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Bluewater car park death trial: Swanley woman Dawn Chedd's car 'sounded like it was driven by boy racer'
2:16pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013
Keith Richards welcomed back to Dartford Library - despite 'owing £3,000 in fines'
12:46pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013
Two primary free schools to open in Bromley and Beckenham
12:48pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013
TWO new primary free schools will open in Bromley and Beckenham next year.
Illegally working Gravesend ice cream man faces deportation
12:14pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013
AN ICE cream man faces deportation after being detained by immigration officials in Gravesend.
Busy Bexley Village cafe given permission to expand upstairs
10:46am Wednesday 22nd May 2013
Made in Chelsea's Jamie Laing talks to Vibe ahead of Bluewater signing
10:09am Wednesday 22nd May 2013
Eltham day of fun at Well Hall Pleasaunce
9:49am Wednesday 22nd May 2013
ELTHAM's pleasaunce will hold a day full of entertainment nextweekend.
Bluewater set to expand by a fifth and create thousands of jobs - full reaction
9:40am Wednesday 22nd May 2013
Swanley woman Dawn Chedd on trial today charged with Bluewater car park death
9:21am Wednesday 22nd May 2013
A SWANLEY woman is due to go on trial today accused of causing the death of a shopper at Bluewater.
Two people rushed to hospital following Swanley house fire
9:18am Wednesday 22nd May 2013
TWO people were rushed to hospital after a fire broke out in the airing cupboard of a Swanley home.
Food outlets in Bexley rated worst in Which? food hygiene investigation
8:31am Wednesday 22nd May 2013
Man hit by train between Woolwich Dockyard and Charlton
9:59am Tuesday 21st May 2013
A MAN has died after being hit by a train on tracks between Charlton and Woolwich Dockyard.
Daughter of Barnehurst grandfather Ted Syrad pays tribute to her father as his killer is jailed for 20 years
1:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013
Belvedere Princes factory in line for £6.4 million investment
5:30pm Tuesday 21st May 2013
Man charged with attempted burglary in Dartford
5:28pm Tuesday 21st May 2013
Orpington and Beckenham breast cancer expert has advice for Bromley women
4:44pm Tuesday 21st May 2013
Bromley South regeneration scheme begins
4:27pm Tuesday 21st May 2013
A REGENERATION scheme is hoped to bring £220 million into Bromley over the next decade.
Bromley libraries partner with RNIB to make reading more accessible
4:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013
Bromley accountant jailed for stealing £150,000 meant for cancer charities
1:52pm Tuesday 21st May 2013
Petts Wood teacher Jeremy Forrest to stand trial on child abduction charge
2:22pm Tuesday 21st May 2013
A TEACHER from Petts Wood is due to stand trial next month accused of abducting a teenage girl.
Wrotham dementia sufferer launches successful support group
12:52pm Tuesday 21st May 2013
BEING diagnosed with dementia was “like stepping off a cliff,” according to one sufferer.
UPDATE: 'Stabbing' at Orpington bowling alley was actually a slapping
12:50pm Tuesday 21st May 2013
Another Thames crossing at Dartford? Consultation launched into new Lower Thames road crossing route
11:37am Tuesday 21st May 2013
Welling grandmother of Chloe Johnson: 5-year-old's death like a 'bad dream'
11:43am Tuesday 21st May 2013
Police release images of men wanted in connection with iPad snatched at Anerley station
10:44am Tuesday 21st May 2013
Penge people plaque fundraising campaign to remember Second World War dead
8:19am Tuesday 21st May 2013
Deal rescues gay marriage bill
8:05am Tuesday 21st May 2013
Forest Hill mum of Chloe Johnson: Family has lost 'heartbeat' in Egyptian holiday pool
12:06pm Monday 20th May 2013
VIDEO: Balloon release marks 10th anniversary of Erith schoolgirl Gemma Rolfe's unsolved death
5:50pm Monday 20th May 2013
Homes plan for ex-sports ground in Greenhithe rejected
4:21pm Monday 20th May 2013
PLANS to build up to 40 homes on a former sports ground in Greenhithe have been rejected.
Petts Wood FC coach charged following Millwall FA Cup violence
4:10pm Monday 20th May 2013
Update: Armed robbery at Gravesend newsagents
3:50pm Monday 20th May 2013
A SHOP worker was threatened at knife point by a gang of masked raiders in Gravesend this morning.
Woolwich Common after London 2012 shooting events like a 'bomb site'
3:43pm Monday 20th May 2013
NINE months have passed since London 2012 shooting events finished at Woolwich Common.
Litter pickers help clean up The Dell at Erith Park
3:05pm Monday 20th May 2013
A GROUP of dedicated litter pickers enjoyed clearing 30 bags of litter from Erith Park on Thursday.
Buggy race at Bluewater will fund pioneering research
3:02pm Monday 20th May 2013
GRAB your buggy and race round Bluewater’s parkland surroundings in aid of a leading baby charity.
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