POLICE in North Kent have recovered two bicycles - one worth hundreds-of-pounds - and want their owners to get in touch. A black adult Giant mountain bike was recovered last month with the words 'racing ralph' and 'schwalbe' on the tyres. Also found
JOHN Hughes made some of the best teen movies of the 80s. His work is often imitated but rarely equalled (although credit must go to the recent Easy A for being a film worthy of its roots). And so we come to Take Me Home Tonight, a teen movie set
MOST retired couples use their free time to play more golf and take more holidays. But as SOPHIE MADEN found out, one Dartford couple saw retirement as a chance to kick start their film careers. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS Dot and Leonard Hook, of
A BUSINESSMAN taking over three of Lewisham’s libraries has vowed to make them better. Darren Taylor’s organisation Eco Computer Systems was given the go ahead to run Sydenham, Crofton Park and Grove Park libraries at a council meeting on Wednesday
FAMILIES are being invited to celebrate during Hither Green Week. The third annual Hither Green Week takes place from May 21 to May 29 and will include more than 20 arts, music, cultural, food and community events. An arts, craft and
A CHARITY is recruiting crisis workers to support rape victims undergoing physical examinations. Gravesend-based Family Matters has received money from the Home Office to provide independent support at the sexual examination suite in Darent Valley Hospital
A CHINESE restaurant has reopened after being forced to close due to hygiene offences. An environmental health inspection found mouse droppings on plates and on top of food storage containers at The Peninsular Chinese Restaurant, in Bugsbys
THE jury in the trial of two men accused of murdering a nightclub promoter in a gangland style execution has retired to consider its verdicts. Bobby Winser, aged 22, from Bermondsey, and Michael Campbell, aged 25, from Camberwell, are accused
ABBEY Wood weightlifting sensation Zoe Smith took the silver medal in the 63kg weight category at the world youth championships in the early hours of this morning in Lima, Peru. Smith, 17, lifted 91kg in the snatch, representing a personal
Around two weeks ago, I first published an article about the Young Enterprise company ‘Aspire’ from St Olave’s Grammar School. Since then, the team has gone from strength to strength and were chosen as the ‘Best Overall Young Enterprise Company’ at the
A GRAVESHAM councillor is set to become the youngest Sikh mayor in Britain when he is sworn in this month. Cllr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, 32, will also become the second-youngest mayor in Gravesham in the ceremony on May 17. The Northfleet North councillor
PEOPLE are being encouraged to get fit by signing up to play softball. Mayor of Lewisham Sir Steve Bullock launched the Hit the Pitch programme in Ladywell Fields Park with a game between Lewisham Council and the NHS South East London.
THE mayor of Bromley had a close up encounter with a 9ft Burmese python at a charity walk. More than 800 people took part in Harris HospisCare’s annual Bluebell Walk at Cudham recreation ground. The hospice, based in Tregony Road, Orpington
Being a working mother of four boys I barely find the time to file my own nails let alone get pampered in a treatment room, so when I was asked to visit the Face & Body Pod in Bromley to have some eyelash extensions applied, wild horses couldn’
GRAVESEND Rowing Club’s crews were out in force on Saturday at the Viking Shield regatta in Herne Bay. Although Gravesend didn’t win any of the events, all of the members enjoyed the racing and Herne Bay’s hospitality at one of the few regattas where
LEWISHAM College’s football academy stormed back to record a stunning victory in a thrilling Conference youth League Cup final. Playing as Charlton Athletic Trust, Lewisham came from 3-0 down against Redbridge to win the game 6-3, with skipper
POLICE say the prosecution of a paedophile ring which distributed drawings depicting child abuse is a landmark case. In a case which concluded yesterday (May 12), Stephen Freeman had admitted creating a series of hand drawn illustrations featuring
JIMMY White is on his way to Lewisham later this month for a night of snooker nostalgia. The six-time world championship finalist is just one of the star names from the green baize to take part in the Snooker Legends Tour, which arrives at
THOUSANDS of Ghanaian villagers can see again thanks to a mother and daughter from Sydenham. Paula Jones-Sayed and her 22-year-old daughter Shala both work as opticians at Specsavers, in Powis Street, Woolwich. The duo embarked on a
AN elderly woman will be cremated today (May 11) without the wedding ring she wore for 73 years, after it was stolen during a hospital stay. The family of Rebecca Careswell, 96, claim her ring was taken from her finger while she was a patient
IT was a meeting of flowing locks as famously messy-haired London Mayor Boris Johnson came face to face with Bexley’s latest piece of public art. Mr Johnson was introduced to The Cob statue with its flying mane, and its creator sculptor Andy
