DETECTIVES have renewed their appeal for witnesses to a knife attack in Sidcup and have issued an E-fit of a man they would like to interview. Police were called to Main Road, Sidcup, on December 18 at 6.51pm after a 49-year old man was stabbed
BEXLEY’S newest church opened its doors on Saturday and invited everyone in. The Freedom Centre International, based in Peckham, has transformed the former Mecca Bingo Hall in Upper Wickham Lane, Welling, from a vandalised wreck into a church
IT is still the time of year when magic lamps, wicked fairies and impossibly overdressed men masquerading as women take to the stage. It is pantomime season, and Holy Trinity CofE Primary School parents and children will be treading the boards
A COMMUNITY safety project pioneered in Bexley could be in danger because of the coalition government’s funding cuts. The Met Police has confirmed the number of sergeants assigned to work in the safer neighbourhoods policing teams will be halved
AMBITIOUS plans to stage a medieval fair and open air performances of Shakespeare’s Henry V, to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games, are taking shape. The idea was the brainchild of stained glassmaker Hugh Wootton from Albany Park. He
The Vigo man accused of planting a grenade in the wheel arch of his pregnant wife's car today told a court "I will remember that day for the rest of my life." Reservist soldier Nicholas Fabian from Highview told Maidstone Crown Court today
AN OLYMPIC athlete hosted a school awards ceremony to celebrate the students sporting success. British 400m runner Donna Fraser, who came fourth in the 2004 Sydney Olympics, presented the prizes to more than 300 pupils at Hayes School’s
Istead and Ifield Harriers’ runners spread themselves across the county at the weekend taking part in four events. The weekend for some started on Saturday with the Kent Cross Country League races at Swanley. Five took part in the senior men’
TWO men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a Romanian man in Sydenham. Gheorghe Mihai Teodorescu, aged 46, and 51-year-old Marcea Corbu, both of no fixed address, appeared at the Old Bailey on February 14. They are charged
A FOURTH man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Michael Ofori. Mr Ofori, aged 35, was shot in the head in Oslac Road, Catford, on June 23 last year at around 12.15am. A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as
A 49-YEAR-OLD woman has appeared in court following a fire in a Deptford tower block in which two women died. Sandra Clarke, of Marine Tower, Abinger Grove, appeared at Woolwich Crown Court yesterday (February 14) for a preliminary hearing.
GREENWICH residents have the chance to attend a food sampling preview at the new Harvester restaurant at the O2. The restaurant is due to officially open on Tuesday February 22, creating jobs for more than 30 bar, waiting and kitchen staff.
Nicholas Fabian, the reservist soldier accused of booby trapping his pregnant wife's car, has explained to Maidstone Crown Court why he lied during police interviews. Giving evidence, the 33-year-old told the jury that he did not plant a grenade
A SECOND jury has begun to hear the case against a mentally ill woman who is accused of murdering a one eyed alcoholic by setting him on fire in his Catford flat. After being sworn in at the Old Bailey this morning, Judge Roger Chappell explained
POLICE are appealing for information following a road accident on February 12. Officers attended the collision at 11.20am which involved a Silver Ford Focus, on the London bound carriageway of the A2, about a mile from the junction with the A227. Police
A POLICE helicopter helped officers catch three suspects after an attempted burglary in Petts Wood this morning. Officers from Bromley police were called to a house in Prescott Avenue at 10.44am, following reports of three male youths trying
Police were called to a road incident this morning (15 February) after a car overturned on the A2. The accident happened at 8.20am on the A2 Londonbound at Gravesend ending in the outside lane, just after the Esso garage. Kent Fire and
BRADLEY Wright-Phillips became only the sixth player in Charlton’s history to score in his first three games for the club when he netted in Saturday’s dramatic victory against Peterborough United. The other five players are Ralph Allen, Allan Simonsen
A FAMILY had to flee their house in New Cross after a fire started in their kitchen. The mother and her two children escaped from the home in Waller Road unscathed but the woman’s husband had to be treated for smoke inhalation. Firefighters
REMAINING tenants on the Ferrier estate will be hit with possession orders this month. The Kidbrooke estate is due to be emptied by October under a £1bn scheme by developer Berkeley Homes and Greenwich Council to demolish and rebuild it.
