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  • 10k run for hospice

    Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice has six places available to run the British 10k London Run as part of The Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice running team. Minimum Sponsorship Level: £150. The race starts at 9.35 am on Sunday 10 July outside

  • BEXLEY: Puppies capture the hearts of pony lovers

    A GROUP of young Pony Club members swapped ponies for puppies as they held a fundraiser for Guide Dogs for the Blind. The nine youngsters from the Mount Mascal Stables’ club in Bexley were spurred on by a visit to the stables earlier this year

  • BELVEDERE: Forum group volunteers to manage library

    A GROUP representing the Belvedere Community Forum has expressed an interest in taking over the management of Belvedere library from Bexley Council. The library, in Woolwich Road, Belvedere, is one of five which Bexley Council has suggested could be

  • Foundation set up for Surrey Canal development

    A FOUNDATION which includes a former candidate for London mayor will oversee a development near Millwall’s football ground. The Surrey Canal Sports Foundation will steer the creation of an indoor centre for sporting excellence in New Cross

  • Greenwich schools praised by Ofsted for English excellence

    TWO schools have been judged outstanding for their English teaching. School watchdog Ofsted named St Paul’s Academy, Abbey Wood, and Crown Woods College, Eltham, in a report called Excellence in English. St Paul’s was singled out for

  • Lovely lops are top of the pops

    Lop-eared bunny duo Ollie and Brielle are this week's Pets of the Week at Foal Farm Animal Rescue Centre. Ollie would have been fed to a snake had he not been saved from this grisly fate by some kind rescuers who asked the charity to take him

  • London boroughs given funding for Olympics decorations

    HIGH streets, squares and public spaces across London will be dressed up in the colours of the 2012 Olympics next year. Each borough will be given £50,000 by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to decorate areas with flags, banners and bunting

  • Big turnout for Brands races

    A SELECTION of the world’s most exotic sports cars will be on show on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit this weekend with more than 300 competitors across seven of MSVR’s flagship championships and series set to take part. Spectacular Porsches, Ferraris

  • Watch out for the funny tasting wine from 'Austrlia'

    WINE drinkers are being urged to watch out for counterfeit bottles of strange tasting Jacobs Creek from “Austrlia”. The warning comes from Bromley’s trading standards after several bottles were seized from an off-licence in Beckenham.

  • Swanley driver battles back at Brands

    ROOKIE Swanley driver Gruff Salter finished sixth in round two of the champion of Brands series. Having suffered a very rare mechanical failure in qualifying after just five laps, the 16-year-old was to start on the last row of the grid for the race

  • Farnborough plane crash inquest jury retires

    A JURY is considering its verdict in the inquest into the Farnborough air disaster, where five people died when a plane crashed into a house. Two pilots and three passengers on a Cessna Citation private jet died when the plane, which was flying

  • Magic over for Britain's Got Talent contestants Enchantment

    AN oddball circus act have no regrets over the performance which saw them booted off TV show Britain’s Got Talent. Enchantment, a 12-strong troupe of dancers, acrobats and singers, had initially wowed the judges with their display in the show

  • Pedestrian dies after being hit by car in Bromley

    A 60-YEAR-OLD man who was hit by a car in Bromley yesterday has died of his injuries. The pedestrian was taken to Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, by air ambulance last night (May 31) after the incident in Widmore Road at around 6pm.

  • Greenwich Dances in the streets

    FROM parks to palaces and museums to street corners, Greenwich Dance will be taking dance outdoors for a 10-day festival this summer. Running from June 24 to July 3, Greenwich Dances will feature 24 performances and 11 workshops in unusual

  • City break to the colourful tolerance of historic Amsterdam

    From the neon glow of the red light district to the story of Anne Frank. DAVID MILLS takes the Eurostar to the unique city of Amsterdam. FORGET the rigours of airport check-in, the degrading experience of being herded around like cattle and

  • Air ambulance called to road accident in Bromley

    A 60-YEAR-OLD man was taken to hospital by air ambulance last night (May 31) after a road accident in Bromley. Emergency services were called to the scene in Widmore Road just before 6pm and treated the patient before he was taken to the Royal

  • Skip fire in Penge thought to be suspicious

    FIREFIGHTERS were called to deal with a skip full of burning paper near the Homebase store in Penge this morning (June 1). The crew from Beckenham fire station had to pull out all of the paper from the container and soak it with water after

  • Fire damages house which is undergoing refurbishment

    A HOUSE which is being refurbished was badly damaged by fire in Dartford this morning (June 1). Firefighters broke down the front door of the home in Stanham Road and found it was well alight. The crews had to take out a large section

  • Tram services to be extended from tonight

    WEEKDAY evening tram services will be increased on the Wimbledon to New Addington route. From today, the eight trams an hour timetable operating between 7am and 7pm will be extended until 9pm after which it will reduce to four per hour.