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Petts Wood family faced £40,000 fine for having a noisy dog

1:40pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A FAMILY who faced a £40,000 fine for having a noisy dog are relieved their prosecution nightmare is over.

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Chislehurst street fight death victim's parents want justice

8:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

PARENTS of a man who died in a street fight six years ago are set to launch their own investigation so they can finally get justice.

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Orpington and Beckenham breast cancer expert has advice for Bromley women

4:44pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

AN ORPINGTON and Beckenham breast cancer expert has praised Angelina Jolie’s decision to speak publicly about her double mastectomy, and has some advice for the women of Bromley.

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Bromley South regeneration scheme begins

4:27pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A REGENERATION scheme is hoped to bring £220 million into Bromley over the next decade.

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Petts Wood teacher Jeremy Forrest to stand trial on child abduction charge

2:22pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A TEACHER from Petts Wood is due to stand trial next month accused of abducting a teenage girl.

Police release images of men wanted in connection with iPad snatched at Anerley station

10:44am Tuesday 21st May 2013

POLICE have released images of four men they would like to speak to after an iPad was snatched from a man's hands on a train at Anerley station.

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Penge people plaque fundraising campaign to remember Second World War dead

8:19am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A FUNDRAISING campaign has been started to remember Penge people who lost their lives in the Second World War on the town’s main war memorial.

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Forest Hill mum of Chloe Johnson: Family has lost 'heartbeat' in Egyptian holiday pool

12:06pm Monday 20th May 2013

THE distraught mother of a little girl from Forest Hill who drowned in a pool on holiday says the family has lost its "heartbeat".

• Chloe Johnson's grandmother April Johnson tells of 'anger and hurt' at 5-year-old's death.

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'Mice hotel' drives Sydenham family to desperation

5:21pm Monday 20th May 2013

A SYDENHAM woman is a ‘prisoner’ in her own home due to a 16-month-long mice infestation which the housing association has refused to treat.

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Residents angry at Bromley Council plans to expand New Beckenham car park

3:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

LOCAL residents are angry with Bromley Council as it plans to double the size of a New Beckenham car park.

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Notorious Anerley pub that used to be 'eyesore' transformed

2:28pm Monday 20th May 2013

THE Thicket Tavern, an Anerley pub described as an "eyesore" that was a magnet for unsavoury characters and anti-social behaviour, has been stunningly transformed.

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Bromley binmen to be balloted over strike action after rejecting two per cent pay rise offer

9:13am Monday 20th May 2013

BINMEN are set to vote over whether to strike after rejecting a below inflation pay rise offer.

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Biggin Hill Airport welcomes Lancaster bomber for Dambusters 70th anniversary

1:01pm Saturday 18th May 2013

BIGGIN Hill Airport had a role to play in marking the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters celebrations.

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Second World War veterans commemorate Biggin Hill's thousandth kill

3:50pm Friday 17th May 2013

Seventy years after Biggin Hill fighter station notched up the sector’s 1,000th kill, veterans gathered to celebrate the momentous occasion. ROBERT FISK went along to hear their stories.

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Sydenham schoolgirls learn about the Middle Ages at Oxford University

3:16pm Friday 17th May 2013

A GROUP of Sydenham School pupils have been given the chance to walk in the footsteps of J.R.R. Tolkien and T.S. Eliot during a recent tour of Oxford University.

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Puppy appeal: Bromley volunteers needed for guide dog training

2:26pm Friday 17th May 2013

A PUPPY appeal has been issued for canine lovers in Bromley.

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Post-mortem on Langley Park schoolgirl Arabella Campbell is inconclusive

11:45am Friday 17th May 2013

FURTHER tests are being carried out to discover the cause of Langley Park schoolgirl Arabella Campbell’s death.

Eltham teacher Andrew Hillary jailed for 21 months over 87,000 child porn images

5:17pm Thursday 16th May 2013

A FORMER Eltham College teacher was jailed for 21 months today after admitting possessing more than 87,000 pornographic photographs and movies of children.

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Chislehurst octogenarian publishes novel about real life Penge Hero in World War Two

3:03pm Thursday 16th May 2013

A CHISLEHURST octogenarian has published his latest book about a prisoner of war doctor from Penge.

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Crystals denied chance to dance at Wembley

9:39am Thursday 16th May 2013

The Crystal girls have been denied the chance to perform at Wembley in Crystal Palace’s play off final.

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Chislehurst church appoints new vicar

8:30am Thursday 16th May 2013

A VICAR is looking forward to the challenges ahead after being newly appointed at a Chislehurst church.

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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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PICTURED: M25 re-opens after pedestrian from Swanley dies in lorry collision

12:30pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

A PEDESTRIAN from Swanley has died after being hit by a lorry on the M25 this morning.

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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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St Paul's Cray residents fearful after 100ft tree crashes down in Riverside Close

10:32am Wednesday 15th May 2013

HOMEOWNERS are counting themselves lucky no-one was injured after a 100ft tree crashed down into their street.

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UPDATE: Death of Langley Park schoolgirl Arabella Campbell - 'family and friends bereft'

11:37am Tuesday 14th May 2013

THE family of Langley Park schoolgirl Arabella Campbell, who died from a cardiac arrest on Sunday (May 12), has paid tribute to a 'much loved vivacious, kind and clever girl'.

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Kadar Hussein murder in Penge: Mother of Beckenham teen left with 'broken heart'

11:35am Tuesday 14th May 2013

THE mother of a Beckenham teenager who was shot dead in Penge last week says she has been left with a "broken heart".

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Orpington Bowls Club holding open days to attract new members

4:03pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

A BOWLS club in Orpington is forecasting ‘wall to wall sunshine’ this summer and a great time at its open days.

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Beckenham producer's gritty film highlights consequences of gang and gun crime

2:51pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

A BECKENHAM film producer has unveiled a movie which aims to highlight the real consequences of London’s gang and gun culture.

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Crystal Palace Park to be transformed into three-day garden party

12:46pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

CRYSTAL Palace Park will transform into a giant garden party for a weekend in August with bands, proms, a fun fair and fireworks.

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