A TRIO of kickboxers from the Red Dragon club in Swanscombe are celebrating after attaining black belts. Jerry Moore, Phil Dean and Luke Kelly have seen three years of dedicated training finally pay off after earning the honour. The
BICKLEY potter Katie Henrick is aiming to repeat her only ranking tournament victory at the East Anglian championships in Cambridge on Saturday. Henrick won the event two years ago and will be aiming to repeat the trick in a competition which is the
RESIDENTS are being driven to despair by the constant drone from railway carriages parked at the end of their gardens. Carriages belonging to Southeastern are left on the railway sidings at night and over the weekend with their generators running
BORIS Johnson has been accused of “meddling” in the Olympics after calling for the shooting event to be moved. The Mayor of London claims shifting the 2012 shooting from Woolwich Barracks to Barking would save £10m. But Greenwich and
A CAMPAIGN group is holding a fun day to help rally support for a new cinema. The Hither Green Hall group is hosting the event on October 18 as part of its Save The Cinema campaign. It wants the 96-year-old derelict Hither Green cinema building in
PEOPLE are being asked to share their memories of a hospital to celebrate and preserve its history. Eltham and Mottingham Cottage Hospital at Passey Place, Eltham was closed in 1980 but has since hosted the Passey Clinic and a nursing home. In 2011
I must be getting old, as I have just had to review Disney Sing It: Pop Hits and I don't know most of the songs on it. Not that I am a fan of Disney songs (far from it in fact – give me a Chas and Dave version of 'Sing It' and I'll be in my
PHIL Parkinson has warned Yassin Moutaouakil to show more respect to Motherwell after the on-loan Charlton defender publicly stated he wished to join either of the Old Firm earlier this week. Moutaouakil joined Motherwell on loan in August but caused
A FORMER polytechnic student has been awarded the Nobel prize for physics. Professor Charles Kao graduated in electrical engineering from Woolwich Polytechnic, now the University of Greenwich, in 1957. Mr Kao, originally born in Shanghai, masterminded
More than 60 older residents of Thamesmead attended the Trust's International Day of Older Persons celebrations held at The Atrium, Teeswater Court, Middle Way in Thamesmead last Thursday, 1 October. Marketing and Communications Officer Julia Hickson
Postal workers have voted in favour of a national strike in a bitter row over jobs, pay and services, threatening widespread disruption to mail deliveries in the coming weeks. The Communication Workers Union said its members backed a nationwide
The winners of the competition are Edna Corderoy, Blackheath; Oprah McDonald, Catford; Roy Alfred Carrier, Belvedere; Terry Stirman, Sidcup; Emma Edwards, Bexleyheath; G Chadwick, Bromley.
The winner of the Aer Lingus Competition is Sally Jacobson, from Bromley.
A 26-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court accused of attacking a 60-year-old woman. Unemployed Daniel Atkins, of Plaistow Lane, Bromley, appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court this morning (October 8) charged with inflicting GBH and common assault
ANDY Ford has questioned the Football Association’s failure to resolve Welling’s ongoing dispute with Bishop’s Stortford over Charlie Sheringham’s transfer fee. Sheringham enjoyed a prolific spell at Park View Road last season before switching to Blue
A BODY found in a Beckenham lake this afternoon (October 8) is that of missing man Michael Mackey, police say. Police divers found Mr Mackey in Kelsey Park at around 12.50pm after sealing off the park's lake this morning. The married
A 34-YEAR-OLD man is due in court this morning charged with the murder of a man from Gravesend six years ago. Kamaljit Kalon, who was known as Bobby, was 31 when he was stabbed in Gordon Promenade off Commercial Road in Gravesend on July 10
Jim Bennett, Chief Executive at Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice, will be embarking on a 500-kilometre cycle challenge over an eight day period through Vietnam and Cambodia this month (October 22) to raise money for the Hospice. Jim
TONIGHT sees the final of News Shopper’s Wow Factor modelling competition. The event takes place at The Glades shopping centre in Bromley, starting at 6.30pm. Ten finalists chosen by votes on News Shopper’s website will take part in a catwalk beauty
A MURAL designed and painted by students to show the history of London has been unveiled. Forty Year 9 pupils at Sydenham School, in Dartmouth Road, spent four months creating the artwork for the Grove Centre, Sydenham, which is used by nursery
A 23-YEAR-OLD woman remains in intensive care this morning (October 8) following a road accident earlier this week. The woman was driving her silver Mini Cooper along Bourne Way in Hayes on Tuesday afternoon when she was involved in an accident
A GOVERNOR has defended his school in the wake of a critical report into its admissions policy. The governing body of Ravensbourne School in Bromley was told to pay £250 compensation to the parents of an 11-year-old boy after the Local Government
Its derelict, rubbish-strewn tower blocks are blighting the borough and pensioners anxiously fear for their future after being booted out of their homes. SCOTT MULLINS and ROBERT FISK investigate the growing tide of criticism against Broomleigh
THOUSANDS of HIV and Aids sufferers in the area have been left without support after a charity closed down. Users of The Positive Place, an Aids charity in Deptford High Street, have been greeted with a mysterious notice on the door saying it had closed
AN EVENT has been held to raise awareness about ovarian cancer. The Magical Moments event took place in the Canary Wharf Tower in London and included a fashion show, raffle and magician. It was organised by 1230 The Women’s Company (
THREE schools have been given fruit trees by a garden centre. Keston Garden Centre in Oakley Road, Keston, donated an apple tree to Keston Church of England Primary School in Lakes Road, Keston. The centre also gave two plum trees to
COMMUTERS can travel into the capital in just 17 minutes at weekends after high speed train services were extended. Southeastern has announced there will be a half hourly return shuttle service from Ebbsfleet International to St Pancras International
LOVERS of a good dinner party are being invited to take part in a hit TV programme. Prime-time Channel 4 show Come Dine With Me sees four strangers from all walks of life take turns to host the perfect dinner party for each other over four
A TEACHER inspired by her mother has jumped out of a plane at 12,000ft to raise money for charity. Carly Faye McMorran, of Selah Drive, Swanley, took part in a sky dive and has so far raised £780 for the Multiple Sclerosis Trust. Her mother suffers
