ELTHAM: A fund-raising weekend on October 20/21 at Sainsbury’s Eltham earned £997 for the Freddie Farmer Foundation and inspired the idea for a series of seasonal themed weekends for the months ahead. Bakery manager Chris Trott, who has taken over
TALENTED Thamesmead amateur footballer Kery Kedze is a step closer to winning a professional playing contract with League One Swindon Town or Leyton Orient. More than 5,000 players from all over the country entered Samsung’s win a Pro contract competition
A PAIR of England cricket stars will be coaching kids at a half-term training course at Bexley Grammar School next week. Lydia Greenway and Charlotte Edwards, who both represent Kent and England, both took part at the recent cricket world cup, will
A MAN remains in a coma with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed in the chest outside a shop in New Cross Road a fortnight ago. The 21-year-old suffered multiple stab wounds to his body in an attack which is being treated as attempted
The new cake shop that recently opened in Bexley village is on everyone’s lips and not just the name of the shop or the free cakes given out on the opening day. Julie Hill a single mum of two decided to open a cake shop as it had always been a dream
BELVEDERE pupils are joining a worldwide community of people who are celebrating International Walk to School Month. Students in more than 40 countries will be walking to school this month, including those at Belvedere Junior School, in Mitchell
A CHARITY is appealing for Santa’s little helpers to come forward and offer a helping hand this Christmas. The Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice is looking for people to help out at Santa’s Grotto, which will be staged in Bexleyheath’s Broadway
EUROPA Weightlifting Club took five members to the British U18 championships in Bristol on Sunday. The club, which recently relocated to Crayford from Erith, produced two of the six weightlifters who competed for Team GB at the London Olympics and
A PETITION calling for extra funds for South London Healthcare Trust has been handed to local MPs. ERITH and Thamesmead MP Teresa Pearce was joined by Clive Efford, MP for Eltham, and Greenwich and Woolwich MP Nick Raynsford in receiving the 9,000
CHARLTON columnist MATIAS GREZ is confident the club can climb the Championship table - if they can match their away form at home. ANOTHER Saturday afternoon at The Valley and another disappointing, lacklustre performance from the Addicks against Barnsley
Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice is appealing for volunteers to be Santa's little helpers to help spread the holiday cheer this season! Volunteers are required to help sell raffle tickets and Christmas cards, hand out presents and steward
EAGLES columnist SAM ROSS admits he has lost a bit of faith in professional football after club favourite Dougie Freedman quit yesterday to join Bolton. I WAS hoping to be writing my column this week on the fantastic London derby between Millwall on
MILLWALL columnist MATT LITTLE is still bewildered by the Palace Ultras after they unfurled a banner mocking the Lions in Saturday’s 2-2 derby at Selhurst Park. ONE of the things you have to sometimes endure in the military is the monotony of guard
DORIAN Dervite equalised on his first Charlton start at Leeds United night as the Addicks drew 1-1 in Yorkshire. Leeds led through David Norris’ first half opener but Dervite restored parity five minutes after the break to ensure the honours were shared
SYDENHAM, Kirkdale and Forest Hill need a visionary to revamp the high streets after a successful Portas Pilot cash bid. Residents celebrated after winning the government funding to improve local shopping areas in July this year. Now a leader
CRAIG Sharp was the first Dartford Harrier to complete the course in the Kent Fitness League meeting at Knole Park on Sunday. There were more than 400 competitors on a wet muddy course and this was the best ever turn out in Knole Park, in what is traditionally
Wishbone Ash – whose guitarists have been voted two of the 10 most important in rock history – are set to play in Dartford this Friday. For over 30 years, the British rockers have been hailed by concert-goers and reviewers as one of the best bands
SIDCUP driving ace Thomas Grainger has just been confirmed as the MG Metro Cup 2012 champion. Although the 18-year-old won the championship with one race to go, he had to wait until the final round at Snetterton last weekend for this to be verified
KENT firefighters’ rescue skills will reach new depths when they take part in a training exercise in a 100ft quarry. The scenario for the training exercise will take place next Tuesday (October 30) at the Eastern Quarry at Ebbsfleet Valley - owned
THERE was an air of celebration at Brands Hatch on Sunday, as championships were decided on the Grand Prix circuit at the final round of the British Touring Car Championship and its regular support races. Gordon Shedden claimed his maiden BTCC crown
THE 49-YEAR-old man stabbed in Erith yesterday (October 23) is a volunteer at a care home in Avenue Road. According to the Avante Partnership, which runs the Homeleigh Residential Care Home, the man is one of their volunteers Mark Denny. A
A WELLING woman is taking over the airwaves of a hospital to bring patients and staff showbiz gossip. The weekly Crave On Music show sees Tina Campbell provide a host of celebrity interviews to Meridian Radio, which serves Queen Elizabeth Hospital
A CHARITY has been working with Bexley Council to improve an overgrown stretch of the National Cycle Network in Slade Green. Pedestrians and cyclists can now enjoy the path running along Crayford Marshes after it was widened and brambles and long
TIME IS running out for readers to get behind News Shoppers Operation Shoebox campaign. Since launching two weeks ago, shoeboxes have arrived thick and fast at the Shopper offices in Petts Wood and the pile of boxes ready to be sent across the
PUPILS from Lewisham and Greenwich joined to commemorate victims of the Holocaust through moving drama and poetry performances. Rachel Levy, 81, survived the gas chambers in Auschwitz and visited Year 6 students from Brindishe Green Primary School
THE date for this year’s fireworks display, in Dartford’s Central Park, has been announced. It will be held next Saturday (November 3) and will start at 5pm. The bonfire will be lit at 7.15pm the fireworks will start at 8pm. The event is
A 42-YEAR-OLD Forest Hill woman drugged and murdered the father of her child before eventually stashing his body in a wheelie bin, the Old Bailey heard today. Police found the remains of Shaun Corey hidden in a green bin at the Stanstead Road maisonette
A CATAPULT is being used to target vehicles and homes in a spate of dangerous drive-by attacks across north Kent. Kent Police has received reports of the weapon firing ball bearings and smooth stones at cars, vans and houses in Greenhithe, South
The Breast of Bromley fund-raising team for Breast Cancer Campaign are holding a fabulous Masked Party Friday 26 October. 7.00 pm with carriages at midnight this fabulous fund-raising event (proceeds to Breast Cancer Campaign) set in the wonderful
On Thursday 15 November 2012, as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Beckenham Business Association & 1230 TWC, in association with South London Business, are holding a FREE advice clinic for Beckenham based businesses. Each business owner
A BEXLEYHEATH hotel is hosting a quiz night next month in aid of Bexley’s Diamond Jubilee Sculpture Appeal. The appeal is attempting to raise money for a sculpture of Queen Elizabeth ll to place in the south facing niche in the Clock Tower in Bexleyheath
Aaron Carter, 30, Welling Why this design? Chico was my first dog and I had him for nine years. He was like a child to me. Just recently he fell ill with a brain tumour, he went blind within days and tragically I lost him a few weeks
PUBSPY'S VIEW With Halloween around the corner I’d been considering what freakish ghoul to go as this year. Should I be a zombie clown, a corpse bride or follow suit with the sluts and become a dead sexy nurse for the evening? This crucial
A PLAN to carpet the country in poppies to remember the First World War dead was hatched over a pint in Greenhithe. With its slogan 'Plant your town red' the Real Poppy Campaign is the brainchild of Graham Mentor-Morris, 57, a member of the Greenhithe
UNION staff are dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s in preparation for prolonged binmen strikes in Bromley in the run up to Christmas. Unite is going through the legal processes necessary before it can ballot to see whether its members, who work
POP princess Pixie Lott, from Bickley, will perform at a concert today (October 24) to launch the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. The 21-year-old, who is the face of Poppy Appeal 2012 alongside Alesha Dixon, will star at the free event in Trafalgar
Cray Wanderers were two goals up after an hour, but had to settle for a 2-2 draw as visitors Bury Town staged a compelling late comeback. Cray started at high tempo but it was Bury who threatened first when Craig Parker sent a snap shot wide, and
