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  • Cambridge cream of the crop at English Schools Champs

    Cambridge Harriers record entry at this year’s English Schools Championships resulted in a full set of medals and two club records. David Bolarinwa won gold in the Under 17 Boys 100m and still has another year in the age group. Running into

  • Sincere Apologies

    As you may be aware I previously posted a blog entitled "Do Cancer Treatments Really Work?". This blog was the result of a project that I had been working on for a course that I am currently undertaking. The blog received 1 comment of praise but also

  • BECKENHAM: Summer festival coming to town

    RESIDENTS will soon be able to enjoy a nine day festival. The Beckenham Summer Festival will take place on the town’s green, next to St George’s Church in the high street, between July 25 and August 2. There will be a mini fun fair,

  • BROMLEY: David Rodway killer set for day release

    TWO-AND-A-HALF years since his conviction, a teenager who killed another man with a screwdriver will be let out on day release, the Government has confirmed. The Ministry of Justice and Probation Service has informed the mother of victim David

  • SWANLEY: Oxygen therapy centre holding silent auction

    A CENTRE offering oxygen therapy has held an open day to raise much-needed funds and introduce people to services on offer. The the Swanley Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Unit in Park Road uses oxygen to treat multiple sclerosis (MS), cerebral palsy

  • SIDCUP AND ORPINGTON: Schools compete in talent contest

    THREE groups of young people are going head to head to decide which of their schools has the most talented pupils. Jon Hunter, head of creative arts at Kemnal Technology College organised a talent contest involving some of the schools in its

  • GREENWICH: Free talk on migraines

    MIGRAINE sufferers can find out more about their condition when a special health roadshow comes to town. Health charity The Migraine Trust is holding a free talk at the Greenwich West Community and Arts Centre, in Greenwich High Road, Greenwich, on

  • SIDCUP: Seven arrested on drugs charges

    A MAN from Sidcup was among seven people arrested when police swooped on a gang suspected of drug trafficking. Officers from the Met Police’s special projects team joined colleagues from HM Revenue and Customs and the UK Border Agency to arrest a 43

  • BLUEWATER: Students exhibit design and technology work

    STUDENTS have taken over a shop at Bluewater to showcase work produced from their design and technology classes. Bosses at the shopping centre were so impressed, they even asked the pupils from Leigh Technology College, Green Street Green Road

  • BEXLEY: Off-duty copper dies in motorbike crash

    A BEXLEY police officer has died in a road accident while off duty. Simon Merrilees, 30, who lived in Dunton Green, near Sevenoaks, was killed when his Suzuki motorbike was in collision with a Vauxhall Astra car on the A22 in Sussex on June 25. PC

  • MOON LANDING: Your memories of 1969 and Neil Armstrong

    AS the anniversary of the first moon landing approaches, we asked for your memories of that historic day. Here we publish a selection of those memories and if you would like to add your recollections, add your comments below or email News Shopper