Young enterprise is a scheme which helps 220,000 young people every year learn about the business world teaching them saving, earning, decision making and teamwork. The scheme enables 15 to 19 year old students to run their own real companies for
A GREENWICH man is nearing the end of a year-long 3,038,040 metre row in memory of his wife Natalia, who died in June 2011, aged just 34. James Shenton, 37, took on the 12-month challenge to raise money for Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice
A STUNNING 77th minute strike from Ricardo Fuller set Charlton on their way to a 2-0 Valley win against Peterborough. The game appeared to be heading for a scoreless stalemate until Fuller fired home an unstoppable shot from 25 yards, picking up an
11th November was Remembrance Day, where we held a two minutes silence and wore our poppies with pride out of respect for all the amazing things our armed forces have done for us. But how do we look after our current and ex-service men and women throughout
Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice’s Santa Dash was deemed a huge success with over 200 people running, walking and jogging 5km around Danson Park in Bexleyheath. The event, in its first year, was held on Sunday, 25th November to raise funds
On Saturday 24th November, Our Lady of the Angels Church put on a fun filled, family outing, the Church Bizarre, the overall aim was the raise money for a group of young Altar Servers to go to on a religious trip to Rome and the rest of the money used
Danson Park played host to a Santa Dash on Sunday to raise money for the Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice. Over 220 people participated in what was a massive success for the Hospice. Adults had to book a place at a cost of £10 per person
Since March this year the Age Exchange in Blackheath Village was being refurbished and on 23rd November the newly renovated Reminiscence Centre was officially opened to the public. Age Exchange was founded in 1983 “in the context of an emerging awareness
Bexley has been showing off its green credentials with the launch of an ambitious recycling scheme. Reporter TIM MACFARLAN finds out more. Earlier this month Bexley posted the best household recycling figures of any London borough in a report released
THE cut and thrust of Parliament came to a school in Bexley recently. Erith and Thamesmead MP Teresa Pearce hosted a panel debate as part of the Parliament Week campaign to get more young people engaged with politics. Around 30 politics students
DARTFORD Borough Museum is inviting people to take a trip down memory lane by coming to see artefacts of their childhood. Stickle Bricks, Airfix models and Meccano will be displayed as part of the Just Add Imagination exhibition. It runs from
A singer/songwriter is hoping Sir Cliff Richard will make his dream come true this Christmas by performing his new carol. Wayne Jacobs from Erith has posted the superstar a CD of his touching track, A Child Born for You and Me – which people say
A FORMER Bromley College student has won a national industry prize. Becky Shailer, 25, won the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Michael Kelly Outstanding Student Award. She finished studying for the Level 5 Intermediate
FIGHTERS from Star Kickboxing Club in Gravesend have been keeping busy. On November 18 Rafe Daniels fought at the UKBC boxing show at Maidstone, where he took on Ronnie Ward for the UKBC middleweight English title. In what was a good tough battle
A CANNABIS factory has been uncovered after a raid at a property in St Paul’s Cray. On November 23 the Cray Valley East and West Safer Neighbourhood Teams, acting on intelligence received from residents, raided the semi-detached house in Rinnshall
ENGLAND Ashes hero Geraint Jones will be inspiring the next generation of Kent cricketers in 2013 thanks to a new role with the Kent Cricket Board. Jones will be one of the first male Chance to Shine ambassadors in the country and the role will see
POLICE are appealing for information about a missing Thamesmead teenager. Spencer Musika, 16, was last seen at his father's home address in Thamesmead on November 17. Police say he spends the majority of his time in the borough of Greenwich
A DARTFORD takeaway has tickled the taste buds of a top panel to win a national curry award. The Polash Tandoori won best takeaway in London and the home counties at the spicy ceremony in Park Lane’s Grosvenor House hotel on Sunday evening (November
FOOTBALL star siblings Shaun Wright-Phillips and Bradley Wright-Phillips gave school children in West Wickham some sporting tips. Charlton striker Bradley and England and Queens Park Rangers winger Shaun specially congratulated the girls’ football
CRYSTAL Palace-based basketball side London Lions enjoyed a profitable weekend with back-to-back wins. They overcame Worcester Wolves 94-76 on Friday before defeating Mersey Tigers 86-60 on Sunday. Coach Vince Macaulay is delighted with the progress
OLD Colfeians travelled to Basingstoke a London & South East Division One match played in appalling conditions. With constant heavy rain and with several first-teamers missing, OCs put in a fine performance. Holding their own throughout, the final
RAIN and slippery conditions ensured it would be a close match as Shooters Hill took on leaders Cranbrook. Shoots made a good start with the scrum dominant and hooker Paul Stephen again making ground in the loose. Both Shoots’ tries came from pushovers
IT was a busy weekend for the Bexley District U13 girl cricketers. On Friday they took on a strong Greenwich junior cricket academy team in the first ever North Kent girls’ indoor league and suffered a hefty 72-run defeat. Bexley scored 273 and the
TWO teenagers accused of killing 29-year-old James Green have appeared in court for the first day of their murder trial. Mr Green, aged 29, of Holly Court, Northfleet, was stabbed to death on his own doorstep on June 21. Tommy Presley, aged
Health and safety is normally the furthest thing from art lovers’ minds when they are admiring exhibitions. But everyday warnings and signs we take for granted will be catapulted into the forefront of people’s thoughts during Philip Cheater’s show
FANS planning to watch Charlton at Millwall on Saturday are being urged to plan their travel in advance due to the closure of the London Bridge to Peckham Rye railway line. Engineering work is taking place throughout the weekend and means that South
A SMIRKING 16-year-old boy attempted to murder a school friend in Charlton by hitting him with a car and then driving back over him, Blackfriars Crown Court heard today (Nov 27). The teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had his girlfriend with
LONG-awaited first phase plans for Lewisham’s flagship £250m development are being unveiled this week. Lewisham Gateway’s first stage will see 200 new homes, retail and cafe facilities open in two buildings close to the DLR and railway stations
TWO alleged car thieves have been arrested after running into Bromley police station whilst trying to escape officers who were chasing them. Police spotted a car which had earlier been reported stolen from Petts Wood on Friday evening, being driven
A CRASH between a bus and a car in Lewisham High Street resulted in a woman being treated for head injuries. A spokeswoman for Lewisham Police said a female bus passenger hit her head and was treated by London Ambulance Service following the collision
CHARLTON pupils dressed up as their fiction heroes to celebrate the joy of reading for Book Week. Schoolchildren at Charlton Park Academy donned outfits to look like their favourite book characters on November 21. Other events to plug the power
NEWS Shopper has teamed up with the BBC to give away five copies of the London 2012 Olympics DVD boxset. To be in with a chance of winning you just need to wind your mind back four months to the glorious two weeks in the summer when Britain was
A CHRISTMAS grotto and 4D cinema of festive films has launched in Lewisham Shopping Centre. Families can take a break from shopping to see Santa in his toy-factory themed grotto. Children were treated to the premiere of 4D film Santa’s Sleigh
A HEALTH revolution is coming to West Wickham with a fitness company teaming up with Bromley businesses to encourage healthy eating. To inspire more affordable nutrition, Kick Start Fat Loss (KSFL) coach Chris Tuck has got nearby butchers, fishmongers
A NEW superstore was opened by Olympic star Zoe Smith in Woolwich yesterday. The Greenwich-born weightlifter – currently UK number one in the women’s 58kg division – cut a ribbon to mark the Tesco store’s opening on November 26. The champion
Lewisham councillor Mike Harris writes about how tough action needs to be taken against legal loan sharks - and what the alternative is to pay day loan firms. I once borrowed from a legal loan shark. I took out a loan of £100 and a week later,
The work of three volunteers, three staff members and two teams at Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice has been rewarded. At the Hospice’s Annual Public Meeting on 6th November, Senior Managers and Trustees took the opportunity to thank and
WESTCOMBE Park won convincingly 43-0 against visiting CS Rugby in atrocious conditions. CS Rugby struggled with the elements and the onslaught. Combe’s try scorers were Dale Bellinger (2), Charlie Edwards (2), Ben Hough and Gus Barton. Luke Giles
BROMLEY will host Kidderminster Harriers in the next stage of the FA Trophy after seeing off Boreham Wood in Monday night’s first round replay at a very wet Meadow Park. The duo had drawn 1-1 at Hayes Lane on Saturday but Bromley put in a battling
A MAN was taken to hospital after a catapult was used to shoot a driver in the eye. The victim was driving in Shellbank Lane in Bean between 9am and 10am on November 15 when he was passed by a white Ford transit van driving suspiciously. As
Kate Marston, 36, Sidcup Why this design? I had an old piece of Chinese writing on my lower back which I wanted to cover. I wanted a bird as my daughter loves anything to do with them, and then cherry blossom added some colour. Brigi
A GANG called Squeeze Section is the only one which could pose a threat in the borough, according to a Bromley Council report. But the document says the threat is not thought to be significant as members mainly offend in other boroughs. It
BATTLE lines have been drawn as binmen get set to strike over the Christmas period in defence of four fired workers. The result of a ballot for strike action is expected at 5pm today (November 27) and Unite union believes it will get a yes vote
