A WOMAN and a man have been charged with the murder of a toddler in Bexleyheath. The woman, 29, is believed to be the 21-month-old boy's mother, and the man is her 25-year-old boyfriend. The couple, who cannot be named for legal reasons
CRIME in Kent has fallen by eight per cent, according to the Home Office's annual report. Between April 2008 and March 2009, there was an overall reduction of 10,222 crimes from the previous year. Detections of crime increased by 4.5 per cent. Almost
A STUDENT from Orpington will represent Britain in next week’s European junior championships in Serbia. Serita Solomon, 19, will compete in the 100m hurdles after the first year Middlesex University Primary Education and Philosophy student earned the
THREE cases of swine flu have been confirmed at Gravesham Council’s Civic Centre. All three members of staff have been sent home until doctors say they can return to work at the offices in Windmill Street, Gravesend. A council spokeswoman
VOLUNTEERS have given £500,000 and three properties, one of which will be a hostel for vulnerable young women, to charity. Gravesend Soroptimist Club has given the cash and two houses to housing charity Gravesend Churches Housing Association
BECKENHAM Swimming Club’s boys 400m medley relay team has qualified for the national swimming championships in Sheffield for the second year running. The team, who were competing in the 11 to 14 age category, booked their place at the London region
Far too often, when you say “sci-fi” people automatically either think of Spock-worshipping Trekkie geeks or pew-pew-pew laser guns and space battles. It’s refreshing therefore to have a film like Moon come along: a film unashamedly sci-fi but
ALAN Davis of the Penge Rotary Club, held a garden party at his home for existing and former club members to celebrate his 50-year membership of that club. Earlier in the year a Certificate of Merit, sent from America and signed by the President
I HAVE been a resident of Bromley for more than 12 years and in the last couple of years have become increasingly dismayed at the dramatic deterioration of Bromley town centre and The Glades. Notwithstanding the impact of the current recession on the
Oh, it does annoy. On Saturday, I returned to London after a week without newspapers. To get my "media fix", I settled down with the “freebies” to get up to date with happenings in Eltham. News Shopper, SE Nine, and the Mercury all provided the necessary
IT IS a sad fact of life many greyhounds applauded on the track meet an untimely end when their racing days are over. The RSPCA believes at the end of their racing careers, all greyhounds – which generally make excellent pets - should have the opportunity
WITH Brands Hatch hosting the FIA World Touring Car and Formula Two Championships this weekend, reporter MICHAEL PURTON went head to head with some of the drivers in a pre-race warm up. On July 9 five WTCC and F2 drivers each led a team
SCOTT Overall won the 5000m in style at the trials for the Great Britain team for the world championships in Birmingham. After being in the lead group for the whole race the Blackheath & Bromley athlete applied the pressure in the latter stages
BLACKHEATH & Bromley Harriers are celebrating after 11 club members being selected for forthcoming international championships. The European Junior Championships take place at Novi Sad in Serbia at the end of the month and five club members
POLICE were forced to move a group of travellers off a car park in Coney Hall yesterday (March 15). The group moved onto land at the old All Saints School in Layhams Road early yesterday morning (July 15). The local safer neighbourhood
CAMPAIGNERS have won their battle to keep London’s oldest swimming baths as a leisure centre. Residents have been fighting to keep the disused Forest Hill Pools, in Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill, as swimming baths since it closed in 2006.
A 19-YEAR-OLD man is recovering after a head-on crash near Pratts Bottom yesterday afternoon (July 15). Police have confirmed this morning (July 16) the teenager’s injuries are not life-threatening despite the serious accident involving his
Jed Hamill of Graham Webb International steers us towards a gorgeous new colour. Love thyself: Don’t feel pressured to cover your curves or try and mask generous proportions. Size zero skinnies are so tedious. Embrace your body and accentuate
BECKENHAM triathlete Nick Kinsey finished first in the over-50 category of the Austria Ironman championships at Klagenfurt in Austria. It was an emphatic success for Kinsey, who not only finished 12 minutes clear of his long-time German rival Tim Rolf
FOUR teenagers have been sent to a young offenders’ institution and another four received referral orders after a fight in Bexleyheath Broadway. The incident took place in February this year, when they were caught on CCTV attacking a small group of
POSTAL workers will be striking again tomorrow in a row over jobs and services. The 24-hour strike will take place across the UK, including London, and will affect all postal services. The Communication Workers Union has accused Royal
BEXLEY councillors have chosen Wilmott Dixon as the preferred bidder to design and built the borough’s two planned new academies. Described as “a momentous decision for Bexley” by council leader Councillor Teresa O’Neill, at last week’s cabinet
THREE law firm workers have been given prison sentences totalling 16 years after a mass immigration fraud. Manager of the the Lewisham branch of Macauley Blackman Solicitors, Frances Enahoro, aged 51, was sentenced to seven years for masterminding
MIDWIFE Jo Watts recently returned from a month volunteering at a clinic in Nigeria. She told reporter MICHAEL PURTON about the trip. On June 7 mother of three Jo returned home from Lagos, where she had been helping in two maternity clinics run by
YOUNG book worms have voted for their favourite book - and decided to back a story about a rescue greyhound. Michael Morpurgo’s Born to Run was named the best book at the 2009 Bromley Children’s Book Awards ceremony, nicknamed the Broscars. Members
STAFF and pupils at a newly formed primary school have celebrated their first term together. Oaklands Primary School hosted musical performances and poetry readings after the successful merger of the former Oaklands infant and junior schools
CIVIC leaders, normally separated by the English Channel, met at a Sidcup school to enjoy some entente cordiale. The mayor of the small French town of Arleux-en-Gohelle, Norbert Grobelny, met Bexley’s deputy mayor Councillor Aileen Beckwith
Thousands of people attended an emergency services day at North Kent Police Station. North Kent police, firefighters, coastguards, ambulance crews and many more services put on displays and interacted with the crowds at the station on Thames Way last
The ‘Green Mafia’ have been out in force again recently, trying to pick our pockets of the last few pennies we have left after twelve years of Labour mismanagement, all in the name of the ‘Green’ cause. Well thank heavens for Professor Ian Plimer
