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

Made in Chelsea's Jamie Laing talks to Vibe ahead of Bluewater signing

10:09am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

MADE in Chelsea’s Jamie Laing is a busy man and has bags of energy, possibly fuelled by his love of sugary snacks.

• Have your say

Bromley museum curator features in BBC history series beginning tomorrow

12:52pm Wednesday 6th March 2013

BROMLEY Museum’s curator is starring in a BBC programme on tomorrow about a local ‘hero’ who helped make history a century ago.

• Have your say

Paralympian cycles for Sydenham charity

12:34pm Tuesday 9th October 2012

A PARALYMPIAN supported Sydenham-based charity St Christopher’s Hospice by riding from London to Brighton on a tandem.

VIDEO - DAN DARES - Watch Dan's Ready Steady Cook challenge

12:30pm Thursday 15th July 2010

WATCH this video of our very own daredevil reporter taking on five Lewisham College cooking food students in a Ready, Steady, Cook challenge.

• DAN DARES: Daredevil hack fails in Ready, Steady, Cook challenge

• Have your say

SYDENHAM: Hospice fun day raises £13,500

2:33pm Thursday 15th July 2010

THOUSANDS of pounds raised at a hospice family fun day will mean patients continue to receive excellent end-of-life care.

• Have your say

DAN DARES: Daredevil hack fails in Ready, Steady, Cook challenge

11:10am Wednesday 30th June 2010

Daredevil reporter DAN KEEL enjoys nothing more than watching a tacky cooking TV show on a Saturday morning. But was he able to transfer those skills into his next dare?

• Comments(1)
• Have your say »

NORTH KENT: Hospice pampers patients with complimentary services

12:58pm Tuesday 29th June 2010

In part six of our series celebrating the 25th anniversary of EllenorLions Hospice, ABIGAIL FOULKES finds out more about its day care facilities and complimentary services.

• Have your say

NORTH KENT: Hospice provides "brilliant" support for carers

4:48pm Monday 14th June 2010

EllenorLions Hospice provides specialist adult care and promotes ongoing support for families. In part five of our series to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the hospice, ABIGAIL FOULKES finds out more about the services it provides for carers.

• Have your say

NORTH KENT: Bereavement group is a place to laugh and cry

4:59pm Wednesday 2nd June 2010

In part three of our series to celebrate the 25th anniversary of EllenorLions Hospices, DAVID MILLS looks at the care provided for people suffering bereavement.

• Have your say

NORTH KENT: Leukaemia daughter parents feel lucky to have EllenorLions

11:51am Wednesday 26th May 2010

Despite having a daughter diagnosed with leukaemia, Amelia Baulch’s mother tells DAVID MILLS how lucky they feel thanks to the fantastic support from EllenorLions Hospice.

• Have your say

NORTH KENT: Looking back at 25 years of EllenorLions Hospice

7:30am Thursday 20th May 2010

In the first of a series marking 25 years of providing hospice care for the community, DAVID MILLS looks back at the origins of the EllenorLions Hospice.

• Have your say

DAN DARES: Daredevil reporter succeeds in flying challenge

2:00pm Tuesday 11th May 2010

AFTER a spring break recovering from his winter seaside heroics, reporter DAN KEEL was back in action - flying without wings.

• Have your say

DAN DARES: Daredevil reporter tackles flying challenge

3:55pm Tuesday 27th April 2010

DAREDEVIL reporter Dan Keel has recovered from his spring break and is now ready for his next challenge.

• Have your say

VIDEO - SYDENHAM: Hospice helping children through bereavement

7:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010

In the final part of News Shopper’s series on St Christopher’s Hospice, DAVID MILLS hears how it helps young people cope with bereavement.

• Have your say

BROMLEY COMMON: Beauty fundraiser for St Christopher's Hospice

4:18pm Monday 15th March 2010

SHAPING eyebrows and polishing nails helped beauty salon staff raise more than £400 for a hospice.

• Have your say

SYDENHAM: Hospice volunteers are 'fantastic'

7:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010

St Christopher’s Hospice relies on people giving up their free time to continue caring for the community. DAVID MILLS finds out about its army of volunteers.

• Have your say

SYDENHAM: Taking hospice care into the home

7:00am Wednesday 3rd March 2010

On any one day St Christopher’s Hospice cares for around 800 people in their homes. DAVID MILLS looks at how it pioneered hospice care in the community.

• Have your say

SYDENHAM: Hospice spreads its message through education

8:30am Wednesday 24th February 2010

As the first of the modern hospices, St Christopher’s was an example to be followed by all. DAVID MILLS looks at how its message is spread through education.

• Have your say

SYDENHAM: Putting the fun in fundraising

10:00am Wednesday 17th February 2010

In part three of our series on St Christopher’s Hospice, DAVID MILLS looks at how it raises millions of pounds to keep its services alive.

• Have your say

DAN DARES: Reporter spends five minutes in icy waters of English Channel

2:31pm Monday 15th February 2010

AFTER failing his Christmas no-sleep challenge, our very own daredevil reporter DAN KEEL has been back in action. This month he swam in the freezing cold waters of the English Channel.

• Comments(1)
• Have your say »

SYDENHAM: Dame Cicely - a revolutionary woman

10:09am Wednesday 10th February 2010

Dame Cicely Saunders changed the way society looked after people dying with terminal illness. In part two of our feature series on St Christopher’s Hospice, DAVID MILLS remembers the founder of the modern hospice movement.

• Have your say

VIDEO - SYDENHAM: Positivity rules at St Christopher’s Hospice

12:00pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

In the first of a series of features to raise awareness of the work carried out at St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham, DAVID MILLS speaks to three people truly grateful for its care and support.

• Have your say

DAN DARES: Freezing swim for reporter in next challenge

4:31pm Wednesday 20th January 2010

AFTER failing his 'no-sleep' challenge last month, our very own daredevil reporter will next be taking to the freezing sea.

• Have your say

WAR: Five more war tales from News Shopper readers

11:00am Sunday 3rd January 2010

In the final episode of News Shopper's Second World War series, reporters DAN KEEL and DAVID MILLS hear five more wartime tales from readers in south-east London and north Kent.

• Have your say

WAR: Weapons factory worker remembers 'horrific' conditions of workplace

10:10am Friday 1st January 2010

During the Second World War a massive effort went into producing armaments and munitions. Reporter DAVID MILLS spoke to a man who helped make cartridge cases.

• Have your say

VIDEO - DAN DARES: Dopey hack falls short in no-sleep challenge

9:20am Monday 21st December 2009

After last month's hairdressing misery, daredevil reporter DAN KEEL was determined to get back on track in a challenge testing both his body and mind.

• Have your say

WAR: Dartford Navy veteran played a role in D-Day operations

7:50am Wednesday 16th December 2009

In part 12 of our Second World War series DAN KEEL speaks to a Navy veteran from Dartford who helped lay mines around the French coast on the night before D-Day.

• Have your say

DAN DARES: Brave reporter tackles no-sleep challenge

10:20am Thursday 10th December 2009

AFTER last month's hairdressing misery, it is time for reporter Dan Keel to take on a challenge which will test both his body and mind.

• Have your say

WAR: New Cross remembers V2 bombing

10:00am Sunday 6th December 2009

Sixty five years ago a V2 rocket fell on New Cross killing 168 people and injuring 121 others. Reporter DAVID MILLS looks back at the devastation.

• Have your say

WAR: Bexleyheath veteran witnessed horror of Hiroshima

8:50am Wednesday 2nd December 2009

In part eight of our Second World War series, DAN KEEL speaks to a Navy seaman who witnessed the Japanese surrender in Hong Kong and the carnage of Hiroshima.

• Have your say

WAR: Pensioner tells tale of German bomber crashing in explosion near home

8:20am Wednesday 25th November 2009

In part eight of our Second World War series, DAN KEEL speaks to a woman from Hextable who watched a shot-down German plane come crashing down near her home.

• Have your say

WAR: British soldier's German wife sheltered Jewish woman

7:00am Wednesday 18th November 2009

Christel Dack was a teenager in Germany during the Second World War. She tells DAVID MILLS how her family sheltered a Jew and when she met her British soldier husband.

• Have your say

WAR: Veteran prisoner of war speaks of escape and 40-mile row to safety

8:00am Wednesday 11th November 2009

In part six of News Shopper's Second World War series, reporter DAN KEEL speaks to an 88-year-old Bromley resident who escaped from a German war prison in Greece before rowing nearly 40 miles to safety.

• Have your say

VIDEO - Footprints of World War Two in Beckenham and Penge

10:57am Tuesday 10th November 2009

LOCAL historian Gordon Dennington visits some of the places in Beckenham and Penge where significant incidents took place during the war.

• Have your say

WAR: RAF U-Boat hunter tells of lucky escapes from death

7:30am Wednesday 4th November 2009

During the Second World War, German U-boats posed a deadly threat. DAVID MILLS speaks to an RAF war hero who had to hunt them down.

• Have your say

WAR: Witnesses speak of horrific German bomb raid on Catford primary school

8:00am Wednesday 28th October 2009

In part four of News Shopper's Second World War series, reporter DAN KEEL speaks to elderly residents who witnessed German planes attacking a Catford School in a deadly daylight bomb raid.

• Have your say

WAR: Evacuee's nightmare experience on farm - part three

8:00am Wednesday 21st October 2009

In the final part of Dennis Johnson’s memories as an evacuee during the Second World War, DAVID MILLS hears how he came close to losing his younger brother.

• WAR: Evacuee's nightmare experience on farm - part two
• WAR: Evacuee's nightmare experience on farm

• Have your say

DAN DARES: Reporter fails miserably in barber challenge

9:00am Tuesday 20th October 2009

Daredevil reporter DAN KEEL was given the chop in a guillotine in August.

• Have your say

WAR: Evacuee's nightmare experience on farm - part two

12:09pm Wednesday 14th October 2009

Work on the farm for Second World War evacuee Dennis Johnson and his brother was never ending. In part two of his memoirs, DAVID MILLS hears how life for the 10-year-old was set to become even harder.

• WAR: Evacuee's nightmare experience on farm

• Have your say

WAR: Evacuee's nightmare experience on farm

12:49pm Wednesday 7th October 2009

Evacuation at the start of the Second World War changed Dennis Johnson’s life for good. In the first of three parts, this is a story of when a 10-year-old boy had to grow up overnight.

• Have your say

DAN DARES: Reporter to test his barber skills in hairdressing challenge

11:44am Wednesday 16th September 2009

NEWS Shopper's very-own daredevil reporter was given the chop in a guillotine last month.

• Have your say

VIDEO - DAN DARES: Reporter loses head at hands of guillotine wielding magician

7:10am Monday 27th July 2009

News Shopper bosses have been trying to give reporter DAN KEEL the chop for quite some time now. Luckily for them a 77-year-old magician was on hand with a guillotine for the daredevil's ninth challenge - Off with his head!

• Comments(1)
• Have your say »

DAN DARES: Reporter facing the chop in latest challenge

3:20pm Wednesday 15th July 2009

DAREDEVIL News Shopper reporter Dan Keel will be back in action next week when he takes on his ninth challenge.

• Have your say

DAN DARES: Rubik's world record holder writes to daredevil reporter

12:58pm Tuesday 16th June 2009

THE Rubik's cube world record holder has contacted Dan to commiserate him on his latest Dan Dares failure.

• Have your say

DAN DARES: Reporter speaks of Rubik's Cube challenge

7:40am Monday 8th June 2009

News Shopper reporter DAN KEEL had successfully completed five out of seven dares before this month's challenge. Here he speaks about his latest quest - to solve a Rubik's cube within three minutes of the world record.

• Comments(3)
• Have your say »