne FA Vase Fourth Round For more pictures, click on Non-League Pictures VCD Athletic reached the money-spinning fifth round of the FA Vase thanks to a smart-thinking penny from heaven. Danny Penny's quickly-taken 75th
No, it's not a goal - James Pinnock is just claiming the corner for Welling United SP2386-07
Rob Owen gives chase in the 1-0 win over Weston-super-Mare SP2386-06
SINCE forming four years ago the Chislehurst-based Croydon Foxes Lacrosse Club has produced a litter of cubs who are now dominating the sport at all levels. The players who formed the original Foxes under-12 side in 2002 are now moving to the senior
Crystal Palace 1 v 1 Reading Coca-Cola Championship For pictures, click on Crystal Palace pictures CRYSTAL Palace have a saintly opportunity to close the gap on Watford and consolidate their play off position. Following the draw with runaway leaders
A CHILDREN'S charity is calling for more men to befriend children living in care. NCH is running the Independent Visitor scheme to find role models for the 310 children and young people living in care in Bromley. Volunteers spend a few hours each month
HAND washing is the best protection against a diarrhoea and vomiting virus outbreak, according to health chiefs. Bromley Primary Care Trust (PCT) has issued the advice following reports of winter vomiting disease in the borough. The illness lasts for
FAMILY and friends packed into a church to celebrate the life of Alex Wardrope. More than 200 people crammed into All Saints Church, Bercta Road, New Eltham, for the 19-year-old's funeral. Alex, of Sidewood Road, New Eltham, died earlier this month
VICTIMS of a conman who ruined Christmas for hundreds of children and pensioners have slammed the "diabolical" jail sentence handed to him. Members of the Coldharbour Tenants' and Residents' Association are angry former chairman David Cooper could spend
HOUSE BLAZE: Firefighters took three hours to put out a house fire in Fox Lane, Keston, last Saturday night. The residents were able to get outside safely when the fire occurred at about 8.40pm and nobody was injured. A fire investigation unit is looking
A "PLANNING error" which divided a village 80 years ago is costing lives today, according to a road expert. Philip Lane says the junction of Warren Road, Chelsfield and the Orpington by-pass is dangerous and causing accidents Mr Lane, who is backed
YOUNG actors are to hit prime-time TV as extras in a BBC crime drama. Forty youngsters from Theatretrain performing arts school in Beckenham started shooting for Silent Witness in Tufnell Park, north London, on Sunday. The story sees a girl murdered
YOUNG musicians have been battling against each other to create the most "terrific music". Nine teenagers from the Bromley Youth Music Trust, an organisation which helps young people develop musical ability, took part in the Norman Trotman Instrumental
CHILDREN can learn about birds in their school grounds by taking part in the RSPB Big School's Birdwatch. The charity wants teachers and children to watch and count birds for an hour in their school grounds or park. This activity will help monitor which
ROMAN coins thrown into a river for good luck have been discovered during sewer improvement works. Thames Water archaeologist Geoff Potter found six bronze coins from the third and fourth centuries, in Sparrow's Den playing fields beside Addington Road
A MUGGER who preyed on the elderly and killed a 78-year-old woman for just £26 has been jailed for life. Darren Stanger, aged 39, attacked Winnie Hill, in Haig Road, Biggin Hill, as she was unloading shopping for her friend May Dennis, 98, who was sitting
STAFF are celebrating after winning a best-dressed shop window competition. Harris HospisCare, Queensway, Petts Wood, triumphed over the charity's five other shops to win a trophy and six bottles of champagne. Each shop was visited in December by the
THE borough's top councillor says he is worried about the impact of Ken Livingstone's proposed council tax increases. The London Mayor wants to raise his share, or precept, of the council tax by 16 per cent. If this is approved, Bromley residents in
A COUPLE are urging a resident to fight further attempts by a family to expand their home for their disabled child. Chris and Gerry Wakeham say if the plans go ahead it will create an "eyesore" and reduce the value of the house. Last week, we reported
A HOSPICE is calling for people to take a break to help raise money for cancer patients. Orpington-based Harris HospisCare wants people to organise a coffee break or glass of wine to unwind and charge their friends and colleagues for the drink. The
A VULNERABLE couple whose home has been boarded up to protect them from yobs say they are desperate to escape their "prison" hell. Peter and Pauline Day, both ex-patients from Stone House Psychiatric Hospital, have lived in a council flat in Bridges
THE destination will be romance when the love bus comes to town on Valentine's Day. Buses going through Bromley will be displaying a selection of romantic messages for passengers from amorous admirers. Arriva Southern Counties is running the love buses
SHOP ROBBERY: Police are appealing for information after an assault and robbery at Wooding stores, High Street, Penge, at 9.20pm on January 13. The suspect is stocky, aged between 20 and 30, 5ft tall and has dark hair, a receding hairline and facial hair
THE borough's service for families with young children with special needs has been nominated for a second award. The Early Support Service based at the Phoenix Children's Resource Centre, Mason's Hill, Bromley, works with children at the centre's pre-school
POTTERY is helping people to recover from mental illness. Bromley-based Credo runs twice-weekly sessions from its workshop in Anchor House, Station Road, Orpington, to help give people the confidence to either go back to work or into further education
BARMAIDS are raising money for charity by appearing in a girlie calendar. The calendar features female staff from the Blacksmiths Arms pub, Cudham Lane South, Cudham, in non-explicit "cheeky poses" to raise money for Harris HospisCare. Staff expect
RESIDENTS have united to provide their own street light after a council row left them in the dark. People in Wellington Street, Gravesend, are leaving hall and outdoor lights on all night to brighten their road after a street light stopped working.
PEOPLE with food allergy worries can ease their fears during this week's Food Allergy and Intolerance Week. As many as one in five people believe they are intolerant or allergic to food but less than one per cent of adults actually have a food allergy
HOSPITAL bosses have promised an "urgent investigation" into claims it subjected an elderly patient to "neglect" and "atrocious" treatment. Linda Holmes makes the claims in a damning two-year diary of her mother's treatment at Lewisham Hospital. In
A CHARITY'S dream to build a centre for women with breast cancer is closer to becoming reality. The Primrose Foundation has spent two-and-a-half years raising money to convert the chapel on the old Farnborough Hospital site. Following a tendering process
PUBLIC consultation into the future of Crystal Palace Park has ended and results are in. More than 5,000 people viewed plans put forward by the London Development Agency (LDA). Around 77 per cent of people supported the building of a new sports centre
By JOLENE HILL and ROBERT FISK TRAGEDY struck for a third time in four days when a motorist was killed while driving through Bickley. James Harden died from multiple injuries after losing control of his blue BMW in Bickley Road. The 20-year-old
POLICE are appealing for help in identifying a man who used a red fluid-filled syringe to try and rob an off licence. The suspect threatened a shop assistant at Threshers, Beckenham Lane, Bromley, and demanded money from the till. He ran out of the
A HAIRDRESSER'S ex-boyfriend has been given a restraining order to stop him terrorising her. Jonathan Cooper, aged 31, of Highclere Street, Sydenham, was accused of harassing Lisa Wicks from December 2004 to May last year. Bromley Magistrates' Court
TRAINEES met with potential employers at an open day held to help them find work. Yesterday's open day at the Field Studies Centre, Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, was full of trainees talking to employers about what skills they have learned. The centre
FIVE decades after being raped by her brother a great grandmother is calling for justice to be done. Pat Hedges was just eight when she says her brother Ronald Bennett sexually attacked her at the then family home in Capstone Road, Downham. The abuse
A FED-UP couple say they have been forced to sell their home because an "illegal" development by a charity has made their lives a misery. Michael and Valerie Holloway, of Crystal Palace Park Road, say the noise from the St John Ambulance site opposite
MEMBERS of the community are being invited to come along and listen to ideas for an 83-year-old festival. Beckenham Festival's annual meeting will be held in the library of Cator Park School, Lennard Road, Beckenham, at 8pm on March 9. The event, which
FLAT PLAN: A developer wants to demolish a house at 8 Highland Road, Bromley, and replace it with a three-storey building for three one-bedroom and seven two-bedroom flats with rear patio, terraces and balconies. Councillors will discuss the proposals
A MUM who became pregnant through a News Shopper appeal says her daughter who almost died at birth will be just fine. Tracey Dudley was told by doctors to prepare for the worst when her daughter was born six weeks early last July. And when Faye pulled
A DRINK-DRIVER is "thankful" no-one was injured following a collision involving a police car. Banker Mark Davies, aged 36, smashed his red Fiat Brava into the back of the vehicle on Sevenoaks Road at the junction with Charmwood Lane, Orpington. Davis
BLIND residents are to get a boost in services following a grant from health chiefs. Kent Association for the Blind (KAB) has been awarded funds by the Development Fund of Bromley Health, Social Care and Housing Partnership Board for a sight centre in
ADULT LEARNING: An Adult Learning Inspectorate has judged Bromley's adult education classes to be in the top 20 per cent of those in the UK. Inspectors visited the Bromley Adult Education College campuses and interviewed 1,000 learners and 190 staff,
A window cleaner is demanding answers after a number of hospital mistakes. Reporter SARA NELSON heard how his treatment could leave him with permanent damage ... A FATHER-OF-TWO is demanding answers after he says two hospitals failed to take responsibility
