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  • Game review: Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars - Sony PSP

    Violent, crude and politically incorrect at every turn – yes, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on PSP is immensely fun. After it was critically acclaimed when released on Nintendo DS, Chinatown Wars from Rockstar becomes the third GTA game to smash its

  • ERITH: 21 jobs saved as firm rescued from administration

    AN Erith company which went into administration earlier this month has been sold, saving a number of its jobs. Good Food 2 Go Ltd, which provided prepared food, was based at the Hailey Road business park in Hailey Road, Erith. It collapsed

  • BUSINESS: Driving school appoints first Kent instructors

    What Car? Driving School has appointed its first instructors in the Kent area. Sidcup businessman Paul Atkinson, who co-founded the school in conjunction with What Car?, said: “While What Car? Driving School already has a national presence, I’m really

  • Wasps player lends hand at Erith

    ERITH RFC have recruited Mark Odejob as coach for the remainder of the season. Odejob is a Wasps first XV squad player, who has played in the EDF Cup and been involved with England U20s, as well as being a level two coach. Erith prop

  • Parkinson throws down gauntlet to squad

    PHIL Parkinson is challenging his players to deliver if Charlton are to make an instant return to the Championship. Despite a bright start to the campaign, the Addicks have struggled for form of late and lie fourth in the League One table.

  • Addicks ace ruled out for season

    CHARLTON’S promotion hopes have been dealt a blow after it was revealed Grant Basey is out for the rest of the season. The defender sustained an ankle injury in the opening seconds of last Monday’s 2-1 defeat at Bristol Rovers and was told

  • BECKENHAM: Miracle baby Albie Crisp in 'unexplained death'

    A BABY boy died suddenly at 10 months old after surviving a traumatic and premature birth, an inquest heard. Coroner Dr Roy Palmer was unable to explain why little Albie Crisp died in his sleep on October 18 last year and recorded a verdict

  • THEATRE REVIEW: The Hobbit at The Orchard, Dartford ***

    LONG before the hairy-footed halfling Frodo tossed the malevolent ring of power into the fiery depths of Mount Doom, his plucky uncle Bilbo set off on an equally exciting, but slightly less grandiose, adventure of his own. As Lord Of The

  • World Championship selection for Overall

    SCOTT Overall has been selected to represent Great Britain in the 3,000m at the World Indoor Championships in Doha next month. His selection comes after a fine run in the UKA Aviva Indoor Grand Prix at Birmingham. Racing in the 3000 metres against

  • Play-offs realistic target for Lions chief

    MILLWALL boss Kenny Jackett believes it will be harder than ever to reach the League One play-offs this year because of the number of quality sides in the division. Last season’s beaten play-off finalists have picked up six wins in their last seven

  • Rowers begin new campaign at Greenwich

    GRAVESEND Rowing Club had two crews taking part in the Greenwich Head race on Sunday. This was the first fixture in the south east region’s rowing calendar, which local clubs are encouraged to support. Organised by Blackwall Rowing Club,

  • Price on brink of Latics extension

    JASON Price is expected to extend his loan spell with Oldham until the season, according to Millwall manager Kenny Jackett. The striker has been a periphery figure at The Den this season, making only five starts before linking up with the Latics in

  • CHISLEHURST: Dog attack grandmother, 90, left in hospital

    A GRANDMOTHER’S face was left bloody and scarred following a violent doorstep dog attack. Margaret White was visiting a sick friend in Woodside Avenue, Chislehurst, when a Staffordshire bull terrier rushed out of the property and mauled her

  • Jackett urges FA to consider Ainsworth's history with Craig

    KENNY Jackett hopes the authorities will take into consideration all of the circumstances surrounding Saturday’s mass brawl at Wycombe when the Lions appear before the FA next month. Both clubs were charged with failing to control their players after

  • MOVIE REVIEW: Leap Year ***

    IF SHAKESPEARE was alive today he would not only say ‘the course of true love never did run smooth,’ the playwright would also despair at the screenwriters who penned Leap Year (Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont) for making the course of true love in the

  • Small out to defend double crown

    DEPTFORD boxer Anthony Small will make the second defence of his British and Commonwealth titles against fellow Londoner Sam Webb on March 26. Small, 28, will take centre stage at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham for the well-matched

  • PLUMSTEAD: Second appeal for stolen pug dog

    POLICE have made a second appeal for the return of a stolen pug dog after receiving new information. Linda Dingley, of High Grove, Plumstead, was walking her two pugs, aged two and six, along Flaxton Road when two white men sneaked up from

  • HAVE YOUR SAY: British Gas profits and energy prices

    CONSUMER groups have called for immediate cuts in energy bills following a massive jump in British Gas profits - what do you think about it? The calls came after Centrica revealed its British Gas residential arm made profits of £595 million

  • FOREST HILL: Men who threatened family at gunpoint jailed

    FIVE men have been sentenced to a total of 39 years in jail after threatening a family at gunpoint. Woolwich Crown Court heard a group of men broke into a house in Forest Hill in June last year where a married couple and their two daughters

  • MOVIE REVIEW: Capitalism: A Love Story ****

    MICHAEL Moore has always seemed to split opinion. To some people, he is a loud irritation who makes documentaries in line with his personal opinions. To others, he is a much-needed voice of common sense who is not afraid to tackle authority

  • ELTHAM: Trapped man rescued by firefighters after crash

    A DRIVER had to be rescued from his vehicle by firefighters after an accident yesterday (Feb 25). The incident happened just after 6pm in Eltham Road, near Sutcliffe Park, when a motorbike and car collided. Two ambulance crews and three

  • MOVIE REVIEW: Everybody's Fine ***

    WITH a title like that you can be sure that everybody is most certainly not fine and that’s what Robert De Niro is about to discover as he embarks on a cross-country road trip to visit his adult children who have all simultaneously pulled out of

  • NORTH KENT: KCC to cut 260 jobs from children's services

    KENT County Council (KCC) is planning to cut 260 jobs from its children’s services department, saving around £8m. Yesterday, staff at County Hall in Maidstone were told around 160 of them would be made redundant in September, and 100 vacant

  • PLUMSTEAD: Man in court after pitbulls attack policeman

    A 55-YEAR-OLD man will appear in court today (Feb 25) after a policeman was attacked and bitten by two pitbulls. The incident happened in the garden of a house in Sladedale Road, Plumstead, at around 12pm on Tuesday (Feb 23). After specialist

  • LEWISHAM: Intensive care nurse helps out in Haiti

    AN INTENSIVE care nurse has flown out to Haiti to help care for the victims of the earthquake. Hattie Hillman has taken two weeks unpaid leave as a staff nurse at Lewisham Hospital to go to Cap Haitien in the north of Haiti to care for injured

  • BECKENHAM & BIGGIN HILL: Red Arrows join marathon effort

    A PAIR of Red Arrows pilots will be swapping their flying boots for running shoes when they take part in this year’s London Marathon. Beckenham’s Flight Lieutenant David Montenegro, 33, flies as Red 7 for the world famous Royal Air Force aerobatic

  • BROMLEY: Thousands vote during youth council elections

    THOUSANDS of young people across the borough have elected 24 new councillors to the Bromley Youth Council. Nine schools and three youth clubs hosted the elections and 7,000 young people voted for 75 candidates. Following the latest election

  • GRAVESHAM: £2.5m pumped into improving leisure centres

    KEEPING fit is set to become a more enjoyable experience as two leisure centres undergo a makeover after a multi-million pound cash injection. Gravesham Community Leisure Ltd (GCLL) has agreed a deal with Gravesham Council to run the Cascades

  • CATFORD: Residents divided over future of Excalibur estate

    RESIDENTS of a controversial prefab estate have been meeting with a property developer and a council to discuss its future. People from Catford’s Excalibur estate have been expressing their views at discussion meetings attended by L&Q housing

  • GRAVESEND: Free hearing aid aftercare clinics

    A CHARITY for the deaf is running a free weekly aftercare clinic for hearing aid users. Hi Kent, which supports people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing across the county, is holding the clinics in Gravesend every Wednesday. The sessions will take place

  • BLACKHEATH: Warning over Rutex company donations

    PEOPLE are being warned about making donations to companies who they believe are authorised charities. The warning from Lewisham and Greenwich Councils follows a recent leafleting campaign in Blackheath by the company Rutex Ltd, asking for donations

  • NORTH KENT: Sevenoaks increases council tax by 10p a week

    A COUNCIL is to increase council tax by almost three per cent meaning the average household will pay an extra 10p a week. Sevenoaks District Council has set its budget with council tax to go up by 2.9 per cent from April, its lowest increase