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Coach concern over Eltham swimming future
A SWIMMING coach has warned the relocation of his club could force it to close. Greenwich swimming clubs have been meeting over the last fortnight to thrash out proposals made by Greenwich Council and Greenwich Leisure Ltd, a not-for-profit trust which
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Obesity costs Bromley NHS service nearly £80m
OBESE and overweight people have cost the borough’s health services nearly £80m in the last year, according to a report. Figures released by the Department of Health show treating overweight and obese people in the borough cost Bromley PCT
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Chippie frying high despite missing out on national award
A FISH and chip restaurant has missed out on a national award - but is still celebrating being named one of the best in the region. Reliance Fish Restaurant in Queen Street, Gravesend, was one of five chippies on the Sussex, Kent and Surrey regional
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New planning application for £3m Dartford building
A PLANNING application has been put in to replace a car park with a six-storey building in a development which is set to cost more than £3m. The application was received by Dartford Council on October 16 and comprises a six-storey building
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Downham black history fun with Premiership star
YOUNGSTERS dressed in national costumes and as their favourite flags for an international evening. Rangefield Primary School, Glenbow Road, Downham, held the event to mark Black History Month and a week of activities it had been running. During
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Patients can self refer to physios
PEOPLE suffering from aching joints and bones are now able to by-pass their GPs and self refer to physios. Darent Valley Hospital is one of six hospitals in the country which carried out a pilot scheme commissioned by the Department of Health
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Forest Hill man jailed for drugs and weapon charges
A FOREST Hill man has been jailed after admitting possession of crack cocaine with intent to supply. Nathan Calder, aged 27, of Catling Close, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday (October 21).
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Police seek teenage witnesses to Gravesend attack
A GROUP of teenagers who dragged an attacker off a 57-year-old man are being urged to contact the police. The victim was walking past St George’s School in New House Lane, Gravesend, with his wife just after midnight on October 5 when a man
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Video: Sidcup lads run their own film company
TWO teenagers have set up their own film production company. Reporter CHARLOTTE McDONALD hears more. AT THE tender age of 13, Kit Bradshaw and Carl Salton-Cox decided to set up a film club at their school. Carl, of Orchard Road, Sidcup
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Eagle's soar to dizzy heights
The two divisions in the South London & Kent Pool Alliance are being keenly contested, and are attracting the interest from a lot of the area’s better players. Hotshots remain on top in the premier division after their 10-5 win against last season’s champions
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Sixty Bromley children's exam papers lost
SIXTY children will never know the results of one of their exams after the papers were lost. Pupils in Year 6 at Scotts Park Primary School, Orchard Road, Bromley, sat their SATs in English, maths and science in May and were expecting the results
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Roman Republic expected to do well at Doncaster
The Sports Investor Bet of the Day is an 8 point win bet on horse number 12 Roman Republic in the 1.50 again at Doncaster - at odds of around 7/2. Trained by Mark Johnston this 2 year old colt was a let down on his debut finishing only 7th - however
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Video: Southfleet Halloween event could be top haunted attraction
Broadditch Farm Shop, Southfleet, knows exactly how to make Halloween fans’ screams come true. Its Fright Site attraction is so successful (and genuinely scary) it’s up against the likes of Alton Towers and The London Dungeon in the Haunted
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Swanscombe and Greenhithe council 'left out' of Angel of South plans
A COUNCIL has submitted its own design for the Angel of the South after claiming it was “left out” of planning the landmark. On October 1 a panel selected a shortlist of three designs for the 50 metre high £2m Ebbsfleet Landmark which will
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Lewisham is flytipping hotspot
THE borough of Lewisham has the fourth highest amount of flytipping in the country, according to a report. Lewisham Council spent £1,592,780 on dealing with 53,896 incidents of flytipping in the past financial year, according to figures
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Lewisham groups say enough to knife crime
A SCHEME has been launched to recruit an army of volunteers to tackle knife and gun crime in the capital. The Enough! group is made up of community organisations in Lewisham, Lambeth and Southwark. It launched yesterday (October 23)
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THE GREAT ERASTUS TREASURE HUNT 2 - CLUE NUMBER 1
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A2 Ebbsfleet roadworks diversion postponed by wet weather
A FORECAST for wet weather has postponed planned roadworks on the A2 in the Ebbsfleet Valley. Kent Highways Agency had planned to do resurfacing work on a half-mile stretch of the coastbound carriageway this weekend. It had scheduled
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Ofsted praises Petts Wood pre-school
A PRE-SCHOOL has been handed an outstanding Ofsted report after inspectors praised its hard working staff. Tiddlywinks Pre-school in Woodhurst Avenue, Petts Wood, was inspected in September and the recent report judged that the school merited
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Farnborough breast care unit opening delayed
WOMEN needing mammograms in Bromley will have to wait longer for a new unit to be opened. Currently the Bromley Breast Screening Service is based in a mobile unit in a car park in Masons Hill, Bromley. The Primrose Foundation set up
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Students revamp Gravesend youth centre
STUDENTS have decorated a youth centre to “show there are some young people who want to improve their community”. A group of 10 pupils on a Prince’s Trust course in Lower Road, Northfleet, spent the last two weeks revamping the social area
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Video: Dr Gunther von Hagens' latest Body Worlds at O2 Greenwich
IF you have ever thought about what to do with your remains when you die, you possibly haven’t considered preserving your body using silicon rubber and epoxy resin. But a new exhibition at the O2 bubble in Greenwich, which invites the visitor
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Discuss: Putting the clocks back
BILLIONS of pounds of extra tourism and leisure money would be generated each year by not putting the clocks back. What do you think? A report by the Policy Studies Institute says up to 80,000 jobs could be created in the sectors if the country
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First fines issued to rule-breaking Greenwich dog owners
FOUR people have become the first in Greenwich to be fined under new rules to clamp down on irresponsible dog owners. Greenwich Council introduced the dog control orders in September and mean dog owners face fines for not picking up after their
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Childhood? Been there. Done that. But I was one of the lucky generations
When I was a kid admittedly over half a century ago, childhood, despite school, was a time of wonder and enjoyment. This 'age of youth' in all honesty really extended into our quite late teens as we neither wanted nor expected to take on the
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When it comes to the crunch, who would you like to punch?
Now I must say first off that Excalibur is not a violent sort of person, having never been involved in a fight or thrown a punch at anyone outside of the old ‘Squared Circle’. However……. Don’t you find that there are certain people in this world who
