News Shopper: Local news in the borough of Bromley

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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News Shopper and The Glades Shopping Centre hold Ladies Night in Bromley

10:29am Friday 10th May 2013

It’s fun, it’s fab and it’s free. Ladies Night at The Glades Shopping Centre is an event not to be missed!

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Police appeal after woman violently robbed at Sydenham railway station

11:32am Thursday 9th May 2013

POLICE have made an urgent appeal for witnesses after a woman was "violently" pushed to the ground and robbed at Sydenham railway station.

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VIDEO: Keston Cobblers' Club shoot video in Petts Wood charity shop

9:37am Thursday 9th May 2013

A CHARITY shop in Petts Wood was the unlikely location for a Bromley folk-pop band’s latest video.

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Penge teen critical after being shot in head

7:48am Thursday 9th May 2013

A TEENAGER is critically ill in hospital after being shot in the head in Penge last night.

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Grove Park knifeman jailed for Mottingham killing

10:44am Wednesday 8th May 2013

A GROVE Park killer who knifed two men after discovering one of them in bed with his Mottingham ex-girlfriend has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years.

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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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Detective novel set in Bromley published by Chislehurst author

5:29pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A CHISLEHURST man has had his first book published about a murder mystery in Bromley.

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Bromley police launch car crime prevention scheme in response to increased thefts

3:50pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

BROMLEY Police have launched a huge car crime initiative this week in response to a recent increase in vehicle theft across the borough.

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Status Quo star Francis Rossi revisits his Sydenham primary school

3:19pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

HE'S used to rocking all over the world but one Sydenham-born rock singer had a change from the Status Quo when he visited his old school.

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Beckenham nursery described as 'outstanding' by Ofsted

3:00pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

AN EXCEPTIONAL report by Ofsted has hailed a Beckenham nursery as ‘outstanding’. 

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Sydenham man 'flabbergasted' to discover he is Abraham Lincoln's relative

2:34pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A RETIRED civil servant from Sydenham was ‘flabbergasted’ to discover he was related to Abraham Lincoln.

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Car crashes into Petts Wood front garden

12:47pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A BLACK Vauxhall Astra has crashed into a front garden in Petts Wood.

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