PATIENTS will be able to track appointments by text with South London Healthcare NHS Trust from this week. The text messages remind people about their booked appointments and give patients the chance to postpone by texting back free.
GREENWICH will soon be the first London borough to welcome the Olympic torch and residents are encouraged to watch the historic spectacle. The torch relay will start at the Prime Meridian Line in Greenwich Park on July 21 at around 7.20am.
A PAIR of young cricketers from the News Shopper region enjoyed a day to remember after winning the chance to take part in a net session with England World Cup winning captain Paul Collingwood. Jack Thomas, 20, from Catford, and his guest Mike
A SCHOOL has been named as one of the best in the country for improving its pupils' GCSE results - but it is still being shutdown. According to The Schools Network, a charity which provides support in raising standards, Blackheath Bluecoat
MEAPA Gymnastics Club in Gravesend will play host to 200 young gymnasts aged from six to 14 at their annual club championships on Sunday. This open event is aimed at giving gymnasts who attend general classes the chance to participate and experience
CONTROVERSIAL plans to redevelop an old factory now used by Deptford artists and small businesses are going on show for two days. The Faircharm Estate in Creekside has become a popular place for creative businesses to set up in recent years. But
THE annual jdm Estate Agents junior open at Sundridge Park Tennis Club has been upgraded to a grade three regional event. Sundridge Park will host its sixth junior open, including men’s and ladies’ open singles contests, between July 23 and July 28
A BUS strike planned for tomorrow has been called off. Staff had threatened to strike in a row over Olympic bonuses, but the plans have been derailed following talks and legal action by bus companies. Conciliation service Acas confirmed
DARTFORDIANS kept their title hopes alive with a five-wicket win over neighbours Bexley's third string. Simon Harman and Kevin Cullern took three wickets apiece, while Dave Hathrill claimed two to restrict Bexley to 155. Darts knocked the
A COURAGEOUS teen sailor who recently suffered from blood cancer got the chance to race with his hero Dame Ellen MacArthur. Burak Celikbilek, from Eltham, is recovering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and was invited to join record-breaking round-the-world
A bowel cancer survivor who has been chosen to carry the Olympic flame is hoping to raise thousands to help doctors fight the disease by auctioning off celebrity memorabilia in his possession. Dafydd Jones, 29, from Crystal Palace, who had
BROMLEY community groups are being invited to get involved with Crystal Palace FC’s community day, which takes place on the opening day of the new season. Watford are the visitors at Selhurst Park as the Championship campaign gets underway on August
ANTI-MISSILE protesters appear to have lost their battle against surface-to-air weapons being installed during the Olympics. Yesterday the Ministry of Defence announced the missiles would arrive in Blackheath and Oxleas Meadow at the start
FOR someone who admits to being scared of heights, mother-of-four Samantha Sees is taking on the challenge of a lifetime. On Saturday, July 14 – one year to the day since she was diagnosed with breast cancer – Samantha, 43, will climb Ben Nevis
COUNCILS and other local bodies should have a greater say in developing, awarding and monitoring rail franchises, said a south east business body. In response to a Department of Transport consultation about how to decentralise the process,
By Nick Atkin GREENWICH’S Jack Mallon has vowed to return to the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games in 2013 and claim what is rightfully his after narrowly missing out on the football title at finals weekend this year. The 14-year-old
By Nick Atkin BROMLEY swimmer Theo Haslam was left dreaming of starring under Olympic lights after storming to gold at the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games finals weekend. The 14-year-old took to the pool at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
By Ben Baker LEWISHAM rower Joshua Aborishade cannot wait to go back to the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games after claiming back-to-back gold medals at the finals weekend. The cream of the athletic crop from all 33 London boroughs
By Nick Atkin BEXLEY rower Asher Wilson admitted he surprised even himself after storming to gold at the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games finals weekend. With 15,000 young competitors arriving at the Crystal Palace National Sports
Have you ever looked down at an old, ill-fitting pair of trousers and wondered what they’d look like as a jacket? No, me neither. But after talking to the inspirational Penelope Else about her fabulous new Frockcycle sessions, I am itching
GOVERNMENT funding has been approved for the £30m rebuild of an Eltham secondary school. Eltham Foundation School - set to be renamed Harris Academy Greenwich when it is taken over by the Harris Federation in the summer - has been successful
TACKLING weeds is high on Kent County Council’s agenda after a wet Spring forced it to postpone work. One of the wettest Springs on record boosted the growth of untreated weeds by roadsides, while spraying them would have been pointless as
HEALTH chiefs have joined forces with Charlton Athletic to encourage people in Greenwich borough to get active. The Greenwich Get Active programme offers a free taster session in a range of 1,000 activities including walking, swimming, football
SUPERSIZE ambulances travel the streets of south-east London for supersize emergencies. London Ambulance Service owns a fleet of ambulances specifically designed to carry obese patients. It would appear London Fire Brigade is equally
A SIDCUP couple have taken Bexley Council to court after they were ordered to tidy up their garden. Rita and Pieter Grootendorst, of Old Farm Avenue, Sidcup, are appealing against an order made by the council in April instructing them to tidy
A SCHEME set up to boost young people's achievements is extending its work in Lewisham following a £3m funding boost. The Jack Petchey Foundation has been running its Achievement Award Scheme since 1999, taking applications from schools, clubs
Music lovers will be able to get Closer Than Close to their younger years on the tiles at the ultimate Old Skool night out. Former BBC Radio1 presenter DJ Spoony is headlining at Back to 95, Legends of the Old Skool House and Garage at Proud2
BUILDING an airport in the Thames Estuary is not a viable option to increase the south east’s aviation capacity, according to a business report. An airport study, written by Parsons Brinckerhof for the South East Local Enterprise Partnership
A CLOTHES shop, tea room or strip club - what would you choose as Petts Wood’s newest retail outlet? A businessman is letting customers have the ultimate choice by deciding what kind of shop he will open in Petts Wood. The owner of the
THERE are just two weeks left to sample the sizzling winning product of Lewisham Shopping Centre’s Retail Entrepreneur Scheme. Mama-Marie’s Chilli Sauce is the spicy creation of 47-year-old Marie-Noëlle Uriel from Catford and can be found at
AN aspiring model from Wilmington is hoping to be crowned a Teen Princess after applying to a national online beauty contest. Elle Elliott of The Close, Wilmington, has reached the semi-finals of Teen Princess UK but now needs the public to
When I was young my dad recorded a Radio 4 series for me and I would listen to the cassette tapes endlessly. It told the story of an ape-descended life form from an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet called Earth. The play was Hitchhiker
TWO 15-year-old boys have been arrested following an armed robbery at a jewellers in Longfield last night (July 3). The incident happened at 5.15pm at family run Bourne & Kemp jewellers in Station Road. When police arrived at the shop
PUBSPY'S VIEW Strolling down a fairly nondescript street in Brockley, I found myself feeling quite deflated and uninspired one night last week. Deciding drink was the only way forward, we headed into the nearest boozer and suddenly my
ADMINISTRATORS are expected to be called in to a financially crippled health trust on July 12, in a decision that has provoked heated debate in Bromley. South London Healthcare NHS Trust (SLHT), whose three hospitals include Princess Royal
Bob Alldis, 49, St Mary Cray, Orpington Why this design? I always have tattoos that mean something to me. My daughter (Bernise Alldis) became a Thai Boxing World Champion at 57kg. She won a beautiful belt of which I was
BROMLEY police’s safer transport team will be holding a bike marking surgery this Saturday (July 7). The event at Beckenham Junction train station runs from 12pm to 5pm and is free of charge. Marking each bike only takes about five minutes
COPS have another weapon to use against wanted criminals who are using Bromley’s roads. Major routes in and out of the borough are now monitored using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras which will alert officers to motorists
FOR someone who admits to being scared of heights, mother-of-four Samantha Sees is taking on the challenge of a lifetime. On Saturday, July 14 – one year to the day since she was diagnosed with breast cancer – Samantha, 43, will climb Ben Nevis
