THE boss of a kitchen company now banned from being a director is still being accused of taking customers’ cash but not providing their kitchens. Clive Smith, also known as Clifford Smith, failed to attend court when the order was made banning
When my wife-to-be moved in with me, one of her daughters took up the residency of the family home while it sat on the for sale boards (and got precisely nowhere - thank you, you financial pocket-liners). Because she's a sweetly honest person my wife
A 25-YEAR-OLD “unwitting stranger” was stabbed to death after an “angry and frustrated” man attacked him following a night out in Greenwich, the Old Bailey has heard. Today prosecutors opened their case at the trial of 28-year-old Michael Bowden
IF YOU love singing, playing a musical instrument, making props and costumes or even baking cakes, the Blackheath Halls Community Opera needs you. Following the huge success of last year’s production of Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice, the Halls’ much
Coolings in Knockholt has been voted favourite garden centre in a national consumer survey by Which?. The research from Which? Gardening found shoppers should avoid big-name stores when buying for the garden, with large independent garden centres
FOLLOWING a triumphant run at the London International Mime Festival in January, impressively agile female trio Mimbre bring their new work Until Now to the Laban Theatre in Deptford. Rooted in a timeless and peculiar world Until Now is an
A TEENAGER appeared in court today (April 7) charged with murdering a 15-year-old boy at Victoria Tube station. Student Victoria Bukky Osoteku, 18, is accused of taking part in a knife attack on Sofyen Belamouadden on March 25. Aspiring
PAUL Nicholas will be returning to the role he made famous playing the Pirate King in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirate's Of Penzance. The classic comic opera includes orphaned pirates, flat-footed policemen and a bevy of blushing beauties - the daughters
RESIDENTS of a controversial prefab estate have won the right to a vote on the future of their homes. People from Catford’s Excalibur estate have divided opinions about what should happen to the properties. Homes were likely to be demolished
Hula hooping classes have been springing up across the country as a new fitness workout. Reporter KELLY SMALE speaks to instructor Michelle James who runs Hoopblast. HULA hooping is no longer just a children’s activity in the playground but
FORMER Gravesend & Northfleet FC skipper Bruce Sewell has died aged 40 following a five-year battle against motor neurone disease. Sewell, who leaves behind a wife and two young sons, made 56 appearances for the Fleet between 1998 and 2000
T.REXTASY and Aladdinsane, two of the UK’s foremost glam rock tributes are joining forces to present an unforgettable show at The Orchard theatre in Dartford this month. T.Rextasy are the only band to have been authorised and endorsed by T-Rex
POLICE officers and an RSPCA inspector swooped on a bungalow in St Mary Cray this morning, seizing several birds including a cockerel. The police had a warrant to search the property in Ethelbert Road after reports chickens were being
CELEBRATING 50 years of the Fab Four, The Magic Of The Beatles will have fans twisting and shouting at the Indig02 next Thursday. The authoritative Beatles live concert is a two-hour spectacular featuring superb costumes and a cast of skilled musicians
CONSIDERED by many to be the gold standard in movie musicals, The Broadway Studio hopes to make a splash with an exciting stage adaptation of Singin' In The Rain. Set in a time when silent movies are being replaced by so-called talkies, Singin
DOUBLE Laurence Olivier Award-winner Janie Dee will star with Aden Gillett and Robert Portal in a dazzling revival of the 1950s smash hit comedy The Little Hut at Greenwich Theatre this month. Adapted by Nancy Mitford from the French by André Roussin
Satirical cabaret trio Fascinating Aida have split more times than the Sugababes. Founding member Dillie Keane tells MATTHEW JENKIN what keeps bringing the group back together. BREAKING up is hard to do and comedian Dillie Keane is no stranger
In this week's Reader Rant opinion column P Cridland from Bromley complains about the menace of chewing gum and calls for the sticky stuff to be banned. Read the article and join the debate by adding your comments. I HAVE a problem with
Technology is constantly evolving within the games industry, exploring new and more creative methods of gaming. Bluewater apprentices Ruden Bhutia and Katie Barnard look at how this current technology is attracting a much wider audience. Sega has just
LAST week's winning numbers in the Greenwich and Bexley Cottage Hospice lottery. The Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice lottery provides a great way for people to donate to the hospice and at the same time have the chance of winning a top prize
AN EPILEPTIC man from Dartford who went missing without his medication for almost a fortnight has been found safe and well in Woolwich. Terry Banham, aged 47, of Churchill Close was last seen on March 20 near Northfleet. Following an
A DARING couple admit they are a “pair of April fools” after choosing to spend the next two years pedalling through some of the most volatile countries in the world. As part of an outlandish mid-life crisis, Roger Darling and Dee Sims have
ACTION film legend Steven Seagal has been working as a real-life police sheriff in the US for the past 20 years – a fact which, must like the majority of his movie output, has gone unnoticed by the public. But now in hard-hitting reality show Steven
GORDON Brown and David Cameron are squaring up for their final Commons clash before the General Election. The last Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) before the dissolution of parliament on Monday (April 12) is set to be a brutal exchange as
FIFTY people had to be evacuated from their homes as a fire raged at a school in New Cross. Staff and contractors at Haberdashers Aske’s Hatcham Temple Grove School were also evacuated as flames tore through the building. The roof and
