Matthew Jenkin busts some moves with dancers from the latest streetdance show on the block Blaze. AS THE blood rushes to my head and I feel my wrists begin to buckle under the pressure of my body weight, I realise attempting a head spin on
FIREFIGHTERS have voted in favour of strike action in a row over new contracts. The London Fire Brigade is proposing to change the start and finish times of duty from 15 hour night shifts and 9 hour day shifts to two 12 hour shifts. But the Fire
IT was back to basics for a festive weekend in Bexley. Two local groups were celebrating the traditional pastimes of folk singing and brewing and baking. Crayside Folk Club held its first festival of folk at the Seven Stars pub in Foots Cray High
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD girl has scooped top prize in a series of gymnastics competitions. Rebekah Bell of Birchwood Road, Wilmington, wowed judges at her gymnastics competitions and most recently claimed top prize in the alpha factor level four
GEORGE Burley admits he will have to go with what he has got after Crystal Palace failed to draft in a loan striker. The Eagles are down to the bare bones in terms of forwards going into the derby clash with Millwall this weekend, a problem not helped
A POLICE blitz on Bromley’s most wanted has netted 45 suspected offenders. As part of this, a 36-hour raid which started at 6am on Tuesday involving a combined force of 80 Bromley police officers, resulted in 21 people being arrested.
A WORLD renowned mandolin player from Bromley has died from cervical cancer. Alison Stephens died aged 40 at a hospice in Cambridge at around 4pm on October 10 after a two year battle with the disease. Miss Stephens, who grew up in Bickley
CIVIL engineers are hoping the up-coming London Olympic Games will prove an inspiration for the building designers of tomorrow. The Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) has launched a competition for school students to design and build a model of a community
A SMALL business run from a kitchen has worked to help improve the lives of those in supported housing units. Business2Community, a social enterprise based Kashmir Road, Charlton provides the link between businesses, local government and community
THE MOTHER of murdered student Stephen Lawrence has had her £30,000 BMW carjacked. Doreen Lawrence, aged 58, was driving along Sandfield Road in Thornton Heath, when she was rear-ended by three men in a Mercedes on Tuesday (October 12).
Raise your glass, its time to say Cheers ! We have a fantastic chance to win 10 pairs of tickets to The Wine Show, which will this year be taking place at it’s new home alongside MasterChef Live at Olympia. Visitors can take a stroll
A TOP cleric has been appointed to take over as Bishop of Southwark. Area Bishop of Woolwich The Right Reverand Christopher Chessun has been unveiled as the tenth Bishop of Southwark. Following his appointment he set off on a tour of his new diocese
KENNY Jackett is pleased his Millwall side have closed the gap on Crystal Palace ahead of this weekend’s big derby at Selhurst Park. The Eagles have spent the past four years playing in a higher division over Saturday’s opponents following the Lions
STELLA English was forced to strip down to a bikini in last night’s episode of The Apprentice as she successfully led the boys to victory. The Thamesmead mother-of-two and investment banker was selected by Lord Sugar to whip the boys’ Synergy
A TRAFFIC diversion is in place for the next two weeks to enable repairs on a collapsed sewer. A camera survey found the sewer to be blocked at the junction of Bickley Road/Chislehurst Road/Widmore Road in Bickley. Work has begun this
WARDROBES are being raided by staff and residents at Bupa care homes to make dummy Guy Fawkes for Bonfire Night. Each care home is urging community groups to contact them by October 25 if they want the Guy for their own celebrations. More than 100
UNIONS have warned that council workers will have their current contracts terminated if a deal is not reached on pay freezes. Greenwich Council has issued a Section 188 notice as part of its consultation on a four-year freeze on annual automatic
A DEVELOPER has been refused permission to demolish a house to make way for five apartments. Bromley Council has rejected developer G Hall’s application to knock down number 14 Robins Court, Bromley Road, Beckenham, and replace it with a three-storey
POLICE officers are taking a page out of the football refereeing guidebook by showing a yellow card to warn motorists about bad driving. Bromley police’s safer neighbourhood team for Kelsey and Eden Park will give the yellow card to drivers
A REVIEW recommending uncapped tuition fees has been welcomed by a university - despite student plans to protest. Lord Browne’s university funding review, being considered by the government, proposes unlimited fees with a government levy on
A BADGE showing Greenwich’s meridian line has been released to commemorate the 2012 Olympics. The momento of Greenwich Park is part of an eight badge set - one for each of the Royal Parks. Greenwich Park has been controversially chosen as the venue
A SCHOOL has been refused permission to construct a new classroom as the building would be on the site of a protected woodland. Bromley Council’s planning committee has rejected St David’s College in West Wickham’s application to create a single storey
A TUBE upgrade which led to misery for commuters has been slammed as a 'fiasco' after losing travel chiefs millions in ticket revenue. The upgrade to the Jubilee Line, which serves North Greenwich and The O2, may not be completed until 2011
A HOSPICE is aiming to raise more than £100,000 in its Christmas raffle. The 12 prizes on offer in the Sydenham-based St Christopher’s Hospice draw include a Nissan Micra, a £1,000 holiday voucher and a weekend break for two. Fundraising got off
