THE first phase of a scheme to regenerate Woolwich town centre has been completed. Greenwich Council and Mayor of London Boris Johnson are celebrating the successful completion of the first part of a £3.2m regeneration scheme. This
TRANSPORT for London have announced the locations of new shops in Greenwich and Lewisham where people can buy and top-up Oyster travel cards. Lewisham will benefit from 45 new outlets and Greenwich will have 43 new shops where passengers can buy and
MAYOR of Lewisham Sir Steve Bullock will be awarding £50,000 over the next two years to every ward in the borough to help improve to neighbourhoods. The funding is in addition to the £10,000 each ward currently receives through the localities
TORY MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford David Evennett has pledged his support for the newly elected President of the USA Barack Obama. However, Labour has accused Mr Evennett of previously backing Mr Obama's rival John McCain. Mr Evennett
LEWISHAM Primary Care Trust is launching a campaign to raise awareness of mouth cancer. The PCT has teamed up with the British Dental Health Foundation to offer residents the opportunity to have free mouth cancer screening during Mouth Cancer
HEALTH experts are advising people to be on the look out for the symptons of an infectious vomiting disease. The Health Protection Agency and Greenwich Teaching Primary Care Trust are urging people to stay away from crowded places, especially hospitals
A SECONDARY school in Kidbrooke is celebrating a glowing Ofsted report in which inspectors praised its continuing improvement and care for students. Specialist arts college Kidbrooke School, in Corelli Road, Blackheath, was rated outstanding
A LEWISHAM councillor has been in the USA to campaign for the historic presidential election of Barack Obama. Blackheath Liberal Democrat councillor Chris Maines went to Florida in the run-up to the American presidential election to help campaign for
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a 70-year-old man from a fire in a flat in Belvedere, Bexley. Two fire engines and eight firefighters were called to the one-bedroom flat, in Hoddersdon Road, yesterday at about 5.30pm. The elderly man was taken
On this day in... 1602 - The Bodleian Library at Oxford University was opened to the public for the first time. 1789 - The distillation of bourbon whisky was started by Elijah Craig in Bourbon, Kentucky, USA. 1793 - The Louvre museum in Paris
THE Sports Investor Bet of the Day for Saturday is a four point each way bet on horse number four Alphabetical in the 2.30 at Sandown at odds of around 8/1. Trained by Charlie Mann, this nine-year-old gelding is partnered by Noel Fehily, who is looking
