AS EAST Tennessee begins to secure its place on the outdoor adventure map, ALISON MASTERS finds out there’s more to Chattanooga than just a choo choo. Whether it’s being pounded by waves in my newly-acquired surfing obsession, or hanging
A CHINESE celebration offered a taste of the oriental in the build up to Christmas. The Faith, Hope and Love Fellowship Chinese Service Centre organised its second annual festive celebration with traditional Christmas songs as well as Chinese
POLICE have released a CCTV image after a woman was sexually assaulted in the Mothercare shop in Woolwich. Her attacker told her he had been waiting for her at the bus stop for 20 minutes before saying he wanted to buy her a Christmas present. The
WOOLWORTHS stores in the News Shopper area will be among the first to shut when the chain begins closing down next week. The stores will be closing in blocks of 200 with seven in the region shutting for good on December 27. Those stores
RACHEL Nickell's killer has been brought to justice 16 years after she was brutally stabbed and assaulted in front of her young son. Convicted sex killer Robert Napper, who used to live on Plumstead High Street, pleaded guilty to manslaughter
A FAMILY’s 7ft inflatable Father Christmas has been stolen from the front garden of their house. And the thieves left a handwritten note saying: “To you, sorry, I Father Christmas forgot the presents. I will be back, might be back next year
TWO police officers and a PCSO have been summonsed for perverting the course of justice. Police Sergeant Marcus Garvey, aged 44, of Chantry Close, Abbey Wood, PC Wayne Campbell, aged 40, of New Road, Medway, and 22-year-old PCSO Stef Loftus
MOTORISTS looking for a place to park over the festive period can park for free in pay and display bays on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Council-run car parks will also be free to use on Christmas Day. However, council
PEOPLE going to hospital following alcohol-related incidents have massively increased over the last five years, according to figures. The amount of emergency admissions to Bexley hospitals have increased by 72 per cent since 2002, from 706
A 46-YEAR-OLD man believed to be retired footballer Tony Cascarino has been arrested on suspicion of committing an assault causing actual bodily harm. The man was arrested after police were called to an address in Chislehurst at 6pm on Saturday
A FIFTEEN-YEAR history of anti-social behaviour has led to a man being banned from being drunk in public. The condition was imposed on Steven Carley Wright when he was given a two-year Asbo by Dartford magistrates on December 16. Wright, of Factory
FORMER British champion boxer Julius Francis appeared in court today (December 18) following an alleged road rage attack in Beckenham. However the case was adjourned at Bromley Magistrates’ Court because Francis did not have his driving licence
A COUNCIL has spoken out after its appeal against an increase in flights was rejected. Bexley Council had asked the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Hazel Blears to call in a planning application allowing London City Airport
A WATER company says the extension to its sewage works will create 200 jobs in the area. The extension to the Crossness works in Abbey Wood will also include a wind turbine - the first to power a British sewage works . Thames Water says
SEVENTEEN community groups have each been awarded with funding of up to £500. The groups include Northfleet Cricket Club in Wombwell Park, Mitchell Avenue, Northfleet Youth Centre in Hall Road and Northfleet Age Concern in Coldharbour Road.
SINGERS and musicians are voicing their anger over the closure of a recording studio. Strange Loop Studios in Welling High Street is due to close in February after the building where it was based was bought by Morrisons for redevelopment. The studios
A BURNT-OUT car which caused traffic problems for more than 20 hours in Orpington has now been removed. The vehicle had been blocking one side of Skibbs Lane since around 2.45pm yesterday (December 17). Council contractors were supposed to remove
A CHRISTMAS market was filled with festive cheer as residents braved the cold and rain to watch tree lights being switched on. Children and adults enjoyed stalls selling food, arts, crafts, jewellery and ceramics at the first ever Ladywell Christmas
Theatres in Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham will be some of the first to try out a new scheme which aims to encourage young adults to experience live productions. By Jenny Stevens. The Albany, Deptford, Greenwich Theatre and The Churchill, Bromley,
CHILDREN and adults quick-stepped, tangoed and waltzed to victory at the grand final of a national dance competition. Ballroom and Latin dance centre Dance Wise, in Footscray Road, Eltham, entered 23 children and 30 adults in The Imperial Society of
A ROBBER threatened a bus driver in Anerley with an axe before making off with £40. The driver of the empty 249 bus was parked in Station Approach Road waiting to return to the depot when he was attacked. Police are looking for a black man in his
TWO people were taken to hospital with burns after a fire in a flat in Forest Hill. The fire service were called to a ground floor flat in Braeside Court in Forest Hill Road at about 3.20am today (December 18). A 30-year-old woman and a 26-year-old
