Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks was taken to Lewisham police station today after being charged with three counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Mrs Brooks, aged 43, unemployed of Churchill, Oxfordshire, arrived
GIRLS at Bromley High finished an action packed week finding out about the Olympics with their very own games. The pupils in the junior school took part in a range of activities including rowing, ancient Greek Olympic drama, visiting the British
BLACKHEATH Hockey Club celebrating its 150th anniversary on Saturday with a 2-0 defeat at the hands of a team of parliamentarians on the heath. The game, which was played under 1861 rules, was a highly robust, good humoured and entertaining
A 60-YEAR-old man from Erith has been charged with possession of images showing sex with a dog. Stephen Turnbull, of Hurst Road, appeared at Dartford Magistrates’ Court yesterday (May 14). He is charged with possessing extreme pornographic
A FORMER Japanese Olympic and world champion judo star made a recent visit to the Tsukuru Judo Academy at Crook Log Leisure Centre in Bexleyheath. The visit came as Tsukuru, alongside Bexley Judokwai, hosted its first squad training for the London
CCTV images have been released after a man whipped a woman with his dog’s lead on a train. The 31-year-old victim, from Beckenham, had been travelling with her boyfriend on the London Bridge to Hayes service when they noticed a man playing
Kent Police is appealing for help in tracing two missing teenage girls. Eleanor Massbery, aged 16, and 15-year-old Sarah McLaren were last seen on the evening of May 11 at the homes in Maidstone. It is believed that they could be in
A 15-YEAR-OLD girl reported missing has been found safe and well in Gravesend, according to police. Charlotte Palmer was reported missing by her family from her home in Hartley on May 5. Staff at a bar in Milton Road reported a girl
CROWDS of people took to the streets of Bromley today to see the Queen who visited as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour of the country. The atmosphere was jubilant and moods remained un-dampened by the intermittent drizzle. Bromley residents
DESPITE pouring rain thousands of people lined the streets of Bromley to greet the Queen as she visited the town as part of her diamond jubilee tour. Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh were met by more than 6,000 flag-waving school children
BROMLEY’S Gary Paffett heads to this weekend’s DTM German touring car championship meeting at Brands Hatch where he will be looking to strengthen his position at the top of the leaderboard. Paffett is the series’ most successful active driver,
BEXLEY Council is encouraging anyone interested in becoming a foster parent to come forward. The appeal comes during Foster Care Fortnight, a nationwide campaign running until May 28 to encourage more people to foster. Foster families
Two actors, two props and the convergence of two cultures are all it takes to create an urgent, poetic and spiritual reimagining of Hamlet. Kupenga Kwa Hamlet, by Two Gents Productions, is a reworked version of the rarely seen First Quarto of Shakespeare
LEAVING the trees behind, birds are flocking to build their homes in the concrete jungle. Reporter Abigail Woodcock checks out the latest nesting hotspot. BIRDS nest in the craziest of places, as one cleaner found out when she went to empty
Bull terrier aficionado and “Martin Scorsese of painting” Ray Richardson is inviting art lovers to come and see London’s Top Dog in Greenwich. The latest exhibition at Ben Oakley Gallery features a collection of the Woolwich-born artist’s finest
By Ben Baker TEAM leader Louise O’Callaghan insists Bromley has definitely been struck by Olympic fever and believes it will help the borough climb the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games table this summer. Bromley failed to retain the Jubilee Trophy
DARTFORD Harriers enjoyed a 26-medal haul at the Kent county AA track & field championships at Ashford's Julie Rose Stadium. David Hall won the U20 high jump with 1.95m, only one centimetre under the English schools’ qualification. Chelsey Eyers
BUDDING filmmakers are invited to a day of free masterclasses as part of the Rob Knox Film Festival. The event takes place on June 2 from 10.15am at Robert's Hall, Christ Church, in Broadway Bexleyheath. Mark Holt will discuss clips
TOUGHER sentences will be handed to people who are convicted of dangerous dog offences under new guidelines from the Sentencing Council. The guideline covers the most commonly sentenced offences in the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 including allowing
Based on more than 100 letters and interviews with Land Girls of World War II, a moving production is set to bring history to life. Following its phenomenal success in London’s West End, Lilies on the Land is coming to the Ashcroft Theatre at Fairfield
OFFICERS are hunting a suspect who broke in to a supermarket in Biggin Hill this morning (May 15). The man is seen on CCTV getting in to Tesco Express in Main Road at around 3.15am but the security smoke device activated and he left empty handed
FORMER Charlton owner Richard Murray will be guest of honour at tomorrow evening’s Bromley Addicks’ annual general meeting. Murray, who remains a director at The Valley, is set to give his annual address at the event, which takes place at Bromley
HIDDEN away in Catford is an organisation that has helped victims of sexual abuse - a crime affecting one in four British adults. According to the workers at One in Four, counselling for people who have suffered sexual abuse is now required
Amazing!! Well done Bromley for turning out in your hundreds to welcome our Queen to Bromley .Despite freezing temperatures and driving rain there were smiles and waves a plenty along the route. A big thankyou to Bromley Council and Howard Goldstein
A PEDESTRIAN is in hospital with serious injuries after he was hit by a bus yesterday (May 14). Emergency services were called to the accident in Herbert Road, Plumstead, at around 4pm. The man, aged in his 20s, was taken to King's College
PEOPLE are being invited to mark the 100th anniversary of Bexleyheath’s clock tower. As part of the Jubilee celebrations in Broadway on June 4, Bexley Historical Society will unveil a new plaque and information panel. It will be funded
THE only Prime Minister ever to have been assassinated has been remembered with a royal visit at his final resting place. Spencer Perceval is buried at St Luke with Holy Trinity Church, Charlton, and Friday (May 11) marked 200 years since he
THE Queen will be visiting Bromley today as part of her diamond jubilee tour of the country. It is her Majesty’s first visit to the borough since 1986, when she opened the Civic Centre. News Shopper is covering this momentous occasion
WELLING assistant manager Barry Ashby believes the club’s players can hold their heads high after Sunday’s heartbreaking 1-0 play-off final defeat at Dartford. The Wings were looking to end a 12-year wait to return to the Conference but were
POLICE in Greenwich are appealing for information over a 40-year-old woman who has been missing since last month. Heather Smith has been missing since April 25 and was last seen by a friend at her home in Blackheath. She is described
THREE teenagers are in custody after they were seen throwing sat navs into bushes as police approached them this morning (May 15). The boys, two aged 16 and one aged 17, from Beckenham, were arrested on suspicion of theft from motor vehicles
BROMLEY’S police cadets are already in their uniform and ready to help with people visiting the town centre to see Queen Elizabeth II today. Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh will arrive in Bromley town centre at 10:30am and attend a preview
A FIREARMS officer has died after shooting himself at a police station. The man, who is aged in his 30s, was found suffering from gunshot wounds at North Woolwich police station at around 2.30pm on Sunday (May 13). He was pronounced
