Tickets for Razorlight’s tour date at The O2, Greenwich, are now on sale. The band are scheduled to play the Greenwich arena on May 7. Currently in Japan touring their third album Slipway Fires, Razorlight are heading to Australia and
ADMINISTRATORS have announced that a music store in Bromley will close, resulting in 28 job losses. Music, game and movie retailer Zavvi fell into administration on Christmas Eve and administrators have now said the store in the Glades Shopping
EMERGENCY services were called to a home in Danson Crescent, Welling, this afternoon to reports of someone on the roof of a house. The fire brigade say by the time they arrived at 4.15pm the person was already off the roof and firefighters
PHIL Parkinson says the mounting injury crisis at The Valley has placed a major question mark over Wayne Brown's proposed transfer to Charlton. With Jonathan Fortune ruled out for the rest of the season and Mark Hudson also suffering a knock in Tuesday's
A MASS protest was held to voice concerns over job cuts and a school closure. More than 100 members of Greenwich Unison, parents and teachers joined together to lobby Greenwich Council at Woolwich Town Hall, Wellington Street, before a full council
AN EXHIBITION is opening to mark 200 years since the birth of Charles Darwin. The £1m permanent exhibition opens to the public on February 13- the date after his birth- at the house where he lived and worked for forty years, Down House in Downe
Bowel cancer kills thousands every year, yet 90 per cent of cases could be treated successfully. Reporter MATTHEW JENKIN discovers why so few cases are caught in time. BOWEL cancer kills 50 out of a 100 people diagnosed with the disease every
THE family of a "cheeky-chappy" pensioner who died following an argument with a motorist is pleading for witnesses to come forward. Met police are investigating the death of 75-year-old John Wells from Sydenham, who collapsed and died following
MILLWALL manager Kenny Jackett has told News Shopper he is expecting to complete the signing of midfielder Adam Bolder from QPR on a free transfer. Bolder was at the Lions’ training ground this morning for talks and Jackett is hopeful he will be available
DISGRACED MP Derek Conway has been disciplined for the second time by the House of Commons over payments he made to members of his family while employing them as Parliamentary assistants. This time the payments involve his elder son Henry,
The Albany, Deptford, is launching a programme of activities for young people aged 13 to 19, including scriptwriting, filmmaking, acting, spoken word and dance theatre. There is also the opportunity to try out some behind the scenes work in a
YEAR 12 students from The Leigh Technology Academy in Green Street Green Road, Dartford are designing and manufacturing their own race car as part of their A-Level engineering course. One group who have called themselves The Leigh Stormers,
Deptford’s Apples & Snakes continued its quest to bring top-quality spoken word to the masses with a cracking evening of spoken word poetry at The Albany for Kat’s Big Night Out. Veteran of the scene Kat Francois, whose big night this is
IF YOU love embroidery, then just come to our next meeting which will be on Saturday, February 21 when Olga Garner will be sharing with us the secrets of the embroideries in Rochester Cathedral. Over the years, the embroiderers have made various vestments
HEXARA'S first meeting of the new year was very well attended and followed a very successful New Year’s Eve disco dance. Thanks were given for all who organised the disco and it looks as though this will be a firm favourite each year as the time and
AT A club meeting on January 21 Roy Barlow, president of the Rotary Club of Sidcup, revealed to the members that together with all Rotary Club presidents throughout the world he had received a communication from Doug-Kurn Lee, the Rotary International
On this day in... 1841 – Greenwich Mean Time was adopted by Scotland. 1920 – Walt Disney took his first job in cartoons. 1999 – It was reported that Playboy bunnies were once again being recruited for a casino on the island of Rhodes – 10 years after
MEMBERS enjoyed a very entertaining meeting in January when Michael Carrigan, a fingerprint expert from Scotland Yard described his pre-retirement job in Swaziland. His slides showed us the varying landscapes and reinforced his obvious love of the country
YOBS started a fire on a bus in Bexleyheath last night (January 28). The youths were on the 422 in Pickford Lane when they set light to some paper at the back of the vehicle. Using a fire extinguisher the driver managed to put it out at around 8pm
TWO 17-year-olds were taken to hospital after their car hit a wall and flipped over in Bexleyheath. Fire crews used airbags to lift the overturned Ford Fiesta in Pickford Lane after the driver’s arm became trapped underneath. He was suffering from arm
BLACKHEATH & Bromley's Scott Huggins has won the pole vault at the inter-city challenge semi-final at Lee Valley. Competing for London North, for who he qualifies by virtue of being a student at Brunel, the Blackheath & Bromley athlete
ANOTHER sighting of an unidentified flying object has been reported to News Shopper, this time in Greenwich. John Malkin spotted a strange light in the sky on both Saturday and Sunday night. He said: “Me and my son were at home in North
A CHARITY wants to turn an old laboratory in Downe into new homes to help fund crop improvement research in India and Africa. Buckston Browne Farm in West Hill has been identified by the Kirkhouse Trust as a potential site for five new homes
YOUNG people in Bexley now have a new service to give them advice and guidance on important aspects of their lives. Bexley Youth Advice (BYA) is aimed at 13 to 19-year-olds and for those up to the age of 25 who have learning difficulties or
A NAIL bar owner has been convicted of employing an illegal immigrant. My Duien Tran, aged 46, from Rotherhithe, was running Classique Nails in Bromley High Street when a raid last February by police, the UK Border Agency and council officers
Mr Wells, 70, from Barnehurst Avenue, Bexleyheath, is among just one per cent of donors who have made more than 100 dontaions of blood the the National Blood Service A retired building maintenance contract, Mr Wells gave his first pint at the age of
A LEGAL challenge to the building of a school for children of all ages has been rejected despite fears the plan will damage children’s education. At a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice, on January 24, a judge ruled that Lewisham Council
LITTER is being removed and anti-social behaviour tackled during a week-long campaign to clean up a beauty spot. This week (January 26 to 30) Dartford Council’s community cleaning team and park rangers have joined forces with Kent Police officers and
A MULTI-MILLION pound college redevelopment is beginning to take shape after six months of intensive building work. Orpington College is being given a £26m revamp to provide state-of-the-art facilities that will help regenerate the town centre
Cray Wanderers 1-2 Metropolitan Police, Cray couldn't raise their game enough to stop their promotion-chasing rivals Metropolitan Police completing a double over them in Tuesday night's clash at Hayes Lane. Cray slipped down from second
