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Hotshots roast the Pickwick
Hotshots annihilated 2nd placed Pickwick 3-0 in sets (12-3 frames) playing stunning attacking pool and are summer league champions of the Elite Division of the South London & Kent Pool Alliance. Tony Halpin won all his 3 frames for the fourth week
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BOOK REVIEW: Pack Up the Moon by Anna McPartlin ****
Pack up the Moon is an emotional ride through the course of love and loss. When Emma loses John, the love of her life, her world is turned upside down. Without her soul mate, it is down to Emma’s friends to keep her world turning.
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Teams given chance to play at Beckham Academy
THE David Beckham Academy in Greenwich is to host a third six-a-side league in September. The news comes after the success of the first such competition at the venue, the largest indoor football arena in Europe. Kicking off at 6.30pm
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NEW ASH GREEN: Sentencing of mother who killed 11-year-old son postponed
THE SENTENCING of a mother who admitted killing her 11-year-old son has been postponed. Jennifer Taylor was due to be sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Monday (July 20) after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility
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Williams shows age is no barrier
A BOWLING team from West Wickham will represent Kent in the Bowls England national championships in Worthing next month. Ron Williams, Gary Brock and Steve Savage make up the triples team of Metropolitan Police BC in West Wickham and secured their
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Forum member expecting takeover statement soon
GEOFF Billingsley is a member of the new Charlton Athletic Fans' Forum, which meets regularly with the club’s hierarchy to raise supporters’ concerns about life at The Valley. The Woolwich-based Addick will be regularly reporting for News
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Hop Farm competition winners
The winners are: Mrs D Crawley, West Wickham; R Daly, Lee; Mrs J Parham, Petts Wood; Mrs J Reynolds, Orpington; Gavin Kelly, St Pauls Cray. Jay Draper, London SE12; Craig Kendall, Eltham; Miss JE Wendon, Swanley; Gary Leman, Thamesmead; Sandy Martin
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REVIEW: Circle Line ****
A PLAY containing only two actors is always a challenge, add to that the subject matter of the London bombings and it is a tricky one to pull off. But Circle Line does not just pull it off, it blows the whole concept out of the window.
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BROMLEY: 11-year-old with heart condition denied local school
A MUM is angry her 11-year-old son with a heart condition has been told to go to a secondary school 70 minutes away from their home. Anita Aldous, of Oak Avenue, Shirley, wants her son Connor to go to a school close to family and friends in case he
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Hospice Funday raises £10,000
Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice hailed this year's Funday (July 12) one of the best yet in what turned out to be a fine weather event. The event, in its 16th successful year, was held on Bostall Heath, Abbey Wood, opposite the Hospice grounds
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MEOPHAM: Man caused unnecessary suffering to his horse
A 24-YEAR-OLD man has pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to his horse. The 20-month-old horse, which had to be put down, had collapsed when it was found after the RSPCA was alerted by a member of the public. Abraham Rossiter
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PENGE: Fire at block of flats in Blean Grove
FIREFIGHTERS are still at the scene of a flat fire in Penge 12 hours after it started. Crews were called to the blaze on the third floor of Upton Court in Blean Grove which has been badly damaged by the flames. The fire was under control
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LEAVES GREEN: Out of control fire on farm
FLAMES rose 10 metres into the air as a wood fire got out of control in Leaves Green last night (July 16). Leaseholders of a farm in Blackness Lane had been burning 10 tonnes of trees which they had cleared from the area. But the large smoke plume
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NORTH KENT: Lightning strikes twice, damaging homes
LIGHTNING struck twice at 11.30pm in north Kent last night. A house in Leech Croft, Swanley, and a house in Beaumont Drive, Northfleet, were both struck at around the same time. Firefighters said the hit in Swanley caused a small fire
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UPDATE - WEST WICKHAM: Coney Hall football club manager shot dead on playing fields
A MAN shot dead in West Wickham by a masked man yesterday (July 16) was the manager at a local football club. Ryan Musgrove was reportedly shot twice on Sparrows Den playing fields in Addington Road at around 6.30pm. It is understood
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BROMLEY COMMON: Building work begins at Blue Circle sports ground
MORE used to sitting at a desk than in a digger, a top councillor got a ‘cutting edge’ housing project underway at a former sports ground. Cllr Graham Arthur was delighted to be at the site in to see work begin on 60 homes on the Blue Circle development
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BLUEWATER: Free mobility scooters available to disabled shoppers
Bluewater has launched a free mobility scooter service for disabled shoppers. There are now 18 electric scooters available an the UK Mobility facility in the yellow welcome hall on the ground floor of the Thames Walk section of the shopping centre.
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LEWISHAM: School rooftop protesters hopeful demands will be met soon
PROTESTERS demonstrating on the roof of a school earmarked for demolition are hopeful their demands will be met soon. Since April 23, mums and their supporters have been on the roof of Lewisham Bridge School, demanding students are returned
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ORPINGTON: Children's Trust shop wants stuff and staff
A CHILDREN’S charity is looking for volunteers and donations for the first of its ‘new look’ stores. The Children’s Trust has designed its premises in Orpington High Street to look like a mainstream shop including being well lit and with the
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Redemption.........
OK, so he may look like a Pork Butcher, but don’t be fooled. Tim Godwin’s appointment to the second most powerful post in policing is a sign that things are looking up. I’ve blogged before about the politicians masquerading as senior police
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GRAVESEND: Benefit cheat sentenced for £24,000 fraud
A BENEFIT cheat has been given a suspended prison sentence after illegally claiming more than £24,000 in benefits. Louise Carr, of Fairway Court, The Grove, Gravesend, was given a 180-day sentence suspended for two years after pleading guilty
