THERE was a taste of food as well as music and dance, poetry and some black history at an event organised and attended by young people. Bexley’s youth council teamed up with community group Active Horizons to host the Freedom 12 event in St Mary’s Church
THERE will be increased police patrols on the streets of Bexley this weekend in the build-up to Guy Fawkes night. Superintendent Glyn Jones warned Bexley police would take the misuse of fireworks very seriously. He added: “We have the
THERE is an added splash of colour at one of Bexley’s secondary school after staff, pupils and their families took part in this year’s Big Draw. More than 100 people were divided into five colour groups, based on the house system at Blackfen
CONTINGENCY plans to deal with a possible swine flu epidemic this winter in Bexley, have been unveiled. Health chiefs say the pandemic may not happen because the virus has not behaved in the way other flu viruses have in the past, and instead
THEY were in the pink at Bexleyheath School when they held a fundraiser in support of Breast Cancer Campaign’s Wear It Pink day. Students at the Woolwich Road, Bexleyheath, school paid £1 to wear ordinary clothes to school, of which one item
A GROUP of students from a Bexley college has been setting the National Railway Museum alight. The students, Jonathan Jewitt, Chris Farncombe, Craig Kilmartin and Oli Downton from Rose Bruford College in Burnt Oak Lane, Sidcup, won a competition
A 15-YEAR-OLD girl was telling Rosimeiri Boxall to jump out of a window moments before she fell to her death, the Old Bailey heard today (Nov 6). Miss Boxall, of Battery Road, Thamesmead, was found beneath an open window after falling from
As the writer of the star letter "Blue rinse brigade clogging up shops" lacked the courage to put their name to the letter. I will assume they are male. As one of the silly old duffers, I find his comments to be abusive and offensive, to say the least
I am writing to answer the letter about the blue rinse brigade. People are entitled to go shopping when and where they like and also when they can collect their pensions. I am an 82-year-old man who shops on a Saturday and Monday mornings. I can honestly
In regard to the letter headed "blue rinse brigade", to the person who wrote it, how dare you talk about the elderly like that, calling someone an old duffer. You are very rude and also a coward as you were frightened to leave your name.
In regard to the star letter ‘pensioners clog up my weekends’, firstly nobody now has a blue rinse. I often go with family or younger friends to shop or have a coffee on a Saturday that is convenient to them as they are working. But if I go with an
In answer to the letter "Pensioners clog up my weekends", I was very surprised News Shopper even printed it. My answer to whoever wrote the letter is I found your letter an insult to all elderly people. Do you really think because you are young you
In regard to the letter "Pensioners clog up my weekends", I am not going to apologise for being in your way when you are shopping. I am over 65 years and shop in the local supermarket on Thursdays and Fridays. When I was at work for over 40 years I
I refer to the letter from person unknown about pensioners clogging up weekends in supermarkets. The writer of the letter started by saying “it may sound tongue in cheek” and he/she thought it was time for someone to speak up for the thousands of families
In answer to the letter Pensioners Clog Up My Weekends, when you receive your pen I hope you will use it to apologise. You sound a very bitter and twisted individual. I wonder if you have parents. You should shop in a small corner shop so you don't
In answer to the person who wrote the letter Pensioners Clog Up My Weekends, what a shame he was not brought up to respect his elders. Most of the ‘shuffling old duffers’ that he talks about are people who have worked hard to bring families up and now
If the person who wrote the 'star letter’ Re: Pensioners Clog Up My Weekends hates people so much, why don't they order all their shopping online? Then they need not see nobody at all and can sit with their partner and children in their empty kitchen
In regard to Pensioners Clog Up My Weekends, what a charming person this is, who hates everyone over 65 and calls them scathingly the blue rinse brigade. What will happen to them when they are in the brigade? I hope he/she will be charged £2 on entering
In regard to "blue rinse brigade clog up shops", just how arrogant, selfish and intolerant can this person get? I take it he/she will accept restrictions when he/she is older? We all have to share the space with people who we would maybe wish weren't
In regard to "Pensioners clog up my weekends", I do hope the writer lives to a ripe old age, with all the consequences of old age. Hopefully there will then be someone around to lock up the ‘old duffer’ every weekend from 4pm Friday until 8am Monday.
To the busy person complaining about the blue rinse brigade. Lots of over 65s spend Monday to Friday at work too. Lots more spend that time caring for the children of the selfish “must have it all now” working families. Many even older folk are a bit
A BENEFIT cheat has pleaded guilty to defrauding Bromley Council of more than £6,000. Jose Cardenas, of Parish Lane, Penge, claimed the money in housing and council tax benefits from June 2006 to July this year. But an investigation
In reply to the ‘Pensioners Clog Up My Weekends’ star letter, was this published as some kind of joke? Does the author not realise they themselves will be older one day? I agree it is sometimes inconvenient when the shops are crowded. However, has
A TEENAGER is to stand trial accused of an aggravated burglary at a turkey farm. The charge against Zach Zeto relates to an incident at Cottage Farm in Cacket’s Lane, Cudham. It is alleged £23,590 was stolen from the farm on August 5
While I can appreciate the message contained in the star letter about pensioners shopping, I do take exception to it’s abusive nature. On one’s 65th birthday one does not become a ‘shuffling old duffer’ and, assuming ‘name and address supplied’ has known
In regard to 'Blue rinse brigade clog up shops', I may not be 65 yet but I'm not that far off old dufferdom as defined by your (probably wisely) anonymous and clearly very frustrated and angry correspondent. In common with the writer, I hate shopping
I was dismayed to read the “star” letter regarding older people shopping at times apparently inconvenient to others. Perhaps your reader is unaware that many older people are busy during the day making significant contributions to society and
I read with interest the sad and almost laughable letter attacking “old duffers”. I think the writer might be talking about my mum as one of them. She goes to the shops not only to shop but as she lives alone she likes to be around people. My mum
THE O2 has been named the top arena in the world at the Billboard Awards. The awards honour the music industry’s top artists, professionals and venues based on the Billboard Boxscores chart. This is the first time the North Greenwich
I was saddened News Shopper gave the Pensioners Clog Up My Weekends letter star letter status. Firstly, I am a pensioner, I am 70. It's only a number. I am still working and I don't belong to the blue rinse brigade or shuffling old duffers.
SHAKESPEARE’S notorious Scottish Play – Macbeth – has been given a child-friendly makeover. The show, which has been adapted by the Shakespeare 4 Kidz company, opens today at The Orchard Theatre in Dartford. The production takes the
I was appalled to read the very ageist letter that was recently published about senior citizens. The writer seemed to think in his own small mind that older people sit at home all day, with no life or responsibilities and just pop out to shop so they
News Shopper should be ashamed, printing such a scathing and insulting letter directed against senior citizens, who supposedly take up valuable space in shopping centres. If these remarks were made against the ethnic minority groups you would think twice
I don't know if I was more surprised at the content of the 'Star Letter' about elderly people shopping, or the fact that the Editor saw fit to give this letter space in your paper. Had the subject of this letter been directed at a race or religion, I
I feel complelled to respond to the arrogant and rude individual who wrote about the 'Blue Rinse Brigade'. I write as a 67 year old nurse, lucky enough to be working as I am still needed and enjoy it, and on behalf of my husband and all other over 65s
Quad bike racing game ATV Offroad is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2XL Supercross. It contains an intense racing experience delivered by some immensely impressive graphics. Like with its forerunner, the visuals in this game really are the
I am fed up to the back teeth of the ‘non-blue rinse brigade’ clogging up the aisles. Give me a supermarket full of the elderly as opposed to men and women unable to do the weekly shop alone. Why do they have to go in pairs? The worst offenders are
The letter “Pensioners clog up my weekends” really saddened me. It was not PC and discriminated against a group of people who should be shown more respect. What example does calling someone “a shuffling old duffer” show to our younger generation? Shame
I feel very sad after reading the Star Letter' about older people who apparently get in the way of those who have things to be getting on with. I reflected on what what nasty, spiteful and wicked world we live in. I taught my childern tolerance, generosity
LocoRoco Midnight Carnival is like a little ray of gaming sunshine. Everything in the game is so cheerful, colourful and warm that you would need to be some kind of emotionless machine not to have a smile on your face while playing it.
Possibly one of the most controversial characters in pop history, I wondered what Michael Jackson was really like when I heard the news of his death on 25th June 2009. As a child, my family all loved him, whether it was the moves, the music or the manic
THIS is the bonfire families in Swanley did not expect to see yesterday afternoon. Shortly after 2.30pm, firefighters were called to a car on fire in an alleyway off Glendale, which neighbours believe was stolen and then set alight.
The Bexley Business Annual Dinner in aid of Demelza Hospice Care for Children takes place on December 3. The Marriott Hotel in The Broadway, Bexleyheath, will be the venue for the event, starting at 7.30pm. Comedian Russ Williams will be providing entertainment
FIREFIGHTERS had to rescue a dog from a house fire. The fire happened at a two storey semi-detached house on Crown Lane, Bromley, at 12.03pm yesterday (November 5). The dog’s owner, a 36-year-old man, had to be rescued from his bedroom window after
DETAILS of an agreement between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers’ Union to call off strike action will be revealed today. Postal strikes planned for today and Monday were yesterday cancelled after the two parties agreed to hold “a period
The Holland & Barrett store in The Mall, Bexleyheath, is moving to a bigger store at the shopping centre in The Broadway. The new store will open its doors to customers on November 11 at 9am. The move comes in response to an increasing consumer demand
A GROUP of teenagers arrested during a high street brawl with police have been expelled from Orpington College. Trouble flared in Orpington High Street on Tuesday afternoon (November 3) when around 40 college pupils tried to board an overcrowded
CHILDREN have had fun dressing up as book characters during an art week. The youngsters from Bickley Primary School in Nightingale Lane, Bromley, also took part in story telling classes and painted famous artists. There are 270 pupils at the
In regard to Pensioners Clog Up My Weekends, I would like to express my disgust at this letter! What exactly was rewarded? The sentiment asks for a curfew on over 65s from daily life over the weekends. That this should be rewarded. Substitute
I am horrified News Shopper would print a letter such as Blue Rinse Brigade Clog Up Shops. I am not surprised the writer did not make public their name and address. How dare they say bring in a curfew so older people can only shop Monday to Friday.
In response to the letter “Blue rinse brigade clog up shops”, I’m not surprised the writer didn’t want their name published. Whether this was a joke or a serious letter is almost irrelevant – older people will be furious at being labelled an inconvenience
In reply to the letter headed Blue Rinse Brigade clog up shops, I must say that the person who wrote this and, incidentally, didn't have the courage to give their name, must be a complete cold-hearted individual. The comments were most offensive. How
A BIRD charity is urging people to look after their bird attractions this Winter. The RSPB is urging people to keep their bird tables, feeders, and water baths in order to help garden birds stay healthy. With the weather getting colder and
YOUNGSTERS are set to benefit from a new health scheme designed to get people eating more healthily and exercising more regularly. More than 40 homeless Greenwich youngsters, aged 16 to 25, are being supported by the housing project Nacro Creekside
YOUNG people are making art out of a ring to celebrate the countdown to the 2012 Olympics. Gravesham Council has sent pieces of paper featuring a circle to students aged five to 19 across the borough and invited them to turn it into a picture
RESIDENTS with disabilities can get free financial advice at a surgery. The surgery will give people advice on all aspects of finance and disability benefit. It has been organised by Orpington disability charity, The Access Organisation.
FREE classes are being run for elderly people to help them avoid the risk of falling. With wetter weather leading to increased chances of slips and falls, Sevenoaks District Council and NHS West Kent are organising falls prevention classes.
HISTORY buffs can find out about the past of their hometown at a library event. District manager of Gravesham libraries and local historian Christoph Bull is hosting a Flight Into The Past at Gravesend Central Library, Windmill Street, from 7pm to 9pm
Greetings, everyone. Lady P. and I are heading up north this weekend to visit friends and family. We thought it would be nice for the ErastEnders to take over the blog for the next couple of days. ErastEnders, it's over to you. Just one piece of advice
