BEXLEYHEATH’s Army volunteers take a lot of beating as they have just proved for a second year running. The men from the 71 Signallers Regiment, based at the Territorial Army Centre in Watling Street, Bexleyheath, scooped the sports cup in
AS sports coaching goes, there is little to beat one of the country’s top players. And that was what pupils at St Catherine’s Catholic School in Watling Street, Bexleyheath, got when international cricketer Lydia Greenway came to visit.
COMMUNITY spirit came rising to the top as neighbours on a Sidcup estate got together for some fun on their streets. Residents of the Crescent Estate organised the event with the help of their landlord Mount Green Housing Association, to enable people
WORKERS from Bexleyheath’s Marriott Hotel gave up the carpeted corridors for the great outdoors as part of its Serve Our Communities Day. A team of 10, including the hotel’s general manager, got down and dirty in Foots Cray Meadows, North Cray, to
Students from Eltham Foundation School were delighted to win £3,000 for their chosen local charity Middle Park Community Centre in an initiative run by the Institute of Philanthropy. The Youth Philanthropy initiative raises awareness
STUDENTS from Cator Park School in Beckenham came first in the recent Bromley schools minors athletics championships. The victory comes on the back of an earlier success in the indoor athletics championships, where they are also Bromley champions.
AFTER being made redundant last year, one teacher dusted herself down and got creative. Joanna Gore, 43, is converting an old restaurant in London Road, Forest Hill, into a cafe, gallery and eight art studios called Canvas and Cream in London
A BLOGGER who writes about her life as the mother of an autistic child has been nominated for two national awards. Claire Parkinson of Southend Lane, Bellingham has only known for two years that her 10-year-old son, Giovanni Sarcone, suffers
QUEEN Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup could be stripped of yet another service and of a large part of its site this year. Information leaked to News Shopper has revealed plans to close the endoscopy unit in the hospital’s Newlands Centre and sell
BEXLEY Council has kept its promise not to raise the level of disability needed to qualify for free social care. When it drew up its budget cuts, the council said the level of need would remain at “substantial”, and not be raised to “critical
BUDDING young actors are invited to answer the call of the wild and audition for roles in the musical version of The Jungle Book, running at Croydon's Fairfield Halls this summer. The show, which runs from August 11 to August 13, is looking for young
STARGAZING snappers have just over a month now until the Royal Observatory's annual Astronomy Photographer of The Year competition closes. Budding astro-photographers need to submit their pictures by July 13 to be in with a chance of winning the
A COUPLE have been arrested on suspicion of producing cannabis in their back garden. Brian Jones, aged 40, and 34-year-old Debbie Jones, believed to be a nursery school worker, were arrested at their home in Framlingham Crescent, Mottingham
A CANNABIS grower who tried to escape by climbing onto the roof when one of his factories was raided has been jailed for 20 months. Robert Cox pleaded guilty at Croydon Crown Court to producing cannabis at a flat in Croydon Road, West Wickham
Blackheath born comedian, Simon Day, is set to return to his home town before the launch of his new book, Comedy and Error. Day, famous for portraying characters such as Billy Bleach, Competitive Dad and Dave Angel: Eco-Warrior, in seminal
There’s something fishy about the latest addition to eating out options in Petts Wood. Opening its doors last month, SeShell is a contemporary fish and seafood restaurant and promises a relaxed and informal place to eat with excellent food and wine
STREET dances about the work of the Red Cross saw a theatre school through to a national dance final. The senior section of Mottingham-based group All the Arts performed a street dance about child soldiers to win first prize at the Red Cross
THERE were long delays on the A2 this morning (June 9) because of two accidents in the Eltham area. East Rochester Way was congested westbound because of a crash at around 7.05am involving a tanker and two cars between Chester Road (Falconwood
