As the final day of October draws to a close and twilight engulfs the sun’s penultimate amber streak, an annual festivity commences: Halloween. Halloween is one of the most perpetual commemorations to date. Although celebrated around the globe, its
A MAN has been hit by a police car in Plumstead today – the borough’s second such incident in a week. The marked vehicle hit the pedestrian at around 12.55pm today in Plumstead Road. An ambulance crew and the air ambulance attended and
SOUTH London Healthcare Trust [SLHT] has been revealed as one of the most complained about NHS bodies in the country. A report by the NHS Ombudsman showed the trust as being 10th on the list of most complained about health bodies. The
A BELVEDERE pensioner has been left housebound after mindless thieves stole his £1600 mobility scooter metres from his front door. Len Cook, aged 75 of Picardy Road, suffers from Parkinson’s disease and had a heart attack this year - he relied on his
EBBSFLEET United is hoping to spend more than a penny on their toilets if they are successful in a competition. The football club has been short-listed to win a £100,000 toilet makeover at The Fleet stadium in Northfleet. Whether they are successful
South London & Kent Pool Alliance Division One favourites White Hart have hit the top of the table after four weeks and it looks like it’s going to take a mighty effort to remove them after this week’s impressive win. Bottom club Glenmore Arms 2 were
TWO men have been jailed for 28 years each after murdering the wrong man in a roadside execution. Michael Ofori was shot shortly after midnight on June 23 last year in Oslac Road, Catford, as he sat in the driver’s seat of his car talking to his
A MUM and daughter have been charged with burgling the JD Sports shop during August’s riots. Tammy Vosper, aged 39, and her 19-year-old daughter Rochelle Wallace, both of Southend Lane, Catford, have been charged with burgling the shop in Plassy
DRAMA and comedy beautifully collide in Alexander Payne’s long-awaited follow-up to Sideways, starring George Clooney as a father struggling to bring up his kids in supposed paradise. Clooney is on superb form as Matt King, a lawyer in Hawaii
A POLICE officer has been cleared of wasting police time after being accused of faking an assault while on duty. PC Frances Croucher, 28, from Maidstone, denied enhancing her injuries with make-up after being allegedly assaulted in Crockenhill Road,
Matthew Jenkin reports from The Ides of March press conference at the 55th BFI London Film Festival. GEORGE Clooney got all political this week at a press conference for new film The Ides of March, in which he plays a candidate running in a
DIRECTOR and star George Clooney’s new hope for a coveted Oscar ditches the schmaltz and nationalistic flag waving of political dramas such as The West Wing and paints a refreshingly cynical picture of a US governor’s campaign to run for President.
CAMPAIGNERS from around Greenwich borough will converge on the town hall next week for a mass lobby against cuts. Protestors outside the full council meeting on Wednesday will include pupils, staff and parents from Blackheath Bluecoat school
A MAN has been taken to hospital with spinal injuries following an accident in Grove Park this morning. Ambulance crews were called out to Baring Road at around 7.30am this morning to reports of a motorbike colliding with a car. Three
VULNERABLE families are being hit as a valuable community service closes due to funding cuts. Bromley Council have stopped funding Home-Start, a charity which supports struggling families with children under five, forcing it to close at
Matthew Jenkin chats to Joe Pasquale about his new tour, studying again and making an ass of himself on TV. JOE Pasquale will do anything to get a laugh. Even if that does mean being crapped on by a donkey. “I used to go on Des O’Connor
LEWISHAM teachers will be lobbying MPs during half term in a dispute over pensions. Teachers nationwide are threatening strike action next month unless the government rethinks plans to increase pension contributions along with the retirement
The Conservative candidate won the by-election in Shortlands yesterday. David Barrington Jefferys is the new councillor, after winning 59 per cent of the vote. The turnout was just over 30 per cent. Shortlands by-election results
PENSIONERS at a sheltered housing unit in Northfleet have raised £757 for charity this month. Residents aged between 80 and 97 at the accommodation in Nightingale Close raised the money for Macmillan Cancer Support in just two weeks.
BEXLEY Council celebrated its success in the London in Bloom competition this week by holding an awards ceremony. Winners who received their awards included the managers of The Yacht pub in Long Lane, which was triumphant in the new ‘best public
A WATER main burst in Hastings Road, near Bromley Common, last night. There is traffic disruption this morning as Hastings Road is closed between Oakley Road and Croydon Road. The main burst just after 9pm but it took some time
Kent Police Authority consulted a record number of Kent and Medway residents this summer to learn their views on policing. A greater number of visible officers on the beat and dealing with crime and anti-social behaviour more effectively were
A MAGICIAN from Sidcup was stunned when he was awarded one of the top prizes in the world of magic last week. John Styles, of Christchurch Road, had no idea he was going to win a trophy previously won by superstar Paul Daniels when he attended
