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  • 110 today!

    THE oldest resident in Salvation Army care celebrated her 110th birthday today. Minnie Smith, known as Min, was born in 1898 - the year Marie and Pierre Curie discovered Radium. Miss Smith celebrated with her two nieces, aged 85 and 80, and friends

  • 110 today!

    THE oldest resident in Salvation Army care celebrated her 110th birthday today. Minnie Smith, known as Min, was born in 1898 - the year Marie and Pierre Curie discovered Radium. Miss Smith celebrated with her two nieces, aged 85 and 80, and friends

  • Tributes left for dead driver at crash scene

    FAMILY members left floral tributes at the scene of a fatal collision. Flowers and cards were placed outside the house on Repton Road in Orpington were the accident happened at midday yesterday (Jan 5). It is beleived an elderly driver was killed and

  • Tributes left for dead driver at crash scene

    FAMILY members left floral tributes at the scene of a fatal collision. Flowers and cards were placed outside the house on Repton Road in Orpington were the accident happened at midday yesterday (Jan 5). It is beleived an elderly driver was killed and

  • Elderly driver killed in crash

    AN elderly driver was killed and a passenger seriously injured when her car crashed into a wall. The accident happened at about midday yesterday on Repton Road in Orpington. Firecrews freed an elderly woman who was taken to Kings College Hospital, Denmark

  • Residents speak of fear following murder

    While police forensic teams searched the Verona House tower block and surrounding roads for clues, residents spoke about living in fear of drug dealers. Police were called to a third floor flat in the building at 3am today and found one teenager dead

  • Murder inquiry after three teens found stabbed in flat

    POLICE have launched a murder inquiry after three teenagers were stabbed in an incident this morning. One of the youths was pronounced dead when police arrived at a third floor flat in Verona House, Waterhead Close, Erith at 3am today. Two other men

  • Murder inquiry after three teens found stabbed in flat

    POLICE have launched a murder inquiry after three teenagers were stabbed in an incident this morning. One of the youths was pronounced dead when police arrived at a third floor flat in Verona House, Waterhead Close, Erith at 3am today. Two other men

  • On this day

    On this day in 1797 - The top hat was invented by John Hetherington 1919 - The Nazi Party was founded 1920 - American baseball player, Babe Ruth, was bought for a record 125,000 by the New York Yankees 1932 - Philosopher and author Umberto Eco was

  • Elderly driver killed in crash

    AN elderly driver was killed and a passenger seriously injured when her car crashed into a wall. The accident happened at about midday yesterday on Repton Road in Orpington. Firecrews freed an elderly woman who was taken to Kings College Hospital, Denmark