CHARLTON came from behind to defeat Luton 3-1 at Kenilworth Road and seal a third round encounter at high-flying Tottenham Hotspur. Zdenek Kroca gave the impressive non-leaguers the lead late in a first half dominated by Richard Money’s
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A FAMILY-run company has kept up its 15-year tradition of making sure local children in hospital over Christmas do not go short of toys and games. Nico Office Ltd, an office supplies business based in Maiden Lane, Crayford, collects and recycles
DETECTIVES are appealing for information after a man’s body was discovered near train tracks close to Penge West railway station. Investigators have also arrested five people, including four for conspiracy to steal and one on suspicion of murder
A 49-YEAR-OLD maths teacher has appeared at West London Magistrates Court charged with possessing and making indecent images of children. Michael Jervis, who worked at St Thomas More Catholic School, in Footscray Road, Eltham, did not return
THOUSANDS of people suffering from varicose veins could benefit from a new treatment. Traditional treatments for varicose veins involve surgery or laser treatment, which both carry a risk of nerve damage or can leave sensitive patches on a
SANTA and some of his larger little helpers paid a visit to Sidcup to hand out gifts at Merton Court Preparatory School’s Christmas fair. Organised by the Friends of Merton Court there was everything needed to provide a happy Christmas, from gifts
A NEW project is being launched in Bexley to help the victims of domestic violence. The TRYangle charity will work in tandem with trained officers from Bexley police to try and prevent repeated assaults on both men and women. TRYangle
MPs have begun debating controversial proposals to treble university tuition fees as thousands of protesters gathered on the streets of Westminster. Tension was mounting ahead of the vote in the Commons. Students, lecturers and activists
APPRENTICE candidate Stella English was praised for shedding her corporate image after she led a Cockney Tour in the latest task. Project manager Stuart Baggs, who calls himself The Brand, chose Stella to serve as a tour guide round London.
CLASSIC fairytale The Little Mermaid is set to make a splash at Woolwich's Tramshed theatre. The festive show will be the first professional production by the Greenwich and Lewisham Young People’s Theatre company. Jeremy James, artistic director
THE acclaimed Galleon Theatre Company will be giving Oscar Wilde's comedy A Woman Of No Importance a festive revamp at the Greenwich Playhouse. Transposing Wilde’s comedy drama to a Christmas party at the end of the 1950s, director Bruce Jamieson’s
A 46-YEAR-OLD woman is in hospital after her car collided with a motorbike in Hither Green. The London Ambulance Service was called to reports of a road traffic collision just after 1.20pm yesterday (December 8) involving a car and motorbike
EMERGENCY services were called after reports of a boy on the ice at the Peter Pan Pond near Homebase in Catford. They received a 999 call at around 2pm on Tuesday (December 7) from a man saying he had seen a boy trying to get a football.
BRITAIN will enjoy some brief respite from the worst December weather in nearly 30 years before temperatures plunge again for the rest of the month. After more than a week of snow, ice and transport chaos, forecasters said the UK would start
A PUBLIC consultation on changes to the way Bromley Council charges people for adult social care is being launched. For the first time, from next April people will have a personal budget which will mean they can see exactly how much they have
A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl became the envy of every child in the world when she became Santa’s little helper. Olivia Breen rode with Father Christmas in his sleigh through the streets before coming to a stop at his grotto in The Walnuts shopping
