THREE men have gone on trial charged with violent disorder after a police officer was assaulted during a Millwall football match last year. Jon Davis, aged 22, and Michael Charles Davis, aged 51, both from Rainham in Kent, appeared at Woolwich
THE family of a Bromley teenager killed in a road accident have paid tribute to their “bright star”. Josh Callaghan, 16, was walking along London Road in Gravesend with his dad on Saturday (January 24) when he was hit by a Vauxhall Vectra.
PHIL Parkinson revealed on Saturday Charlton had received no bids for China captain Zheng Zhi during the January transfer window, which closes at midnight next Monday. “There were a couple of enquiries for him in the summer, but obviously because
Happy New Year! A time to celebrate, the year of the Ox. I am afraid to say I do not know too much about Chinese traditions, so I have read up on New Year. This year Chinese New Year (which is also known as the Spring Festival) begins
A REFORMED gangster says crime in the Greenwich borough is “out of control” and young criminals will end up in prison. Dave Courtney, 49, was speaking exclusively to News Shopper after admitting possessing ammunition - a single bullet - without
EBBSFLEET crashed to their first defeat in four games against Woking this season as a 70th minute goal by former player Joel Ledgister was enough to see the home side climb out of the drop zone. Liam Daish’s selection dilemma up front following the
A DRIVER was able to release himself from his car after it flipped upside down at a roundabout this afternoon. Called at 3.11pm, an amubulance, two fire crews from Orpington and Sidcup and the police attended the incident in St Paul's Wood
ADMINISTRATORS have announced that 33 Land of Leather stores will close, but outlets in south-east London and north Kent have escaped the axe. The latest round of closures will not directly affect the Land of Leather stores currently open in
TWO more high street chains, which have stores in the News Shopper area, have called in the administrators. Shoe shops Barratts and PriceLess announced they had gone into administration this morning (January 26). Branches of the chains
AN AIRPORT in the Thames Estuary could put Dartford beneath low flying planes - less than two weeks after it avoided being in Heathrow’s flightpath. On Friday (January 23) Mayor of London Boris Johnson visited the Thames Estuary to look at
A COUNCIL leader is calling on the Government to release traffic data about a busy stretch of highway. Dartford council leader, Councillor Jeremy Kite says that the Dartford Crossing is one of the most polluted and congested stretches of road in the
TEENAGERS who were killed after a two car-smash in St Paul’s Cray were travelling in a stolen vehicle, police said today. Jay Sonny-Barry was driving the stolen green Honda Civic when it collided with another car. The 18-year-old, from
THIEVES broke into a cash machine at Sidcup train station in an early morning raid. The four men were wearing hoods and gloves while they used tools to attack the NatWest ATM and police believe they may have had a vehicle nearby. British
BEXLEY has unveiled a disappointing picture of crime in the borough over the past year. The latest crime figures from January 2008 to December 2008, released by the Met Police, show most areas of crime across the capital are falling.
A THEATRE company will work in partnership with a council to take over the running of a theatre. Specialist theatre company HQ Theatres will take control of the management of The Orchard Theatre in Home Gardens, Dartford after winning through a competitive
A FIRE which started in an empty flat in Erith is being investigated. Firefighters were called to the incident which started in a bedroom of the property in Peareswood Road at around 9pm last night (January 25). They were called by residents who
SINCE victory over Bromley on New Year’s Day, Welling United had failed to register a further win in any competition and they rarely threatened to remedy this at Melrose Park on Saturday. When Chelmsford City visited Park View Road earlier in the season
Horsham 0-3 Dartford A SEASON’S best turnout, basking in the chill New Year sun, witnessed Dartford close in on a play-off spot thanks to another brace from Cody McDonald and a 35-yard Ryan Hayes screamer. Horsham’s neat, lived-in
THREE parties have announced their candidates for a by-election. Two councillors will be elected for Lewisham Council’s Downham ward on February 19. It was called after Liberal Democrat councillors Mark Morris and Simon Carter stepped down earlier
TODAY is Chinese New Year. This year is the year of the ox and year 4706 according to the Chinese calender. Celebrations are already underway and more than 400 guests attended the Greenwich Chinese Community School celebration, held
A CAR hit a lamppost and flipped over onto its roof landing the driver in hospital last night. The black Mercedes crashed in Oakfield Road, Penge near Anerley train station at around 11pm last night (Jan 25). The male driver was taken to the Princess
Gallions Housing Association staff helped raised nearly £2,000 for the Greenwich and Bexley Cottage Hospice last year. Dance enthusiast Lin Jameson set up lunch time dance classes to help in the effort. Staff were treated to the full range of steps
ARMED robbers burst into a jewellers in The Glades shopping centre and stole seven Rolex watches worth almost £22,000. Two men with their faces covered ran into Ernest Jones armed with hammers at 9.43am on Saturday (Jan 24). They smashed
Bromley 1-0 Dorchester Town BROMLEY scraped through to a single goal victory against Dorchester Town on Saturday at Hayes Lane. But it will be the visitors who returned home to Dorset feeling they should have had something out of
PEOPLE who give up their time to help out Bexley police, have won an award for their hard work. Bexley had the second highest amount of volunteer work in the whole of the Met. Police area last year, contributing 7,963 hours. This was beaten only by
A PRE-SCHOOL is appealing for help to raise £9,000 after vandals used its storage hut as a toilet. The hut which belongs to St. Mary’s Under 5’s Pre School in Hayes Road, Stone, had been used to store all the charity’s toys, games and books
A TEAM of people has arrived in the area to scrutinise the proposals put forward for acute hospital care by the A Picture of Health process. The first task for members of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) last week was to visit all the hospitals
A TEENAGER has died after being hit by a car in Gravesend. Josh Callaghan, from the Bromley area, was taken to hospital after the accident on the A226 at Overcliffe. But the 16-year-old was pronounced dead yesterday morning (January
