TEACHERS, parents, pensioners and activists are all set to join a day of direct action across the borough next month as the protests against council cuts move to a critical stage. Called Lewisham Carnival Against the Cuts, it will take place
FOUR students gave up technology for three days in an experiment to assess its impact on their lives. Victoria Juergensen, 16, Anna Guggenbuehl, 15, Maxi Wolf, 16 and Lise-Elen Meyering, 17 did not use microwaves, toasters, phones, computers
CHRIS Powell gave his first press conference as Charlton manager today and believes the only way is forward for the Addicks. The former left-back, who played at the club over three spells, is delighted to be back home and can’t wait to get started.
STAFF at Southeastern, which provides train services between London and north Kent, have voted in favour of strike action in response to job cuts. Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union voted in a ballot after cuts to platform and
A 28-year-old man has admitted to illegally claiming more than £1,200 in benefit. Stuart Clarke, from Bazes Shaw, New Ash Green, pleaded guilty at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court on January 10 to claiming £975 in housing benefit and £315.54 in council
KING Herod’s slaughter of baby boys and paranoia were symptoms of a brain disease, according to author Dr Adam Bradford. In his new book, According To Matthew, Dr Bradford of Langton Way, Blackheath claims that King Herod was suffering from cerebral
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL has agreed to shut one care home temporarily and another permanently, leaving only one council-run home in north Kent for the next two years. Graham Gibbens, KCC Cabinet member for adult social services, agreed to the closures
FOOTBALL'S gods teased Dartford with this easy-looking tie, then tormented them with selection problems for manager Tony Burman. Shorn of captain Elliot Bradbrook, Joe Bruce and James White through suspensions, Darts were unable to field on-loan
A RETIRED man was shocked when he opened his front door to find his front wall had collapsed overnight. Sixty-three-year-old Abnash Taack, of Wrotham Road, Gravesend, woke up at 4am on Saturday January 8 when he heard a loud bang. But
FIREFIGHTERS were called after a motorbike caught fire while a man was working on it in Biggin Hill last night. The owner called 999 at around 9pm and it took fire crews around 15 minutes to deal with the incident in a garage in Swievelands
DERELICT toilets in Crystal Palace Park were set on fire last night (January 16). Firefighters were called to the scene at around 7.10pm yesterday and donned breathing apparatus to go inside to fight the fire. They were there for around
A MUM whose son’s murder remains unsolved has called for people to stand up against a website urging witnesses to ‘stop snitching’. Flyers started appearing last week at a Peckham estate where 17-year-old Sylvester Akapalara was gunned down
Beckenham produced a dogged second half performance to hold on for a four-point victory against an extremely useful Cobham side that threatened to take the points right up to the final whistle. Playing down the slope and with whatever advantage was
JEWELLERS F Hinds at the Walnuts Shopping Centre in Orpington and News Shopper are offering one lucky reader the chance to win a diamond necklace worth £600. The beautiful necklace is made of 14 carat white gold and features an 18-inch chain
AFTER four months, 16 pubs and enough booze to make even Amy Winehouse queasy and rushing back to rehab, we’ve come to the end of the road for the PubSpy’s monthly crawls. So it was with a fulsome tear in my eye that I hopped on a train to
A REVIEW of the care offered to to stroke sufferers in Bexley has rated it worse than in most other areas of the country. Independent regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) looked at the services being offered in 2010, to stroke victims
A WITNESS in the Nicholas Pearton murder trial has told the jury he saw a group of boys with two knives shout “I'm gonna stab you” at the victim. Nicholas was stabbed to death aged 16 on May 5 last year after being chased through Home Park
WESTCOMBE Park went down to defeat at Henley on Saturday after being blown away by the hosts at the start of the second half. Henley scored a trio of tries in quick succession just after the restart, all without reply, and these were good enough to
FIREFIGHTERS had to cut two drivers out of their cars after a crash in Fawkham near Longfield. Crews were called to the scene in Valley Road at around 6.20pm on Saturday evening and spent around an hour freeing the man and woman from their
MILLWALL boss Kenny Jackett is facing a defensive crisis as Darren Ward and Tony Craig both limped out of Saturday’s 2-1 win over Ipswich Town. The Lions could be without any recognised central defenders for the trip to Leicester City next weekend
BROMLEY lost back-to-back home fixtures when they went down to a late Basingstoke Town goal at Hayes Lane on Saturday. Basingstoke completed a league double over their hosts, having inflicted Bromley’s first Conference South defeat of the season
A CHEMICAL incident which saw 11 people evacuated from their homes last night (January 16) is being blamed on chilli being cooked. Some of the people living in a three storey building in Sydenham Avenue, Sydenham, were coughing and spluttering
STROKE care is a postcode lottery and Bromley people do not have the winning ticket, according to a recently released report. A major review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on stroke care has found Bromley is one of the least well performing
A BIKER is critically ill in hospital after being hit by a car on the A20 near Swanley yesterday (January 16). He was riding a silver Honda motorcycle on the coastbound carriageway between the junctions for Crittalls Corner and the M25, near
The indoor season is now getting into full swing and Blackheath & Bromley athletes picked up their first medals of the campaign at the first part of the South of England Championships at Lee Valley. Best event for the Club was the under 17 womens 300
Cray missed the chance to go second in the Ryman Premier table when a below-par display saw them lose 2-1 at home to AFC Hornchurch on Sunday. Slow-starting Cray found Hornchurch at their throats straight from the kick-off, forcing a series
