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  • For effortless chic, get the LOB

    LOB is the latest must-have hair shape of the season. Fashionista’s like Emma Watson and Agyness Deyn rock the urchin and the buzz cut but for many lesser mortals these looks are just a little too leading edge. So, all hail the LOB! It’s fashionable

  • Swanscombe fire photos show thick black smoke from tyre pit

    THIS was the scene when a pit fire spread to a vehicle workshop in Swanscombe on Saturday (May 7). Ten fire engines from Dartford and Gravesend battled the fire at Swanscombe Business Centre, London Road from 5.30pm. Firefighters spent hours battling

  • Concert to raise cash for Dementia UK

    A CONCERT is being held to help raise cash for Dementia UK. Choral director, Miriam Coe, is bringing together more than 90 singers from all over the south east of England to perform Vivaldi's Gloria, Handel's Zadok the Priest and the Hallelujah

  • Cantona kung-fu kick victim sentenced for assault

    The Eagles fan who was famously kung-fu kicked by Eric Cantona has been sentenced for assaulting someone at a children’s football match. Matthew Simmons, 36, of Kynaston Avenue in Thornton Heath, attacked Stuart Cooper in August last year after

  • Sidcup communications business offers the personal touch

    Independent business to business mobile communications specialist Distinct Connections was set up in 1994 by David Russell and offers all major UK Networks. The Sidcup based company promises to offer the best solution for customers having listened

  • The North Downs Run - Kent’s other big day out

    Why run the London Marathon when you can take part in Gravesham’s Big Race. The London Marathon is the running event that many people want to do at least once in their lifetime. However, outside the ‘running circle’, not many local people know that

  • Combe leave it late to beat drop at Canterbury

    WESTCOMBE Park maintained their National League Two status with a close and hard-fought win on the final day of the season at fellow strugglers Canterbury. It was a game which each side had to win if they were to avoid relegation and Combe rose to

  • Road Racing Results

    For those who failed to get into last month’s London Marathon, two other popular marathons took place at the weekend. Two Istead and Ifield Harriers took part in the increasingly popular Halstead Marathon in Essex on Sunday where Jason Beaney finished

  • Parkinson poised to sign Wings deal

    WELLING United captain Jack Parkinson is set to commit himself to the Park View Road side after agreeing terms to stay next season. The highly-rated defender has earned rave reviews after skippering the Wings to within a point of the play-offs and

  • Bromley AV referendum results revealed

    VOTERS took to the polls last Thursday and firmly rejected proposed electoral reforms. Bromley’s electorate was asked whether or not they backed the alternative vote system rather than the current first past the post system. The turnout

  • ON THE BOX: Feeling Blue? Cheer up with Eurovision

    Matthew Jenkin cracks open the bubbly for this year’s 56th Eurovision Song Contest. A ROYAL wedding, two four-day weekends in a row and one of the hottest Aprils on record — it’s like Christmas came early, twice. With the traditional

  • Harriers athlete first in line for Olympic tickets

    By Ben Baker DARTFORD Harrier triple-jumper Jack Fox is hoping for the perfect tuition from world champion Phillips Idowu after being announced as one of the first 500 worldwide to win a pair of tickets to next year’s Olympics. Mr Fox, 20, has secured

  • PUB REVIEW: Lord Hood, 300 Creek Road, Greenwich

    DECOR * (drab and charmless) DRINK *** (adequate choice of beers, wines and spirits) PRICE *** (standard but you definitely don’t get value for money) ATMOSPHERE ** (like a funeral parlour) STAFF **** (friendly and laid back) FOR most people

  • MOVIE REVIEW: Flying Monsters 3D ****

    WITH his boundless passion for the natural world David Attenborough has educated millions. In more four decades of broadcasting there’s no one who manages to convey quiet, understated enthusiasm quite like him. Flying Monsters 3D is a documentary about

  • WELLING: Spring fundraiser for Rob Knox Foundation

    IT was pefect spring weather for strawberries and cream and a tall glass of something refreshing. And the New Cross Turnpike pub in Bellegrove Road, Welling, did not disappoint as it hosted a fundraiser for the Rob Knox Foundation. Other

  • Miss London hopeful needs your votes

    A MODEL needs your vote to make her dreams come true. Naomi Young has appeared in music videos, been pictured in magazines and released a calendar as well as being a member of a recently formed girl band. N-Dubz - Girls

  • Plans to extend DLR welcomed by Lewisham residents

    PLANS to extend the Docklands Light Railway have been welcomed by residents’ groups in Lewisham. Transport for London has put forward proposals for potential stations along an extended DLR route past Lewisham, which could stop at Ladywell, Medusa and

  • Missing 70-year-old woman found safe and well

    A MISSING 70-year-old woman has been found safe and well. Molly Buckingham was last seen by a neighbour on the morning of May 1 walking in Glover Close, Abbey Wood, at around 9am. Police say they found her safe and well in Dorset yesterday

  • NORTH CRAY: Buddhist temple plans for green belt rejected

    PLANS to turn a riding school in the green belt, into a Buddhist religious centre have been rejected by Bexley councillors. Linh Son Hill Buddhist Association wanted to adapt buildings at the North Cray and Sidcup Riding School in Parsonage

  • Ballot for Greenwich Olympics test event opens

    A BALLOT for tickets to this year’s Olympic test events in Greenwich has opened. Equestrian and modern pentathlon events will take place in Greenwich Park from July 4 to July 10. Greenwich Council has 1,000 free tickets available for residents to

  • Former Brownies treasurer found guilty of fraud

    A FORMER Brownies treasurer has been found guilty of fraud relating to almost £5,000 of the group’s funds. Kate Homewood, of Chatham Avenue, Hayes, consistently failed to pay in cash from subscriptions and donations to the 2nd West Wickham

  • Lose weight the easy way

    Now that spring is upon us, I’ve started to panic about shedding the pounds put on over winter, knowing I will want to expose more flesh than I really feel comfortable with. So, I’ve decided to try out the Face & Body Pod’s new weight loss

  • Goldsmiths to charge maximum £9,000 tuition fee

    GOLDSMITHS University has announced it will charge the maximum £9,000 tuition fees for students from next year. The charge will apply to students on all undergraduate and PGCE courses. But the university has tried to soften the blow

  • Freedman: We will live within our means

    CRYSTAL Palace manager Dougie Freedman is adamant he will not risk the club’s financial future to achieve his long-term aims. The Eagles finished the campaign with a disappointing 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest at Selhurst Park on Saturday, having

  • Addicks striker wants fresh faces at Valley

    BRADLEY Wright-Phillips believes Charlton are destined for promotion next season if the club can recruit more players in the summer. Charlton are set for a third successive season in English football's third tier, although Wright-Phillips thinks promotion

  • Woman quits job to volunteer in Uganda

    A 35-YEAR-OLD woman has quit her job to follow her dream of volunteering in Uganda. Elizabeth Bagger, of Horn Park Lane, Lee, will be jetting off to the African country on June 20 leaving behind her nine to five role as a programme manager at a not

  • MOVIE REVIEW: Priest **

    PAUL Bettany loves his religiously-tinged action blockbuster flops. Not content with stinking up the screen with Legion last year (plague of locusts, plague of boils, plague of frogs - fine. Plague of zombies not so much), he returns with the

  • Firefighters tackle Northfleet van fire

    THREE fire crews were called to deal with a burning van in Northfleet this morning (May 9). The call came in just after midnight and the vehicle was well alight when crews from Thames-Side and Swanscombe arrived. They spent around 30

  • Kitten rescued from service pipe

    A KITTEN is safe and sound after being rescued from a service pipe in Sidcup this morning (May 9). The white animal had been stuck in the pipe for about 20 minutes when the firefighters arrived at around 6.30am. They managed to pull

  • Roaring start by B&B Juniors

    Blackheath & Bromley were National Junior Athletic League champions in 2010 and victory in their opening 2011 fixture at Eton suggests it will not be easy for anyone to relieve them of the title. They won the match with 561 points, 26.5 more than

  • Globetrotters

    James Alaka ran the fastest time this year by a Briton outdoors over 200 metres at the UW - WSA Dual meeting at Seattle in Washington USA. The Blackheath & Bromley athlete won his race in 21.00, with the A standard qualifying time for this years World