STUDENTS are setting up their own vintage fair for the day. Pupils at the Ravensbourne School in Hayes Lane, Bromley, will be setting up the pop-up fair with the help of Greenwich based shop Retrobates Vintage. It will be open for one
A codeine addict who tampered with packets of Nurofen Plus found in Bromley stores has been jailed for 18 months. Christopher McGuire, of Edzell Drive, Glasgow, cost the manufacturers £2.4 million and saved himself just £7 by placing strips
A COLLEGE in Bexley has organised a borough wide project to encourage people to try a range of learning activities. The Adult Education College in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath put on a variety of courses for those who would not usually join a
STUDENTS from a Wilmington school are gearing up to race an electric car they have built. Around 20 pupils from Wilmington Academy in Common Lane took six months to built the car from scratch using cardboard with the help of volunteers.
AN 18-YEAR-OLD found buried beneath a shed may have been incapacitated by a hammer blow to his head before he was stabbed in the neck, the Old Bailey heard today. The body of Stephen Ojerinola was found encased in concrete last November, buried in
A DISABLED man who lost his walking stick after it was caught in the doors of a departing train feared he could have been "dragged" away with it. Mark Duthoit was horrified when the train he travels in to get to work from Swanley station closed
PLANNING permission has been given for Bexley Council to use the former Woolwich Building Society offices as its headquarters. Council officers hope work on the iconic building, in Watling Street, will begin this autumn and staff will move
The long-running battle to scrap the tolls at the Dartford Crossing has suffered another setback after the government announced they will be increased. ABIGAIL WOODCOCK looks back at years of motorist misery. TOLL charges on the Dartford
THOUSANDS of cyclists have marked the official opening of Europe’s largest cycling park in Gravesend with a mass bike ride. Biking enthusiasts took a turn around the 43 hectare Cyclopark on Sunday (May 27) as part of a celebration organised
A MUSIC video shot in Beckenham on a £100 budget is creating a stir in the music industry. Twenty two-year-old Darren Baba, aka Bantah, and 27-year-old filmmaker Katherine Evans, aka Puff, have seen their first track Geezer Bruv listed as hot
NEWS Shopper has been praised in parliament for its successful dangerous dog campaign. Over the last few months our Shop A Dog campaign has been calling for tougher sentences for irresponsible dog owners and for legislation to be extended to
STREET parties across Kent are proving more popular for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee than the Royal Wedding. Across the county, the number of parties being held during the four-day extended bank holiday weekend is up 75 per cent. A total
A GIANT eight-foot interactive sign has been installed in Gravesend’s Community Square. Sporting the slogan “GO2012,” the sign will be used during the upcoming Diamond Jubilee celebrations and has been decorated with a giant union-jack flag
BREEDING cockroaches and mice in the kitchen were among some of the food safety issues uncovered at University Hospital Lewisham. Lewisham council’s environmental health team found issues of “great concern” including a lack of pest control,
NEW plans for a £10m investment have been unveiled showing how Orpington town centre could look in the future. The new vision for the area around the Walnuts Shopping Centre, which includes plans for a cinema, new shops and restaurants and
An elephant and Anglo-Saxon watermill are among the treasure already unearthed in Ebbsfleet. Reporter ALAN WOODS looks at the latest find. A GOLD intaglio ring discovered during the building of the Channel Tunnel Railway has been declared as
A 22-YEAR-OLD man and two teenagers have been convicted after a man was stabbed seven times in Belvedere. Michael Spencer, of Lincoln Road, Erith, – also known as Michael Osumi –, along with two boys aged 16 and 17, who cannot be named for
DANCE lovers have raised £3,000 for charity by taking part in Bexleyheath's first Big Purple Zumba Party. Young Epilepsy, which supports children and young people aged five to 25 with epilepsy and other neurological conditions, hosted the party
TEN people were evacuated from their homes last night when a wall and roof collapsed. London Fire Brigade was called at 6.55pm last night (May 27) to flats above a shop, in Broadway, Bexleyheath. A small part of the exterior wall on
GOLF clubs and BMX bikes are among items being stolen from garages in Gravesend. Police are warning people storing high-value items in their sheds and garages to consider the possibility of fitting a security alarm following a series of thefts
AN 89-YEAR-OLD war veteran enjoyed afternoon tea and music at a Garden Party in Buckingham Palace. Victor Beuzard, of Northbourne Court, in Harland Avenue, Sidcup, joined the RAF aged 19 in 1942, during the Second World War. He worked
PENSIONERS who say they have not been able to use their bus passes since the Chislehurst Road bridge closed are up in arms at the prospect of buses staying on diversion after it reopens. The 61, 273 and 661 routes have been on diversion along
THE blaze at a Greenwich chemical plant is now out and residents have been told they can open their windows again. People living near Peterboat Close were advised earlier to close windows against billowing smoke from the factory fire.
GRAVESEND recorded its hottest temperature this year during the recent warm spell. Last Thursday (May 24) the town saw highs of 24.8 C, which dipped to 22.2 C on Friday before rising again to 23.4 C on Saturday. The hottest place
DARTFORD has been chosen by retail guru Mary Portas to receive a share of £1.2m to bring the high street back to life. The borough is one of 12 Portas Pilots to benefit from expert advice and financial support. Dartford will open up
DOZENS of people had to be evacuated from a Chinese restaurant after a nearby garage containing gas cannisters caught fire. Around 60 diners had their meals interrupted at Chom Chom restaurant in Bromley Road, Beckenham, when a garage behind
AS EXCUSES go, not having a ticket because you wrote your phone number on it and gave it to a pretty woman on a train is certainly imaginative. And it is one which ticket inspectors heard before giving the 20-year-old man in question a fine
A FOX which was abandoned at just two weeks old now has a name and some friends. The baby was found lying in the road close to the Ravensbourne Gate housing development in Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, back in March. It is thought he
CUB Scouts got down and dirty to help their community as they cleaned up a river. Wearing wellies and thick rubber gloves the 3rd Orpington Cub Scouts helped the charity Thames 21 to clear out part of the River Cray as part of the national
Many of Blackheath & Bromley’s athletes were in action at the Loughborough International fixture. Adam Gemili was representing the Great Britain Junior team and he won the 100 metres in 10.43 despite running into a -1.2 metre per second headwind. Tremayne
SHOPPERS picking up bargains also picked up information about dementia when they went to a shopping centre. At the stall in The Glades, High Street, Bromley, they could speak to memory nurses, doctors, Bromley Council, and other groups about
GREENWICH residents have been advised to keep their windows closed after fire ripped through a chemical processing plant. Around 60 firefighters from 12 crews were called to the blaze, at the plant in Peterboat Close, at 3.27am. A London
Organisations across South East London have been proudly showing off their spots to go dotty for Demelza. Go Dotty for Demelza encourages groups or individuals to sport polka dot or take part in dotty activities during Children’s Hospice Week, from
