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MEOPHAM: Charity labels approved application for housing on green belt land 'tragedy' for localism
A CHARITY has labelled approved plans for extra care housing in Meopham a “tragedy” for localism. Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Kent committee member Alex Hills says the application for 50 sheltered housing units on land north of
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Media feeding frenzy... YAWN !
Let's start with the basis of the student demonstrations. Quite simply may I suggest to all of them that they sit down on their fat behinds and actually read what the change in policy is likely to do to them for the future and then come back
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BEXLEY: Lie detector software used to catch benefit cheats proves "unreliable"
A PENSIONER says she wonders why it took so long to discover lie detector technology use to try and catch benefit cheats, didn’t work. Maureen Coulson, 66, from Bexleyheath, was one of a number of people who were accused by Bexley Council of
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ORPINGTON: Parkinson's sufferer in 12 hour spin-cycle challenge
A CIVIL servant is training to spin-cycle for 12 hours on the day he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease six years ago. Danny Lavender, 47, will undertake the challenge on December 23 at the Walnuts Leisure Centre, Orpington, to raise awareness
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BROMLEY: Rapping wisemen in nativity play with a twist
YOUNGSTERS at a school put on a nativity play with a twist, with rapping wise men and a singing sheep. Around 60 children aged three to 11 at Breaside Preparatory School in Orchard Road, Bromley, took part in the show on Thursday, which put
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BECKENHAM: Pet detectives called in to search for missing cat
PET detectives are on the hunt for a missing cat after being called in by the pussy’s distraught owner. Christina Hall has hired Animal Search UK to find her six-year-old cat George after he went missing from her home in Ravenscroft Road, Beckenham
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BEXLEY: Borough GPs to be pathfinders for new NHS commissioning
GROUNDBREAKING changes to the way the NHS works are to be pioneered in Bexley. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley came to Northumberland Heath to announce the first 52 groups of pathfinder GPs who will take the lead in commissioning health services
