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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.

Next fraudster Adeshola Adegite jailed for 18 months

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.

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

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

1:57pm Friday 10th May 2013

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

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

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.

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

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.

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Suicide should be debated: Editor's Eye comment

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.

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Former teachers pay tribute to Erith schoolgirl Gemma Rolfe

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.

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Bombs found during regeneration of Erith's Larner Road estate

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.

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

12:00pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

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

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

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.

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

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.

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Police to trace Erith men after Greenwich assault

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.

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