ST CHRISTOPHER'S Hospice hopes to welcome a record number of visitors to its annual family fun day this weekend. The event takes place from 11am to 4pm on Saturday in the hospice's gardens in Lawrie Park Road, Sydenham, and promises live entertainment
Robots, aliens and wild sound effects are landing on a stage in Bromley as cult show Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy explodes into town. The legendary radio and TV cast will be reunited when the classic series is brought to life at The Churchill
Police in Bexley are appealing for information to identify two suspects in a robbery. At around 2.15pm on June 15 two men wearing hooded tops entered a Pawnbrokers shop at 1-3 Bellegrove Road, Welling. They stole various items of jewellery, then left
A BROMLEY police initiative to tackle overcrowding on a school bus route by getting pupils to cycle has scooped a top prize. Operation School Bike was set up to address travel issues affecting Charles Darwin School in Biggin Hill. It saw the Jail
A PROLIFIC charity box thief has admitted to stealing money destined for a string of good causes including a children’s hospice. Mother-of-four Michelle Roberts, 43, of Ascot Road in Gravesend, pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud by misrepresentation
A GRAND total of £358 was raised for the Freddie Farmer Foundation during the production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Round and Round the garden performed by the Priory Players at the Progress Hall, Eltham, in June (14-16). Funds were raised through a raffle
FORMER F1, world touring car champion and champ car racer Alex Zanardi sampled the Brands Hatch Paralympic circuit yesterday on a handbike ahead of September’s Paralympic Games. He joined more than 150 other Paralympians from 26 nations in training
CCTV images have been released of two men suspected of stealing a passenger’s phone on a train. British Transport Police (BTP) officers want to speak to the men in connection with an incident which happened as a train arrived at Catford station
Nick Graham, 23, Bromley Why this design? I always wanted a tribal design and the roses are for each member of my family. A friend designed the rest of it and I think it goes well together. There’s still lots more to
PUBSPY'S VIEW There once was an ugly duckling with feathers so stubby and brown nobody could have imagined he’d turn into a glorious swan, let alone a lord. But apparently miracles do occur. Looking at old photos of what The Northbrook
THERE can't be many takeaways where you get to watch your food being freshly prepared while you wait. As I arrived to pick up a combo sushi set at Sapporo Ichiban, a Japanese restaurant in Catford with an open plan kitchen, the chef was still
GREENWICH enjoyed a fine weekend at the London Youth Games as they took gold in the girls’ judo competition and in the boys’ handball, as well as silver in the boys’ judo at Crystal Palace. The judo result was one of the most outstanding in
KENT spinner James Tredwell has been called up to the England squad. With England 2-0 up in the three-match one-day series against the West Indies, the selectors have called up three new bowlers and are planning to rest Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad and
CHARLTON and Welling supporters are being urged by the Wings to snap up tickets before the two sides meet in their annual pre-season friendly at Park View Road on July 14. Tickets went on sale on this week for the game and initial demand has
AN OFFICIAL from Belvedere FC has been presented with a long and meritorious service award by Kent FA for his dedication to football in the county stretching back 43 years. Ray Sampson-Chambers has done it all during this time, from sweeping the dressing
AN INITIATIVE to encourage the people of Kent to take up sport is set to be launched between the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Join in local sport aims to get the people of Kent to head down to where it starts for every great champion – their
PUPILS at a Downham school were attacked yesterday after at least two males broke in to the building. Police were alerted to an assault at Haberdashers’ Aske's Knights Academy in Launcelot Road at 2.20pm. No children were seriously injured but one male
DETECTIVES investigating the sale of Olympic tickets on fraudulent websites are appealing for potential victims to come forward. Police have closed down the websites 2012-londonsummergames.org and 2012-londonsummergames.com, which have been
A VAN driver stopped for having no insurance has been arrested after police discovered a cannabis farm at his home. Bromley Police stopped the white transit van on Bromley Road, Shortlands, at 10pm yesterday evening (June 19) after it flagged up as
A CATFORD man has been charged with Olympic ticket fraud. Christakis Ioannou, of Crantock Road, is accused of two counts of fraud by false representation, the unauthorised sale of Olympic tickets and money laundering. The 44-year-old
POLICE have charged a third person with the murder of 54-year-old Prabjot Singh Rayat in Thamesmead. The father-of-three, of Pickford Lane in Bexleyheath, died of a stab wound and his body was found at his Rayat Autos business on an industrial
STAFF employed by the British Medical Association are going on strike in a row over pay, a day before doctors represented by the group take industrial action in a separate dispute over pensions. Hundreds of members of the GMB who work for
A BUILDING surveyor is set to inspect a Lewisham kebab shop today (June 20) to see if yesterday’s fire caused any structural damage. Firefighters returned to the premises at the junction of Belmont Hill and Lee High Road during the night and
A WOMAN was taken to hospital with smoke inhalation last night (June 19) after her bedroom caught fire while she slept. The 60-year-old woke up because of the smell of smoke and got herself out of the room in the two storey house in Felmingham
A BEAUTY queen is hopeful she will do Kent proud in her battle for Miss England success this weekend. Miss Kent Emma Martin, of Green Lane, Chislehurst, will be in Birmingham alongside 59 other contestants from across the country to battle
POLICE officers will be going to the scene of a car fire in Gravesend today (June 20). They will be looking over the wreckage of a Toyota Celica which was completely destroyed by flames in Jubilee Crescent at around 11.25pm yesterday.
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Diamond Jubilee Window Display Awards: 1st - Beckenham Flower Studio 2nd - Red Boutique 3rd - Beckenham Toys Joint 4th Chas Norman cameras Julienne Dancewear The Kitchen Range 5th - Thackray
