News Shopper: Local news in the borough of Bromley

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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Rally taking place outside The Porcupine pub in Mottingham today

9:13am Tuesday 14th May 2013

A RALLY is taking place outside The Porcupine this morning (May 14) to help save the historic pub from demolition.

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Bromley Council announces start of £5m Bromley North Village scheme

8:14am Tuesday 14th May 2013

WORK on a £5M scheme to revitalise Bromley North Village is set to start this summer.

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Biggin Hill pub which hosts cancer charity fun day loses licence after drugs raid

8:04am Tuesday 14th May 2013

A WEEK is a long time in politics but it seems to be even longer for one particular pub.

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Penge solicitor named as rising star in criminal law in Thomson Reuters list

8:27am Tuesday 14th May 2013

SPENDING eight years at night school to become a solicitor has paid off for a man who has been named one of the world’s rising stars in criminal law.

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Peppa Pig stars at Chislehurst fundraiser for Dartford hospital

12:50pm Monday 13th May 2013

PEPPA Pig made an appearance in Chislehurst at the weekend, at a fundraiser for the children's ward of Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford.

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Orpington primary school pupil who died after asthma attack was 'class angel'

12:18pm Monday 13th May 2013

CLASSMATES are slowly coming to terms with the sudden death of their 10-year-old friend and fundraising to make sure her memory lives on.

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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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Bromley woman hopes to strike a chord with Orpington guitar making business

11:01am Monday 13th May 2013

A BROMLEY woman has set up a guitar making business in Orpington High Street - a highly skilled craft that is all too rare these days.

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Police appeal continues for Bromley South racists who got off at St Mary Cray

10:00am Monday 13th May 2013

POLICE are appealing for help in tracing suspects after a passenger was racially abused between Bromley South and St Mary Cray.

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Kadar Hussein murder: Penge Festival fete to hold minute's silence for gunned down teen

8:14am Monday 13th May 2013

A MINUTE’S silence in memory of murdered teenager Kadar Hussein will take place at this year’s Penge Festival fete.

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Kadar Hussein murder in Penge: Post-mortem results released by police

2:58pm Sunday 12th May 2013

PENGE shooting victim Kadar Hussein died from a gunshot wound to the head, a post-mortem examination has revealed.

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Kadar Hussein murder in Penge: Locals describe 'shocking' and 'awful' scenes

3:04pm Friday 10th May 2013

LOCALS have described the 'shocking' and 'awful' scenes that occurred on the night Kadar Hussein was murdered in Penge.

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Kadar Hussein's friends pay tribute to murdered Penge teen

2:18pm Friday 10th May 2013

FRIENDS of a teenager who died after being shot in the head in Penge will remember him as a ‘bubbly person’ who was ‘always laughing’ and ‘always smiling’.

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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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Bromley has the country's lowest emergency admission rate for asthma

2:34pm Friday 10th May 2013

BROMLEY has the lowest emergency admission rate for asthma in adults in the whole of England, research has revealed this week.

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New bereavement centre opens at the Princess Royal University Hospital

2:03pm Friday 10th May 2013

Today the Princess Royal University Hospital has unveiled a bereavement centre for mums who have lost their baby through miscarriage or stillbirth. Reporter HELOISE WOOD learns why it is so important by speaking to a News Shopper colleague.

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Daniel Morgan Sydenham axe murder: Theresa May sets up independent review panel

1:53pm Friday 10th May 2013

AFTER years of campaigning by a murdered private investigator’s family, an independent panel has been set up to look at the role police corruption played in his death.

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UPDATE - Penge murder investigation: Victim named as Kadar Hussein

12:10pm Friday 10th May 2013

A MURDER investigation has been launched after a teenager shot in the head in Penge on Wednesday died.

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