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UPDATE: Wood you believe it: Woodsman rescued from tree in Woodland Way, Petts Wood by watch manager Woods, had van stolen

9:50am Tuesday 18th June 2013

A WOODSMAN has been rescued by watch manager Woods after his van was stolen in Woodland Way, Petts Wood, which was reported on by Alan Woods and Heloise Wood.

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Has anyone seen a UFO flying around Bromley town centre?

11:20am Wednesday 12th June 2013

A BROMLEY woman claims to have photographic evidence of a UFO flying over Bromley town centre.

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Orpington Fish and Chip shop sets nationwide challenge

2:51pm Monday 10th June 2013

THE BOXING gloves are on after a Petts Wood chippy kickstarted craze.

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An edible road of fruit trees has blossomed in Forest Hill

4:42pm Monday 20th May 2013

AN 'EDIBLE road' of fruit trees sprang up in Forest Hill over the weekend in a bid to encourage home-grown fruit and veg.

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VIDEO: Bromley comic takes on Castle Cafe breakfast foe for Samaritans

1:05pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

SAUSAGES tell the story of what happened when comedian Tibs Holland went the distance with the biggest foe of his life.

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Bromley comic to demolish Castle Cafe breakfast for Samaritans

12:22pm Monday 22nd April 2013

A COMEDIAN is preparing to use his belly for food rather than laughs when he takes on a ginormous breakfast challenge.

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Pictures: 42-inch daffodil found in Chislehurst - send your photos of strange plants

1:26pm Friday 19th April 2013

GARDENER Tony Kemp wanted to share these pictures of a massive daffodil he came across while working in Chislehurst.

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Goldsmiths University researchers probe link between faces and baseball

5:05pm Tuesday 16th April 2013

RESEARCH from Goldsmiths University suggests people with wider faces excel at baseball.  

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New Cross woman 'freaked out' after seeing 'panther' in street

1:10pm Wednesday 10th April 2013

A TERRIFIED New Cross woman says she "freaked out" after seeing a panther in the street.

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Top 10 rude street and place names in south-east London and north Kent

1:15pm Friday 5th April 2013

WHAT’S in a name? A good chance for a giggle in the case of these 10 locations.

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Lewisham pet shooter warning after cat shot with air rifle

10:52am Friday 29th March 2013

A CAT owner is warning a pet shooter is on the loose after his beloved animal nearly died from an air rifle wound.

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Car abandoned in middle of Petts Wood road 'simply left there'

3:32pm Thursday 28th March 2013

IT HAS been revealed that a vehicle abandoned in the middle of a Petts Wood road this week was simply left there, half on the road, half on the pavement.

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Video: Firestarter food challenge beaten - can you do better?

11:16am Friday 22nd March 2013

WHEN News Shopper’s Joe Turley took on the Firestarter Hot Wing Challenge at Big Al’s diner in Petts Wood, he may have seemed more of a mad man than an ad man.

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Overheard in...Bromley: The bizarre things people say

1:00pm Wednesday 20th March 2013

PEOPLE say the funniest and strangest things – and here’s proof from a quick trip to Bromley.

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Bromley woman says aliens are helping fix economy and have advice for Arsene Wenger

1:01pm Tuesday 19th March 2013

WITH George Osborne set to announce the annual budget tomorrow, a spiritual healer from Bromley says aliens are guiding the economy towards recovery, and have some important advice for Arsenal football manager Arsene Wenger.

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Garfield being shown the cat flap by Beckenham man selling off collection

9:26am Wednesday 13th March 2013

HE LOVES lasagne and hates Mondays but now he is being shown the cat flap as one collector sells off his immense Garfield collection.

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News Shopper reader asks for help identifying mystery charity shop find

3:42pm Tuesday 12th March 2013

A NEWS Shopper reader is asking for help identifying his mystery charity shop find.

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Lewisham Hospital role-playing wizards take on Jeremy Hunt

1:39pm Monday 4th March 2013

THEY'VE defeated pirates, dragons and hordes of the undead, but now one of London's largest roleplaying clubs is facing its biggest foe yet - evil axe-wielding Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

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Look-a-like: Jeremy Hunt and Bexley police chief - separated at birth?

10:00am Thursday 14th February 2013

HAS anyone else noticed the similarity between Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the new police borough commander for Bexley?

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Has Robert Pattinson been door-stepping in Bromley?

2:51pm Wednesday 13th February 2013

THE eagle-eyed among you will have noticed somebody looking remarkably similar to Robert Pattinson delivering parcels in Bromley yesterday.

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Video: Greenwich traders' pancake race around Old Royal Naval College

10:25am Wednesday 13th February 2013

GREENWICH businesses had stacks of fun yesterday with a pancake race around the Old Royal Naval College.

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Video: Greenwich seal plays with dog by the Thames

1:53pm Monday 11th February 2013

A WOMAN's dog has been caught on video camera playing with a Greenwich seal, days after she first spotted it.

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Overheard in...Crayford: More of the funny things people say

2:46pm Wednesday 6th February 2013

PEOPLE say the funniest – and often silliest – things, sometimes speaking before engaging brain.

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Marriage proposal on giant billboards in Charlton Asda car park

12:24pm Friday 1st February 2013

A PLUMSTEAD mum was only expecting a walk down the supermarket aisle when giant billboards lit up with a marriage proposal in Charlton’s Asda car park.

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Lost dog survives night on Grove Park to Hither Green train tracks

4:02pm Wednesday 30th January 2013

A LOST puppy was discovered “cowering” on railway tracks as trains raced over her head in a night of “trauma”.

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Seal spotted in Thames off Greenwich

11:45am Tuesday 29th January 2013

A FAMILY walking along the Thames were astonished to spot a seal in the water this week.

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Overheard in...Crayford: The funny things people say

11:36am Friday 25th January 2013

PEOPLE say the funniest things - and it only takes a quick stroll around the streets of Crayford to overhear some bizarre snippets of conversations.

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Woman hospitalised after pet dog sparks Dartford house fire

4:21pm Tuesday 22nd January 2013

A BLAZE at a Dartford home which left a woman hospitalised is thought to have been started by the family dog.

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Sidcup's Penhill Park transformed into windsurfing lake

12:40pm Monday 31st December 2012

THE torrential rain over the festive period did not spell the end for every outdoor sport across Bexley.

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Bull terriers take festive fancy dress walk in Oxleas Wood

11:27am Wednesday 19th December 2012

WALKERS in Shooters Hill might have wondered if they were barking mad on seeing a pack of dogs roaming around in festive fancy dress on Sunday.

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Beckenham calendar boys strip off for charity

9:48am Wednesday 19th December 2012

BECKENHAM shop owners have stripped off to raise awareness of Prostate Cancer.

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End of the world on December 21, 2012 - your doomsday survival kit guide

10:02am Tuesday 18th December 2012

ACCORDING to various doomsday beliefs, December 21, 2012 is set to be the end of the world.

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Thamesmead Morrisons shopper puts 'one in billion' perfectly round egg on eBay

10:13am Monday 10th December 2012

A THAMESMEAD shopper was left shellshocked after discovering a pre-Christmas miracle in his shopping - a perfectly round egg.

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Tulisa and Flo Rida in Charlton magician's YouTube video advent calendar

4:30pm Wednesday 28th November 2012

A FAMOUS Charlton magician has unleashed an advent calendar of jolly japes with celebrities such as pop star Flo Rida thrust into the spotlight.

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Mecca Catford's extreme bingo game 60 feet up a tree

11:06am Friday 23rd November 2012

A CATFORD club took part in a fundraising game of extreme bingo - while 60 feet up a tree.

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'Cocky' fox mown down in Blackfen after attacking teenage couple

5:02pm Tuesday 20th November 2012

A COCKY fox has been mown down shortly after attacking a teenage couple waiting for a bus in Blackfen.

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Sidcup woman mugged by fox for her fruit and veg

9:09am Tuesday 13th November 2012

A HEALTH conscious fox stalked a Sidcup shopper before mugging her fruit and veg as she walked home.

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Boris’s Balls and other top alternative ideas for new Thames crossings

12:03pm Thursday 1st November 2012

HERE are five top ideas for alternative methods of getting people across the Thames – all of them far more fun than the road and boat crossing proposals being considered by Transport for London.

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London is love cheat capital: Most affairs in England and Wales

12:05pm Thursday 25th October 2012

MORE people cheat on their husbands and wives in London than anywhere else in England and Wales, says a new survey.

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New Cross vet removes more than 200 bladder stones from dog

10:03am Tuesday 9th October 2012

HERE IS the poorly pooch who was carrying more than 200 stones – some as large as grapes – in her bladder.

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Skydiving Dartford granny swoops national award

12:15pm Wednesday 26th September 2012

A skydiving grandmother has swooped a national award for her daring fundraising efforts.

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Greenwich Peninsula Square gets strange new Kreod sculpture

3:49pm Tuesday 18th September 2012

SOMETHING strange has landed in Greenwich.

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Chessboxing - the bizarre craze that started in a Kidbrooke youth club

12:40pm Monday 17th September 2012

Its invention has been attributed to a French cartoonist, a Finnish film maker and even hip-hop legends the Wu-Tang Clan. But, ahead of a landmark London tournament, MARK CHANDLER discovers the strange sport of chessboxing could have been born much closer to home - in Kidbrooke.

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Fifty Shades of Grey is number one book left behind in Travelodge hotel rooms

9:30am Friday 14th September 2012

EVER left a book behind in a hotel? If you have there’s a very good chance it was smutty ‘mummy porn’ novel Fifty Shades of Grey.

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Video: Topless Female Trampolining World Championships in Beckenham

10:09am Thursday 13th September 2012

BECKENHAM got the honour of hosting the first Topless Female Trampolining World Championships this week.

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