Archive

CRAY WANDERERS vs CHESHUNT Ryman League Division One North:    16/9/14   Cray Wanderers                             1 Hamici 90+1 Cheshunt                                       4 Fagbohun 9, Bolle 49, Bossmen 72, Tajakhsh

A mystery has been solved over the white powder which caused alarm amongst Greenwich dog owners and sparked concern the animals were being poisoned. Dog walkers were being warned that a mystery white powder left around roads in the area could make

A Bromley teenager died after he was punched, unprovoked, in the face following a friend's 16th birthday party, a court has heard. 17-year-old George Verrier died from a head injury on September 1 last year, after the party in Blenheim Road, Bromley

Ukip have selected Peter Whittle as their parliamentary candidate for Eltham. Mr Whittle will stand for election in the constituency in May next year. He is currently Ukip’s culture spokesman as well as the founder and director of the New Culture

A Northumberland Heath shop worker who lost her granddaughter to meningitis, is raising money to combat the disease. Dawn Whiteman lost Maya Ford in 2012 when she was only 21 months old. Now she spearheads efforts to educate others about meningitis

Police were called to Lewisham Hospital at 12.30pm yesterday following reports of an assault on a securty guard.  A 55-year-old man was treated for minor facial injuries and a suspect was arrested and later bailed until October.  A Twitter

Long days off while filming on the other side of the Atlantic were put to good use by Dartford-raised Mackenzie Crook, who wrote his own sitcom which is now on the verge of its TV debut. Beautifully observed, funny and wonderfully tender, six-part

A Blackheath school is expanding into Deptford, taking over a site shut down by the council five years ago. Governors of Invicta Primary School has launched a consultation on its plans for the old Charlotte Turner site in Benbow Street - due to

Youngsters at a Bexleyheath School got their hands dirty last week with the help of Blue Peter gardener, Chris Collins. Upton School in Iris Avenue held a special gardening day on September 15 which saw the Blue Peter star talk to children in assembly

An elderly Woolwich doctor who faked hundreds of nomination signatures to run for Mayor of London has been handed a suspended sentence - before going on a bizarre online rant about immigration. The Met Police started investigating Tammy Alingham

Police seized a sub-machine gun from a house in Penge last night (September 16) following the arrests of two men for drug and fraud offences. Lambeth police found the Scorpion sub-machine gun, a silencer and ammunition after searching the house

A Kent housebuilder has taken a break from rehoming people to find a large scale new home for Greenhithe's reptiles. Bellway have relocated around 100 reptiles from its new St Clement’s Lakes development off St Clements Way. The housing company

Fielding a full twelve teams in the EPA Regional finals held at Hayling Island last weekend, Kent came out top in the Championship competition and took third place overall in the Challenge section. Strong opposition from all regions across the

A game full on incidences and injuries, that was not decided until the final whistle, and it all started with the loss of the Westcliff tight head who was replaced after only seven minutes play. Slow to get their game together, Gravesend found

A billionaire from Hong Kong will bring a touch of the oriental to the Greenwich Peninsula regeneration project providing 10,000 homes to prospective residents. Three storey illuminating cubes, curved glass rippled pavilions and radiating tubes

Letter to the editor: Every time I visit Queen Elizabeth Hospital I have to walk through a haze of cigarette smoke under an enclosed canopy before I get to the entrance, despite “no smoking” signs being prominently displayed. There is a designated

Letter to the editor: At Lewisham Council, we will face some exceptionally difficult decisions over the next few years. There is significant and growing pressure on our budget. The Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition has slashed funding for

An unexploded Second World War bomb was found at a cement works in Erith. Police were called at 11am yesterday by a workman who had uncovered an unexploded shell at the Lafarge cement plant in Church Manorway. Officers attended and cordons

Letter to the editor: Tesco’s Woolwich winning the dubious architectural Carbuncle Cup award for its “inept, oppressive and arrogant” development is also a fitting tribute to Greenwich planners (Tesco creates carbuncle, September 10). One of the

Letter to the editor: Can someone tell me why Gravesham Council appears to be mainly concerned about building flats for over 55s, not catering for all ages such as 18 to 35. And 35 to 49 years of age. It seems too me that if you are under 55, you

Letter to the editor: I was concerned by the article about a drone being used to take pictures of Gravesend (Views from the sky cause a buzz, September 3). This is certainly a good use for drones, but they also have many bad uses. The problem

Letter to the editor: Last week I received a Labour Party leaflet published by Labour Councillor Colin Caller, saying that “only very limited consultation took place” before our street lights were switched off in the early hours of the morning.

Letter to the editor: Thought of the week – the beard is indeed the glory of man, no hair is that of woman. For a man to shave his beard is contrary to nature as nothing is given that is without purpose. The beard is the principal feature that

If there is someone you want to express your gratitude to, whether they donated a kidney or opened a door for you, we want to hear about it. Here’s who readers are thanking this week: Thanks to Steve the biker for helping two stranded scooterists

Letter to the editor: I refer to an email sent to you on the August 1, 2014 regarding my abstaining in the vote for councillor reduction from three to two and my reasons for it. I note that it was not printed. The email was sent from my personal

We understand the pain of losing your hair, whether due to genetic, medical or environmental reasons. At Hair Definitions we specialise in non-surgical hair loss solutions for women suffering from hair loss and hair issues. We provide a safe

Letter to the editor: Back in the 1960s I worked in the camera trade selling everything and anything to do with amateur photography. Back then there was no digital, it was all done with film, predominantly black and white, but with a growing interest

Letter to the editor: Seeing the front page headline (Family of thugs, September 3) it just angers me so much at how persistently weak justice is in the UK, and how it always seems to swing in favour of the criminals/offenders. It does not matter

Each week I share my five thoughts of the week – the good, the bad and the ugly. But, I’m not selfish, so I’m also very happy to donate the space to guest writers to have their say, so write to me using the details below. 1. Is it time for

With the temperature dropping outside and autumn colours beginning to appear, we’re waving goodbye to the spring and summer -  the crops and Daisy Duke Denims – and are making space in or wardrobes for some winter warmers. We teamed up with the

Charlton centre-back Tal Ben Haim wants to see his side begin to pick up more points up away from home-starting on Saturday at Rotherham. The Addicks were held 1-1 by Wolves at The Valley last night as Danny Batth’s second half equaliser cancelled

Letter to the editor: Further to your correspondent’s letter (Fine is “highway robbery”, September 3) I should like to add my own experience. Over the past two years, I have been in frequent contact with Bromley Parking Services, a department that

Letter to the editor: Bromley Council is spending vast amounts of money improving the appearance of Bromley town centre. Meanwhile, in Churchill Gardens there are homeless people sleeping in cardboard boxes. It is an outrage. These human beings

Letter to the editor: My husband Archie Wood, also known as Arthur, passed away in June after a long illness. He had Alzheimer’s disease. He was a well known butcher in the Orpington, Bromley and Mottingham area. When Arthur was young, he was

Letter to the editor: I umpire cricket regularly on Sundays for a local league and am appalled by the racist abuse meted out to our ethnic minority players. Last Sunday, we were playing at Wareing Park, Sidcup, when a gang of youths – about 10

Letter to the editor: I beg to disagree with Bob Neill (MP: Former Tory’s UKIP move “misguided”, September 3). Douglas Carswell has only stated what thousands of former Conservative voters already know – Cameron will never “negotiate” any meaningful

I found this photograph in Bromley library some years ago. It shows George Walter of Rose Cottage, Pickhurst Green on his daily trek from the nearby well with two buckets of water. Surrounding him is the countryside around the village of Hayes

50 YEARS AGO: The former Moscow correspondent for Reuters and later assistant to the head of Naval Intelligence died at the age of 56. His name was Ian Fleming, best known as the creator of James Bond. Fleming married Lord Rothermere’s former wife

This weekend, 800 striking buildings – including the Gherkin, City Hall and the Bank of England - across the capital will be opened for free for people to explore amazing architecture and design on their doorsteps. Open House London returns on

It was 210 years ago this month that Richard Trevithick of Dartford introduced the first steam locomotive to be employed on a permanent track railway. James Watt and George Stephenson may be the names that come to mind but Trevithick was the real

Prepare for some hot metal-on-metal action as late nineties TV favourite Robot Wars crunches into Bluewater this weekend. More than 50 mechanical monsters old and new – including 2014 champ Eruption, previous winner Ripper and crowd favourite Behemoth

Waste4Fuel’s mountain of rotting waste in St Paul’s Cray caught fire again this morning (September 17) sending smoke billowing across nearby roads. Three fire engines were at the notorious recycling plant in Cornwall Drive tackling the flames.

An exhibition based in a Catford prefab home is facing a race against time to raise the £15,000 needed to keep it open. The exhibition, on Catford’s Excalibur estate, has launched an online Kickstarter campaign to remain open to the public while

Celebrities will take to the court in Greenwich alongside the world’s greatest tennis stars in November. Federer, Djokovic and Nadal will be among the racket-wielding heroes joining famous faces at the launch of the ATP World Tour Finals on November

Hi, I'm a veterinary nurse who works at Foxgrove veterinary centre in Beckenham. I have worked there now for over ten years. I see so many cats and kittens come in abandoned, neglected and in really bad shape. That's where the CPL come along. They

Kent Police has released a photo of a classic car that has been reported stolen from Dartford. Officers are investigating an alleged burglary after a white Austin Rover Mini was stolen from a garage in St Vincents Road, between 6pm on August 30

Ten years ago this week a rebellion was brewing in the county of Kent, which was almost identical in its objective to the uprising led by Dartford’s Wat Tyler in the 14th century. The rebels were plotting the downfall of Tony Blair and their grievance

Every day we pull some stats from a survey and say have a chat about the findings. Today: What drives people to lose weight. 64 per cent of the British population is classified as overweight or obese, almost 40 per cent more than in 1980. 47

Hector here is a very nice dog who keeps bullies away from his sister, who happens to be a cat. The six-year-old Staff was nominated for Pet of the Day by Julie Broughton from Eltham. Hector likes cuddles, walks in the woods, being covered