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  • Addicks and Pardew part company

    CHARLTON Athletic manager Alan Pardew has left the club after a string of bad results. The end of Pardew’s 23-month reign at The Valley came after the Addicks suffered a 5-2 home defeat to Sheffield United yesterday (November 22). This

  • Week in review

    Award-winning News Shopper always brings you the biggest stories first. Here is a selection of the news hitting the headlines this week. Suspected homophobic murder: Appeal for information DETECTIVES are appealing for information after a 28-year-old

  • Sad, sad, sad, sad!

    On Friday, one of the mailing lists I subscribe to had a series of postings entitles "An Englishman's home is his castle" where people were asked to state what, in their opinion, made a true Englishman. It was basically a wonderful series

  • Suspected homophobic murder: Appeal for information

    DETECTIVES are appealing for information after a 28-year-old man was killed in a suspected homophobic attack in Woolwich. David Cooper’s body was found in his home by two friends in Sir Martin Bowes House, Calderwood Street, last Wednesday

  • Cray crash out of FA Trophy

    Cray Wanderers 0-3 Brackley Town, There was disappointment for Cray when their under-strength side crashed out of the FA Trophy in Saturday's 3rd qualifying round tie at Hayes Lane. The Wands suffered a pre-match setback when leading scorer

  • Collapsed manhole causing problems in New Cross

    A COLLAPSED manhole is causing traffic problems in New Cross. One lane is blocked of the southbound stretch of New Cross Road is blocked at Hatcham Park Road. This means that New Cross Road is reduced to a single lane at the traffic lights and

  • Take it easy during bad weather

    DRIVERS are being advised to take it easy on the roads today because of the bad weather. Sleet and snow showers have made driving conditions treacherous in some parts of the area. The advice from Kent Police to motorists is: Check

  • On This Day

    On this day in... 1835 – Henry Burden patented the horseshoe manufacturing machine. 1863 – Confederate forces were defeated by the Union army at Chattanooga in Tennessee. 1869 – The Cutty Sark was launched in Dumbarton. It was

  • Only the Best will do at Plumpton!

    The Sports Investor Bet of the Day - Sunday a 10 point maximum win bet on horse number 8 Spanchil Hill in the 3.15 at Plumpton - at odds of around 1/1 Trained by Jim Best this eight year old gelding won last time out at Folkestone by an impressive

  • Warnock delighted with attack-minded team

    CRYSTAL Palace manager Neil Warnock was delighted his attack-minded side were able to beat Bristol City 4-2 at Selhurst Park. Goals from John Oster, Sean Scannell, Craig Beattie and Jose Fonte helped the Eagles move up to 14th in the Championship