Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch devices are clearly providing a great platform for ingenuity and innovation in games. Many games in the App Store look absolutely crazy in theory but then work marvellously in practice. One of the recent trends in creativity
The iTunes App Store offers many great features to game players on the iPhone and iPod Touch. One of my favourite features is how it allows for rapid price changes. This can occasionally lead to getting burned when you’ve paid full whack for a game,
PREMIER League Darts will make its debut at The O2 Arena in Greenwich for the 2010 tournament in one of 15 thrilling nights of darts staged across the UK. More than 75,000 fans saw the 2009 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts, completing
THE smiling winner of News Shopper's Child of the Year competition has been presented with his prizes. Yusuf Agdemir, from Orpington, was declared 2009 champion after a month-long final during which hundreds of votes were cast for the 10 hopefuls. Five-month-old
CHARLTON Park RFC has been awarded the RFU's youth 'Seal of Approval' accreditation for the standard of its provision of rugby for young players. The RFU introduced the Seal of Approval programme in 2002 to recognise clubs in reaching the standards
BLACKHEATH & Greenwich Bowls Club won the NW Kent Division One title at the first attempt after a 4-2 (29-28 shots) win against Petts Wood. Sidcup were also in with a chance of the championship but needed to score one more point than B&G. However,
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a partially-sighted elderly man was robbed of a necklace which was a present from his late wife. The 75-year-old was walking from Southend Road along Brackley Road in Beckenham at around 2.30pm on August
A COUPLE have had a sparkling time celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary. Brenda and Brian Palmer of Selstead Road, Orpington, reached their 60th wedding anniversary on August 20. The couple went to infant school together and
In the second entertaining and interesting tussle in a week at Oakwood, the Vickers may feel that this is two points dropped rather than a point gained as the game seemed to be heading for another win for the Ryman League new boys. The game
A FARMING family feared they were going to be executed as they were marched from their beds at gunpoint and forced to open their safe. Armed men wearing hooded tops and balaclavas stormed into the farmhouse at Cottage Farm, Cacket’s Lane, Cudham
A FARM owner has hit back at criticism of her decision to rent a field to gypsies, saying the complaints are racist. Last week Beverley Smit rented one field of her 50 acre home, Cranbourne Farm in Sole Street, to a travelling pentecostal gypsy
THE OWNER of a cat shot by an airgun is worried a small child may be targeted next. Sally Wright, of Pendennis Road, Orpington, had to rush her young cat Frankie for an emergency operation on August 19 after she was shot in the right shoulder
The credit crunch has hit hard and being only 14 I have a limited understanding of how it all began. All I knew it had something to do with bankers and Gordon Brown blamed it all on the last chancellor. I do know that it has hit the retail industry
Work experience. Two words that can strike fear into the heart of any young person. Any young person nearing the age where work experience is compulsory, that is. I had been looking forward to my work experience. What was not to like, I thought. A week
A PLANNING application has been submitted to change the former Petts Wood branch of Woolworths. The application has been sent to Bromley Council to alter the building in Chatsworth Parade, Petts Wood. It has been sent in by Mr Ali, who
Are you looking for a great outdoor event this summer? Why not come along and enjoy BBC Proms in the Park on Saturday, September 12 in Hyde Park. The BBC Proms in the Park events are supported by NS&I (National Savings and Investments).
CHARLTON new boy Miguel Llera couldn’t be happier with his first few games with the club – at both ends of the pitch. The Spanish centre-back, 30, already has two goals to his name this season and introduced the Addicks fans to his free-kick taking
The winners of the competition were: Hayley Faulkner, Eltham; Barbara Hickey, Chislehurst; Miss K Williams, Crayford; C Somerville, Beckenham; Miss S Denniss, Forest Hill.
Family life is all about routine. From the time the alarm clock sounds in the morning, children and parents alike across the country will be working their five-a-day into their diet and scheduling in sports to keep them fit and healthy.
ANDY Gray’s departure from Charlton to Barnsley was in the club’s best interests, according to Addicks boss Phil Parkinson. The veteran striker had been linked with a move to Oakwell all summer, with uncertainties surrounding a potential takeover
PHIL Parkinson believes this season could be a new dawn for Academy graduate Scott Wagstaff after 18 months of false starts. Parky brought the 19-year-old winger on against Walsall on Saturday in the 68th minute and Wagstaff responded with his first
WHEATSHEAF Park was the venue for Welling United’s first ever league visit to Staines Town following the hosts’ promotion from the Ryman Premier. All the early chances went the way of the home team and it came as no surprise when they went
A DRIVER has been left with serious injuries after a collision with a police car. The incident happened in Shooters Hill Road, Woolwich, at around noon on Saturday (Aug 22) while the police car was responding to an emergency call. An
TWO trips to the coast in five days for Darts have yielded six points and a goal tally of seven to one. For those who made a day of it, Darts’ win over Hastings United was the filling in a succulent sandwich. Electing to - or being asked
SELDOM do you expect classic rugby in a pre-season friendly and, bar one or two moments, that's not what was in evidence here. Unforced handling errors and penalties abounded as players shook off the dust gathered over the summer months and
SOLICITORS are being encouraged to get involved with a charity campaign. Will Aid involves nine charities, helping people to make a will while at the same time raising money for good causes. The campaign sees solicitors volunteering
A GUITAR enthusiast returned from holiday to find thieves had stolen his collection of expensive instruments worth thousands of pounds. David Turner says he was 15 years old when he bought his first guitar, and more than 30 years on he has
A BOROUGH’S recycling rate is “falling through the floor”, it has been claimed. Lewisham Council has set targets to reduce the amount of household waste produced to 62.83kg per household. But figures for April appear to show that increased
A FRAUDSTER who organised charity events and then withheld more than £8,000 of proceeds has been given a suspended prison sentence. Gary Ferris, from Ashford, organised race nights at clubs and pubs claiming he was raising money for Hopes & Dreams
