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Waste opponents lobby parliament
MORE than 100 people from across the country including nine Essex MPs and three Essex county councillors joined forces to take part in a Parliament lobby organised by Essex Friends of the Earth last Wednesday. The meeting, entitled 'The Threat of Waste
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Council tenants to enter the digital tv age
DIGITAL television is to be introduced into the homes of Epping Forest Council tenants and leaseholders over the next three years. An initial sum of £200,000 has been earmarked for the upgrading. which will eventually bring digital television to 2,500
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DARTFORD: Teenagers set homless man alight with firelighters as he slept on bench
Murdered by schoolboys TWO schoolboys who set a homeless alcoholic on fire "for fun" as he slept on a park bench have been convicted of murder. Stephen Brookes, aged 16, of Rayens Court, High Street, Northfleet, and John Iveson, aged 13, of Cornwall Road
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Council agrees to new voting system
LEWISHAM Council has agreed proportional representation as the new electoral system for the borough. The system is currently used for elections to the Greater London Assembly, Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. Under proportional representation
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In brief
TOY LIBRARY: Parents in Lewisham need not buy new toys for their children. Lewisham Toy Library at the Old Coach House, 41 Rushey Green, lets parents borrow equipment and toys for a fee of £15 a year. Call the library, which is open six days a week, on
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A floral delight
FLOWER LOVERS came out in their droves to see fantastic array of blooms at the Wanstead and Woodford Chrysanthemum Society's 100th show. The society, which holds two shows a year, celebrated its 50th anniversary last Saturday at Christ Church Hall in
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Dancers can step out
TOP STUFF: Dancers Hannah Doherty (left), Maddy Parish and Jodie Farrar show off their awards. Dancers got in line to collect their dancing awards on Saturday. The dancers, aged between four and 79, from Greenwich In-line On-line met at Christchurch Forum
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Brave woman honoured for disarming drug user
A WOMAN'S courage has been praised after she helped restrain her violent, drug-crazed neighbour. Denise Schofield, of Tellson Avenue, Plumstead, came to the aid of paramedics and police attempting to restrain the 21-year-old who was under the influence
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Opinion on DSP centres invited
PARENTS will have the opportunity to comment on Greenwich Council's controversial plans for special needs education. The council has proposed establishing designated special provision (DSP) centres in three mainstream secondary schools to open from next
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Mum's the word
A TIME capsule celebrating 125 years of the Mothers' Union stopped off in Chislehurst on its journey round the UK. Marathon runner Linda Wanniaratchy, branch leader of the Mother's Union at St Augustine's Church, in Southborough Lane, carried the capsule
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Debt warning
TRADING Standards teams in Bromley are appealing to shoppers not to overload themselves with debts over the festive period. Officers regularly deal with large numbers of calls immediately after Christmas from people who have overspent and are struggling
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Retrial finds rapist guilty
A PERVERTED Orpington postman has been found guilty of rape and indecent assault for a second time, after campaigning for a retrial on a technicality. David Luxford, aged 33, of Isabella Drive, inflicted a catalogue of sexual abuse on a 13-year-old girl
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Carla's in with a little prayer
A STUNNING Petts Wood girl has beaten more than 10,000 others to make it into the final 50 of ITV's Pop Idol. Branded as a "bubbly blonde page three girl" by Pop Idol judges, Carla Winters, 22, of Crofton Lane, Petts Wood, is bursting with excitement
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Carol concert is a train trip away
BROMLEY carollers are being given the chance to sing their hearts out at a Christmas carol concert in Canterbury Cathedral. The Cathedrals Express from London to Canterbury attracted a great deal of interest after a News Shopper feature in the summer.
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Murder most horrid
An all-star cast is set to shock audiences with a startling new play. Nick Moran, star of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, leads the cast of Four Nights in Knaresborough, a darkly-comic drama about the terror surrounding the murder of Thomas Becket
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We're potty about Potter
Harry Potter and the Philsopher's Stone PG 4/5 The most eagerly-anticipated film of the year is here and, believe me, Harry Potter the movie, like the book, deserves the hype. For those of you who haven't read the Philosopher's Stone, here's the plot:
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Antonio goes wild for food
Food for free, and plenty of it, will be the message of a famous chef when he gives a talk next Friday. Britain's leading exponent of Italian cooking and renowned authority on the subject of wild food Antonio Carluccio will talk about his new book, Goes
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Hunky Ezra lands movie lead
A YOUNG actor from Greenwich is realising his dreams of big-screen stardom. Ezra Goddon, 26, of Ashburnham Place, Greenwich, has scooped the lead role in his first film. Dagon, a horror movie set and filmed in Spain, stars Goddon as a dot.com entrepreneur
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Our members have not joined Taliban
Greenwich: The Greenwich branch of Islamic political group Al-Muhajiroun says its members have not joined British Muslims fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan. The group's leader Usman Ali says he has no knowledge of any Muslim from Greenwich or Lewisham
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Police review Premiership match charges
Charlton: Charlton Athletic Football Club will have to pay towards policing outside its ground if the Government changes current legislation. The Metropolitan Police Service is reviewing all aspects of policing football matches, including staffing levels
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Croydon's city chic
Suddenly Croydon has become cool again Kate Moss, trams and trendy bars are the envy of other towns and the subject of national magazine and newspaper features. Such a renaissance could be crowned by the endowment of city status next year, which appears
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Boys or girls?
BOYS will be dressed as girls in La Cage Aux Folles at the Kenneth More Theatre tonight. Redbridge Musical Guild will present this Jerry Herman play, set around a nightclub full of drag queens. The club owner's 'wife', Albin, is the top drag act. Their
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Skyline lights way to the city
Powerful, computer-programmed, coloured floodlights can currently been seen on nine of the town's most prominent buildings. But this number is set to almost double later this year when the final phase of the skyline project is put into place. Richard
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Waste opponents lobby parliament
More than 100 people from across the country including nine Essex MPs and three Essex county councillors joined forces to take part in a Parliament lobby organised by Essex Friends of the Earth last Wednesday. The meeting, entitled 'The Threat of Waste
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Grants Brothers complex reborn
For years, the former Grants Brothers department store blighted the town's High Street shopping community when it was closed and left to decay. But from as early as next year, the Victorian facade will be the new home to a entertainment and leisure complex
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Murdered by schoolboys
Dartford: Teenagers set homeless man alight with firelighters as he slept on bench. Two schoolboys who set a homeless alcoholic on fire "for fun" as he slept on a park bench have been convicted of murder. Stephen Brookes, aged 16, of Rayens Court, High
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Church's churchyard success
ALTHOUGH St Peter's Church in Roydon has missed out on the £1,000 first prize for the best kept churchyard in England and Wales, churchyard co-ordinator Faith Davis is not complaining.o Mrs Davis said: "Though obviously we wanted to go further in the
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All the latest St Clare Hospice news
A DONATION of £430 was handed over to the hospice by members of both the Herts and Essex police forces.o The patients will benefit directly from the sponsorship money raised by the 'Bobbies on their Bikes' who cycled from London to Cambridge, a total
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Gateway's great aim
An ambitious plan is underway which could turn derelict land near East Croydon into a premier sports and entertainment complex. Some would argue that a premier sport and entertainment venue is one attraction missing from Croydon. The derelict land lying
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Hospital waiting list figures "are already improving"
HEALTH bosses have said they have already improved waiting list times at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, after it was ranked 17th in a league table exposing the longest NHS waiting times in the country.o A study by researchers at Birmingham University
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Man dies in 'indiscriminate' attack
Mitcham: The Met is appealing for witnesses after a man died in what has been described by police as an "indiscriminate" and "vicious" attack. 36-year-old Sellathhuri Balasingham was murdered in Pollards Hill, Mitcham, at 11pm on Tuesday November 6. A
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Hospital waiting list figures 'are already improving'
Health bosses have said they have already improved waiting list times at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, after it was ranked 17th in a league table exposing the longest NHS waiting times in the country.o A study by researchers at Birmingham University
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Centrale project brings pipe dream to life
The VISION 2020 series continues with a look at the developments that will change the face of Croydon over the next 20 years. Here, the Guardian focuses on the implementation of the prestigious Centrale Project that will emerge from the heart of the town
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Union condemns new classroom plans
Teachers' leaders have condemned plans to allow classroom assistants to take over supervision of some lessons. Education Secretary Estelle Morris said the move would free up teachers to concentrate on core activities. But the National Union of Teachers
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Rail firm blamed for mugging at empty station
Enfield: An Enfield woman blasted train company WAGN this week after her son was attacked at Enfield Chase station on Sunday. The station was closed for engineering works but the woman, who does not want to be named, claims that there were no posters
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Hospital waiting list figures "are already improving"
HEALTH bosses have said they have already improved waiting list times at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, after it was ranked 17th in a league table exposing the longest NHS waiting times in the country.o A study by researchers at Birmingham University
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Paying tribute to our fallen heroes
Hundreds of residents braved cold weather to pay their respects for Remembrance Day at Hendon war memorial on Sunday. The parade, led by the band of the Sea Training Ship Broadsword from West Hendon, wound its way towards the Watford Way memorial from
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Paying tribute to our fallen heroes
A solitary horn sounded as Chipping Barnet stood silent to remember fallen friends and comrades with the laying of wreaths at the war memorial on Remembrance Sunday. Hundreds of people turned out to pay tribute to those who lost their lives fighting for
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It is a new dawn for the hospital
IT'S a new day, a new dawn and a fresh start for what can be a wonderful hospital. We know, and have always known, the staff at Darent Valley Hospital are fantastically caring and talented professionals. We know the uphill struggle each of them faced
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It is a new dawn for the hospital
IT'S a new day, a new dawn and a fresh start for what can be a wonderful hospital. We know, and have always known, the staff at Darent Valley Hospital are fantastically caring and talented professionals. We know the uphill struggle each of them faced
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In Brief
CLARIFICATION: With reference to the News Shopper article Police Storm Siege House, which appeared in the September 5 edition, we would like to make it clear Mrs Sharpe is sole owner of the property in question and that she is aged 35. LIFE SKILLS: Bexley
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On a mission down under
AN Abbey Wood school teacher has just returned from a four week fact-finding trip to Australia. Fiona Bass, who teaches at a primary school in Hounslow, won a travelling scholarship from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust to fund her investigation into
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Dog owners prosecuted
THE RSPCA has brought prosecutions to three dog owners for causing unnecessary suffering to their pets. Sarah and Graham Vandort, of Woodhill, Woolwich, were found guilty at Greenwich Magistrates' Court last Thursday (November 8) of causing unnecessary
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Draco's body double Ben is delighted
A PUPIL from a Lewisham school is the embodiment of evil in the eagerly awaited new Harry Potter film. St Dunstan's College pupil Ben Jacobs, 14, of Malham Road, Forest Hill, is the body double of baddie Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter's arch enemy in the
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It is a new dawn for the hospital
IT'S a new day, a new dawn and a fresh start for what can be a wonderful hospital. We know, and have always known, the staff at Darent Valley Hospital are fantastically caring and talented professionals. We know the uphill struggle each of them faced
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They really dig this work
SPADES AT THE READY: Joe Rivett, Alex Davidson, Danny Beavan and Patrick Heath are creating a garden at an old people's home and were given certificates for their work so far. The certificates were presented by the Swanley mayor Councillor Frank Parker
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Car parks could go to private companies
CAR parks in Gravesham could be handed over to a private firm despite overwhelming public opposition. Gravesham is currently considering how best to manage its car parks and one option is to allow a private contractor to take over. A report by regeneration
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Incentives to voters could be next move
VOTERS in Gravesham could be offered incentives to register in a bid to increase public involvement. The council is looking at ways to turn around the trend of fewer people returning canvassing forms and voting in elections. But, despite government suggestions
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Our meals-on-wheels delivered by our MP
ELDERLY residents in north Kent were surprised to have their meals-on-wheels delivered by their MP earlier this week. Gravesham MP Chris Pond took time out from his parliamentary duties to help Age Concern staff celebrate the second annual National Meals-on-Wheels
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County education review
THE first phase of a review of secondary school admission rules is being carried out in Hertfordshire. Parents, schools and local communities will be consulted in a bid to make clear the current criteria and improve people's chances of securing places
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Animal lovers called to meeting
A REPRESENTATIVE from Compassion in World Farming will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Animal Hostel Trust. The event will take place at Ruth Winston House, Green Lanes, Palmers Green, at 2pm on Saturday November 24. The group is still
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All change at the top
SOCIAL services in Enfield is beginning a fresh start after the appointment of a new department chief and management team. Eric Robinson has been made director of social serviceTHe s at the Civic Centre after joining from Lincolnshire County Council.
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THieves hit bingo hall
CRAFTY thieves escaped with thousands of pounds from an Enfield bingo hall after masterminding a daring robbery.o The two men stole the money from Gala Bingo in Great Cambridge Road after they expertly reached the safe by crawling along the rafters of
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Flagship school fears
FEARS are growing that Bexley's new flagship school will end up providing education for Greenwich's children. But headteachers in Thamesmead have denied suggestions they are not recommending the school to prospective parents. Bexley Council has approved
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Youth died day after car crash
A TEENAGE boy was killed and two cars written off after a crash in Erith. The 13-year-old, who has yet to be identified, was in a stolen car with two other teenage boys when the collision took place in Fraser Road, Erith, outside the Europa industrial
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In Brief
HELP@THE FORUM: Volunteers are needed to help out on reception and in the office of the Forum@Greenwich. No previous experience is necessary and an induction course will be provided. The Forum also has a number of other volunteer opportunities available
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Our members have not joined Taliban
THE Greenwich branch of Islamic political group Al-Muhajiroun says its members have not joined British Muslims fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan. The group's leader Usman Ali says he has no knowledge of any Muslim from Greenwich or Lewisham fighting
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CHARLTON: Police review Premiership match charges
Football should pay the bill for policing CHARLTON Athletic Football Club will have to pay towards policing outside its ground if the Government changes current legislation. The Metropolitan Police Service is reviewing all aspects of policing football
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CHARITY TIE-IN
Lewisham Hospital staff held the loud tie day earlier this month and raised £1,500 for Beating Bowel Cancer and the hospital's own colon cancer care appeal. Wearing their wildest and wackiest ties and scarves staff paid a pound for the privilege as well
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Anger at nuclear plans
PLANS to increase the speed limit of nuclear trains have been greeted with anger by GLA member Darren Johnson. British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) and Railtrack are planning to increase the speed by almost 50 per cent, bringing them up to 60mph on certain
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Horrific crash kills teenager
A TEENAGE boy has been killed in an horrific crash in Erith. The 13-year-old, who has yet to be identified, was in a stolen car with two other teenage boys when the collision took place in Fraser Road, Erith, outside the Europa industrial estate. Three
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Hospital waiting list figures "are already improving"
HEALTH bosses have said they have already improved waiting list times at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, after it was ranked 17th in a league table exposing the longest NHS waiting times in the country.o A study by researchers at Birmingham University
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A renal wonder
THE new purpose built centre for kidney dialysis patients in Whipps Cross University Hospital has been officially opened. The project, which was opened by Waltham Forest Mayor Midge Broadley, was achieved thanks to the collaboration of several trusts
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A pond with a view
LAKEHOUSE lake is looking good and is well on its way to becoming a pond to be proud of, thanks to a group of volunteers. The former model boat pond, situated in Dames Road, Wanstead Flats, has been cleared of all sorts of 'unusual' and interesting' debris
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A glorious fundraiser
ROCK band Glorious are set to play a charity gig to raise money for the Haven House Foundation children's hospice. Steve Garton, landlord of the Three Blackbirds in Leyton High Road, is making the pub available free of charge on Friday, November 23. The
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Raise money for cancer
A CHARITY auction is being held next Sunday, November 25 in aid of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. The event takes place at the Redbridge Institute of Adult Education in Gaysham Avenue, Gants Hill. Viewing begins at 2pm, and the auction starts at 2.30pm
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A festive party
A CHILDREN'S Christmas party is being staged at Mill Grove Hall in South Woodford on Saturday, December 8. All children aged five to 11, who live in the Maybank area, are invited to join in the fun and games at the hall from 2pm. Organisers are also looking
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Bad war tactics
WANSTEAD MP Harry Cohen has hit out against the use of cluster bombs in the war against Afganistan. Mr Cohen slammed the 'bad tactics' and 'targeting' of the current military action which he said "has resulted in more civilian casualties and refugees
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Video to prevent school bullying
A GREENWICH primary school has produced its own video on bullying. Brooklands Primary School, in Medebourne Close, made the anti-bullying video as part of its literacy syllabus. In the short film, called Where are you going?, the children from Year Four
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Short-circuit led to fire on train
A FIRE which started on a carriage in Eltham has led to alterations being made to all Connex Networker trains. The fire was caused when a device to stop trains slipping on leaves on the line stopped the electricity in the train from earthing. The 750
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Builder winched to safety
FIRE crews winched a Bromley builder to safety after he fell from scaffolding and got trapped. The 20-year-old toppled from the three-storey construction before getting wedged between the iron poles. Fire and ambulance crews were called to a property
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Vandals set light to valuable trees
A HAYES woman says she may have to leave her home after being terrified by vandals who burnt down her £1,000 fir trees. Pensioner Josephine Forsyth, 75, suspects the fire in her garden could have been linked to other fires in the area at a similar time
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A fine romance
Explosive dance, physical theatre, classical ballet and the greatest love story ever told. The Welsh Independent Ballet Company, the acclaimed Cwmni Ballet Gwent, is presenting a new production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Romeo & Juliet. This
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In Brief
BOOK FAIR: Leading book store Title Page Book Fairs is organising a book fair at Ravensbourne School, in Bromley, on Sunday (November 18) between 10am and 3.30pm. Exhibitors will be selling new, second-hand and collectable books, magazines, maps and prints
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Jobs in jeopardy at tour operator
HUNDREDS of job losses are feared at a Bromley tour operator because of financial problems in the travel industry. The 300 members of staff at JMC, in Elmfield Road, which is part of Thomas Cook, will have to either relocate to Peterborough by the end
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Popular oratorio
audiences can hear a complete performance of one of the greatest and most popular of all oratorios on Saturday. All Saints' Festival Choir and Orchestra will be performing Mendelssohn's Elijah. The soloists will include Margaret Feaviour, a member of
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Ex-PM at concert
Former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath will turn out to support a concert in aid of St Christopher's Hospice. The concert of popular classical music at the Fairfield Concert Hall, in Croydon, this Friday is a one-off event organised by the Rotary Club
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Is this man Hendrix mark II?
A musician who has been dubbed the 90s Hendrix is going to be on tour this month. For those already familiar with Ron E Carter's work, it will come as no surprise he has recently dedicated an album, Play Hendrix, to the legendary Jimi Hendrix. Audiences
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Hunky Ezra lands movie lead
A young actor from Greenwich is realising his dreams of big-screen stardom. Ezra Goddon, 26, of Ashburnham Place, Greenwich, has scooped the lead role in his first film. Dagon, a horror movie set and filmed in Spain, stars Goddon as a dot.com entrepreneur
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Draco's body double Ben is delighted
A pupil from a Lewisham school is the embodiment of evil in the eagerly awaited new Harry Potter film. St Dunstan's College pupil Ben Jacobs, 14, of Malham Road, Forest Hill, is the body double of baddie Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter's arch enemy in the
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'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? 2nd Edition' - PS2
Secretly, even those with strong "I'm working class, me" type opinions, secretly harbour dreams of hitting the jackpot and I'm sure a desire to see simple folk join high society with the answering of a few general knowledge questions lies behind the success
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Police review Premiership match charges
Charlton Athletic Football Club will have to pay towards policing outside its ground if the Government changes current legislation. The Metropolitan Police Service is reviewing all aspects of policing football matches, including staffing levels and the
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Folk gig
A FOLK scene veteran, Cyril Tawney, will entertain in Highams Park on Thursday, November 15. He will perform for the Hale End Folk Club in the County Arms Pub, Hale End Road. Call 01992 622487. Admission costs £4, £5 for guests.
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Jobs in jeopardy at tour operator
Bromley: Hundreds of job losses are feared at a Bromley tour operator because of financial problems in the travel industry. The 300 members of staff at JMC, in Elmfield Road, which is part of Thomas Cook, will have to either relocate to Peterborough by
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Short-circuit led to fire on train
A fire which started on a carriage in Eltham has led to alterations being made to all Connex Networker trains. The fire was caused when a device to stop trains slipping on leaves on the line stopped the electricity in the train from earthing. The 750
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Jury's Inn meets need for beds in town centre
Businesses in Croydon are eagerly awaiting the opening of a new hotel which looks set to bring a boost to the town's commerce community. The long-awaited Jury's Inn is aiming for a grand opening later this year and developers are confident it will bring
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Gearing up for jubilee jamboree!
Croydon residents who can remember the coronation could help the town gain city status as part of the Queen's Jubilee celebrations next year. Croydon Council is hoping that recollections of those attending this New Addington coronation party in 1953 will
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Council tenants to enter the digital tv age
Digital television is to be introduced into the homes of Epping Forest Council tenants and leaseholders over the next three years. An initial sum of £200,000 has been earmarked for the upgrading. which will eventually bring digital television to 2,500
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Up to 1,000 shops jobs by 2006
The next stop in our VISION 2020 series is the Whitgift Centre's answer to the Centrale development, the multi-million pound Bishop's Court shopping complex. Developers for the Centrale complex may be vying for the title of top dog in Croydon's shopping
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Under pressure
Transport Secretary Stephen Byers was today facing fresh calls to quit. The Conservatives will demand his resignation during a Commons debate on his handling of the Railtrack fiasco. The Tories will highlight what they describe as "discrepancies" between
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Transport bill drives up tax
Tories representing Bromley have criticised the Mayor of London for saying transport improvements could cost each council taxpayer an extra £65 next year. Ken Livingstone admitted in a Mayor's Question Time that each London council taxpayer would have
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Covent Garden touch in Park Place plan
Here our Vision 2020 series examines the £500 million Park Place project that aims to bring a taste of Covent Garden to the centre of Croydon. Park Place is the £500m proposal which is promising to bring more shops, more offices and a little piece of
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Bringing the city of tomorrow into focus
Croydon used to be considered drab, but it appears that only Ken Livingstone thinks so now. With accolades for its regeneration, the town centre will be transformed in the next 20 years in line with its city ambitions. This strategy went under the national
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Bluestone murder-suicide inquest
Gravesend: Family hopes Jessica and Jack can live in peace now inquest is over. The family of the tragic Bluestone youngsters has called for the two surviving children to be left in peace now the inquest is over. In a written statement, PC Bluestone's
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Bluestone murder-suicide inquest
Gravesend: Neighbour tells how Jessica came screaming for help during attacks. A six-year-old girl cried "I don't want daddy to kill mummy" the night her policeman father battered her mother and two brothers to death, an inquest heard. Gravesend Coroner's
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Big blow to piper as bagpipes are stolen
Bromley: Bagpipes which used to belong to the Queen's piper have been stolen from a home in Coney Hall. Distressed piper Jamie Gibb, 56, of Croydon Road, was ill in bed when the Scottish instrument was stolen. The pipes have sentimental value because
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Dutch touch is blooming marvellous
Eight tonnes of flowering bulbs are being planted in Croydon this week using new high-tech equipment from The Netherlands. Croydon's horticultural team are to start planting today (Tuesday, November 13) in New Addington using the using the machinery,
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The hole story
Bewildered Thornton Heath residents can't understand why new paving slabs were laid and then dug up exposing a gaping hole near a Brigstock Road bus stop. The offending hole situated near a bus stop at the junction of Brigstock Road and Bensham Manor
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Is this a fridge too far?
Darren Crisp and his father Harry of Harry's Electrical Appliances in Norbury fear the borough is about to be swallowed up by dumped fridge freezers. New EU regulations requiring CFCs in the insulation foam be removed before disposal means Harry's and
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Church's churchyard success
ALTHOUGH St Peter's Church in Roydon has missed out on the £1,000 first prize for the best kept churchyard in England and Wales, churchyard co-ordinator Faith Davis is not complaining.o Mrs Davis said: "Though obviously we wanted to go further in the
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All the latest St Clare Hospice news
A DONATION of £430 was handed over to the hospice by members of both the Herts and Essex police forces.o The patients will benefit directly from the sponsorship money raised by the 'Bobbies on their Bikes' who cycled from London to Cambridge, a total
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Darent Valley Hospital - timeline of events
April 2000: Nursing staff at Joyce Green Hospital send a letter to chief executive Anne-Marie Dean raising concerns about conditions in A & E. Mrs Dean sent staff a letter saying they were not up to the job. Head of A & E Peter Boylan walked out
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Anne-Marie throws in the towel
ANNE-MARIE Dean has stepped down as head of Darent Valley Hospital 10 months after the News Shopper launched a campaign calling for her resignation. The beleaguered chief executive said she had taken voluntary early retirement, because "it is a natural
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Panto stars switch on lights
l THE cast of this year's panto, Snow White, at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford, joined Santa and Bexley's deputy mayor Gareth Bacon to switch on this year's Christmas lights in Bexleyheath Broadway. Snow White and her seven dwarves arrived in a golden
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SIDCUP: Murray recognises attacker from summer camp
Gang attack after firework display A SIDCUP teenager suffered a chilling half-hour ordeal at the hands of attackers he knew. Murray Woodall, a 14-year-old from Longmead Drive, Sidcup, left the fireworks display in King George's Field on Saturday, November
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In Brief
HISTORIC MEETING: The next meeting of the Greenwich Historical Society will include an in-depth look at the shipwrights and shopkeepers of Deptford. English Heritage's Peter Guillery will talk about a recent survey of 17th and 18th century properties
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Cash to improve shops
SHOPKEEPERS in East Greenwich and Charlton can brighten-up their frontage through a council-backed regeneration scheme. The Greenwich Development Agency has agreed £90,000 for the Brighter Shopfronts scheme, aiming to improve premises and make the area
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DARTFORD: Teenagers set homless man alight with firelighters as he slept on bench
Murdered by schoolboys TWO schoolboys who set a homeless alcoholic on fire "for fun" as he slept on a park bench have been convicted of murder. Stephen Brookes, aged 16, of Rayens Court, High Street, Northfleet, and John Iveson, aged 13, of Cornwall Road
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It is a new dawn for the hospital
IT'S a new day, a new dawn and a fresh start for what can be a wonderful hospital. We know, and have always known, the staff at Darent Valley Hospital are fantastically caring and talented professionals. We know the uphill struggle each of them faced
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What happened at Darent Valley
April 2000: Nursing staff at Joyce Green Hospital send a letter to chief executive Anne-Marie Dean raising concerns about conditions in A & E. Mrs Dean sent staff a letter saying they were not up to the job. Head of A & E Peter Boylan walked out
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Shocking hike in council repair bill
A YEAR-LONG delay to fix a cracked wall in council-owned sheltered accommodation has led to costs escalating from £33,000 to £250,000. Foundations at Wardona Court, Ames Road, Swanscombe, which was built in the late 1980s, nearly collapsed after water
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Yet we will remember them...
WREATHS were laid at several occasions on Sunday to remember those who have died or have lost loved ones in battle. Remembrance Sunday in Sidcup was marked by a march led by the Royal British Legion to St John's Church in Church Road. Bexley mayor Councillor
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In Brief
READY TO SEW: North Kent Embroiderers' Guild is holding its branch open day on Saturday at St Andrew's Art Centre, in Royal Pier Road, Gravesend. The theme is Ready, Steady, Sew. Doors open at 10.30am. Young Embroiderers meet at 11am. The fee for visitors
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Panels to bring in tourists
GRAVESEND'S seafaring past is being celebrated as part of an Anglo-French history trail. Three tourist information panels have been set up in the town at the beginning of the 325-mile Maritime History Trail stretching to Nord Pas de Calais in France.
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Burglars pinch £20,000 in antiques
ANTIQUES worth more than £20,000 were stolen from a house in Meopham. Thieves forced their way into the home in Shipley Hills Road and stole two rosewood cabinets and several Chinese and Japanese teasets. Silver ornaments and place settings were also
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Young girl fights off alleyway attacker
A MAN with distinctive waist-length dark brown hair has attempted to grab a girl off the street in Erith. The 10-year-old was walking along Colyers Lane just after 5.30pm on November 4. She reached the entrance to the rear alleyway which provides access
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Taxi fares rise to cover maintenance
TAXI fares in Dartford are set to rise after the council approved new charges to fares. Dartford Borough Council has allowed the rise in fares in order to let local cabbies keep their vehicles in proper working order. The changes will mean residents will
