Since the beginning of our education we have obtained a basic understanding of Mathematics, English and Science; as these are the core subjects which are most focused on. However isn't it time that other important subjects were brought into the mix
A VERDICT of accidental death has been recorded in the case of a Petts Wood student who died after a university drinking game went wrong. Timothy Jarvis, aged 18, of Crofton Lane, plunged down a staircase after consuming a whole bottle of rum in
Take a stroll through Beckenham High Street and you may see a friendly familiar face; a town which is both vibrant and welcoming. A place where you can take your children to the park, cinema or to receive their first swimming lesson. However there
Talented Sydenham-based horticulturalist George Long, owner of landscape design company Well Grounded Gardens, shares his Halloween column: Things That Grow Bump in the Night Your creative skills will be put to the test this month while carving
DERREN Brown’s cleaner was today jailed for stealing cheques worth £33,000 from the illusionist. Rocio Pavon-Navarrete, 47, from Greenwich, previously admitted stealing two blank signed cheques from the popular entertainer around June 2010 while
KENT Police has released an image of a man they would like to speak to following a theft in Gravesend. The incident happened at around 2.30pm on September 24 outside B&Q at the Imperial Retail Park in Thames Way. A warrant card, owned by
A SECOND man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 23-year-old Natalie Jarvis in Swanley Village. Police arrested a 23-year-old man from Eltham this morning (October 11) in connection with Natalie’s death on the evening on October 3.
A passionate teacher with dance in her soul has opened a new, very economical stage school for kids in Swanley. Sylvia Sulway is welcoming children between six and 19-years-old to learn how to act, dance, sing and perform musical theatre shows
STUDENTS made a beeline for The Glades Student Lock-In to take advantage of a shopping spectacular. On October 9, between 6.30pm and 8.30pm, they were treated to a range of discounts and offers from over forty retailers. Radio 1Xtra DJ Moses
IT WILL be full steam ahead when a museum throws open its doors for its final steam day of the year. Crossness Industrial Engines Museum, in Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood, will be holding the event on October 21 from 10.30am to 5pm. Volunteers
When a nasty injury scuppered his chances to play for Millwall FC, funnyman Prince Abdi thought his life in the spotlight was over. But thanks to encouragement from his friends, the Somali-born Londoner went from teaching to stand-up and hasn’t
A MOTHER is desperately trying to raise £12,000 to bring her son home from Turkey after he broke his back falling from a balcony. Heather Parry and her two sons Kane Parry, aged seven, and 25-year-old Charlie Smith, flew out to Marmaris on September
HOSPITAL services in Dartford, Gravesend and Medway are one step closer to merging, it has been announced. Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Medway NHS Foundation Trust put forward proposals to merge around a year ago in a bid to reduce management
LEWISHAM athletics star John Regis was officially inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame at an awards evening hosted by Steve Backley MBE at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Regis represented Lewisham at the London Youth Games is the
A TEAM of skiers from Eltham College triumphed at the 35th annual English schools national ski finals in Norwich. Eltham College fielded an A and B U14 squad at the contest after both had qualified from the south east regional heat last month. But
A BECKENHAM hockey club has launched a development side for young players following a spike in interest in the sport following the Olympics. New Beccehamian HC, whose home ground is at HSBC Sports and Social Club in Lennard Road, has been able to
NORTHFLEET pupils have been buzzing about bees as part of a national campaign to raise awareness about the declining insect. Year 7 students at Northfleet School for Girls, in Hall Road, enjoyed a performance of "Honey" by the Pif Paf Bee Company
Gravesend Rugby Club’s mini and youth section are hosting The Pink Panthers from Driebergen, Ultrecht, Netherlands a Dutch touring side at the weekend, at under 12 and 14 age groups. They have also arranged to have Blackheath U14's and Aylesford
HAVING scored an internet hit with their routine for Call Me Maybe, the Crystal Palace Football Club cheerleaders are showing their Gangnam Style. The single by South Korean rapper Psy has been number one in the charts and the dance that goes with
A BI-POLAR sufferer who had been missing from Bromley for two and a half weeks has been found safe and well at Heathrow Airport. John Sheehan, who is a voluntary patient at Green Parks House hospital, has been picked up by police. He is expected
POLICE are appealing for help in finding an 81-year-old man who has gone missing from his home in Bromley. They are particularly concerned because he needs medication for a heart condition. George Lister, 81, of Burnt Ash Lane, in Bromley,
VOTERS in Lewisham's Whitefoot ward, covering postcodes in the BR1 and SE6 areas, are going to the polls in a Lewisham Council by-election today (Oct 11). The seat has been left vacant after Lib Dem councillor Pete Pattisson stood down to to teach
NORTH West Kent College is running a week-long lifeguard qualification at its re-developed Gravesend Campus. The National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) is a requirement for a number of jobs from a pool lifeguard to a centre manager. The
THE O2 Arena in Greenwich and AEG are being put up for sale by the billionaire owner of LA Galaxy Phil Anschutz in an auction estimated to be worth £6bn. A 25-page pack is reportedly being issued to potential buyers as owner Mr Anschutz attempts
EX-BROMLEY teacher Jeremy Forrest is due to appear in court charged with the abduction of a 15-year-old schoolgirl. The 30-year-old married amateur musician, from Ringmer, near Lewes, East Sussex, went on the run with the teenager on September
A 39-YEAR-OLD man was hit by a train at Ladywell rail station last night (Oct 10) and is in a serious condition at King's College Hospital. British Transport Police confirmed they were called to the rail station at around 6.33pm. A spokesman
AN 18-YEAR-OLD former grammar school pupil died after downing a bottle of rum and falling down some stairs, an inquest has heard. Timothy Jarvis, of Crofton Lane, Petts Wood, was taken to Colchester General Hospital on October 13 last year and
PART of Stanstead Road in Forest Hill was cordoned off this morning after an earlier accident at the junction with Cranston Road. Emergency services were called at about 4.15am to reports of an accident involving a car and a motorbike in Cranston
EX-BROMLEY teacher Jeremy Forrest has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with abducting a 15-year-old girl. Forrest, of Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood, made his appearance at Eastbourne Magistrates' Court in East Sussex less
