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VIDEO: Gun-toting robbers terrorise Blackfen supermarket worker

2:22pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

THIS shocking CCTV footage captures the terrifying moment a female shopkeeper came under attack from gun and knife wielding robbers in Blackfen.

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Bexley beauty spot ruined by a 'council blunder'

1:38pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A BEXLEY beauty spot has been ruined by a council blunder, says a “gobsmacked” resident.

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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

A PEOPLE carrier which reversed over and killed a pensioner in a Bluewater car park sounded like it was being driven by a "boy racer", a court heard.

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.

Food outlets in Bexley rated worst in Which? food hygiene investigation

8:31am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

FOOD outlets in parts of Bexley dominate a list of those with the worst hygiene standards across the country, according to a new investigation.

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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

THE daughter of Ted Syrad, who died after being tied up during a robbery at his Barnehurst bungalow, has today said: “I hope killing my dad will haunt you in your dreams forever”.

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Bexley and Dartford health groups alert GPs over Jimmy Savile victims

2:54pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

THE new groups in charge of NHS commissioning in Bexley and Dartford have alerted GPs to the chance victims of Jimmy Savile may come forward.

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Bexley Council in row with Eltham MP over Greenwich parking zone plans

1:03pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

BEXLEY Council is locked in a row with a Labour MP over plans to regulate parking just inside the Greenwich border.

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Armed robbers target Blackfen supermarket

12:44pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

ARMED robbers stormed into a Blackfen supermarket on Friday (May 17) night, threatening staff with a gun and stealing money.

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Welling grandmother of Chloe Johnson: 5-year-old's death like a 'bad dream'

11:43am Tuesday 21st May 2013

THE grandmother of a young girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt says she is trapped “in a bad dream”.

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Bexley Council defends spending on Olympic Torch Relay

10:26am Tuesday 21st May 2013

BEXLEY Council has defended its hefty spending on the “once in a lifetime” Olympic Torch Relay celebrations.

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VIDEO: Balloon release marks 10th anniversary of Erith schoolgirl Gemma Rolfe's unsolved death

5:50pm Monday 20th May 2013

AS SHE let the first balloon go in the evening sunshine, the mother of an Erith schoolgirl killed 10 years ago said simply: "Love you, Gemma".

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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.

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Northfleet daughter of heroin overdose victim’s plea to find father after 20 years

2:14pm Monday 20th May 2013

A WOMAN from Northfleet whose mother died of a heroin overdose when she was a little girl is desperately searching for her estranged father who ran away 20 years ago.

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Crayford men jailed for £15,000 Rolex theft

11:12am Friday 17th May 2013

TWO Crayford men have been jailed for stealing Rolex watches worth £15,000 from a jewellery shop.

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Readers asked to help name streets in new Erith Park community

7:47am Friday 17th May 2013

WITH the Larner Road estate re-branded Erith Park, the team behind the massive regeneration project are appealing for help naming new streets in the low-rise community.

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Pictured: Blaze at fire-prone Klinger factory in Sidcup

3:01pm Thursday 16th May 2013

FIREFIGHTERS battled another blaze at a derelict factory in Sidcup last night. (May 15)

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Commons select committee pushing for tighter dog ownership laws

8:18am Thursday 16th May 2013

THE Government's moves to tackle irresponsible dog ownership do not go far enough, a committee of MPs has warned.

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Crayford mosque protest over 'sexist and offensive signs' cancelled

2:15pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

A RIGHT-WING organisation led by a former BNP councillor for Swanley has scrapped plans to protest outside a Crayford mosque this weekend.

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A&E 'collapse' fear as numbers soar

1:23pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

THE number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, figures suggest.

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Sidcup Specsavers donates high-visibility jackets to local school

3:08pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

A SIDCUP primary school been donated 30 high-visibility fluorescent vests to ensure pupils can be easily seen outside the school gates.

Bexleyheath and Crayford MP backs government's immigration 'crackdown'

4:21pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

BEXLEYHEATH and Crayford MP David Evennett has voiced his support for the government's immigration "crackdown" announced in this year's Queen's Speech.

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Blackfen School for Girls raises £600 for south India school with fashion show

4:08pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

PUPILS and teachers at Blackfen School for Girls in Sidcup donned Asian and African clothes to raise £600 for an Indian street school.

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Hospital mix-up forces Abbey Wood mother to hold two funerals for her son

4:05pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

A HOSPITAL mix-up has forced an Abbey Wood mother to hold a second funeral for her seven-week-old son - 15 years after he died.

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Bexleyheath gangster rapper's X Factor dream

3:36pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

ONE half of a gangster rap double act from Bexleyheath has set his sights on winning X Factor and becoming a worldwide star.

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Wife of Barnehurst man Edward Syrad tells 999 operator 'please help, they might have shot my husband'

12:52pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

A BARNEHURST businesswoman who was tied up and threatened by masked raiders in her family home cried "please help, they might have shot my husband", a court heard this morning.

Old Bexley and Sidcup MP backs Queen Mary's Hospital changes

11:50am Tuesday 14th May 2013

OLD Bexley and Sidcup MP James Brokenshire has called for changes to Queen Mary’s Hospital to be pressed ahead with.

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Thamesmead prison Thameside put into lockdown over prisoner violence

11:24am Tuesday 14th May 2013

A NEWLY-OPENED Thamesmead private prison was put into 'lockdown' last year due to rising violence, an inspection has revealed.

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Bexleyheath Clock Tower being cleaned ahead of Queen's sculpture unveiling

10:38am Tuesday 14th May 2013

THE Clock Tower in Bexleyheath Broadway is having a wash and brush-up ahead of the unveiling of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Sculpture next month.

Met issues fresh appeal over Erith schoolgirl Gemma Rolfe's unsolved death

10:45am Tuesday 14th May 2013

THE Met has issued a fresh appeal on the 10th anniversary of Erith schoolgirl Gemma Rolfe’s unsolved hit and run death.

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Bexley debate re-opens on Thames Gateway Bridge

9:59am Tuesday 14th May 2013

AS speculation mounts that the Thames Gateway Bridge could be brought back from the dead, Bexley Council claim it would be a link "to the longest queue of traffic in London".

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Edward Syrad's wife describes moment masked men raided couple's Barnehurst home

5:37pm Monday 13th May 2013

THE wife of Barnehurst man Edward Syrad, who died after two masked men raided his home, has described the horrifying moment she was held at gunpoint.

Appeal for information on Gemma Rolfe death from former News Shopper reporter

5:26pm Monday 13th May 2013

FOR the past 10 years a man has harboured a guilty secret.

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Erith charity match remembering Sally Hodkin raises £9,000

4:19pm Monday 13th May 2013

FAMILY and friends of a murdered Bexleyheath grandmother took to the field for a charity football match held in her memory.

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Unexploded Second World War shells found in Erith detonated by police

2:55pm Monday 13th May 2013

POLICE in Erith have carried out the controlled explosions of three shells thought to be from the Second World War.

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Man accused of killing Barnehurst businessman 'tied up victim and his wife after storming home'

1:58pm Monday 13th May 2013

A GUN-TOTING Albanian man killed a businessman after storming into his Barnehurst home and tying him and his wife up, a court heard this morning.