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  • Rurik on target

    YOUNG midfielder Rurik Gislason was in goalscoring form as Iceland under-19s saw off the Faroe Islands 3-1 in a European Championship qualifier. Iceland finished level on points with Sweden and Poland but were placed third so will have to wait to

  • Ticket news

    ALL tickets are now on general sale for the Carling Cup third-round tie with Bolton Wanderers at The Valley on October 25 (8pm). Season-ticket holders had until the end of last week to claim their usual seats and now all seats are available, priced

  • Peter Garston - fan on the board

    "The result against Bournemouth and how the team ground out a result would not have happened a few weeks ago. But it appears not only is there a new spirit and fight within the team but the rub of the green appears to have gone our way of late.

  • Kent Football League Premier Division update

    THAMESMEAD Town are the new leaders of the Kent Football League Premier Division after a 3-0 win on Wednesday evening at Tunbridge Wells. John-Paul Collier opened the scoring in the first before Ricky Cable netted a second half brace to leave Wells

  • Appeal for information on death of Nigerian

    A NIGERIAN man who died after he stopped breathing while being arrested has been named. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) confirmed the man was Frank Ogboru, 43, from Lagos. Mr Ogboru was formally identified by members of his family

  • Book a date for library proposals

    RESIDENTS have the chance to view refurbishment plans for a library. Restoration proposals for Manor House Library, Old Road, Lee, will be on display on November 2 and November 4. Lewisham Council's project team will be at the library to talk through

  • Welling pushed but there's no falling over

    Welling United 3 v 1 AFC Hornchurch FA Cup Third Round Qualifying Replay WELLING United booked the final FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round place but they were made to work for it by their lower league opposition. Only after Des Boateng's wonder-strike

  • Police broke in and found dead man

    WORRIED neighbours called the police after spotting a 60-year-old electrical engineer lying on the floor of his home. After breaking in on June 9, police discovered Anthony Ainslie, who had been dead for some time. At an inquest at Croydon Coroner's

  • No faith in Dowie

    NEWS Shopper readers have failed to show the same confidence in Chalrton manager Iain Dowie as the club's chief executive. Dowie was given the dreaded vote of confidence from Richard Murray this week after the Addicks' terrible start to the season, which

  • Awards to celebrate efforts of kids in care

    RADIO 1 presenter Greg McKenzie was the special guest at a party to celebrate the achievements of children in the care of Bexley Council. A well-known mentor to children in care, Mr McKenzie handed out prizes at the fourth awards night to children in

  • Chekov in the house

    LEWISHAM-BASED community theatre company Teatro Vivo is staging an unusual version of Chekov's play, Three Sisters. The production, entitled Here but There, involves the audience following the action from room to room in Hither Green's atmospheric 18th

  • ‘Shocked’ by rise in debt problems

    As the buy now, pay later culture takes its toll on the population, reporter CORINNE McPARTLAND looks at the spiralling debt crisis facing residents. THE offices of the Citizens' Advice Bureaux (CAB) in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley have been left

  • Karen

    Name: Karen. Date of birth: 26/6/66. Location: Croydon. Status: Living and surviving. Occupation: Mortgage Adviser, charity representatvie, mum. Education: Open University for my fundraising qualificition. Various Cets courses Croydon College (long

  • Blackfen matters

    The next meeting of the Blackfen Forum will take place at Our Lady of the Rosary Church Hall, Burnt Oak Lane, Blackfen, on October 25 at 7.30pm. Matters raised at previous meetings include traffic congestion and delays, car parking facilities, road and

  • Sparks fly over fireworks date

    SPECTACULAR fireworks are being promised for residents willing to wait until the end of November. Last year's Guy Fawkes Night display in Crystal Palace Park attracted 10,000 people but this year's event has been postponed until November 30. The London