LOCAL Scouting history stretched back nearly 80 years as a Welling Scout group celebrated 100 years of Scouting. The 1st East Wickham (St Michael’s) group welcomed back former members dating back to the 1930s, as they celebrated in style with
A SECOND MP is now calling for the dismantling of the South London Healthcare Trust. Bexleyheath and Crayford MP David Evennett has written to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley asking him to rethink the future of the trust in the light of its plans to
A YOUNG football team did Dartford proud when they represented the borough in a seven-a-side tournament in France last week. Made up of boys aged 10 and 11 from the Dartford FC player development programme, the team returned home with the Michel
VISITORS will have a blast when a military museum celebrates a decade at the Royal Arsenal with a family fun day. Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum, in Woolwich will hold the event on June 18 from 11am to 4pm. It promises activities for visitors
DEMENTIA sufferers and their carers can attend a new weekly drop-in session to get advice, information and support. Charity the Alzheimer’s Society is holding drop-in sessions at the Labour Club in the HG Wells Centre, St Marks Road, Bromley, every Tuesday
OLYMPIC football will be coming to a college in Mottingham next year Eltham College in Grove Park Road, has been chosen as a training venue for the 2012 football tournament. Men and women’s sides from all over the world will train on the pitches
BROMLEY’S new mayor will be sitting pretty when he visits a primary school on one of his first official engagements. Councillor David McBride will pose so pupils can sketch his portrait when he goes to Perry Hall Primary School in Orpington on Monday
A 41-YEAR-OLD man extradited from Amsterdam has appeared in court charged with battering a man to death in 1999. Tuggie Phillips is accused of killing Stephen Bailey, 39, in Victoria Park Road, Hackney. He is also charged with attempting
DOG and cat owners on benefits in Crystal Palace have the chance to get their pet neutured for free or a discounted price. The RSPCA and two vets have teamed up to offer to neuter cats for free and dogs at a £50 discount for people receiving benefits
A PAIR of kung fu fighters from Bromley have won gold medals at the annual martial arts all styles international federation championships in Canterbury. Iris Hilario-Metcalfe and Lewis Cross, who are both members of Bromley’s Sanshu UK kung
FORMER poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion is set be one of the main highlights at next month's Sydenham Arts Festival. From drama and dance to music, film and poetry, the community arts festival, running from July 1 to July 17, will return for a third
RAIN may have forced the party indoors, but it did not dampen the spirits of the diners. Lee Green Community Centre in the Leegate Shopping Centre, off Burnt Ash Hill, hosted a Big Lunch on Sunday (June 5) and not even the rain could keep revellers
STAFF at a school for disabled children got wet and wild to keep pupils on the road for fun days out. More than 30 staff at Marjorie McClure School in Chislehurst took part in an outdoor challenge day to raise money for maintenance of the school’s three
JOSE Semedo could be on the brink of a move from Charlton to League One rivals Sheffield Wednesday. The midfield ace is a free agent and although Chris Powell has already told News Shopper he would like to keep hold of the player, the Addicks
EXPECT an unprecendented boost in incontinence pants sales this September as Sean Lock, Micky Flanagan and multi-award winning Omid Djalili promise to wet a few knickers with their hilarious stand-up routines at the Greenwich Comedy Festival.
STAFF at Darent Valley Hospital will take part in Heart Rhythm Week to encourage people to take care of their hearts. An event at the hospital in Darenth Wood Road on Friday (June 10) between 9am amd 5pm will see visitors having their pulses checked
THE Greenwich and Docklands International Festival is back this month with nine days of contemporary street theatre, dance and circus. From Greenwich to Woolwich, the free festival, which runs from June 24 to July 2, will offer a programme
It was a busy weekend of racing for Istead and Ifield Harriers with two very popular events held over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon at the Harvel 5, organised by Harvel Hash House Harriers (HHHH), 534 runners took to the road in the ever
KENT Exiles remain unbeaten in 2011 after trouncing county rivals Maidstone Pumas. The 78 points scored was the most ever by the Orpington based side and a record crowd of more than 250 fans crowded the stands at Crockenhill, despite the rain, to enjoy
It was a busy weekend of racing for Istead and Ifield Harriers with two very popular events held over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon at the Harvel 5, organised by Harvel Hash House Harriers (HHHH), 534 runners took to the road in the ever popular
A BIN that does not smell, an ‘iPillow’ and a device which uses Justin Beiber songs to find lost items – these are just some of the creations pupils invented for a business competition. Year 10 students at Cobham Hall School, in Brewers Road
ELTHAM boxer Billy Joe Cayzer completed a dream debut with a first round knockout against Matt Seawright at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Saturday night. Cheered on by a large and vocal support, Cayzer entered the arena looking sharp and
AN It’s A Knockout competition, based around the popular TV programme of the same name, was held on Bostall Heath, Abbey Wood last Sunday (June 5) to raise funds for Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice. A total 12 teams took part in the event including
A DERELICT and vandalised cafe has been given a new lease of life, after students at a Gravesend school came up with a plan to save it. In 2009, students at St George’s Church of England School in Meadow Road, competed in a Dragon’s Den style competition
APPROVAL has been granted for a BMX bike track to be built in Charlton. Greenwich Council’s planning board approved plans for the track in Hornfair Park last week. The plans are part of a £2.4m scheme to revamp the sports facilities
The Government review, spearheaded by retail guru Mary Portas and designed to breathe new life into Britain’s ailing High Streets, cannot come soon enough according to a new report out today. It reveals that less than half of Brits, 49 per cent
THE whole world came to Greenwich when a ship sailed into the borough marking a sign of things to come. Cruise liner The World has been moored at Greenwich Ship Tier in the middle of the Thames since 4.30pm on Saturday (June 4) and it is due
THE JURY in the trial of four men accused of murdering an alcoholic in Northfleet four years ago has retired to consider its verdict. Kelvin Horlock, aged 32 from Strood, Marvin Service, aged 35 from Brandon Street, Gravesend, 30-year-old Bill
REIGNING champions Hampshire enjoyed the best of a five-overs-per-side slog in rain-soaked Tunbridge Wells on Sunday as Kent slid to their second Friends Life T20 defeat in three days. Having posted a total of 78-1 after Kent won the toss and elected
A CYCLIST who was killed in a collision with a car in Keston has today been named. Michael Evans was pronounced dead at the scene in Layhams Road after his bike collided with a black Range Rover on May 29 at around 10.55am. Mr Evans
THE Somerset Sabres saw off Kent in a convincing fashion on Friday afternoon, winning by nine wickets with 18 balls to spare. Kent won the toss and elected to bat first, but the Spitfires made a poor start to their innings in front of a sell-out 5,000
An intrepid traveller had an adventure for the price of a holiday. ROBERT FISK finds out how. SUMMER holiday brochures are packed full of resorts where you can have your fill of sun, sand and sangria and then come home looking like an overdone
CHARLTON fan and freelance journalist MATT FRICKER is News Shopper online’s Addicks columnist and this week reflects on chairman Michael Slater’s appearance on BBC Radio Kent over the weekend and how the takeover had affected life at The Valley
THE son of a frail pensioner with two types of cancer has slammed social services after she fell over in the middle of the night and died alone. Elizabeth Devine, 75, had been diagnosed with lung and liver cancer after being admitted to Darent
A CAFE owner is demanding Bromley Council takes action to improve road safety after yet another car smashed into his front door. During his 31 years as owner, Peter Siu estimates there have been as many as 30 crashes outside Elmers End cafe
YOUNGSTERS had a taste of Lebanese cuisine when restaurant owners gave them a masterclass on healthy eating. Robert Earing and Lakis Patrides, the owners of Little Lebanon restaurant in Beckenham High Street, visited nearby St Christopher's
HARRISON Dunk has left Bromley to join Conference side Cambridge United. Dunk’s versatility as a talented midfielder and defender didn’t go unnoticed during his two-year spell at Hayes Lane, with the former Fulham youngster invited for trials at The
A WRITER who battled breast cancer aged just 26 is hoping her new book will give women the strength to fight the disease. Elaine Everest, 57, of Oliver Road, Swanley brought together a host of female writers to create a 34-story anthology Diamonds
SCRAP metal thieves who stole front gates as people slept in their homes are being blamed for a crime ‘epidemic’. Homeowners living in Felmingham Road, Penge, woke up last Wednesday to find their metal gates had been lifted off their hinges
WITH a baa baa here and a bleat bleat there nursery children had a farm – for the day. Youngsters at Tubbenden Nursery, Sandy Bury, Orpington, had been learning about farm animals and the visit from sheepdogs, goats, sheep, geese, ducks, chickens
THREE children needed to be rescued last night (June 6) after climbing on to a roof to get their ball back. The boys were spotted on the roof of the Gravesend Rowing Club by the crew of a RNLI boat, which was on doing manoeuvres on the Thames
