A CAREER burglar released on licence from prison just three months ago is back behind bars after another stealing spree. Terry Jocham, aged 36, of Silver Spring Close, Erith, had been released from prison on licence in May, after serving half
A 24-YEAR-OLD man has been banned from owning horses after he allowed one in his care to become so ill it had to be put down. Abraham Rossiter, of Beechwood Drive, Meopham, was given a five-year ban and ordered to carry out 18 months' community service
HUNDREDS of holidaymakers were stuck in the Channel Tunnel for around six hours when a train broke down. Around 500 passengers were trapped in sweltering heat on Tuesday evening while they waited for the faulty train to be towed away. It is thought
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THERE is something cold and unnerving about the word vagina. I don’t know what it is, but it goes hand in hand with the word moist, syphilis and deadline. Perhaps it is my lack of one that causes me to cover my ears at the mere mention
THE wait is over for nervous school-leavers after hundreds of teenagers picked up their GCSE results today (August 27). Langley Park School for Girls in Beckenham saw its 238 GCSE students achieve a 99.8 per cent pass rate, with 31.4 per cent
TEENAGERS across north Kent are celebrating after receiving their GCSE results. Cobham Hall School in Cobham saw their best ever results, with 97 per cent of students achieve five or more A* to C passes. Headmaster, Paul Mitchell, said
PROTESTORS who set up camp on Blackheath have been slammed by councillors. The location of Climate Camp had been kept secret until the first campers arrived by bike yesterday afternoon (Aug 26) as protestors claimed they did not trust the police
NURSES and firemen will take to the streets in a bed-push to raise money for charity. Firefighters from Woolwich fire station will dress as nurses and join staff from Greenwich and Bexley Cottage Hospice who will be dressed as firemen. The team
A MAN who died after falling from a bridge near Belvedere railway station last week has been named. He was Hardeep Manak, aged 29, of Belvedere. British Transport Police were called Belvedere at 10.14am on August 19 after reports of a man lying injured
PEOPLE entitled to compensation from electricity company EDF Energy can get help to make their claim at two more events in the coming week. Bexley Council is drafting in staff to Have A Say and play events organised by the council, to assist
ALLEGED racist abuse by fans during Tuesday’s West Ham v Millwall football match has been condemned by the clubs. There have been allegations that some fans made monkey chants at both West Ham’s Carlton Cole and Millwall's Jason Price.
IT WAS fun with a nature theme as children aged from four to 11 enjoyed a summer activity day. Organised by St John the Evangelist Church in Church Road, Sidcup, and held in the church hall, the event is an annual summer holiday attraction.
A FEUD between a council and a campaign group has come to a head - literally. Urban Gravesham has superimposed the head of Gravesham Council leader Councillor Mike Snelling onto the body of a builder poised to tear up St Andrew’s Gardens
A FOURTH person has appeared in court charged with the murder of 41-year-old Ian Jones. Justin Barnett, aged 21, of Bargrove Crescent, Catford, appeared at Sutton Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Aug 26). Mr Jones’s body was found by police
PLANS to demolish a famous market, replacing it with modern buildings and a hotel have been turned down. Critics at a planning meeting compared the proposals for Greenwich Market to Greenhithe’s Bluewater shopping centre and said it was destroying
TEENAGERS have scored record GCSEs results again, with two-thirds of exams awarded a good grade. But there was a drop in the number of English entries being awarded at least a C, and the number of pupils taking a foreign language continued its steady
A MOTORIST had to be cut out of their car after a collision in Orpington last night. The accident involving a Peugeot and a Ford Escort happened in Sevenoaks Road at around 9.45pm. Firefighters used cutting equipment to get the man out of
IT WAS the last chance to see the Victorian sewage works at Crossness before a major revamp, and more than 1,000 people could not resist the temptation. The Crossness Engines Industrial Museum in Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood, held its last open
On 6 September, the Blackheath & Bromley men's Masters team will be at Ashford, in defence of one of the most hotly contested and prestigious titles in Masters athletics - the Southern Counties Masters League trophy. The team were 2007 and 2008 champions
A FLYING club has celebrated its 50th birthday. Alouette Flying Club is now based at Biggin Hill Airport but was founded at Croydon Airport in 1959 by Don Perch and Frank Lawson. Club members celebrated the landmark with a party and
Blackheath & Bromley completed a hat trick of promotions this season by finishing second in their final British League match of the season at Kingston. With the women already promoted to Division One of the UK Womens League and the men going up in the
A RESIDENTS’ group has organised a two-week schedule of celebrations to help mark its 75th anniversary. The first ever Chislehurst Festival has been organised by the Chislehurst Society and celebrations will include bell ringing and singing
Montell Douglas was part of the Great Britain 4x100 metre relay team who finished in 6th place at the World Championships in Berlin. The Blackheath & Bromley athlete ran on leg two in both the heat and the final. In the heat she struggled to collect
THE number of parking and bus lane fines handed out to drivers has fallen in the last financial year, according to London Councils. Figures from the organisation representing the capital’s local authorities show 80,512 penalty charge notices
A CHARITY has launched a new online service offering visitors the chance to monitor their health and well-being. The free Myhealth MOT calculator has been set up by Bromley Mytime and asks a series of question about physical activity, height
Imagine you are unexpectedly thrust into the limelight, in front of a potential audience of thousands. That is what happened to Paul Speller when he won a place on the Trafalgar Square plinth. How did he fare? LINDA PIPER finds out. IT WAS
CHAMPIONSHIP football stars will be signing autographs and posing for photos during a footie roadshow in a shopping centre. Crystal Palace Football Club will be visiting the Glades shopping centre on Saturday (September 5) from 9am, laying
