STUDENTS are celebrating excellent A-level results. Many students in north Kent contributed to the best-ever A-level results to date. All but two schools - Leigh City Technology College and St John's Catholic School - beat the national average of 96.6
A MOTHER found dead in her home had been stabbed with a penknife, police have revealed. Sanambir Punni was discovered at the bottom of the stairs at her home in Beaumont Drive, Northfleet. It followed the discovery of a man's body, believed to be her
THREE-year-old Megan Chapman has grown a 9ft 6in sunflower in her nan's garden in Dartford. Megan planted the seeds at the end of April and has been tending to them ever since. Due to the hosepipe ban all her plants have been watered using only bath
MUSIC lovers will be able to enjoy a night of free entertainment. Swanley Town Council is organising a "magical" evening of music and fireworks for residents. The 20th annual event will be held in Swanley Park, New Barn Road, this Friday. The evening
MARTIAL arts experts got youngsters to try out a different sport at a new £4.5m judo centre. Dartford Judo Club ran an open day for young people wanting to try out the sport. It was held at its state-of-the-art home in Cotton Lane, Dartford, which
A GARDENER who threatened a mother and son with a knife before tying them up failed to get his convictions quashed. Eamonn Liam Heffernan, of Saxon Place, Horton Kirby, was jailed for 11 years after he forced his way into house in Erith and demanded
A £25m project to save the Cutty Sark could be at risk if potential sponsors do not sign up in time. In January last year, the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded the Cutty Sark Trust an £11.75m grant towards its major restoration programme on condition it
SCHOOLS are celebrating record achievements at A-Level with some producing their best-ever results. Official results tables will not be available until September but many Bromley schools have reported rises and record pass rates. Pupils from Darrick
A machete-wielding robber has been jailed for five years. Graham Purser, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to robbery when he appeared before Maidstone Crown Court yesterday. The 33-year-old was arrested following a robbery at the Threshers store in
CAMPAIGNERS have lost their fight against a mobile phone giant and its controversial mast. Workers for T-Mobile have almost finished putting the mast up on the corner of St Paul's Wood Hill and Beddington Road, St Paul's Cray. Security guards kept watch
The subject of organ donation is a sensitive one at what is an already painful time. But for one grieving widow it has provided a great comfort. HELEN BACKWAY reports. PATRICIA Smith's husband John battled throat cancer for a year before he died in May
PARENTS and residents are fighting to stop half a school playing field being turned into a "sea of concrete". York Road Junior School and Language Unit applied last month to turn part of the sports field into a 33-space car park. The school, in York
A NEW primary care trust (PCT) has appointed a chief executive. The West Kent PCT, will incorporate South West Kent, Maidstone Weald and Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Primary Care trusts. Steve Phoenix, from East Sussex, has worked for the NHS for
A MUSEUM will open earlier after residents complained about access. For a trial period the museum in Market Street, Dartford, will open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between 10am and 2pm and 3pm until 5.30pm. Before the revised timetable
A BUREAU manager is worried troubled residents may be missing out on advice after a change in address. In April Dartford Citizens' Advice Bureau moved from Essex Road to the Trinity Resource Centre. Its new postal address is listed as Dartford High
A COUPLE'S six-month battle to get a water meter fitted is over - thanks to News Shopper. So desperate were Sylvia and Jack Turner, of Petten Grove, Orpington, to prove Thames Water had not fitted a meter as asked, they offered the firm £5 to show them
MEDICS treated a motorcyclist for minor injuries this morning after he collided with a van. The accident, which was on the junction of Stanstead Road and with Fermor Road, Forest Hill, happened about 8.45am. One ambulance was sent to the scene and medics
FIVE teenagers arrested by police in connection with a £50,000 bus fire are set to appear in court next month. North Kent police say the youths, who have been released on police bail, will appear at Dartford Magistrates' Court. They were arrested two
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A TEENAGE balloon modeller and magician has been filmed for his TV debut. Edward Hilsum bended balloons and performed magic tricks for a film crew from Hobby Check, a show due to be screened on the Disney Channel in October. The 14-year-old, who goes
CHARLTON have signed Tottenham midfielder Andy Reid on a four-year deal, which could be worth £3m. The Republic of Ireland international becomes Addicks boss Iain Dowie's fifth new recruit in the last nine days. Dowie said: "Everyone is aware that
A PHOTOGRAPHY enthusiast is hoping readers can help him track down people in this picture. Doug Tizzard has unearthed this decades old snapshot of Girl Guides at a summer camp and wants to track them down. Photo transparencies, or slides, were used
THE final part of a £2m scheme to upgrade school sports facilities has been completed. A new floodlit synthetic pitch at Trinity School, Erith Road, Belvedere, which was opened by former Great Britain hockey team goalkeeper Hilary Rose at the end of
IN A bid to help hospital patients recover more quickly, a hospital has made changes to its visiting rules. The new system at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, has been put together following consultations with staff and patient representatives who canvassed
LAST month's £50,000 arson on a 96 bus travelling from Bexleyheath to Bluewater put vandalism on public transport back in the news. The bus owner, Stagecoach, says the route 96 experienced 62 serious criminal damage incidents in the past year. To
OFFICERS who form the Met Police's transport operational command unit are looking for help from readers to identify pictures of young people captured by CCTV cameras on board vandalised buses. The command unit is part of Operation BusTag, a collaboration
A FLOOR layer has been invited to display his artwork at a London tourist exhibition. Michael Connell displayed some of his brightly-coloured murals at the Barbados Expo at the Olympia Exhibition Centre, London, at the weekend. Thousands of visitors
VOLUNTEERS will benefit from improved training thanks to a lottery grant of £10,000. Greenwich Volunteers' Centre was given the cash by the Lottery's Awards for All scheme after bidding for a share of more than £600,000 in May. The national scheme has
Lewes 4 v 2 Welling Nationwide Conference South A NIGHTMARE second half condemned Welling to their first defeat of the new season. Ian Simpemba opened the scoring for the title favourites Lewes before Danny Kedwell levelled from the spot. But
POLICE are warning the public to be alert after a pensioner was threatened inside a bank. A 70-year-old male was queuing at Woolwich bank in Lewisham High Street when he was approached by two women and a man. They told him he had paint on the back of
