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Consultation rejects Biggin Hill Airport's Olympic proposals

Biggin Hill Airport has put in a request to Bromley Council to extend opening hours during the Olympic Games in 2012

10:44am Tuesday 15th March 2011

A PROPOSAL by Biggin Hill Airport to extend operating hours for the Olympic Games has been roundly rejected in a consultation process.

DARTFORD: Olympic gold medalist visits young cyclists

Team Darenth's Clive Titmarsh and Jamie Staff at Wilmington Enterprise College

2:47pm Thursday 24th February 2011

AN Olympic gold medalist visited north Kent this week to coach young cyclists and discuss a new sporting academy.

OLYMPICS: Job registration opens

Building work is in full swing at the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London.

11:57am Thursday 24th February 2011

JOBSEEKERS interested in working at the London 2012 Olympic Games can now register their interest.

GREENWICH: Schedule for Olympic events announced

The shooting events are due to take place at Woolwich Barracks

4:00pm Wednesday 16th February 2011

THE schedule for Olympic events has been released ahead of tickets going on sale.

Progress in Foots Cray medieval Cultural Olympiad event

Footscray Place with ites terraced gardens, before it burned down in 1949

5:30pm Tuesday 15th February 2011

AMBITIOUS plans to stage a medieval fair and open air performances of Shakespeare’s Henry V, to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games, are taking shape.

LEWISHAM & GREENWICH: Young londoners recognised for volunteer work

Elvis Teague

11:23am Friday 11th February 2011

HUNDREDS of young Londoners have been recognised for their volunteer work at museums.

DARTFORD & GRAVESHAM: Minister for sport launches Cyclopark construction

DARTFORD & GRAVESHAM: Minister for sport launches Cyclopark construction

3:00pm Wednesday 9th February 2011

THE Minister for Sport and the Olympics has officially opened works on the Cyclopark between Gravesend and Dartford.

OLYMPICS: One million register for tickets

Fears over Olympic legacy grant

9:34am Wednesday 28th April 2010

AT least one million people have signed up for Olympic tickets so far, it has been announced.

OLYMPICS: School leavers wanted for London 2012 team

Fears over Olympic legacy grant

8:50am Tuesday 30th March 2010

A ROLE in ‘the greatest sporting show on earth’ is on offer for 15 school or college leavers.

OLYMPICS: Sign up for London 2012 tickets

Fears over Olympic legacy grant

8:04am Tuesday 23rd March 2010

SPORTING fans are being urged to sign up to register their interest in Olympic tickets.

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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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