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Family hopes inquest will reveal the truth about Andrew’s death
More than two years ago, what should have been a routine assessment of the mental health of Erith man Andrew Jordan ended in his death. Now an inquest has begun into how and why Mr Jordan died. LINDA PIPER reports ... A POLICE officer called in to help
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Residents unhappy with revamp
Disgruntled Ferrier Estate residents say they are being shipped out to make way for wealthy people. But Greenwich Council says the £750m revamp is for the good of all. SAMANTHA PAYNE spoke to both camps ... BY 2018 the Ferrier Estate will be unrecognisable
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Determined to learn the truth
Twenty-five years after the New Cross Fire, the scars still run deep for the families who lost loved ones. Now those who have fought tirelessly for justice are taking their fight to the European Court of Human Rights. Reporter GLENN EBREY spoke to one
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Blog 2 by Angie La La
Ok. I admit it. There are some items in my kitchen that are past their sell-by-date and I am not referring to Mr La La. I don't allow mould or shrivelled, darkened, weeping or rancid produce to lurk in my fridge. Canned goods, once desired but pushed
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It’s one small step for Shea
A BOY paralysed from birth could be "set free" with the help of a Russian spacesuit. Shea French-Gibbens' family are raising cash to send the youngster to a pioneering paralysis centre in Poland. Seven-year-old Shea was born with cerebral palsy and
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High price of fugitive hunt
A MYSTERY intruder who forced pupils to miss a week of crucial classes has cost a school "tens of thousands of pounds". Life at Crofton School is getting back to normal, more than a week after it was closed following reports a man had set up home in
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It all left a bitter taste
THE wife of a diner who saved a fellow customer's life when she collapsed has criticised the "mean spirited" restaurant where it happened. Paul Harry was enjoying a night out with his family at the Victorian restaurant, Bexleyheath Broadway, when another
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We are sick of this filth
A MUM and 100 neighbours are demanding action over an alley caked in dog excrement which has made children violently sick. Fed up with traipsing through piles of dog dirt twice a day to take her seven-year-old son Kieran to school, Jackie McKie has started
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Yobs forced me to leave
A FORMER residents' association chairman is standing defiantly against yobs despite being forced from his home after a spate of attacks. Les Uden, who used to chair the Kings Farm Residents' Association, Gravesend, has moved off the estate into temporary
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Collisions kill two
TRAGEDY struck twice in the borough after a mother and a teenager died in two separate car smashes. Olga Segieda-Salski died when her Mercedes collided with a BMW in Court Road, at the junction with Warren Road, Chelsfield. The driver of the BMW has
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Diploma in Learning Disability Nursing
NAME: Jennifer Morant AGE: 23 COURSE: Diploma in Learning Disability Nursing WHERE? Greenwich University PERIOD: Three years COST: Free ENTRY ONTO THE COURSE: At least four GCSEs are required and a background in nursing is
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Awards for your school or college
Does your school or college have an outstanding student? Maybe one of your teachers has inspired you like no other or helped you overcome hard times. If so, News Shopper wants to hear from you. Learning for Life is holding an awards ceremony in
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Spacesuit therapy helps Shea reach for the stars
A COMMUNITY is rallying round to raise money to send a paralysed boy to Poland for therapy so he can be "set free". Shea French-Gibbens, seven, has cerebal palsy and has been a quadriplegic from birth. But he has no mental disabilities and if his limbs
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‘We need to defeat’ anti-social youths
A NEIGHBOURHOOD Watch leader who says dispersal orders are pushing Bromley gangs into her borough is calling on police to rethink their strategy. Carolyn Seymour feels the orders, which impose child curfew zones to combat anti-social behaviour, are simply
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Fraudster must pay £20,000
A DISABLED fraudster has been given six months to pay £20,000 after ripping off the benefits system. Nandi Joshi, aged 55, of Queen Adelaide Court, Queen Adelaide Road, Penge, admitted making false social security declarations to obtain £9,912 over four-and-a-half
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News in brief
FARM FIRE: Fire crews from Biggin Hill, Orpington, Bromley and Addington tackled a blaze in a barn at Holwood Farm, Shire Lane, Farnborough, last Sunday night. The building which is used for making animal hutches was severely damaged. CURFEW ORDER:
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Retailer hopeful
A SHOPKEEPER hopes the public will help the police bring designer clothing thieves to justice. Bridget Rowe's shop Winners was broken into between 1am and 5am on January 13. Thieves stole between £4,000 and £6,000 of clothes and accessories. The thieves
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Landlord failed to do repairs
A LANDLORD who runs his own building firm has been ordered to pay £3,000 after he failed to repair a tenant's house. Trevor McClymont ignored complaints from his tenant in Dorset Road, Mottingham, about problems with the roof, walls, windows and central
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News In Brief
CALL SCAM: Trading Standards officers are warning people not to give bank details to anonymous callers. In one scam, a woman caller, with an African accent, says a phone contract has expired and asks for bank details in order to renew it. Call 020 8313
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Star studded school
It is hard to believe some faces you regularly see on the big screen and on TV could once be seen wandering through The Glade park in Sidcup on their way to college. Not just any old college but, Rose Bruford, OF Burnt Oak Lane. In fact the college
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Criminals push shoppers away
A POSTMASTER says residents are afraid to visit nearby shops after seeing acts of crime and vandalism soar. The parade of shops in Windsor Drive, Chelsfield, has seen several stores broken into, windows smashed and three elderly ladies mugged as well
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Plan for Darwin’s home evolves
THE bid to give Charles Darwin's home international status has moved a step closer after getting Government approval. Bromley's World Heritage Site nomination focusing on the 19th-century scientist's life in Down House, Downe, has been rubber-stamped
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Barnardo’s homes plan thrown out
COUNCILLORS have thrown out a controversial housing plan which sparked fury among residents. The application from children's charity Barnardo's set out proposals to develop a former charity school and its grounds into 55 flats at Knotley Springfield
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Family looks into abscess mystery
NEWS Shopper readers have come forward to shed light on the mysterious outbreak of abscesses which have baffled residents in a block of flats. Last week we reported how 10 people in Cotmandene Crescent, St Paul's Cray, had suffered from the painful sores
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Invited to give view on centre proposal
PUBLIC consultations on the future of the borough's best town centre start tomorrow. Bromley Council has made a list of options to safeguard the town as a leading centre over the next 15 years. This includes expanding The Glades shopping centre and
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Driver fearful of plate thieves
A CARE home worker says she is frightened to open her post after her car's number plates were stolen. Sally Sleeper, of Towncourt Lane, Petts Wood, has never driven into central London and does not know where the Congestion Charge zone is. But the 45
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Jury fails to reach verdict at trial for post office raid
UNCERTAINTY over CCTV footage means a 34-year-old man must face a third trial. The jury at the second trial of Heath Vosper was discharged from Croydon Crown Court last Thursday after the foreman told Judge Timothy Stow jurors could not agree on a verdict
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Religious celebration
MUSLIMS in the borough have celebrated an important religious festival with the whole community. Bromley Muslim Cultural Association organised a meal and Indian music for Eid-ul-Adha. More than 150 people went along to the event in Crofton Halls, Crofton
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Putting in top green effort
A GOLF course is celebrating after winning an environmental award. Lullingstone Park Golf Course, Park Gate Road, Chelsfield, won the award for making sure the course is as environmentally-friendly as possible. Judges at the Business Achievement Awards
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Thousands go to old palace site for ice-cool fun
THOUSANDS of people flocked to Crystal Palace Park to skate on an ice rink set up on the site of the old palace. The London Development Agency (LDA), Mayor Ken Livingstone's agency for business and jobs, teamed up with Greenwich Leisure Limited to create
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Disabled shopper comes to rescue
A DISABLED have-a-go hero has been praised after he trailed a suspected shoplifter who had allegedly stolen £2,000 of designer glasses frames. David Hanness, 55, was shopping with his wife for glasses in Specsavers, High Street, Penge, at around 11am
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Term kicks off in healthy fashion
THE new year got off to an energetic start for schoolchildren who joined in healthy activities. The 222 youngsters at Keston CofE Primary School, Keston, enjoyed skipping and hockey. They had visits from London Ambulance staff, the fire brigade and
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Job freeze in place at libraries
A COUNCILLOR is claiming library services could suffer following a freeze in staff recruitment. Bromley Council has stopped recruiting library staff in the past nine months and at present there are 15 unfilled vacancies from 170 positions. Liberal
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Action to try and catch arsonists
THE fire brigade is to use police-style incident boards in the borough to try and catch arsonists. Large yellow boards asking people to call Crimestoppers will be placed in areas where there have been arson attacks. The boards are similar to the crime
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Move to look at CIA terror flights
THE European Parliament is to vote on setting up an investigative committee into CIA torture flights some of which have reportedly passed through Biggin Hill airport. The flights, known as renditions, are alleged to have carried prisoners through at
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News In Brief
CAR CHASE: A red Ford Escort Eclipse car, believed to have been stolen from West Wickham, was chased by police from Bourne Valley, Bromley, to Parliament Square, central London, last Saturday. An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of aggravated
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Passenger flights ‘vital’ for airport
AIRPORT chiefs have put the final touches to a plan they say is vital to its future. They claim the final draft of the Biggin Hill Airport Master Plan, which covers the next 30 years and was released on January 13, answers concerns raised after earlier
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Culture club for students
TRADITIONALLY-DRESSED Chinese dancers visited a school to help children learn about a different culture. The dancers taught the children at Chislehurst (St Nicholas) Primary School, School Road, Chislehurst, how to wave Chinese flags as part of a session
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Fake policemen target residents
BOGUS callers dressed as plain-clothed police officers have been targeting elderly residents. Two men called at three homes in Seymour Villas, Victor Road and Bredhurst Close, all in Penge, with fake identification on December 23 and January 5. They
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Take heart at charity walk
LOVELORN singles can mend their broken hearts while saving the hearts of others on the first-ever flirt walk. The 5km walk gives 2,000 singles a chance to meet up and mingle while helping the British Heart Foundation raise £80,000 for more heart nurses
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Attracting visitors to town
A PROMINENT figure in the borough's leading town centre has been given the task of promoting it and attracting visitors. Ian Payne, 47, has been given the job of Bromley town centre manager. His priorities include addressing anti-social behaviour and
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Rotary club party proves popular with senior citizens
SENIOR citizens were treated to a party thanks to a team of volunteers. Chislehurst Rotary Club threw a free party for the 60 elderly residents in the community to welcome in the new year. The event, which was held in Chislehurst Village Hall, Church
