RUSSELL Brand is the latest big-name publically supporting a father and son rap duo from Dartford. He has tweeted his support for Tony and Charlie Saunders, aged 44 and six, who are a week away from winning £10,000 for Northfleet children’s
“IT WAS like we just went away for the weekend,” said Pauline Quirke about reuniting with her Birds of a Feather cast mates after 14 years. The popular sitcom, which ran for more than 100 episodes from 1989 to 1998, has been revived in a stage
Patients with dementia will be taken down memory lane with a 1950s living room set which is meant to be calming by offering a familiar scene from the past. The display at University Hospital Lewisham aims to improve the mental wellbeing of
WALKERS are being warned that poisonous adders are at large in Dartford and Gravesend. Figures released this week by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) reveal adders are biting people in north Kent and with the sun enticing them out of hibernation
SEVEN Gravesend men have appeared in court following a brawl that hospitalised six people at a holiday park. The men were charged earlier this month with a string of offences after being arrested on November 5 last year at Butlin’s in Bognor
Football, music and beer go naturally together and will be on offer during a special event at Crystal Palace FC. Organisers of the second annual CPFC Beer Festival have promised a ready supply of all three for the event, on Saturday (May 26). The
Congestion fears are building as Greenwich prepares for around 23,000 Olympic spectators a day with road closures and parking restrictions. Hoards of visitors expected to attend the horse-riding events at Greenwich Park have led London Organising
THE Mayor of London Boris Johnson has thrown his support behind campaigners calling on Waitrose to reverse its decision to scrap plans to open in Sidcup. Mr Johnson has written to the managing director of Waitrose, Mark Price, expressing
TWO men were stabbed following an argument over weights at a gym, a court has heard. James Campbell, 29, of Bayes Close, Sydenham, denies stabbing Jason Thompson and Joe Chapple and carrying an offensive weapon. The alleged attack took place
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one hasn’t eaten well. So says restaurant owner Fabrice Irtelli. Of Sicilian descent, Fabrice, who comes from a family of restaurateurs, has brought a taste of Italy to Orpington with his establishment
SCHOOL and college staff in Bromley are being offered free training about epilepsy so they can help sufferers in their school. According to the charity Young Epilepsy, one child in each primary school and five pupils at every Bromley secondary
A DARTFORD man arrested over the theft of Chinese art valued at £40m from a museum in Cambridge has been bailed. The 24-year-old was arrested on suspicion of burglary on the evening of May 22 and taken to a Cambridgeshire police station.
MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford David Evennett has launched a manufacturing competition for schools. Mr Evennett has written to headteachers of secondary schools in his constituency inviting pupils to enter the We Made It! competition, to help
ON A SUMMER day there is little more satisfying than a cold drink in a sun-soaked beer garden. So when South London mod-rockers The Theme came to Shopper towers to talk Chislehurst Rocks, it was the perfect excuse to retire to the pub rather
A 38-YEAR-OLD man who was left a prisoner in his own body is hoping new technology will improve his quality of life. Frank Bradley, of Long Lane, Bexleyheath, was left paralysed and only able to move his eyes and slight movements of his head
A BEXLEY couple who were given the devastating news that their baby would not reach his first birthday are raising cash for the hospital that saved him. Benjamin Ballard was born on January 6 2010 with a range of medical problems including
A FRIDAY or Saturday night Odyssey in Deptford may not sound epic, but thanks to a creative theatre company it just may be. Teatro Vivo has teamed up with The Albany and nine venues to create a version of Homer’s classic The Odyssey which takes
A GRANDMOTHER is in a serious condition in hospital suffering from rabies after reportedly being sent home from Darent Valley Hospital twice. The woman, believed to be in her 50s and of Indian origin, was reportedly in India with her husband
AN ARMED forces charity has been given a boost thanks to the fundraising efforts of one of the country’s oldest societies. In the past year the St Mary Cray and Dartford branch of the Independent Order of Oddfellows organised several events
People who fail to register to vote will face fines, the Government has said. The civil penalty will be included in a shake-up of the voting system designed to combat fraud and stop would-be electors losing the chance to cast their vote.
