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  • Darts disappoint with draw

    Aveley 2-2 Dartford FOR the second Saturday running, Darts returned from Essex with just a point from a winnable league fixture after being pegged back by Aveley. On the plus side, their unbeaten run extends to six in the league and eight in all

  • McLean bound for Charlton?

    SPECULATION in Sunday newspapers has suggested that Charlton are on the verge of signing Peterborough striker Aaron McLean. The Hammersmith-born 24-year-old has scored 18 goals in 26 games for the Posh this season, and is the leading scorer in League

  • Decision to use shock tactics

    The Met Police are now allowing some of its non- firearms officers to learn how to use Taser guns. DAN KEEL visited the force's training centre in Gravesend to find out more. FIREARMS officers have been using Taser guns on duty for nearly four years.

  • Lining up to deliver festive cheer

    A CHURCH and its congregation have donated £44,000 to help the needy over the festive period. For the fifth consecutive year the New Wine Church, John Wilson Street, Woolwich, handed out more than 2,200 hampers paid for by the church and its congregation

  • New Year hair resolutions

    Start 2008 as you mean to go on with 10 New Year hair resolutions from the team at Graham Webb International that will keep your locks looking luscious all year long. 1. Have your hair cut every six to eight weeks even if you are trying to grow it.

  • Chemists open on Sunday, January 6

    BROMLEY Boots, The Glades. 11am to 5pm. ORPINGTON Sainsbury's, Locksbottom, Farnborough. 10am to 4pm. PENGE Boots, 5 Colman House, Penge. Noon to 5pm. WEST WICKHAM Lloyds Pharmacy, 108 High Street. 10am to 4pm. BIGGIN HILL Waitrose, Main Road. 10am

  • Chemists open on Sunday, January 6

    BLACKHEATH, CHARLTON & GREENWICH Sainsbury's, Horn Link Lane, Greenwich. 11am to 5pm. Sainsbury's, 55 Bugsby Way, Greenwich, 11am to 5pm. ELTHAM, KIDBROOKE, MOTTINGHAM, LEE GREEN & NEW ELTHAM Boots, 96-104 High Street, Eltham. 10am to 4pm. Dickinson's

  • Chemists open on Sunday, January 6

    BEXLEY AREA 7 Day Chemist, 175a Bellegrove Road, Welling. 9am to 11pm. Safeway, 2 Twin Tumps Way, Thamesmead. 10am to 4pm. NCC Chemist, CWS Store, 71-79 High Street, Welling. 10am to 4pm. Boots, 31 The Mall, Bexleyheath. 10am to 4pm. NHS DIRECT HELPLINE

  • Crackdown on park drinkers

    A PARK has been made an alcohol control zone - meaning police can order drinkers to pour their booze away or take it home. North Kent police were given the powers on December 21 to deal with drinkers who misbehave in Dartford's Central Park, in Princes

  • Cracking down on park drinkers

    A PARK has been made an alcohol control zone - meaning police can order drinkers to pour their booze away or take it home. North Kent police were given the powers on December 21 to deal with drinkers who misbehave in Dartford's Central Park, in Princes

  • Chemists open on Sunday, January 6

    DARTFORD & GREENHITHE Asda, Station Road, Greenhithe. 10am to 4pm. Boots, South Mall, Bluewater Park. 11am to 5pm. Sainsbury's, Priory Centre, Dartford. 10am to 4pm. The Brent Pharmacy, 15 The Brent, Dartford. 10.30am to 1pm. Superdrug, Lower Rose

  • Cannabis factory goes up in smoke

    FIREFIGHTERS were called last night to a blaze at a cannabis factory. They were called to the house in Princess Alice Way, Thamesmead, at 9.07pm. The fire took ten minutes to put out but firefighters said minimal damage was caused. Police were