Next fraudster Adeshola Adegite jailed for 18 months

Adeshola Adegite fraudulently ordered good worth £79,000 from Next online

11:47am Monday 13th May 2013

AFTER fraudulently ordering goods worth £79,000 from Next in an online shopping spree, a 40-year-old fraudster’s next location is prison.

Motorcyclist knocked off bike on A2 in Bexley

10:45am Monday 13th May 2013

A MOTORCYCLIST was knocked off his bike this morning on the A2 in Bexley.

Albanian man accused of killing Barnehurst pensioner on trial at Old Bailey today

Tributes left in Edendale Road.

10:00am Monday 13th May 2013

AN ALBANIAN man accused of killing a pensioner in Barnehurst will go on trial at the Old Bailey this morning.

Lucky charms or all night revision, tell us how you get through exam time

JANUARY EXAMS ARE DISADVANTAGEOUS CLAIM SIXTH FORMERS

1:57pm Friday 10th May 2013

WITH exam season fast approaching students are clinging to lucky pants, pens and mascots to get them through.

Crayford Road to re-open this afternoon 10 days after water main flooded the town

The flood in Crayford.

2:50pm Friday 10th May 2013

THAMES Water says Crayford Road will re-open at 3pm this afternoon after being shut for more than a week following floods caused by a burst water main.

Bexleyheath charity worker raises £4,000 with five marathons in five days

Five in five: Mark Attree after completing his challenge.

12:43pm Friday 10th May 2013

A BEXLEYHEATH charity worker who ran five marathons in five days has raised nearly £4,000 for Children in Need.

Franks Park in Belvedere hosts one of 12 new cycling trails

1:48pm Friday 10th May 2013

A BELVEDERE park is the venue for one of 12 new cycling trails across south east London.

Weather latest: Rain and 50mph winds forecast for News Shopper region

1:25pm Thursday 9th May 2013

BATTEN down the hatches because a storm is on its way, according to forecasters.

South East London and Kent law firm raises £13,000 for Greenwich and Bexley Hospice

11:40am Thursday 9th May 2013

T G BAYNES, a South East London and Kent law firm with offices in Bexleyheath, Dartford and Orpington, has raised over £13,000 for Greenwich and Bexley Hospice.

Would-be Bexley foster carers encouraged to take the plunge

1:59pm Thursday 9th May 2013

WOULD-be foster carers in Bexley are being encouraged to take the plunge over the next fortnight.

Suicide should be debated: Editor's Eye comment

Suicide and its impact is difficult to talk about but should not be ignored

5:31pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

IF death is a difficult subject to talk about, then suicide has got to be tens of times tougher.

Former teachers pay tribute to Erith schoolgirl Gemma Rolfe

Simon Price Whittle (left) and Stuart Bryce with the shield awarded to an Erith School Pupil every year in Gemma Rolfe's memory.

3:56pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

Continuing News Shopper’s campaign to get justice for Erith schoolgirl Gemma Rolfe, reporter TIM MACFARLAN speaks to two of her former teachers.

Bombs found during regeneration of Erith's Larner Road estate

Pretoria House.

2:21pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A BOMB squad were called to the demolition of Erith’s Larner Road estate after two suspected bomb shells were found.

Dartford, Gravesend and Bexley named as top National Lottery-winning hotspots

Carly Wiggett, 23, and Becky Witt, 24, with the Mayor of Dartford, Councillor Ann Allen.

12:00pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

IS ANYONE in Dartford, Gravesend or Bexley feeling lucky this afternoon?

Queen's Speech to include immigration curbs

7:48am Wednesday 8th May 2013

MEASURES to tackle immigration will form part of a Queen's Speech that David Cameron claims will back the people of Britain "every step of the way" to make the nation great again.

Jolly Bexley copper leaves young police wannabe 'beaming' after street meeting

Beaming: Rhys Mulchay, 6, with PC Alan Dalton in Bexleyheath.

4:28pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

A JOLLY Bexley copper has left a young police fanatic with autism “beaming” after the pair struck up a conversation in the street.

Recent cold weather a significant threat to bees in News Shopper area

Clive Watson says the bees have not coped well with the weather in the last two years.

12:24pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

LAST week the EU banned neonicotinoid pesticides - responsible according to some for declining bee populations. But bees in the News Shopper area face a far more significant threat - the weather.

Police to trace Erith men after Greenwich assault

Do you know this man?

10:34am Tuesday 7th May 2013

A GREENWICH assault left a man with head injuries after he was punched to the floor and then kicked.

Queen's Speech to outline reforms to benefit carers

8:11am Tuesday 7th May 2013

CARERS will get stronger rights to seek financial and practical help to relieve the burden of looking after loved ones as part of reforms to be set out in the Queen's Speech, it has been reported.

Tributes paid to 'good as gold' pensioner killed by Bexleyheath car park fall

Police officers at the scene outside the Broadway Shopping Centre

4:26pm Monday 6th May 2013

FRIENDS and neighbours have paid tribute to a “good as gold” pensioner who died after falling from a Bexleyheath car park on Wednesday (May 1).

Video: Air ambulance lands at Sidcup school following stair fall reports

An air ambulance in the car park of Orchard Primary School this afternoon.

4:56pm Monday 6th May 2013

AN AIR ambulance landed in the car park of a Sidcup primary school this afternoon after reports of serious injury to a lady.

Sidcup Olympian Steve Backley launches new charity partnership

Sidcup's Steve Backley (left) with Sophie Christiansen and Zac Purchase.

12:21pm Monday 6th May 2013

SIDCUP’S Steve Backley OBE put down his javelin and picked up a tennis racket to launch a charity partnership in south London on Friday (May 3).

Teenager fell from Bexleyheath car park while running from police

Emergency services were called to the car park near the Marriott Hotel in Bexleyheath

6:01pm Saturday 4th May 2013

A TEENAGER fell off the top floor of a Bexleyheath car park as he tried to run away from a police officer.

High street shops must change to beat internet retailers

10:08am Saturday 4th May 2013

HIGH street retailers must change the way they do business if they are to beat the rising threat of online shopping, a minister has warned.

Ministry of Justice announcing moves to cut prisoner reoffending rates

10:00am Saturday 4th May 2013

THE Ministry of Justice has vowed to improve reoffending rates after new figures revealed that more than 200,000 crimes were committed in England and Wales last year by former prisoners who had already served lengthy jail terms.

Pensioner who died in Bexleyheath car park fall named as Jean Gerlack

Police officers at the scene outside the Broadway Shopping Centre

11:47am Friday 3rd May 2013

THE woman who died after falling from the roof of Bexleyheath Broadway Shopping Centre on Wednesday has been named.

Audio: Ex-Mottingham & Chislehurst PCSO jailed for colluding with criminals

Oguz Batmaz has been jailed for seven years

4:27pm Friday 3rd May 2013

A BROMLEY police community support officer (PSCO) has been sentenced to seven years in prison for tipping off criminals on the location of cannabis factories and helping them evade detection.

Belvedere worker jailed for killing 19-year-old on M25 near Orpington

Zahid Masood.

4:27pm Friday 3rd May 2013

A BELVEDERE worker who fled to Pakistan after killing a 19-year-old on the M25 near Orpington has finally been jailed today - nine years after the offence.

UPDATE: Crayford Road will be shut for at least another week following flooding

The flood in Crayford.

2:08pm Friday 3rd May 2013

THAMES Water says Crayford Road will not re-open for at least another week following the floods caused by the burst water main.

Crayford paedophile who groomed teenager on Facebook jailed

Steven Clive.

12:46pm Friday 3rd May 2013

A PREDATORY paedophile” from Crayford who groomed a "vulnerable” 14-year-old girl on Facebook has been locked up.

News Shopper patch set for warm bank holiday weekend

Met Office forecasts sunshine for News Shopper region

6:35am Friday 3rd May 2013

BRITONS who have braved a long, cold winter can look forward to a mainly sunny early-May bank holiday weekend with temperatures as high as 21C (70F).

Greenwich woman found dead in swimming pool had been celebrating her birthday with Erith man

Komba Kpakiwa from Erith.

6:31am Friday 3rd May 2013

A YOUNG woman from Greenwich found dead in a hotel swimming pool had been on a surprise birthday break with a man from Erith, her family have said.

Detectives investigating Sean Hayes murder in Eltham bail 49-year-old woman

Floral tributes to Shaun Hayes have been left at the edge of the police cordon

6:17am Friday 3rd May 2013

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Sean Hayes in Eltham have bailed a 49-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.

Crayford war veteran feared dead after hostage capture turns 100

World War II veteran Fred Gillham, of Crayford, with his 100th birthday cards

4:40pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

A WAR hero from Crayford, whose family feared he was dead after being captured and held hostage for 370 days, celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday. (May 5)

Greenwich and Bexleyheath charity worker celebrates 100th birthday

Katie Mucklejohn, 100, with her children Stuart Mucklejohn, 61, and Carole Bramall, 63.

2:37pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

A LONG-SERVING charity worker from Welling who only recently stepped down from her fundraising duties has celebrated her 100th birthday.

Lights, Camera, Action: Bexleyheath restaurant transforms into movie set

The cast and fillm crew of First Date in Bexleyheath. L-R

10:35am Thursday 2nd May 2013

A BEXLEYHEATH restaurant was transformed into a movie set yesterday. (May 2)

Make sports facilities free for children: Editor's Eye comment

If sports centres are not being used, why not get kids off the streets by letting them play for free?

10:17am Thursday 2nd May 2013

JUST a quick thank you to start with after last week’s column. To all my fans at the BBC, I do appreciate the publicity, but you’re still part of the most arrogant, self-seeking and pretentious organisation on earth. And as for the parasitic Mr G... Anyway, onwards and upwards.

London-bound train lines between Dartford and London Bridge blocked due to problem between Crayford and Hither Green

8:44am Thursday 2nd May 2013

COMMUTERS into London are experiencing problems on the Dartford to London Bridge line as an obstruction between Crayford and Hither Green means London-bound train lines are blocked.

Free swimming for looked after children in Bexley

Left to right: Crook Log Leisure Centre manager Owain Meale, Cllr Katie Perrior, Children in Care Committee members David Marsh, Kurt Kingswood and Shannon Lidbury and foster parent Lynn Cook.

3:07pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

LOOKED after children in Bexley will be able to enjoy free swimming at the borough's leisure centres from this month on.

Scaffolder describes horror at witnessing woman die in Bexleyheath car park fall

Police officers at the scene outside the Broadway Shopping Centre

6:00pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

A SCAFFOLDER has told of the horrific moment he witnessed an elderly woman plummet head first from the top of a Bexleyheath multi-storey car park.

UPDATE: Crayford's burst water main repaired but road to close for week

The burst water main in Crayford town centre

11:47am Wednesday 1st May 2013

CRAYFORD’S burst water main was repaired by engineers overnight but the full repair operation in the town centre is expected to take a week.

Memorial events planned in honour of Bexleyheath football death teen Philip Lamin

Sixteen-year-old Philip Lamin died after suffering a heart attack while playing football

5:14pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

AN OPEN air concert and a football match are being arranged in memory of Bexleyheath schoolboy Philip Lamin who died playing the game he loved.

Police investigating murder of Sean Hayes in Eltham make fourth arrest

Floral tributes to Shaun Hayes have been left at the edge of the police cordon

3:21pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Sean Hayes in Eltham have today arrested a 49-year-old woman on suspicion of violent disorder.

Stars to flock to Bexleyheath film festival in memory of Sidcup murder victim Rob Knox

Alex Childs

3:03pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

FILMMAKERS from around the globe have entered their movies into a festival in memory of Sidcup murder victim Rob Knox.

Call the Midwife campaign launched by South London Healthcare NHS Trust midwives

1:40pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

MIDWIVES at South London Healthcare NHS Trust have launched a Call the Midwife campaign telling people to contact them as soon as a pregnancy is discovered.

Netmums survey says two-year-olds are 'using the internet'

8:42am Wednesday 1st May 2013

CHILDREN aged two or younger are being allowed to use the internet, while many youngsters are spending much longer online than their parents realise, a new poll suggests.

UPDATE: Burst water main in Crayford town centre to close road for a week

The burst water main in Crayford town centre

12:50pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

THAMES Water says it is re-routing water into Crayford from elsewhere in the network after a burst water main flooded the town this morning.

Bexley In Bloom entry open for residents, businesses and schools

Bexley In Bloom entry is open

4:16pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

SPRING is in the air and the search is on to find the 2013 winner of the Bexley in Bloom competition, sponsored by News Shopper.

Extreme Bexleyheath family fun day raises £3,000 for the air ambulance

Scarlett Runacreas, 8, on the bungee run.

10:19am Tuesday 30th April 2013

FAMILIES from Bexley found an extreme way to raise money for charity on Sunday (April 28).

Pedestrian hit by car in Sidcup

9:24am Tuesday 30th April 2013

A DRIVER dialled 999 moments after hitting a pedestrian in Sidcup last night.

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