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Encouraging children to get active
YOUNGSTERS have been getting a taste of different sports in a bid to encourage them to become more active. And British 800m Paralympics gold medalist and world champion Danny Crates was there to urge them on. The Broadway shopping mall in Bexleyheath
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Group needs help to clean canals
AN ENVIRONMENTAL group planning work to clear rubbish from Thamesmead's network of canals and river foreshore, is looking for volunteers. Thames21 has teamed up with Gallions Housing Association for its drive to not just clean the waterways but discourage
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Going back in time at library
RESIDENTS are being encouraged to unlock the secrets of the borough's past by accessing historical records. Lewisham Library, in Lewisham High Street, has linked up with the City of London's Metropolitan Archives (LMA) as part of a three-month project
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Councillor ‘gagged’ by ban
AN OPPOSITION councillor says he feels "gagged" after being banned from discussing a report into the impact of a supercasino in the area. Councillor Nigel Fletcher was previously banned from seeing the Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) report, because it
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School praised for high quality
AN MP has praised a school for meeting high standards in numeracy and literacy teaching. St Margaret Clitherow RC Primary School, Cole Close, Thamesmead, has been awarded the Primary Quality Mark by the Government's Basic Skills Agency. Erith and Thamesmead
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Parking space site driving up business
A BANKER has built a website to meet the huge demand for parking spaces in the area. Dave Darvill has designed a website where people in Eltham can advertise their unused driveways to commuters. The 41-year-old claims it would save a fortune in fares
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Hendry contract cancelled
MILLWALL have cancelled teenage midfielder Will Hendry's contract by mutual consent. The 19-year-old made his debut as a substitute at Preston in January 2006 and he featured in the Lions's final two games of last season. But the arrival of 16 new
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GCSE results improve again
HUNDREDS OF youngsters in Lewisham and Greenwich are celebrating their success after another rise in the GCSE pass rate. Lewisham's students pushed up the pass rate in comparison to last year by 4.5 per cent - with 54 per cent of all exam entrants receiving
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Walk on to help hospice
WALKERS put their best foot forward over the bank holiday to raise money for a hospice. The third annual Ellenor Hospice sponsored walk was held at Camer Park, Meopham. Nearly 200 walkers registered in advance with the charity to tackle one of three
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Pupils celebrate excellent GCSE results
DELIGHTED students have been celebrating their GCSE results. Many students in north Kent contributed to the best-ever GCSE results to date. Most schools in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley beat the national average of 62.4 per cent passes at grades A
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Hasselbaink denies improper conduct charges
CHARLTON'S new signing Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink has denied a charge of improper conduct and/or bringing the game into disrepute, the FA has announced today. The striker, who was charged in relation to claims made in his autobiography about former club
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Challenge is over but he will soon be back
NEWS Shopper has been following the exploits of a self-confessed couch potato turned athlete extraordinaire and can now report he has completed his gruelling challenge. Mark Gunnell, 36, started training for a four-event challenge as a form of New Year's
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GCSEs easy as ABC for pupils
DELIGHTED students in north Kent have been celebrating their contribution to the best-ever GCSE results. Most schools in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley beat the national average of 62.4 per cent passes at grades A* to C. There were celebrations at
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Police car crashes into pub
POLICE, a publican and a member of the public escaped serious injury when a patrol car crashed into a pub at high speed. The car, on an emergency call with its blue lights flashing and siren blaring, was travelling down Mayplace Road West in the centre
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Etching and graffiti
When these two youths got off a 177 bus en route between Peckham and Thamesmead, etching and graffiti were discovered. They travelled on the bus on March 2, getting on in Hare Street, Woolwich, at 6.17pm and getting off again at 6.28pm in Plumstead High
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Costly damage to bus windows
Replacing etched bus windows is an expensive business. After these two teenagers got off a 177 bus travelling between Thamesmead and Peckham on February 16, its windows had been etched. The pair got on the bus at 7.19pm in Basildon Road, Thamesmead,
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Darts fixture change
DARTFORD'S home fixture against Maidstone United will now be played on Monday, September 25, kick-off: 7.45pm.
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Help police stop bus vandalism
EVERY day Transport for London and the Met Police are trying to make life more pleasant for the travelling public. The joint initiative Operation BusTag is aimed at cutting down the vandalism suffered every day on London's buses and catching those responsible
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Students learn about importance of identity
PUPILS from a school's gifted and talented programme have enjoyed taking part in summer activities. The 30 Darrick Wood School pupils, selected from Year 6 and Year 7, took part in the five-day event focusing on the theme of identity. Pupils took part
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Blackheath prepare for assault
FOLLOWING eight weeks of intensive pre-season training, Blackheath rugby league club open up their new campaign against promoted Nuneaton on Saturday, writes Jack Kay. The opener, at The Rectory Field, will give the first indication whether friendlies
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November 11, 2006, the day Darts come home
DARTFORD Football Club's 14-years of exile will come to an end on November 11. The news which all Darts fans have been waiting for was announced last week sparking a weekend of celebration and, moreover, excited speculation of just how good life at the
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Tourists take the silverware in rugby 10s extravaganza
In a spectacle of bone- crunching tackles and super-fast running more than 150 rugby players from across kent and south London descended on Park House Rugby Club, TIM ASHTON reports. IT WAS the Park House's annual 10s tournament where 16 teams of
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Race on
ISTEAD and Ifield Harriers are holding their five-mile race around the tracks of Shorne Country Park on Sunday. Following alterations to the park, off the A2 at the Shorne and Cobham interchange, there are now plenty of parking spaces which are free
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Dragon gets belt
IT IS best not to mess with this nine-year-old as she is the youngest black belt at a Taekwondo club. Sarah Salmon, who trains at Twin Dragons in Gravesend, earned her first Dan grading in Southampton to join her sister Gemma and father Frank as martial
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Woman must pay £147,000 for cars scam
A WOMAN involved in a £5m plot to import thousands of Japanese cars has had her six-figure confiscation order upheld at the appeal court. Cherry Gunyon pleaded guilty to 11 counts of using a false instrument with intent at Maidstone Crown Court in January
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Chance to show off talent
PEOPLE will have the chance to show off their skills and help sick children at a talent show. It is being organised by student nurse Sally Cudmore, who hopes to work at the new children's hospice unit in Eltham, to be opened soon by Demelza House Hospice
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Defeat to Red Devils - Dowie's reaction
IAIN Dowie admitted the last-minute back injuries to both Gonzalo Sorondo and Andy Reid had an unsettling effect on the team before kick-off but he was full of praise for on-loan Liverpool goalkeeper Scott Carson. He said: "We did lots of things right
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Motorists warned to drive carefully
THE Highways Agency is warning drivers to take care in the wet conditions. It says there is "skid risk" on the M20 and M2 motorways because of heavy rainfall overnight and this morning. It is also informing drivers of severe congestion on the M25 between
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Woman mugged at knifepoint
A WOMAN was robbed at knifepoint as she was walking from a town centre. Police are appealing for information after the 34-year-old was mugged in Lowfield Street, Dartford at 10.30pm. She was walking from the town centre towards Lowfield Street when
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Budding film makers can make it to big screen
PEOPLE with a passion for film making are being offered the chance to explore their talents with access to professional help and funding. A joint funding project, called the Tripod Filming Fund, has been set up between Film London and the arts and film
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Sex offender jailed for five years
A PERVERT has been jailed for more than five years. Mark Napper, of Tylney Road, Bromley, was sentenced to five and a half years in prison at Croydon Crown Court. He denied four counts of indecent assault on a female and two counts of committing gross
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Hospital art adds to meal time experience
HUNGRY hospital visitors have become art gallery visitors thanks to a new exhibition. Works by art group Cray Creative are on display in the dining room at Orpington Hospital, Sevenoaks Road, Orpington, until the end of October. The exhibition features
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Crowned through creativity
CROWNS and tiaras turned heads in a shopping centre. Children stood out from the crowds at The Glades, High Street, Bromley, with their head gear adorned with creatures and objects including monsters, butterflies, stars and sparkles. The creations were
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Addicks washed away by Devils
Charlton Athletic 0 v 3 Manchester United Barclays Premiership For more photos, click on Charlton pictures CHARLTON Athletic were swept away by a rampant Manchester United on a thoroughly miserable night at The Valley. Like the driving rain
