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Matt Ellis is appealing for help retrieving his wife’s digital camera, which he lost on the High Firs estate in Swanley on Saturday (June 5), and contains precious photos. If you found it, call him on 07887 766425.

A BRASS band concert promises to fill a park with the sound of music on Sunday afternoon (June 13). The UK Paper Band will perform in Fort Gardens, off Milton Place in Gravesend, playing a range of brass band classics from 2pm to 4pm. It will be the

WOMEN aged 25 to 29 are being urged to have a screening for cervical cancer by the NHS. NHS West Kent, the primary care trust responsible for the north Kent area, says more than one in five women aged 25 to 29 have not acted on their invitation for a

A SOLDIER has been preparing for his deployment to Afghanistan by taking part in a major military exercise in the Czech Republic. Gunner Luis Hulyer, 18 from Plumstead, is part of Germany based 26 Regiment Royal Artillery and will be heading

A CAT shelter has been told it must leave its premises by the end of the month. The Eltham and Sidcup branch of the charity Cats Protection has been running a rescue and re-homing centre known as 'the cattery' in Burnt Ash Hill, Lee, for more

The Harvel 5 attracted the grand total of 29 runners from Istead and Ifield Harriers on Saturday afternoon. As always, there was a pleasant village green atmosphere at the start on Harvel village green, and the high temperatures did not prevent there

CHILDREN from seven Bexley schools were given expert advice on how to keep their teeth and mouths clean and healthy during National Smile Month. At an event organised by Bexley Care Trust, the children learned how to clean their teeth properly, brushing

EVERYTHING from nuclear weapons to women bishops was covered during an any questions session during a meeting of the East Wickham Fellowship. The event was held in St Michael and All Angels Church hall in Abbey Wood Road, Abbey Wood. On the panel

The Top Gear team are at it again in a new DVD comprising another 11 fuel-injected challenges. This time the boys take to the road and the ice to embark on more foolhardy ventures to out-do each other. Available now, this hilarious double

YOUTH, uniformed and other borough organisations will join Bexley’s new mayor at the annual civic parade and service on June 20. The service, at Christ Church in Bexleyheath Broadway takes place at 10.30am and groups and individuals will parade

LAST week's winning numbers in the Greenwich and Bexley Cottage Hospice lottery. The Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice lottery provides a great way for people to donate to the hospice and at the same time have the chance of winning a top prize

STUDENTS are to embark on a 51-mile charity bike ride in memory of their teacher who recently died of cancer. A group of around 20 pupils and teachers from Kemnal Technology College, Sevenoaks Way, Sidcup will next month cycle from the school

A MUSEUM is organising a murder mystery tour this weekend. The event on Sunday (June 13) will look at how 17-year-old Edward Lee died in Crystal Palace in 1868 and who the culprits may have been. Organised by the Crystal Palace Museum, a guided

PEOPLE are being urged to thoroughly cook meat to avoid food poisoning. Bromley Council’s food safety team says every year around 450 people in the borough get ill from eating dodgy food. The message comes during Food Safety Week which is

A DANCE duo were left disappointed after missing out on a cash prize of £100,000 on Britain's Got Talent. Ashley Glazebrook and Glen Murphy, both aged 19, entered the TV talent competition with their dance act, Twist and Pulse. The best

DECOR *** (classic but gloomy) DRINK *** (bog standard) PRICE **** (cheap and cheerful) ATMOSPHERE *** (relaxed) STAFF **** (friendly and efficient) FOOD *** (tasty and filling) AS LADY Gaga said in the video for her hit single Telephone: “

SET on a Thamesmead council estate, Jonathan Harvey's award winning play about the sexual awakening of two boys growing up as next-door neighbours, opens at Greenwich Theatre tomorrow night. First performed in 1993 at the Bush Theatre in London

A CULTURE group has been founded to encourage Londoners to explore sites along the East London Line. The overground line, which opened last month, connects Dalston Junction to West Croydon via New Cross Gate, Forest Hill and Sydenham. Forest Hill is

FOUR men serving life sentences after being found guilty of murdering a 36-year-old are set to appeal against their convictions. Ted Shaxted died in hospital on December 16, 2007, two weeks after being brutally attacked in his home in Wallis

Reporters ABIGAIL FOULKES and DAN KEEL take a tour of Stratford's Olympic 2012 site to check out its progress ahead of the biggest show on earth.

Welcome to the latest Shopper Rant opinion column which calls for guns to be banned in the wake of the Cumbria shootings. Join the debate by adding your comments. THE Cumbria shootings have quite rightly opened up a debate about the country’s gun

A £4m package to provide additional classrooms for the rising demand for places at primary schools for this September and next January has been approved at a Lewisham Council meeting. The money will help provide 510 extra primary places.

POLICE are appealing for information after a 22-year-old woman was sexually assaulted going home from a party. The young man grabbed his victim at around 3am on Saturday (June5) as she walked along Jerningham Road, New Cross, near the junction

TWO women who fell into a 50ft quarry are recovering well from their injuries. Firefighters rescued the two women, said to be in their late teens, from the pit off Knockhall Road in Greenhithe after being called out at around 10pm last Sunday

A POOL was closed down after a child almost drowned at a swimming party. The nine-year-old girl had to be rescued by lifeguards at West Wickham Leisure Centre, Station Road, West Wickham, after she jumped into the pool but did not resurface

ONE of the capital’s biggest model railway events has been held at a museum. Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum, in Woolwich Arsenal, hosted its annual model railway exhibition at the weekend (June 5 and 6). Staged in association

VOLUNTEERS have been commended for their commitment to an animal charity. Jacky Young and Joan Pumfrett were awarded badges at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home’s Volunteer Recognition event at the Brands Hatch branch in Kent on June 2. Chairman

A ROGUE paver who dug up people’s old driveways before they had said yes to work being done has been prosecuted. James Doherty knocked on doors in Birkbeck Road, Beckenham, to offer homeowners cheap deals on new driveways. One couple said they would