The OPS held their second Monochrome Print and Slide Competition at their weekly Tuesday meeting at The Small Hall, Christ Church, Charterhouse Road, Orpington. Judged by Zoe Archer of Reflex club, Medway, the Society enjoyed a refreshing and
LIAM Lawrence's 78th minute penalty was enough to seal victory for Portsmouth at The Den and consign Millwall to their second home defeat of the season. Manager Kenny Jackett named an unchanged starting XI from the side which beat Crystal
SOUTH London Healthcare Trust has responded to News Shopper’s appeal to readers to support a letter to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley asking him to intervene in the “temporary” closure of emergency services at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup.
QUESTIONS are being asked about what kind of service patients can expect when A&E at Queen Mary’s Sidcup closes. South London Healthcare Trust (SLHT) has decided to close the Sidcup A&E “temporarily” next month, because it fears patients could
BEXLEY police’s Safer Transport team has made the 229 bus route a priority after passenger complaints about anti-social behaviour. They says they have identified a problem group of youths and made an application to have one youth’s oyster card withdrawn
A HAPPY childhood, a happy marriage and a happy family, is one centenarian’s recipe for a long life. Gertrude Howard has lived in Erith for all of her 100 years. She was born in Holly Hill Terrace, now Riverdale Road in 1910 and went to the now closed
KENT Exiles have announced Antony Bainbridge is to become the head coach with immediate effect. Bainbridge joins the Exiles from the University of Brighton Tsunami, where he had been head coach since 2008 and was defensive co-ordinator from 2006-2008
BEXLEYHEATH & Belvedere HC got their season back on track with a convincing performance away at Crawley. The early exchanges were typical of two teams trying to find their rhythm but it was BBHC who took the initiative and looked the stronger and more
MENTAL health patients are displaying their artwork at Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham. Patients detained under the Mental Health Act and placed under the care of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust will be exhibiting in the gallery in
STILL looking for their dfirst win of the season, Gravesend Hockey Club travelled to Sevenoaks. Gravesend started well and for the first 20 minutes had the majority of possession but were unable to convert it into a goal and Sevenoaks were the first
RIVER patrols have uncovered illegal nets to catch eels along the Thames. The nets, one of which was found in Greenwich, included an unattended gillnet, which can trap fish and wildfowl, and two homemade traps. The Environment Agency warns that
A VIDEO round-up of life in the community in Bromley has been launched online. Around Bromley, which is made by BelleRose Films, is a weekly programme about events in Bromley and each episode is posted online at video sharing website YouTube. This week
OLD Colfeians roared back to form at Horn Park on Saturday with a convincing win over league rivals Ruislip. The old boys started with a bang and did not take their foot off the pedal, roaring into a 10 point lead following a try from winger Jake Mallen
PEOPLE in Woolwich will be able to get their fiver a day thanks to a new cash machine. Those frustrated with only being able to withdraw £10 or £20 notes will be delighted by the new machine on Brewery Road. The unique ATM only gives out £5 notes
ON the road at at Ealing Trailfinders, Westcombe Park came up against a confident home side who ran out convincing winners. The result leaves Ealing top of the league and Combe still looking to hit their stride. T A try count of seven to only one
SHOOTERS Hill advanced to the second round of the RFU Junior Vase with their seventh win of the season against Mitcham. Mitcham made an impressive start, running wide to score in the corner but a penalty near the line saw Shoots’ skipper Glen
ENVIRONMENTALLY friendly residents are being urged to turn their leftovers and rubbish into compost. Bromley Council is encouraging everyone in the borough who does not have a home compost bin to get one by calling 0845 130 6090 or logging
SET in the early 1930s during the Great Depression in America, watching the bright and breezy musical Annie today, at a time when the world is still struggling to recover from one of the worst economic downturns in a generation, is a sobering experience
ELTHAM College’s junior school ski team has won the U12 boys’ English schools’ ski championship. The team of Diaco Abrishami, eight, Richard Trew, nine, and Harry Donovan and Sam Gaskin, both aged 10, had previously won their regional races
TWO men have been jailed for their part in a drugs network which conspired to supply £200,000 of amphetamines. Edwin Brindle, of Chorleywood Crescent in Orpington, and Anthony Phillips, of Meadow Lane in Grove Park, were each sentenced to two
THE annual Hurstmere School Sport Partnership judo festival was held at Dartford Judo Club, the home of British Judo’s Performance Institute and an official 2012 training venue. More than 130 primary school children from eight schools within the partnership
BEXLEY Business Academy, Beths Grammar School and St Columba’s School have all booked their places in the east London schools table tennis championships. A total of 18 teams took part in the Bexley School Sports Partnership boys’ and girls’ U13 and
COLFE’S School’s cross country team recently competed in the Greenwich schools’ cross country championships at Avery Hill Park. There were individual wins in both the Year 10 & 11 girls’ race for Georgina Renny and the Year 7 boys’ race for Joseph
CHISLEHURST & Sidcup Grammar School’s senior netball squad has commenced another season as they bid to match the achievements of last year’s promoted team. The senior girls at Chis & Sid compete in the Whiteoak League, which gives them the
MEAPA Gymnastics Club had a lot to celebrate after the highly competitive south east regional women’s artistic championships at the Spectrum Leisure Centre in Guildford. An electrifying atmosphere was felt across the two-day competition and a record
A FAILED motion of no confidence in the mayor of Swanley has been labeled "pathetic". The motion against Labour's mayor of Swanley Town Council, Councillor Janet Sargeant, was put forward by the Tory's cllr Tony Searles at a full council meeting
A COUNCIL insists it is taking action over the number of pub closures in Lewisham. News Shopper recently highlighted how Deptford alone has lost 70 per cent of its pubs to developers and other businesses in the past 10 years. Lewisham Council has
SANTA is looking for a little helper to accompany him on a Christmas parade. Two unicorns will pull the bearded present giver in his carriage along Orpington High Street on November 27 and he wants an assistant or under to accompany him on
A CELEBRATORY event has been held to mark the beginning of major regeneration at two housing estates. Resident representatives from the Heathside and Lethbridge estates in Lewisham joined together with dignitaries to hold an official sod turning
OPENING the London Film Festival last Wednesday, expectations were high for Never Let Me Go. With a screenplay by The Beach author Alex Garland, adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro's best-selling novel, Mark Romanek’s film is an impossibly bleak but
DENNIS Lind has been crowned the 39th Formula Ford festival winner after a lights to flag victory in the Duratec class at Brands Hatch on Sunday. Lind made a great start to the deciding race along with Scott Pye while Scott Malvern moved up to third
NEWS Shopper has teamed up with Harris Tweed to offer two readers a men’s blue barley corn-coloured Dalmore jacket. The historic and stylish brand’s fabric is still woven by hand in the Western Isles of Scotland and is the only brand in the
YOUNGSTERS fearing for their safety will be able to seek help at a shopping centre from next week. Lewisham Shopping will start a three-month trial of a safe haven scheme to coincide with the beginning of half term. It is part of the Citysafe campaign
A ROAD has reopened following a crash between a lorry and a car in Greenwich this morning (October 19). The A102 northbound had been closed between the A207 Shooters Hill Road (Sun in the Sands roundabout) and the A206 Woolwich Road (Woolwich
POLICE are appealing for information after a man struck a female member of staff with his belt buckle at a train station. British Transport Police (BTP) detectives have launched the appeal after the attack at Crystal Palace station, which left the 29
A HIGHLY rated young boxer from Crayford made a winning appearance in front of a live television audience on Saturday. Lewis Pettitt, 20, is an unbeaten super bantam weight prospect trained by Alan Smith who was scheduled to take on the vastly
A TRADITIONAL pub which once played host to Charles Dickens has spiced up its menu with a Punjabi night. The Leather Bottle Pub on The Street, Cobham, holds the night every Monday between 4 and 10pm, offering authentic curries and other Indian food.
A GROUP of gymnasts are celebrating after six of them were chosen to train with the South East Regional Gymnastics Squad. Eve Hudson, Marnie Taylor, Georgia Mae Fenton, Hollie Podger and Rebecca Kalli will now train with top gymnasts and coaches
UNDEGROUND electricity cables between the major substations in Orpington and Swanley are being replaced in a £1.6m project. EDF Energy Networks is replacing the cables in Cockmannings Road, Sheepcote Lane and Hockenden Lane, and the work is expected
FOOTSCRAY Ladies made a winning start to the new campaign with a 32-0 victory at home to Medway Ladies. A well-timed pass from wing Heather Shaw saw centre and captain Hannah Grant go over the line for her first try as Footscray took an early lead
TICKET prices for the Olympics have been revealed with a place at the gymnastics artistic final in Greenwich costing up to £450. Around 8.8 million tickets are available for the games with 75 per cent going on sale in March next year. The highest priced
COLD case officers investigating a rape and buggery dating back to Christmas Day 1987 have charged a 55-year-old man. Antoni Imiela, of no fixed address, has been charged with three separate counts of rape, indecent assault and buggery under the Sexual
