A MISSING 45-year-old woman from Catford has been found safe and well. Sarah Jane Williams of Oakshade Road, Catford went missing on May 9 at approximately 10.30am. Police appealed for information into her disappearance yesterday.
A TEENAGER who bragged in front of train passengers about carrying a live gun has been jailed for three years. Mitchell Woods, aged 17, was arrested by Kent Police armed response officers when the London-bound train was stopped in Higham, Gravesham
POLICE are appealing for information after a man was punched in the face as he ate outside a KFC branch. A 36-year-old from London was sitting with his family in the Wintergarden food court, Bluewater, when he was verbally abused and punched by another
ORGANISERS are hoping their annual summer festival will be the most exciting yet. Last year’s Forest Fest attracted more than 4,000 people and highlights this year include a writer’s workshop with Bafta-winning playwright Roy Williams plus a performance
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was stabbed in Brockley. They were called at about 6pm on May 11, to reports of a disturbance involving around 20 youths in Dundalk Road. Officers and paramedics attended the scene
POLICE are appealing for help tracing a missing woman from Beckenham. Lisa Whitehead, of Kent House Lane, was last seen at 9am on Tuesday at her parents’ house in Bromley. The 33-year-old, is white, 5ft 4in tall, of medium build with shoulder length
A 27-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a pensioner in his home in Downham. Andrew Monk, of Abergeldie Road, Eltham, was arrested in connection with the enquiry yesterday. He appeared at Greenwich Magistrates
A STUDENT who died following an horrific gang attack will have his 21st birthday marked next week. Johnson Ndjoli died last year, after eight months in a coma following an attack in New Cross which saw him runover, shot and stabbed.
BUSINESS is flourishing in Bromley after the number of small companies starting up in the borough increased by more than seven per cent during the first quarter of this year. According to the latest data from BankSearch, 854 businesses were
JADE Shackcloth was just three years old when her father spotted a ‘tiny white dot’ in her eye. He took her straight to the doctor and, within days, she had been diagnosed with retinoblastoma and her left eye had been removed. Jade,
RAIL users, politicians and councillors are united in their fury at proposals by Southeastern to slash services during the Olympics. The proposed weekday changes will operate from July 28 to August 12 and include the complete closure of Woolwich
A TRAINEE painter and decorator has brushed off the opposition to reach the finals of a national apprenticeship contest. Aron Baker, 19,from Welling gave other trainees and apprentices a pasting at the regional heats of the Dulux Centres’ Apprentice
NEWS Shopper has received reports of a serious incident last night near Brockley Station. It is believed a fight may have broken out in Dundalk Road between some young people, leading to one or more of them being stabbed. The road was
DARTFORD Cricket Club began the new campaign with an entertaining draw at Orpington. Having won the toss and opted to bat first, Darts had an early setback when Adam Clarke was ran out without scoring. Captain Jay Dassrath (55) and Garry Cook (36)
A BOATING enthusiast from Bromley has been selected to represent Great Britain in the senior mixed crew at the IDBF dragon boat world championship in Florida. Peter Li secured his place for the August event in Tampa after a timed run in a single
A BROTHEL has been uncovered in the safest ward in London. Suspicions from neighbours in Darwin led police to a ground floor flat advertising itself as Honeys, in Cleave Avenue, off Cocksett Avenue, Farnborough. Officers found three
SICKNESS absence increased slightly last year despite a Government drive to replace sick notes with "fit notes", new research has shown. The UK economy lost 190 million working days to absence last year, with each employee taking an average
A 27-YEAR-OLD man is due in court this morning (May 12) accused of murdering a pensioner in his home in Downham. The pensioner, who has been named locally as Jim, was found by police in his home in Whitefoot Terrace at around 10pm on Tuesday
