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Teenage crash driver sentenced
A COUPLE'S car is still under a pile of rubble weeks after another vehicle smashed into their garage in the early hours. Walter and Joyce Alimo have had to leave their Toyota Corolla there while experts check the garage for asbestos. The crash in Warren
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Store shows charity vision with donation
AN OPTICIANS has raised more than £440 to help fund research into diabetes and support sufferers. For every eye examination it carried out last month, Specsavers in Bromley High Street donated 50p to charity Diabetes UK. Store director Andrew Jones
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Pub ordered to stop playing music
A PUB has been banned from playing music until the owner updates its licence. Punters at the Whitehall Tavern in Whitehill Road, Gravesend, look set to be drinking in silence after a High Court judge ordered Judith Taylor to pull the plug. Taylor now
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Daughter's death a mystery
A MOTHER has been left angry after an inquest failed to explain the death of her two-year-old daughter. Rubie Hancock Tyler died on December 29 in a case which has baffled medical science. Leanne Tyler, aged 22, told News Shopper: "That night there
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Woman dies of injuries after collision
A 57-YEAR-OLD woman has died in hospital following a collision near the Blackwall Tunnel on Monday (July 21). Three people were taken to hospital suffering serious injuries when a Honda Jazz was in collision with the rear of a Nissan Micra. The accident
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Swap Shopper: Trading this keyring for £1,000 charity cash
I WANT to raise £1,000 for charity, but I don't want to do it in the conventional way. In fact, I don't really want to do anything to raise a grand for a good cause. I certainly don't want to spend months training for something, and then have to do
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Swap Shopper: Trading this keyring for £1,000 charity cash
I WANT to raise £1,000 for charity, but I don't want to do it in the conventional way. In fact, I don't really want to do anything to raise a grand for a good cause. I certainly don't want to spend months training for something, and then have to do
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Protest over sports field proposals
RESIDENTS are going to protest over what they claim are council plans to relocate a school to their sports ground. Community group the Friends of Hervey Road Sports Field plan to make their feelings known at a Greenwich Council meeting today (30/7)
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Parents to pay for kids in care
PARENTS could be required to pay when their children are taken into care. Bromley Council hopes to start charging when young people or their parents ask for the youngster to be taken into care. They are sometimes asked to do this when there have been
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Beach sex dad facing charges
A BROMLEY man is reportedly to face charges in Dubai after allegedly being caught having sex on a beach. It has been reported in a national newspaper that Vince Acors, of Homesdale Road, Bromley, has been charged with indecent behaviour, having unmarried
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New police kit for tackling drugs
POLICE have launched two new tools in the ongoing battle against drugs. Officers involved in north Kent police's Safer Streets operations can now use a mobile ION track machine which can be easily carried by hand between premises. The high-tech scanner
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Saying it with flowers
A MUSEUM'S 100th anniversary celebrations are being marked with a flowerbed in the shape of its centenary logo. The flowerbed celebrating Dartford Borough Museum's centenary is currently on show in Central Park. Councillor Patsy Thurlow, Dartford Council's
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Bailey keeps Hotshots on top
THE top two teams in the Elite League in the South London & Kent Pool Alliance had identical results so theres no change. Both the Hotshots and George IV A won 2-1 against the Pickwick and Summerfield respectively. Reliable anchor man, Tony Bailey
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Ten cases of infection at hospital in June
INFECTION rates at a hospital were at their highest last month and nearly equal the number recorded so far this year. There were 10 Clostridium difficile infections reported last month (June) at the Princess Royal University Hospital, Farnborough,
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Bogus lawyer jailed for passport fraud
A 50-YEAR-OLD man from Catford has been jailed for signing false passport applications at his legal advice service. John Evweirhoma, of River View Park, was sentenced at the Inner London Crown Court yesterday (July 24) to two years and nine months in
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Music festival goes large
IT began in a back garden but this year a festival started by youngsters is going big. Leefest started two years ago in a parent's back garden. Live acts performed to swarms of young people. Now the organisers, all under 21, have agreed with Bromley
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Show off your singing talent
FANCY your chances as the next Leona Lewis? The prizes may not be on quite the same scale as a £1m recording contract, but there are still prizes on offer as Erith's Riverside Shopping Centre holds its own X Factor-style talent competition. People will
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Moving planned surgery will save trust £3m
A PLANNED surgery unit will be moved purely to save a debt-ridden health trust money. The proposal to move planned surgery from Orpington Treatment Centre was yesterday approved at a Bromley Hospitals' NHS Trust board meeting. Two wards and three
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Residents see village centre plans
RESIDENTS have had a chance to look at three different options for redevelopment in their village. The plans, which were shown to residents in New Ash Green Library in North Square on July 23, showed three different ideas for the regeneration. Differences
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Cameron Deighton
Age: 20 From: Forest Hill Why do you think you have the Wow Factor?: Bacause I'm charismatic, romantic, funny and good looking.
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Sammy Kennedy
Age: 21 From: Orpington Why do you think you have the Wow Factor?: Never entered anything like this before and everyone said I should so here we go!
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Police aim drink and drug driving message at under 25s
DRINK and drug driving among under 25s was down 23 per cent on last year, say Met Police figures for June. But young drivers still made up almost a quarter of the total number of people arrested for drink and drug driving. Between June 2 and 30 police
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Charity shop donation appeal
A CHARITY shop is appealing to the public to make donations to help raise funds. Age Concern in Orpington High Street is urgently requesting people give clothes, books and household items. Even items which the store is unable to sell can be of benefit
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Couple punished for £30k benefit fraud
A 37-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed and his wife ordered to do community service for benefit fraud. Darren Roffey and his wife Alison, aged 36, both formerly of Chessington Way, West Wickham, had pleaded guilty to cheating Bromley Council out of more than
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Accused mother kept in custody
A 20-YEAR-OLD Catford woman accused of causing the death of her newborn son must remain in prison custody ahead of her trial. Leah Andrew, of Minard Road, Catford, fainted after giving evidence for six hours in a Crete courtroom, it has been reported
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Thamesmead is number one for bank card fraud
BANK card fraud in Thamesmead and Plumstead is the worst in the country, according to new research. Research by fraud specialist firm, The 3rd Man, in partnership with directory company, 192business.com, revealed that Thamesmead and Plumstead had the
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Extra cash to help keep kids on track
THE council is set to spend £85,000 on educating youngsters and keeping them out of trouble. It will help to fund a total of five educational projects until next April and the Army Cadet Force based in Orpington should receive the largest share of funding
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Chance for fun in the sun
THERE is no need for the children to be bored this summer thanks to a series of free family fun days on offer from a partnership of Thamesmead community groups. The events will take place every Wednesday from now until August 27 - with activities for
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Chance for fun in the sun
THERE is no need for the children to be bored this summer thanks to a series of free family fun days on offer from a partnership of Thamesmead community groups. The events will take place every Wednesday from now until August 27 - with activities for
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College merger plans put on ice
A PLANNED merger between two further education colleges has been put on ice for the next two years. Bexley College, based in Erith, and North West Kent College which has campuses in Dartford and Gravesend, announced their merger talks in January. But
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Woman in court charged with GBH
A 34-YEAR-OLD woman has been charged with GBH following an incident in which a man was stabbed in Orpington. Diana Walker, of Carew Way, will appear at Bromley Magistrates Court this morning (July 25). A 44-year-old man was stabbed in the shoulder in
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On this day
On this day in... 1814 - The first steam locomotive was demonstrated by George Stephenson. 1872 - Black worms rained from the sky over Bucharest in Romania. 1917 - Mata Hari was sentenced to death after being found guilty of spying. She was said
