What is an Academy? The new Schools Academies are publicly funded schools that provide free education independent of local Education Authority control. Academies aim to offer a broad, balanced curriculum to pupils of all abilities, focusing especially
Stand-up Felix Dexter grapples with his multiple personalities long enough to talk to Matthew Jenkin about his latest tour. ONLY a few hundred years ago admitting having several voices in your head would land you in shackles in the nearest
WELLING assistant manager Barry Ashby is backing new keeper Mitchell Walker to be a hit at Park View Road. The Brighton stopper arrived on loan from the Seagulls late last week following the departure of Gareth Stewart to Yeovil and made his
A HEALTH watchdog says vulnerable people will be hit by cuts resulting from what it calls a “panic consultation” by NHS West Kent. Kent and Medway Networks say that the Primary Care Trust’s (PCT) week-long consultation in December resulted
A 26-YEAR-OLD man has been cleared of killing Richard Price, who was beaten to death in an alleyway in Bromley. A jury at the Old Bailey has found Murat Karabeyaz, of Burford Road in Catford, not guilty of manslaughter after a two-week trial
AN 18-YEAR-OLD from West Wickham is celebrating after receiving a top award from Prince Edward at St James’s Palace. Christopher Morris has achieved the Duke of Edinburgh gold award, and the former pupil at Ravens Wood School in Bromley collected
A UKULELE expert is hoping people will pluck up the courage to join him for a play and a sing-song at a pub. Steve Ball, founder of the founder of the Ukulaviators Ukulele Club, is organising a ukulele playing night at the Bull Inn in Main
A PETITION has been launched to save the Maryon Wilson Park animal care centre from closure. If sponsorship for the care centre in Charlton can not be found it will be forced to close, saving Greenwich Council £43,000 a year. The petition
PERHAPS the terrace talk was of Gateshead and of planes, trains and boats because the overall feeling of brooding was occasionally mocked by the handful of Staines supporters at Princes Park last night. Having served one-match bans, Elliot
A MOTORIST held back tears as he described to the Old Bailey the moment he saw Nicholas Pearton stabbed next to his car. Nicholas was stabbed to death aged 16 on May 5 last year after being chased through Home Park Recreation Ground in Sydenham
Before spring brings a new growing season, Lesnes Abbey Conservation Volunteers are looking for help on February 6 to clear invasive plants such as brambles from the glades in Lesnes Abbey Wood. Volunteers should meet next to the information centre by
AN injunction has been granted by the High Court in London preventing a planned two day strike on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) going ahead tomorrow. The strike, voted for by workers from the RMT union, was due to a dispute over working
A GROUP of care homes is joining forces with the wildlife charity RSPB to create wildlife friendly gardens in the homes. During the course of this year the Bupa-owned homes and their residents will be creating communal gardens designed to attract birds
HAIRDRESSING students showcased their styling skills during a catwalk at Bromley College. The college in Rookery Lane in Bromley held its annual hair show, with 35 students styling models and sending them out on the catwalk to show their creations
BROMLEY College welcomed visitors from Holland and Belgium as part of a cultural exchange programme. Representatives from two schools in Holland and one in Belgium visited the college in Rookery Lane, Bromley, as part of the European Union’
A ROLLER disco, bungee trampolines and a bouncy castle will all be on offer at a family fun day next month. The free event at White Oak Leisure Centre, Swanley on Sunday February 6 runs from 11am to 3pm. Families will have the chance
DARTFORD boss Tony Burman admits the FA Trophy draw has not been kind to his side after they were handed an away tie at Gateshead. George Purcell booked the Darts’ place in the hat by scoring the only goal in Saturday’s second round 1-0 success at
A DROP in centre for elderly people has re-opened after being saved from permanent closure. Age Concern Bromley closed the Pop In Parlour in Sussex Road, West Wickham, in November last year because it was no longer financially sustainable.
ORGANISERS celebrating this summer’s royal wedding or planning events in 2012 have just months to let the council know. The Olympics, Paralympics, and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee next year means that public and emergency services must plan ahead
HITHER Green’s 18-hole Green Indoor Mini Golf course has been confirmed as the host course for three BMGA Tour competitions in 2011. The first takes place on February 27 when 16 pairs take to the course for a matchplay tournament. In the summer the
VISITORS Williamsonians struck an early wind-assisted penalty but thereafter Shooters Hill's forward power provided the security needed to clock up an 11th league win. After a driving scrum, Harry Barham ran through for the first try and soon after
A 20-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for nine years after stabbing two teenagers in the space of five minutes in separate random attacks. William James, of Beckenham Road in Beckenham, was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court on Friday (January 14
TONY Durey was the first of the 13 Dartford Harriers to cross the line in the latest meeting of the Kent Fitness League on Sunday. Club president Durey finished 10th overall on a tough course that included a water splash. Results: Tony Durey 10th,
DARTFORD judo star Ben Quilter won gold for the third time in his career at the German Open in Heidelberg. After gold medal wins in Germany in 2010 and 2006, Quilter made his way to the top of the rostrum in the -60kg category once again, by
COUNCIL workers have received a letter instructing them to sign a new contract or be sacked. Greenwich Council has sent the letter to all employees who were served a section 188 notice in October last year. A section 188 notice serves
WITH Charlton’s scheduled match against Southampton on January 29 has been postponed due to the Saints’ involvement in the fourth round of the FA Cup, so the Addicks will instead travel to Rochdale (3pm). This follows a further rearrangement
POLICE have identified rowdy football fans who brawled in bars after a match in Reading against Crystal Palace in September. Supporters threw objects at rival fans in bars around the Reading railway station after the September 11 clash.
A CONTROVERSIAL development could now feature a supermarket and 86-bed hotel if approval is granted. The Grove Market Place scheme was refused permssion by a Greenwich Council planning committee but that decision was overturned on appeal
IN the second of his new online columns, DANIEL GRIGG looks at whether Crystal Palace have made the right choice in appointing Dougie Freedman as George Burley’s replacement. Is Dougie Freedman the man to change things at Crystal Palace?
A 54-YEAR-OLD man who was carrying out work on behalf of Orange was killed in a fall from an office block roof in Bromley yesterday. Armand Meguer was doing maintenance work on the roof of Sun Alliance House, London Road, and fell into the
