CRYSTAL Palace supporters are being given the chance to quiz Dougie Freedman and the club’s owners at the end of the season. A fans’ forum will be held on May 23 in a marquee on the Selhurst Park pitch where the management team of Freedman, Lennie
Matthew Jenkin has a rabbit and pork with rockney duo Chas ‘n’ Dave. IF YOU asked me to draw up a list of famous cockneys, Michael Caine, the Kray twins and, er, Danny Dyer would place somewhere in the top ten. But if you asked me to choose
DAREDEVILS are invited to take part in the UK’s highest abseil and raise money for a hospice. Harris HospisCare, based in Tregony Road, Orpington, has 10 spaces left for the abseil down the 469ft tower of Guy’s Hospital in central London on
Now that Spring is fast approaching, if you’re like me I start panicking about shedding the pounds I have put on over the winter months because soon I know I will want to expose more flesh than I feel comfortable with. Hence, I am trying out The
BECKENHAM Town are set to make their first appearance in the quarter-finals of the London Senior Cup later this month when they entertain Conference big guns AFC Wimbledon. The Kent League outfit know victory over a Dons side battling to win
FOUR long-serving members of a Lions club have received awards for their services at an annual dinner. The Northfleet and Ebbsfleet Lions Club celebrated its 38th annual charter dinner dance at the Manor Hotel, Singlewell, Gravesend.
BROMLEY only have themselves to blame for not returning home from Eastleigh on Tuesday evening with a victory under their belts, as a much improved performance deserved better than a 1-0 defeat. Their failure to hit the target again was their
A SERIAL escaper who was stopped by a rugby-tackling judge is facing a life sentence. Paul Reid changed his plea to guilty to two escape charges just an hour before he was due to face Judge Douglas Marks Moore in court again. The judge
A BENEFIT cheat who defrauded £40,000 has been ordered to pay back the money she stole. Yvonne Martin, of Besson Street, New Cross, began claiming income support, housing benefit and council tax benefits in 2007, claiming she only had £200
THE government is to act to stop large scale solar energy “farms” from using up money aimed at helping people who want to save on domestic energy. Started under the previous Labour administration, the scheme offers cash subsidies to people
IN an effort to boost the borough’s recycling rates, already the highest in London, Bexley Council is always on the lookout for new ways to reuse or recycle rubbish. People can now recyce their unwanted chipboard, MDF and plywood at the
A FOOD warehouse has been fined £1,000 for breaching health and safety legislation. Topmost Food Ltd, based on the Woolwich Arsenal site, pleaded guilty at Woolwich Magistrates Court on February 28 to offences under the Health and Safety at
An elderly victim of a man dubbed the Night Stalker said "oh hello, we meet again," believing him to be the same man that burgled him a month earlier, a jury heard today. Delroy Grant, of Brockley Mews, Brockley, is accused of a string of sex
HOLY Trinity School in Gravesend won the annual Fleet Cup on Tuesday after beating Hextable 1-0 in the final. With an entry of 16 school teams and more than 150 girls and boys participating throughout the day, the contest proved to be an excellent
ORGANISATIONS and businesses are being invited to promote their services at a Forest Hill festival. Forest Hill School, in Dacres Road, will be hosting Forest Fest on July 2 from noon to 5pm. Live music, dance, drama performances and
A TEAM from Bexleyheath Golf Club won the Emercourt Trophy at Littlestone GC this week. The six-strong Bexleyheath contingent beat last year’s winners Wrotham Heath by four points to claim the title in an event which attracted 140 players from 36 clubs
Whitbread have announced plans to open a new hotel and restaurant development in Swanley, bringing a total of 56 new jobs to the local area. The new Beefeater Grill restaurant and Premier Inn hotel will be opening on London Road in April, injecting
DARTFORD made light work of Whitstable Town in the Kent Cup last night. Deren Ibrahim, Ryan Hayes and Adam Burchell all made starts as Darts were invited to attack the Academy End on a chilly evening. The game was over as a contest soon after
A FORMER Colfe’s student did his old school proud last week when he made his debut for Arsenal in the FA Cup. Conor Henderson was handed a first start by Gunners boss Arsene Wenger in last Wednesday’s FA Cup replay with Leyton Orient and played
STEVE Morison was delighted to end his goal drought by netting the opener in the Lions’ 2-0 home win over league leaders QPR last night. The striker had gone six games without a goal before the visit of Millwall’s London rivals but took his
A 45-YEAR-OLD woman has appeared in court accused of the murder of Pat Jobson. Karen Williamson, of Rangefield Road, Downham, appeared at Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court yesterday. She was remanded in custody and is set to appear
Today is National No Smoking Day with anti-smoking campaigners and doctors around the country encouraging smokers to quit the habit. In a move to discourage smoking in young people and to lift the falling numbers of people giving up, the government
A MANHUNT has been launched after a 23-year-old knife attacker breached the terms of his early prison release. Bromley police are searching for Christopher Edwards, who was released from HMP Wayland in June last year after being jailed for
GRAVESHAM’s community heroes are set to be celebrated once again as nominations open for the Pride of Gravesham awards. Nominations for the awards, for people who make a difference to the lives of people through a voluntary contribution, will
THE parents of a 17-month-old disabled boy are less than £4,000 away from raising enough money to buy him a powered wheelchair. Charlie Bolton, of Haydens Close, Orpington, has spinal muscular atrophy type two, and cannot crawl, kneel, stand
YOU would have thought that aliens would have learned their lesson by now. Why when invading earth do they pick on America first, the largest stockpile of armaments in the world? Battle: Los Angeles features a bunch of pressure-cooker headed
POLICE are appealing for information following an attack on a train driver which left him with a 12cm cut to his head. The 51-year-old victim from Bexleyheath had stopped his train at Grove Park railway station on February 14 at 10.22am.
Kevin Bryan reviews the latest album releases, from Bavarian singer Claudia Brucken to singer/guitarist Miller Anderson. Claudia Brucken: Combined **** THIS distinctive Bavarian singer has never been the most prolific of performers,
ELECTRIC car owners can now park up for free and recharge their vehicles at five locations in Greenwich. Greenwich Council’s elektrobays have two charging points and can be used for up to four hours or for an unlimited time outside the permitted
A COUNCIL candidate who posted offensive Twitter comments about the blind has resigned from an election race. Ray Parker, who was running as Labour's candidate for Northfleet North in May's local elections, called time on his campaign yesterday
GREENWICH bands Squeeze and Status Quo will join Mark Ronson and the Business International in headlining this year's Summer Sessions musical festival at the Old Royal Naval College. After the success of last year's inaugural event, the eclectic
BEXLEY’S hugely popular competition to find the borough’s best young musical talent launches this week, with an added twist. BeXfactor, funded by Youth Music, offers the chance for 13 to 19-year-olds who sing or play a musical instrument to
A CAR was completely destroyed after being torched by arsonists in Northfleet last night. Firefighters were called to deal with the flaming Citroen Synergy at around 11.30pm but they could not stop the fire from destroying the vehicle.
A MOTORCYCLIST filmed doing wheelies on a motorway before riding off at speeds of nearly 150mph has been given a suspended jail sentence. Danny Bleach, aged 37, from Coleman Road, Belvedere, was riding along a stretch of the busy coastbound
Cray's interest in the London Senior Cup came to an end when Tooting netted two goals in a minute, midway through the first half of Tuesday night's quarter-final. Tooting's two-goal salvo from Jason Henry and Tyrone Sealey came against the
Hints and tips of the most common photographic software package, Photoshop, were shown to the Orpington Photographic Society's regular Tuesday meeting at The Small Hall, Christ Church, Charterhouse Road, Orpington, by committee member, Peter Humphrey
