On my way to Polhill garden centre earlier today I was amazed to see and incredible number of cyclists pumping the pedals. Whether there was something special going on I don't know but all of these cyclists were riding road bikes appearing
Bromley Creative Community (BCC), the non-profit Bromley venture run by creatives for creatives, is hosting a peer-to-peer development session this month (Tuesday 18 May) exclusively for its members (basic and premium). It's a fun, friendly
A HOSPICE is looking for up to 100 more people to take part in its first-ever charity Midnight Walk. St Christopher’s Hospice’s five-mile walk, which is being sponsored by News Shopper, takes place on May 22. It starts and finishes at
A 37-YEAR-OLD man will be cycling from London to Paris to raise money for a hospice which cared for his fiancée’s mother. David Hemmings, a timber merchant, will be starting the four day ride on May 26 from Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
A CHILDREN’S hospice is inviting people to take part in a Green Chain Walk. Demelza Hospice Care for Children will be holding the event on June 20, which starts at Charlton Athletic Football Club in Sparrows Lane, New Eltham. Youngsters from 1st
Millwall held Huddersfield to a scoreless draw in this afternoon’s first leg play-off game at the Galpharm. Manager Kenny Jackett told News Shopper on Thursday this game between two of the division’s top scorers was unlikely to finish without
A NEW mayor says the death of his wife earlier this year has inspired him to make the most of the position. Councillor Bill Lambert, 70, was elected mayor of Gravesham at the annual council meeting on Tuesday (May 11) after serving as deputy
Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice charity collectors will be out in force at Morrisons, the UK’s fourth largest food retailer, this month (Wednesday 19 to Sunday 23 May). Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice has been twinned with the Erith (James
A 37-year-old man from Welling is cycling 500 km from London to Paris to raise money for Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice. David Hemmings, a timber merchant, decided to combine his love of cycling with a physical and mental challenge to raise
CLEANING up a town centre is a sticky business for one council as it removes almost a quarter of a million pieces of chewing gum. Gravesham Council is in the middle of a massive clean up of Gravesend town centre and its Gum Clear team is getting
BEE-KEEPERS have opened their apiary to the public for a series of talks about caring for the insects and producing honey. The Dartford branch of the Kent Bee-keepers Association held the first of its Summer Sessions at its apiary at the Tredegar
THE Met's top cop is to investigate whether newspaper editors should be prosecuted if their titles advertise the services of women who have been forced into prostitution. In an exclusive interview with News Shopper, Met Commissioner Sir Paul
A MUM of twins who died from cancer will leave a legacy of support for other patients refused NHS funding for treatment, her husband says. Nikki Phelps died aged 37 last Tuesday (May 11) just weeks after her Primary Care Trust, NHS West Kent
STEAM engines rolled into town to remember the contribution of a famous inventor. Richard Trevithick, who in 1832 lived at what is now the Royal Victoria and Bull Hotel in Dartford High Street, built the first railway locomotive and helped pave the
Week 3 of the summer season saw O’Connors improve their position at the head of the South London & Kent Pool Alliance with the Royal Oak and Kings Arms leading the lower divisions. In the Elite division O’Connors increased their lead at the top of
Philippa Jameson, Business Manager for NatWest in Beckenham is completing a challenge ride across Iceland to raise money for the British Horse Society welfare Department. The British Horse Society is the largest Equine Charity in the UK and responds
