BEXLEY'S Mayor is hoping to gain more online friends as she has launched her Facebook and Twitter pages this week.

With a bit of help from her eldest daughter Beth, Councillor Sharon Massey is now the first Mayor to use social media to highlight her work.

Her Facebook wall and Twitter feed are expected to bring to light her meetings with the local people and promote her charity appeal.

Cllr Massey said: "I'm really loving my year as Mayor and hope through my Facebook page to be able to share my engagements and activities with others.

"We are organising a wide range of fund-raising events and I want to tell as many people as possible about them in the hope that there is something they would like to support and come along to."

For tweets and status updates follow @Mayor_Of_Bexley on Twitter and search for ‘Mayor of Bexley’ on Facebook.