TICKETS for Bromley's pre-season friendly against Crystal Palace on July 12 have gone on general sale. Although the game is not all ticket, a big crowd is expected at Hayes Lane to see the Lillywhites, managed by former Palace chairman Mark Goldberg
THE joint-managers of a girls football team have blasted the Football Association for causing the break up of their under-14 squad. Husband and wife Dave and Nicola Cooter, from Northfleet, face seeing their hard work with the Gravesham Girls & Ladies
BASTON School for Girls triumphed in the British Schools' mini tennis orange Kent team tournament at Bromley High School. The Hayes school entered three teams in the event, which attracted a total of 16 sides from schools across Kent. In the first
BEXLEY AC narrowly failed to beat Division Two leaders Enfield & Haringey in the latest southern men's league match at Hillingdon on Saturday despite some fine individual performances. Although on the track there was close competition from all five
FLAMINGOES FC's under-14s enjoyed an impressive weekend at the Topps Tiles tournament at Leicester City's Walkers Stadium. The Catford club fielded two sides, the Leos and the Cheetahs, at the national competition, including some youngsters from under
A HOSPITAL is to reopen in a £14.6m scheme. Eltham and Mottingham Cottage Hospital in Passey Place, Eltham, will be redeveloped and given a new name by Greenwich PCT. And the Department of Health confirmed on June 10 that it would provide £4.6m
COMMUTERS should expect delays and cancellations to their journeys following a fire in South Norwood this morning. Six fire engines and 30 firefighters attended a fire in an industrial area on Tennison Road in South Norwood at 8.20am. Scaffolding
DARTFORD residents will benefit from cheaper discounts at the Dartford Crossing. On June 12 the transport minister Rosie Winterton confirmed that local residents will be entitled to 50 free crossings per year after paying a £10 annual administration
POLICE are appealing for information on a missing man who is suffering from depression. Steven Shedden, aged 24, was last seen on June 10 at his home in Saltford Close, Erith, at around 7.45pm. He is currently taking medication to help with depression
AN MP says the borough has "been ignored by the Government" after a final decision on the Dartford Crossing discount scheme. David Evennett, MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford, expressed his disappointment after minister of state for transport, Rosie Winterton
ST COLUMBA'S School rocks - and that's official. The Catholic boys' school in Halcot Avenue, Bexleyheath, picked up four awards at the recent Rock Challenge held at the Hackney Empire. This is a national event run by the Be Your Best Foundation, which
TWO boroughs will receive £250,000 each to support young people with Asbos, it has been announced. Lewisham and Greenwich will get the money, along with 50 other areas, as part of the Government's challenge and support projects. It will fund projects
WHEN a nursing home for the elderly celebrated its 10th birthday, there were three special guests at the party. Two of them were Bexley's new deputy mayor and mayoress Councillor Ray Sams and his wife Diane. The third was Irene Nelson, a long-time resident
A DATE has been set to reveal the results of south-east London's largest ever public consultation on hospitals. Bexley residents can learn of their hospitals' results at a feedback event on June 20 to be held at the University of Greenwich. The presentation
Bexley Council has just given planning permission for a 30m high wind turbine to be built on the former Pirelli site in Church Manorway, Erith. The turbine will have a maximum installed capacity of 250kw and will last the next 25 years. Its height compares
CHILDREN at a Bexley primary school have been finding out recycling can be fun as well as being serious. Hook Lane Primary School, Faraday Road, Welling, celebrated Recycle Week with a day of events, organised by Bexley's School Waste Action Club.
YOUNGSTERS have been given lessons in cookery by a Sicilian chef. Year 6 pupils aged 10 and 11 from Highfield Junior School, South Hill Road, Shortlands, spent three hours at La Pasta restaurant in Bromley High Street and cooked a three course meal
PEOPLE are being urged to be more aware of the trees around them and take steps to have them protected before it is too late. Michael McGonigle, of Carlton Road, Erith, was shocked when he discovered a number of mature oak trees in a neighbour's garden
WHEN the going gets tough, it appears the tough turn to gardening. As the price of food in supermarkets begins to rise, and the quest for fresh, local organic food becomes more popular, more and more people are turning to growing their own produce.
GREAT HELP: June 1 to June 7 was national Volunteers' Week. I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to the many volunteers who support our work at National Trust properties and countryside locations in the area. Not only do volunteers give
HERE in Bexley we are fortunate to have excellent recycling facilities, both in our kerbside collections and at our waste centres. I visited our waste centre at Maidstone Road recently to dispose of some rubbish. We put some metal in the "metals" container
REGARDING Sham Fears Over Health Plan Justified (News Shopper, May 21). We wish to assure readers our A Picture of Health public consultation, which included proposals for Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, was no "sham". No decision has been taken yet on
I AM writing in response to the letter from John Davis (Rubbish Idea, News Shopper, May 28), in which he refers to the wheelie bins the council is distributing free of charge to residents as part of the roll-out of the new enhanced recycling service.
I AM writing in regard to Ian Gibson's letter about his disappointing visit to the new leisure centre in Sidcup (Why Close Pool At Peak Times? News Shopper, May 21). I have two daughters who both belong to swimming clubs. They train seven days a week
11009 A/B: While these two teenagers were on a number 51 bus, its windows were etched. The bus was travelling between Woolwich and Orpington on July 13 last year. The teenagers got on the bus at 9.24am and the incident took place when the bus was in
10735A/B/C: These three girls travelled on a 229 bus between Thamesmead town centre and Sidcup on June 12 last year, when its windows were etched. They got on the bus at 1.10pm in Bexleyheath Broadway and got off at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, at
11030A/B/C: These three youths were travelling on a 229 bus on its way from Sidcup to Thamesmead town centre on July 9 last year. They got on at 7.48pm in Bexleyheath Broadway and got off in Abbey Wood at 7.56pm. While they were on the bus, its windows
ECO-FRIENDLY shopping was given the green light last week as visitors made tracks to a shopping centre to learn how to cut their carbon footprint. The Glades shopping centre in Bromley teamed up with Bromley Council to unveil two new car charging points
Singer of British rock band Razorlight, Johnny Borrell, was joined onstage by a group of politicians for a climate change concert at London's Science Museum on June 3. The gig was part of Friends of the Earth's Big Ask campaign to introduce legally binding
WILDLIFE habitats in the borough are being surveyed. Three studies of the area, due to take place from spring to autumn this year (CHECK), aim to give Bromley Council a better understanding of habitats such as woodlands, ponds and acid grassland. The
POLICE are appealing for help to identify youngsters who were travelling on board vandalised buses. The images have been released through Operation BusTag, a collaboration between the Met Police, bus companies and Transport for London. By the end of
11151: This boy was on a 269 bus when it was daubed with graffiti on August 8 last year. He boarded the bus at 4.34pm at Bexleyheath Market Place, Bexley, and got off at 5.11pm at Bickley Road, Bromley. If you can help, call BusTag on 020 7027 8950
CHARLTON have been handed a home draw with League One outfit Yeovil Town in the first round of the Carling Cup on August 12. The Valley clash will be the second meeting between the two sides in recent years following Charlton's 3-2 FA Cup success against
A 37-YEAR-OLD woman will appear in court today (June 13) charged with the murder of a man who died after being assaulted in a supermarket. Antoinette Richardson, of Sedgehill Road, Bellingham, will appear before Sutton Magistrates' Court. She is the
SEVEN members of the guild went on the outing to Essex on May 21. It was a Three Rivers tour which took place on a fine day with a pub break for lunch. At the last guild meeting, notice was given of a proposed visit to the Mansion House on September
ON SATURDAY, May 24, president of the Orpington Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association Group Captain John Digman OBE, DFC, RAF Ret'd presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Andrew Evans, Director of Ruxley Manor Garden Centre. The presentation
TODAY is Friday the 13th - supposed to be the unluckiest day on the calendar. Tell us about any calamities you have had. Are you especially superstitious about this date? Will you be taking extra care today to make sure nothing goes wrong? Are you staying
PUB'S FUTURE: Shortly after it was closed as a pub, I attended a meeting chaired by Councillor John Fahy to discuss the future of the Tudor Barn. It was stated at the meeting, to ensure it was not left empty, it would be reopened as quickly as possible
WE ARE keen environmentalists and have been trying to adhere to Greenwich Council's new policy regarding the recycling of refuse, but putting out a plastic sack does not work. Even if put on top of the bins, foxes tear open the sacks, spilling the contents
POLICE have arrested a 15-year-old youth in connection with a robbery on a tram. He was arrested following an appeal by British Transport Police earlier this week asking for help in identifying a youth captured on CCTV putting on a necklace he allegedly
LOCAL CHOICE: The artist who should be designing the Angel of the South is a local man called Graham Hampsheir. I have seen his work on angelofthesouth.co.uk He has the potential, artistic flare and local knowledge for what should be an iconic structure
IN REGARD to the Angel of the South, Richard Deacon's monstrosity looks like a pile of scrap metal and evokes strong memories of 9/11. Wallinger's horse looks like an old nag and really fed up with life. How many of us have actually seen a horse wearing
