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WHAT’S THE BLOODY POINT?
Do you know something? I am sitting here at the end of a strange day and wondering what the hell life is all about. I am a Lord of a certain age who has seen most things and done most things. I have recently been warned that if I continue to drink
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A 23-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court
A 23-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court. Michael Barrett of Wycliffe Row, Gravesend, attended Dartford Magistrates’ Court on October 17. He has been charged with perverting the course of justice. He will next appear at Maidstone
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Gymnasts in Kent will train with the Ukrainian national squad
GYMNASTS in Kent will soon be training with the Ukrainian national squad. Five of Ukraine’s top gymnasts will be visiting the Meapa gymnastics club in Cedar Avenue, Gravesend on November 1. Two of which are from the senior squad which competed in the
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Trio of Greenwich and Lewisham fires
FIREFIGHTERS had a busy few days tackling blazes in the area. Two fire engines and around 10 fire fighters were called to a fire in a flat in Charlton Lane, Charlton, on October 18. A man needed to be helped out of the property by firefighters wearing
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Dartford karate stars impress
DARTFORD Shotokan Karate Centre celebrated a hat-trick of successes at the Academy of Shotokan Karate international course and grading at Guildford's Spectrum Centre. Students Tom Webber, 17, and Rhiannon Davies, 19, both successfully passed black
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Police appeal for witnesses to indecent exposure on bus in Woolwich
POLICE are searching for this man captured on CCTV footage who is believed to have exposed himself to a 12-year-old boy on a bus travelling to Woolwich. The boy boarded the number 122 bus at the Yorkshire Grey roundabout in Eltham, travelling
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Youngsters given chance to follow in Arsenal star's footsteps
THE search is on to find the next Theo Walcott after Grass Roots Soccer Schools launched their football advanced centres across the News Shopper region in an attempt to progress talented youngsters on the road to a professional football career. It
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Kent police appeal for information about a man captured on CCTV
POLICE are appealing for information about a man they would like to talk to in connection with a sexual offence against a child. The man was captured on CCTV as he entered Marseans, a newsagent in Chastilian Road, Dartford at around 3.45pm
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It happened in ... 1978
The big films of the year were Grease, Superman, Jaws II and The Deer Hunter, with the latter winning the best picture Oscar. In music the big singles were Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees, You’re the One That I Want by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
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In rebellious 70s only tomatoes were square
WITH Grease in cinemas and The Village People on the radio, people were inspired to cast aside their inhibitions and let their weirdness show in 1978. It seems residents saw John Travolta styling his hair with a tub of lard and popstars dressing
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More dough for football club
A NEW youth football scheme established by Orpington FC has received a generous donation from the Kingsmill Orpington Bakery. The scheme will see players from Orpington FC’s youth teams receive coaching sessions, along with disadvantaged children in
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Youngsters enjoy Chinese culture
HAVING been inspired by the Beijing Olympics, a school has held a Chinese arts week. All 410 youngsters at Green Street Green Primary School, Vine Road, Orpington took part in workshops where they made clay models of the Terracotta Army, cooked
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GET A BRAIN AND A HEART AND FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD TO THE LAND OF REGISTRATION
Your Lord has stayed away from the Land of Blog and the news stories because he has had other fish to fry. Similarly to Godfather Michael Corleone, just as I had tried to find other pursuits away from Shoppershire, one of my detractors has pulled
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Have your say on Gravesend tower
FURTHER public consultation is to be carried out on a £150m project which includes a controversial 32-storey tower. On October 14, Gravesham Council announced further public consultation will take place about plans to regenerate the Heritage Quarter
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Forest Hill play area opens
A SCHOOL has celebrated the opening of its £319,000 sports area. The multi-use games area at Dalmain Primary School, in Brockley Rise, Forest Hill, was built using grants from Lewisham Council, grassroots organisation the Football Foundation
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McBean makes his point
Bognor Regis Town 1-1 Bromley BROMLEY came away from Bognor Regis Town on Tuesday evening with a share of the spoils in a 1-1 draw, but the Lillies must count themselves lucky as the home side squandered several clear-cut chances to clinch the match
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Trucker denies M1 death crash charge
A TRIAL date has been set for a lorry driver who has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving. Martin O’Neil, aged 51, from Rugby, appeared at Wood Green Crown Court in Haringey on October 15. O’Neil pleaded not guilty to the charge in
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Gravesend church holds art exhibition
A CHURCH hosted an art exhibition at the weekend as part of a campaign to spread kindness. St Paul's United Reformed Church in Singlewell Road, Gravesend, displayed work by amateur art groups last Saturday and Sunday. The exhibition was part of Hope
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Documentary review - Afro-Saxons
South London locations, including Crystal Palace, were the focus for Afro-Saxons, a new documentary exploring the importance of hair dressing in black culture and community. Zee Gaines reports from her appointment. Chocolate Films presents Afro-Saxons
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Wilmington college garden to grow with grant
STUDENTS at a college in the area will soon be eating vegetables they have grown themselves after getting a £2,000 grant to expand a sustainable garden. An allotment was set up at Wilmington Enterprise College in Common Lane, Wilmington, 18 months ago
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Second man in court over alleged West Wickham tapas attack
A 29-YEAR-OLD man accused of attacking a man in a tapas bar has appeared in court. Robert Robinson was arrested in Croydon on October 16 in connection with an alleged incident at La Rioja, High Street, West Wickham, on July 4. He appeared
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Nearly a third of Bromley children in poverty
THIRTY per cent of children in the borough are living on the brink of poverty according to a campaign group. The Campaign to End Child Poverty group found there are 20,310 children in families with a low income from a total of 66,860 youngsters
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Borough end Hollands' unbeaten run
LEWISHAM Borough FC secured another three points to keep them in third place with a 2-1 victory on Saturday against the previously unbeaten Hollands & Blair at the Star Meadow Ground. The home side edged the early exchanges and really should have
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North West Kent College set for £125m revamp
THE next phase of a £125m redevelopment at a college is due to begin. Both campuses of North West Kent College, in Dering Way in Gravesend and Oakfield Lane in Dartford, will be transformed over the next five years. Most of the college’s existing buildings
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Hextable School disco a real Thriller for pupils
STUDENTS went old school with their costumes and dance moves at a retro disco. Around 150 year seven pupils at Hextable School, in Egerton Avenue, Hextable, enjoyed the annual retro disco on Friday. They dressed up in costumes from the 1980s and danced
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Lesley completes hat-trick
ISTEAD & Ifield’s Lesley Irvine ran the Thanet quicksand 15-mile race last month. This is a tough race run along the beach, the promenade or on the cliff top according to availability, from Margate to Ramsgate and back. Irvine has since gone on to
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Cranbrook overcome villagers
VIGO’S hopes of a second victory in the league were lost along with their discipline away to unbeaten Cranbrook as they went down 23-12. They started slowly and two quick tries, both converted, along with a penalty gave Cranbrook a useful lead before
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No joy for Priory
CRYSTAL Palace Ladies’ Priory School went down to a narrow 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Worthing College. The first half was a scrappy affair with both sides struggling to keep possession. Worthing College began to look stronger after
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Wings unable to build on Weston win
FOLLOWING Saturday’s victory over Weston-super-Mare, Welling United fielded the same starting XI against St Albans City but they were unable to repeat the trick as the Wings were beaten 1-0. Newcomers James Baker and Sanchez Ming were both on the bench
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Superbikes withdraw from Brands Hatch
BRANDS Hatch has been dealt a major blow after the Kent track discovered it had not been included on the FIM World Superbike provisional 2009 calendar issued earlier this week. A round of the World Superbike championship has taken place at
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Residents celebrate new Dartford park
RESIDENTS celebrated the completion of a new park as part of a £500m regeneration project. More than 40 residents at The Bridge in Burnham Road, Dartford, organised a BBQ and a community planting event on October 18. They planted a range
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Keane to talk
Sussex trio Keane released their third album, Perfect Symmetry, last week. Andy Welch talks to singer Tom Chaplin and drummer Richard Hughes about the album, already hailed by critics to be their best. They also tell us about recording in Berlin
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Zac and Vanessa on High School Musical 3
High School Musical 3 has already smashed box office booking records in the UK, well ahead of its nationwide October 22. Kate Whiting talks to the film’s biggest stars, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, about how they keep their feet on the ground and filming
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Man and woman stabbed to death in Woolwich
A MURDER inquiry has begun after a man and woman were found stabbed in Woolwich yesterday. Police and the ambulance service were called to a property in Frances Street at 5pm, where they found a dead 35-year-old woman with stab wounds to the
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Children having a scream at farm
A FARM has been making children scream in fright at its Halloween themed attractions. Broadditch Farm Shop, Manor Farm, in New Barn Road, Southfleet, launched its scary attractions on October 16. A maze of madness, haunted wood tours
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Charity aerobics event in Bexleyheath
IT was time to up the activity levels as staff at the Crook Log leisure centre in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, staged a charity aerobathon. Instructors Keiran McCartney and Clare Framp organised the event to raise cash for Macmillan Cancer Support
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Ouija be scared by horror from local filmmaker?
Bexley-hailing filmmaker Mumtaz Yildirimlar's ouija-board horror Quanna is a gory homage to cult slasher classics, writes Kerry Ann Eustice Some of the movie world’s most famous and prolific directors launched their careers in the bloody veins
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Pink ladies celebrate salon's 40th birthday
THESE pink ladies proved a cut above the rest when it came to raising money for a breast cancer charity. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, staff at Anne Stewart’s Hair Salon in Station Approach, Hayes, dressed in pink while trimming
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Faye Tozer Steps from popster to Songbird
She sold millions of records as a member of dancing pop sensation Steps, but Faye Tozer tells Kerry Ann Eustice nothing compares to the challenge of her current role playing Eva Cassidy Despite feeling like she’s been on tour ‘all her life’
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THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY (OFF-STREET PARKING PLACES) CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2008
PUBLIC NOTICE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY (OFF-STREET PARKING PLACES) CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2008 ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 35C 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough
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To the point
KEEP CLEAN: My wife is in hospital and seems to be recovering well but we keep hearing stories of people getting infections. I wanted to make sure this didn’t happen to my wife. There are simple things we can do. The most important thing is keeping
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Plans for our town will have to change
IN REPLY to Councillor Mike Snelling’s letter (£150m Regeneration Is Essential To Area, News Shopper, September 24), I appreciate the source of most people’s objections concern the proposed 32-storey tower block. I would seriously question whether a
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We should put the interests of friends first
IT IS a national disgrace we do not allow, as a matter of course, retired Gurkhas to settle in the UK. These men have served this country with great distinction. They punch far above their weight in any conflict, show great loyalty and
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Sort out traffic light problems
IN NOVEMBER last year due to development works in Sandy Lane, St Paul’s Cray, “temporary” traffic lights were installed at this location to enable essential utility services to be installed. A large sign at the junction with Ruxley stated this work was
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Dog owners should clean up after pets
I AM writing about irresponsible dog owners who allow their dogs to foul every road, pavement, public lawn and open space in Chislehurst and Mottingham. They seem to think it is just a case of allowing the dog to do its business and it is then someone
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Four deny Daniel Morgan Sydenham axe murder
FOUR men have denied murdering private detective Daniel Morgan in Sydenham 21 years ago. The 37-year-old father-of-two was found with an axe in his head in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham Road on March 10, 1987. The defendants
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To the point
WASH HANDS: My wife is in hospital at the moment and seems to be recovering well. But every time you open a newspaper all you see are horror stories of people in hospital getting an infection just when they seem to be better. I wanted to make sure
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Think of others
I AM appealing to whoever is responsible for allowing their dog to foul the pavement directly outside Marian Vian Primary School, Shirley Crescent, Beckenham. Parents and children have to dodge the dog mess, making some parents and young children walk
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Religious beliefs can go hand in hand with science
WITH so much debate on television and radio about science and religious belief, some readers will be interested to learn of the following curious fact. Immediately after Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon in 1969 and his “one small step for man, one giant
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Apology to former NHS trust bosses
IN THE interview with me on the subject of the Independent Management Review of the financial management and governance of Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust (Q&A with Interim Chief Executive, October 1), I wrongly said that Michael Taylor criticised
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Welling becoming ghost town after supermarkets close
ONE of Bexley’s major shopping centres could face disaster after the closure of the town’s two High Street supermarkets. Townspeople fear the double closure could spark a major crisis for Welling as people bypass the town to shop elsewhere. Trade in
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Community hall to benefit from Christmas fair
A CHRISTMAS fair will help work continue on refurbishing a community hall. The community hall at St Francis Church in Greencourt Road, Petts Wood, is in need of cash to help renovate the building dating back to 1952. Church-goers have
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Collision on M25 Orpington causes seven-mile traffic jam
THREE lanes of the M25 near Orpington are closed because of a collision causing seven mile tailbacks. Two cars and a van were involved in the collision on the clockwise carriageway of the M25 near Junction 5 at 7am today (October 22).
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Lewisham woman arrested over Jamaica holiday scam
A 21-YEAR-OLD Lewisham woman has been arrested on suspicion of using "compromised credit cards" to book a holiday. The woman was one of seven people arrested at Gatwick airport on suspicion using the credit cards illegally to book holidays
