On the evening of Tuesday 27th March, Beths Grammar School, Hartford Road held its end of term spring concert to showcase its students’ musical talent. The doors opened at 6:45pm and by the time the show started at 7pm, the hall was filled with parents
An impulsive journalist who has never written a song in his life has created a unique cabaret-style tribute to George Orwell complete with original tunes. Peter Cordwell, 64, was spontaneously moved to write a show celebrating Orwell through
KENT Police is appealing for information to help trace a missing 15-year-old girl. Charlotte Palmer was last seen at her home in Hartley on Monday (April 9). She is described as 5ft 6ins tall, of slim build with long, straight, brown
LONDON'S current mayor Boris Johnson has urged Thames Water to think again over building part of a £4.1bn "super sewer" in Deptford. An access chamber for the project could be built off Church Street, with building work on the site closing
BEXLEY Council has been congratulated for its work in the borough at an awards ceremony. Bexley Civic Society presented cabinet member for regeneration Councillor Linda Bailey with certificates at its meeting last week in Bexley’s St John Fisher
Following one of my previous articles titled The ‘’most exciting thing that could come to Croydon” I was given the opportunity to work shadow the MP for Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, last month. I spent the first four days in Westminster and the last
Not many of us can afford a trip to the States every time we fancy a juicy, perfectly cooked hamburger. But don’t worry – the stars and stripes have come to us in the form of the most succulent, tasty and simply delicious burgers in town.
MOTHERS have the chance to get active with their baby at buggy fitness classes. The sessions take place at Crayford Children's Centre, in Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, and North Cray Children's Centre, in Davis Way, Sidcup. There is also
A WELLING couple who met as teenagers have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. Fred and Dilys Strong, of Porthkerry Avenue, married at St Pauls Church in Plumstead on April 5 1947. They met when Fred was 15 and Dilys was 17 on
There is a drought in the South-east of England and we have to limit our water usage and face the perils and restrictions of a hose-pipe ban. But to be honest I have not used my hosepipe since 2006 and that was only to drench my brother and after that
PROCRASTINATION is the “thief of time” according to a business centre in Erith offering workshops in time management. The workshop, which is free to Bexley residents, will be held at Thames Innovation Centre in Veridion Way, Erith on APRIL
A DVD seller was left in a coma after she argued with a potential customer in Downham. The incident happened on April 5 between 12.45pm and 1.15pm when the 43-year-old oriental woman offered to sell a DVD to a passer-by. Police say the
A MAIN Road was closed for an hour after a car crashed and was lodged between a tree and a wall. The collision happened at 3.33pm yesterday in Widmore Road. Police, an ambulance and the fire brigade attended the scene after a
CHILDREN in Nigeria and Zimbabwe will be sitting down to watch a celebratory event featuring their Bromley school friends thanks to a partnership project. Six schools across the borough have been linked to schools in Nigeria and Zimbabwe for
BROMLEY’S mayor Councillor David McBride was on hand to help a shopping centre with the last of the shoeboxes donated for its appeal. The Walnuts in Orpington had hoped to collect 200 shoeboxes for Operation Shoebox to be sent to service men
JOBSEEKERS are hoping to build a better future for themselves after taking part in a construction training course. The seven housing association tenants took part in a BTEC level one certificate in construction and a construction skills certification
BROMLEY police’s borough commander is ready for an ‘exciting and challenging’ year after decided to take up the post permanently. Steph Roberts took the role in January and was only due to be on the borough until this month when another officer
TWENTY firefighters were called to tackle a fire at a tower block in Deptford this morning (April 12). The crews from nearby fire stations were sent to the scene at Bembridge House, Bowditch, at around 2.30am, to deal with the incident on the
