GEMMA Shepherd hopes the Charlton women’s team can make Bayliss Avenue a fortress on their way to winning the Premier League Cup as they prepare to host Lewes on Sunday. The Addicks need just a point from Lewes to qualify for the second round as group
A MAN accused of raping a 78-year-old woman at her Gravesend home claims he cannot remember the attack. Joe Street, then aged 19, turned up at the woman's house, bragging of having drunk 13 cans, and carrying two more cans of Stella Artois lager
BROMLEY eased their way to victory over a very youthful Gillingham side in Tuesday evening’s second round Kent Cup tie at Hayes Lane. The visitors had the better of the opening exchanges and might have gone ahead in the sixth minute. Keeper George
Flawless and The English National Ballet collaborated for an exclusive performance of the Twisted Nutcracker on Friday as part of the big Christmas lights switch-on at Bluewater. Described by the dancers as “explosive, energetic and different”,
EAGLES columnist SAM ROSS has been extremely impressed by the way Crystal Palace's players have not let Dougie Freedman's departure to Bolton disrupt their title challenge. WITH an incredible unbeaten run of 14 games and a winning streak of five, things
This year Codemasters has treated racing fans to two games based on F1 - two games which are very different from each other. The first was F1 2012, the third instalment in Codemasters' sim series that provides a very serious and realistic experience
MILLWALL columnist MATT LITTLE feels Sunday’s win over Leeds United was the perfect way to mark Kenny Jackett’s century of victories, a club who the Lions have regularly enjoyed impressive results against during the current Den manager’s reign. IT
A GROUP of disability campaigners celebrated the newly accessible Bromley South station last week. Access All Areas, which is based at St Cecilia’s Leonard Cheshire Disability Service, in Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, had campaigned for years for
A DRUNK 19-year-old man, who blamed a year in jail for his lack of sex, raped an elderly woman at her Gravesend home, Maidstone Crown Court heard today. Jurors were told that Joe Street, of no fixed address, attacked the woman, a 78-year-old who
BROMLEY dance groups tapped their way to success in an attempt to break a world record for charity. This nationwide event, organised by the Performers Project in aid of Children in Need, aimed to have the highest number of tap dancers dancing
MORE than 10,000 people will receive letters from Bexley Council in January as a warning of impending cuts to council tax discounts next year. The previous Council Tax Benefit system has been scrapped by the government and will be replaced by Council
A BRITISH war veteran who risked his life to help the Soviet Union fight Hitler has been denied a medal by "heartless" bureaucracy. Vaughan Williams, now 89 and living in sheltered housing in Wilmington, was awarded the Ushakov medal by the Russian
ADDICKS columnist MATIAS GREZ is feeling a little bit more relaxed looking at the Championship table after Charlton notched up a third straight win at Burnley on Saturday. LIFE is finally looking rosy in the red part of south-east London, as Charlton
BROMLEY have boosted their attacking options by signing Louie Theophanous from Staines Town. Theophanous is the Conference South's second leading goal scorer and will be looking to add to his tally to help the Lillywhites in their battle to pull clear
BEXLEY District young adult ladies cricket team took on Streatham and Marlborough CC ladies in an indoor cricket match at Harris Academy, Falconwood on Saturday. Batting first Bexley recorded 356 and restricted the visitors to 252, resulting in a 104
THE future of Orpington Hospital is up for discussion tomorrow with residents invited to give their views. NHS Bromley Clinical Commissioning Committee is meeting on Thursday with a special focus on the Orpington Health Services Review. The
A LEWISHAM netball club has marked its 30th anniversary with a black-tie ball and awards ceremony. Sabina Netball Club hosted the event at Power League in Catford, where players past and present joined supporters to recognise and celebrate the club
A CROOKED Plumstead cop who was jailed for theft has been sacked from the police force. PC Ian Scouler, 46, was caught on camera pocketing £400 of Met cash in a sting operation and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment earlier this month. Scouler
LANGLEY Park School for Girls student Georgina Kennedy came out on top in a national squash competition. The 15-year-old was competing in the U17 girls’ British squash championships in Manchester, an event which attracted more than 400 competitor in
NINE fire stations in the News Shopper patch, including in Bexley, Greenwich and Woolwich, have been picked out for closure in a devastating new proposal for south-east London. London Mayor Boris Johnson has told London’s fire service it needs
A BEXLEYHEATH fencer has become the U16 Kent county sabre champion. Blackfen School for Girls student Laura Gladdish, 15, defeated Malling MX Fencing Club colleague Miranda Stevens in the final at Eltham College. Follow us on Twitter @NewsShopperSprt
OLD Colfeians welcomed south coast side Havant to Horn Park for a London Division One clash on Saturday but it was the visitors who went home with the points. The hosts put on a spirited performance in the first half, leading 10-5 at the interval.
HORSES in Horton Kirby suffering from wounds and worms were left to waste away by their owners, Dartford Magistrates' Court heard yesterday. Jamie Brown, aged 22, of Vernon Close, West Kingsdown, and 42-year-old Sharon Cooksley, of Heath Close,
THIS Erith youngster is hoping to become a national teen beauty queen. Paris Norman, 14, is in heat one of the Teen Queen UK contest and hopes News Shopper readers can help her get through a public vote and into the competition final. The Erith School
MINDLESS metal thieves "should have their hands cut off" after leaving nearly 5,000 Sidcup residents without phone lines for a week. The criminals carved up a bundle of cables below Hatherley Road at around 12.30pm on November 12, but tripped an
THE Mayor of Lewisham has slammed the “extraordinarily short” public consultation into Lewisham and Woolwich hospitals and called for an extension. It comes after the 30-day consultation kicked off on November 2 yet the Mayor claims documents were
WORLD darts champion Adrian ‘Jackpot’ Lewis heads the list of players who will compete at the second Charlton Masters tournament at The Valley and tickets are now on sale, priced from £20. Ted ‘The Count’ Hankey, Paul ‘The Asset’ Nicholson and Arron
By Charlie Talbot-Smith ZOE Smith has already set her sights on Rio 2016 but the Greenwich weightlifter admits it could be a full decade before she really starts to hit her peak. The 18-year-old finished a creditable 12th in her first ever Games
A CLEANER was tied up and gagged by robbers who ransacked a house before fleeing with £250,000 of cash and jewellery. The crooks burst into the property in The Birches, Locksbottom, and pushed the terrified woman to the floor before storming around
THE UK climbed out of the double-dip recession with a bang between July and September as the economy returned to growth at its fastest pace in five years, official figures showed. Gross domestic product (GDP) - a broad measure for the total economy
THE News Shopper Christmas card competition looks like it is going to be even closer than an X Factor sing off and there are just a few days left to get creative and enter your design. From now until noon on Friday (November 23) we want you to
