IF the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton, then the Wealdstone ‘catch-em-cold’ tactics used from the off by the visitors were devised on the training pitch at Wealdstone. No game in living memory had a more torrid start
CHARLIE Mitten’s goalkeeping and the ineptitude of the officials provided most of the high and low points in the goalless draw between Welling United and Braintree Town on Saturday. Mitten’s heroics kept the Wings in the game, but how Mr Rock
DOGS and their owners are being asked to take part in a sponsored walk for the RSPCA. The branch of the charity covering north Kent is holding the event at Shorne Woods Country Park, in Brewers Road, Gravesend, from 2pm to 4pm on September
THE chairman of a school parents’ association, nicknamed Bargain Bev, has scooped a windfall for the school in a store dash. Teaching assistant Beverley Wilkinson, 42, chairs the parents’ group at Longlands Primary School, in Woodside Road, Sidcup,
CHARLTON cruised to a record-breaking fifth win out of five opening league games with an emphatic victory over Tranmere at Prenton Park. Two first-half goals in as many minutes from Lloyd Sam and Jose Semedo caused the hosts to be booed off
STARTING secondary school can sometimes be a daunting prospect but a series of summer activities for youngsters have helped to soften the blow. Bromley Council’s Moving On to Secondary School scheme saw 350 children visit The Priory School
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a church on part of an electricity sub-station site have been deferred by councillors. The proposal by the Jehovah's Witnesses to build a single storey church in St John's Road, Sidcup, ,just off the High Street, went before
A NEW riverside cafe has been opened by Bexley Council in the revamped Waterside Gardens in Crayford. The council had chosen a private company to run the cafe, called Willows, but economic circumstances forced it to pull out. Bexley
Ghosts might be the stuff of make believe, but north Kent has a few spooky tales of its own. DAVID MILLS looks at the area’s haunted history. FROM a headless apparition to poltergeists driving families from their homes, there are plenty of
A GROUP of young volunteers has screened a film about knife crime. The 30 youngsters from across Lewisham and Greenwich made a movie called One Choice in the wake of a spate of stabbings in south-east London last year. It follows the
