Greenwich students are celebrating their A-level results. The overall pass rate for the borough was 96 per cent - the best results for five years. Samantha Payne reports. A SCHOOL is celebrating achieving a 100 per cent pass rate in its A-level exams
WALSALL have signed former Millwall winger Carlos Fangueiro. The 29-year-old made 13 appearances for the Lions last season, mostly as a substitute, playing under former Saddlers' boss Colin Lee. Boss Richard Murray told the League Two club's website
CHARLTON head coach Iain Dowie secured the future of yet another Addicks star when Jerome Thomas signed a new contract on Friday. The 23-year-old winger penned a brand new three-year deal until the end of the 2008/09 season, following in the footsteps
PETER Taylor takes his team to St.Andrews tomorrow where they face one of the favourites for promotion straight back to the Premiership in Birmingham City. Blues boss Steve Bruce has been able to add to his squad this summer and only this week spent
ALAN McLeary has left the coaching staff at The Den. Macca, who had a testimonial match against Charlton on July 22, made a total of 413 senior appearances for The Lions in two spells between 1982-92 and 1996-98, before being appointed assistant manager
NIGEL Spackman has been handed a timely boost with the return to first team action of Maurice Ross for Saturday's home game against Oldham Athletic. Former Rangers full-back Maurice sustained a hamstring injury during The Lions game at Brisbane Road
PRIVATE landlords can claim up to £1,500 for energy-saving improvements in their tenants' homes. The deduction against their profits from income tax payments can be used to pay for insulating lofts, walls, hot water systems and draught proofing. Landlords
CLEANING up is not a traditional pastime for children during their summer holidays. But youngsters who live in Calverley Close, Beckenham, did just that when they tidied up their estate. The clean-up was dreamed up by the estate owner English Churches
WOMEN and girls are teaming up to put on a night of dance to promote cultural diversity. Youngsters from Northfleet School for Girls have teamed up with the Gravesend Soroptimist Club for the event on September 9 involving six different types of dance
I am anxious to contact the owners of a missing black cat in the North Bromley area. Myself and my partner were involved in a road accident with a black cat on Farwig Lane in Bromley on August 12. The cat did not survive the accident, and we were both
Scouts from Chislehurst Invicta Scout Troop completed a 50-mile hike from Weymouth to Bournemouth along the South West Coastal Path with full kit as their summer camp. The hike took four days, with the rest of the week in spent Butchers Coppice Scout
SPORTS, arts and drama groups for young people could claim up to £3,000 in grants to help them with their work. The cash is being made available in the autumn by the Jack Petchey Foundation, founded by East End property developer Jack Petchey in 1999
BEXLEY'S top cop says he would be uneasy about police officers getting extra powers to give a 21st-century version of a clip round the ear. Borough commander Chief Superintendent Robin Merrett was commenting on a suggestion by the Association of Chief
A CAMPAIGNER has been talking about her fight to save a derelict pub from demolition. Minty Challis has been camped out at the Green Man Pub, Bromley Road, Catford, for a week and faces eviction next Friday. She has arranged a public meeting outside
The newly refurbished British Heart Foundation (BHF) shop in Beckenham will be celebrating in style when the Mayor of Bromley Charles Joel officially re-opens its doors on August 31. The BHF shop's grand re-opening ceremony has been much anticipated
The Temple Hill Community Forum in Dartford will shortly be taking over ownership and maintenance of 3.5 acres of native woodland which has been offered to the community free of charge by the Department of Health. The land, formerly Joyce Green Hospital
TWO men have appeared in court following an armed robbery at Sydenham railway station. One man armed with a gun and another man with a machete-style knife, entered the station and threatened a member of staff in the booking office at 8pm on August 3.
A MUGGER has been jailed for 18 months after he was caught when he dropped his dummy at the scene. Donovan Kenlyn pounced on pensioner John Johnson as he left Rushey Green post office, Catford, on May 16 but dropped his pink plastic comforter as he fled
THIEVES have deprived a hospice of its fundraising mascot. The large, brown cuddly toy disappeared when workers had their backs turned. The stuffed dog was stolen at the Dartford Festival last month when it was sitting on top of the Ellenor Hospice
For the parents of 200 children diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome in the UK each year, the choices involved are agonising. LOUISE TWEDDELL spoke to one family about their predicament. LOOKING into the smiling, innocent face of four-month-old
