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VIDEO: Dancer proves doctors wrong after brain tumour treatment

Recoverd: Bird College student Stephanie Still

12:00pm Sunday 20th May 2012

THIS time last year the captain of the England tap dancing team thought she may never walk again, now she is preparing to strap on her dancing shoes.

Hospital radio station launches fundraising CD

Hospital radio station launches fundraising CD

12:30pm Saturday 19th May 2012

A HOSPITAL radio station has launched a compilation CD featuring top acts to raise funds.

Welling woman named nurse of year on her birthday

Julia Ives with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust's Director of Nursing and Governance, Wilf Bardsley

9:09am Friday 18th May 2012

A WELLING woman has been named nurse of the year on her birthday.

Legal highs being used by children in Bexley

Nitrous oxide was sold to a News Shopper reporter at Skunkworks in Bexleyheath

9:25am Wednesday 16th May 2012

LEGAL highs that pose a serious health danger are being used by children in Bexley, News Shopper can exclusively reveal.

Catford charity One in Four helping sex abuse victims for 13 years

Project officer Verna Harris with counsellors Michelle Denny-Browne, Reena Shah and Soraya Bedja-Johnson

10:19am Tuesday 15th May 2012

HIDDEN away in Catford is an organisation that has helped victims of sexual abuse - a crime affecting one in four British adults.

Patients crown north Kent hospital's favourite nurse

Healthcare asssitant Lorraine Rogers in the middle with with the hospital’s director of Nnrsing Sheila Worton and chief executive Stephen Collier

4:55pm Monday 14th May 2012

PATIENTS at a north Kent hospital have crowned their favourite nurse to mark International Nurses Day.

MP welcomes new Child Development Centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital

MP welcomes new Child Development Centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital

5:19pm Monday 14th May 2012

AN MP has welcomed the official opening of a new Child Development Centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital.

Cuts to NHS 'creating high risk'

Cuts to NHS 'creating high risk'

11:11am Sunday 13th May 2012

NURSING leaders have called for a halt to the loss of hospital beds after a study revealed that patients were being left on trolleys for hours on end and treated in corridors.

Darent Valley Hospital named in top 40 hospitals across UK

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, which runs Darent Valley Hospital, is unable to meet foundation trust status independently

4:22pm Saturday 12th May 2012

DARENT Valley Hospital has been named in the top 40 hospitals across the UK.

Free blood pressure checks as part of Stroke Awareness Month

Half of diabetes sufferers have high blood pressure

3:34pm Saturday 12th May 2012

FREE blood pressure checks are being offered in Erith as part of Stroke Awareness Month.

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There are a few of these, not as cute, but just as good, popping up in a few places on Thamesmead i.e. in particular on the A bridge. There are also a few little flowers, like the one in this mural, on the bridge over the railway at Abbey Wood station. − Hk

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The people who have been bitten have possibly tried to handle them. I was bitten by an adder on Dartford Heath over 50 years ago, when I fell off my bike and landed on it! I did not die, nor did I develop an 'unpleasant illness'! Remember, adders and grass snakes are protected by law against death or injury as a result of human interference. − Witchkid

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