News Shopper: Bexley, Bromley, Dartford, Gravesham, Greenwich, Lewisham & north Kent

Joined News Shopper in February 2007 as a reporter on the Bromley desk.

Moved to the website team January 2008.

Don't mention the Routemaster

At a knife crime summit at City Hall today, Deputy Mayor for Young People met with the families of victims of violence.

A murder or a Mars Bar?

Green London Assembly member, Jenny Jones said yesterday there is little justification for Sir Ian Blair's £1m crime blitz and extra searches - when published police figures show violent crime is falling.

So who will pay the bloody piper?

I think the first time the “floral tribute” entered the culture - or at least my consciousness - was after the death of Princess Diana.

The morning after the night before

A sense of hazy, hung-over unreality seems to accompany the morning after a big election.

Fifteen grand for a lizard - that's newt

A newt for £15,000 sounds a bit steep - but MP for Lewisham and Deptford Joan Ruddock appears to think money is no object when it comes to saving the reptiles.

Cock fight in Parliament

It’s not just News Shopper readers that can win £100 for the best pic - MPs are doing it too.