A FUNDRAISING grand prix race in memory of a 23-year-old who died of a brain tumour raised more than £2,000. Gill and Chris Wood hosted the eighth Scalextric event in their garden in Pickhurst Lane, Hayes, on September 3. Eleven teams took part in the
A TEDDY bears' picnic has helped bring families together. Gravesend-based charity Home-Start organised a picnic for parents and children in Central Park. More than 40 children took their furry friends along to enjoy sandwiches and party games in the
By MICHAEL CONNOCK Marlon Brando's Corset is a new comedy by Guy Jones which has hot-footed it from the Edinburgh Festival to the Greenwich Theatre. Starring Les Dennis, Mike McShane and Jeremy Edwards, the absurd but enjoyable plot centres around
POLICE have named a pensioner who fell to his death in front of a train. Raymond Fryatt, 71, died on Tuesday after being hit by a train at Beckenham Junction station. Mr Fryatt, of Highgrove Close, Chislehurst, is thought to have jumped from the
BLACKHEATH Hockey Club opens is 144th season with club trials at its Ruben Street pitches at 12.30pm on September 16. The world's oldest hockey club welcomes male players of all standards. For more information, visit blackheath.co.uk
A PERVERT has been jailed indefinitely after having one of the UK's biggest child pornography collections. Michael Knapinski, from Forest Hill, was jailed at Woolwich Crown Court for having thousands of indecent images and videos of children stored on
Blazin' Squad are back with a new single, All Night Long. Would you like to review it for The Zone? The single is released on October 2 but you can get a copy of it now - in exchange for writing a review. There is a big pile of other CD singles on web
POLICE are urging burglary victims to check if any of their belongings are among a haul of items seized. Following the arrest of a man in connection with a number of residential burglaries in Bromley, police have recovered 30 items from a flat in the
FORMER pupils have sent flowers and cards to help a former headteacher celebrate her 105th birthday. Olive Kielty retired as the headteacher at a convent school more than 40 years ago but the women, who are now in their 80s, still keep in touch. The
POLICE surgeries are to be held to give residents the chance to have their say. The mobile police station will be parked in and around Dartford and Temple Hill on October 17. PC Dave Spitter and PC Sam Smith will be holding the surgeries and will stop
HOW pleasantly surprising to learn that, after 20 years, Crayford is to get its secondary school back (Pupils Will Return To Old School, News Shopper, July 26). Perhaps by 2026 AD our wise councillors will also reopen Barnehurst Library. AB JONES
AS A regular contributor, Don Ramkin should be careful what he says (Face Filling, News Shopper, Letters, August 2). The women he is referring to may work in the benefits or job seekers' office. They may find him a job. They have his name and they know
I LIVE in Cheviot Close, Barnehurst. This address is in a cul-de-sac which is only 13ft wide. Goods vehicles, delivery vans and council dust carts have to drive on the opposite side pavements to get up the road. Is this not breaking the law? On August
Motor vehicles are the main cause of death, injury and inconvenience to those of us who do not drive, so it is right all aspects of driving should be properly regulated and enforced. Unfortunately, the attitude to many offences encourages some drivers
I WAS surprised when I received a phone call in August last year from Marian Khamo, asking for my help to clear her name as she had been unfairly dismissed by Bexley Association of Disabled People. From evidence provided and from what I know of her on
I AM writing in response to a letter from Sharon Osborn about the Belvedere Incinerator (For Recycling But Not Incinerator, Letters, August 2). Ms Osborn claims to have lived in Bexley for her whole life. If it is true then she clearly has not been listening
AS A lifelong Labour party supporter, I have become dillusioned with our current long-serving and badly-led Government. Against all reasoned argument it took us into a war against the Iraqi regime, ill prepared for the consequences and which now seems
I READ Linda Piper's article (Bereavement Unit Pioneer Loses Job, News Shopper, August 30) with interest and increasing dismay. It is clear Queen Mary's Hospital's chief executive appears to be more concerned about money than the wellbeing of patients
QUEEN Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, has again made it into News Shopper (Bereavement Unit Pioneer Loses Job, August 30). The story informed readers about maternity bereavement officer Ann Talbott being made redundant. We met Ann earlier this year after
A MASSIVE vegetable is attracting attention in India. When Balwant Hayre planted gourd seeds in his garden he never dreamed they would turn into a 2ft vegetable. A gourd is similar to a pumpkin and popularly grown in northern India but even there it
RESIDENTS are being invited to help decide the council's budget for the forthcoming year. Sevenoaks District Council will be holding a meeting where residents can find out what the authority spends taxpayers' money on and voice their concerns and opinions
A 27-YEAR-OLD man was attacked as he stopped his car to close his rattling boot. The victim was driving his red Ford Escort to work, when he stopped to get out and shut his boot. When he got out, three men attacked him in Henderson Drive, Dartford.
CHARLTON welcome Portsmouth to The Valley hoping to be the first team to beat keeper David James. The south coast side have lasted 361 minutes without conceeding a goal - form which has seen them climb to second in the Premiership table. Their last
CONTROVERSIAL development plans a councillor thinks would "wreck a community" have been quashed. Dartford Council denied planning permission to Priory Developments to build seven homes in Havelock Road, Dartford. Members of the development control board
A 55-YEAR-OLD man appeared in court on Friday following a gun raid in Darford. Mick Shepherd, of Wentworth Drive, Dartford, was charged with conspiracy to sell or transfer prohibited weapons and conspiracy to put people in fear. He was also charged
LESS than half of News Shopper voters think Tony Blair should stand down as Prime Minister right now. If the national media and politics pundits are to be believed, there is a country-wide clamour for the PM to step down immediately. However, when polled
A ONE-TIME terror suspect says Muslim extremists need to be understood, not condemned. Woolwich-born Usman Ali was released without charge six days after being arrested over suspected links to an al-Qaeda plot to bomb the Canadian Parliament. Now, speaking
