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Game review: Return To Mysterious Island - iPhone / iPod Touch
For the concept of Return To Mysterious Island think of the TV show lost – confusing, complicated, yet somehow compelling. The similarities with Lost don’t end there. RTMI is also set on a strange, some might say mysterious, island somewhere in the Pacific
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WEST WICKHAM: Second arrest in football manager Ryan Musgrove murder
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Coney Hall football manager Ryan Musgrove have arrested a second man in connection with the shooting. A 32-year-old was arrested in Caterham, Surrey, today (July 31) and is currently in police custody.
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School is an absolute credit
I WOULD like to offer my congratulations to the students, parents, teachers, headteacher and governors of Brent Knoll Special School on their fantastic Ofsted report. The school was rated 'outstanding' in every single category of Ofsted's report - a
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Greens oppose school plans
LEWISHAM'S Green Party councillors have formally objected to plans for Catford High to form a ‘partnership’ with Colfe’s private school, and for Addey & Stanhope, Crossways and Deptford Green to join a ‘hard federation’ dominated by Goldsmiths. We are
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Thanks for work in parks
WE WOULD like to say a big thank-you to everyone involved in the upkeep and improvement of Lewisham’s parks and public spaces. Along with Horniman Gardens, we now have a fantastic 11 Green Flags – an award which recognises and rewards the best green
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Thanks for fairytale visit
ON JULY 28, the Marriot Hotel in Bexleyheath allowed myself, my three-year-old twins, the blue one with Down's Syndrome, my 14-year-old son, a friend and her two-year-old little boy, to have a guided tour of the hotel and facilities. We
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We need to continue growing our own
IT IS to be hoped the significant increase in 'grow your own' is not a temporary social aberration. Indeed, it would be a wonderful thing to see it incentivised, perhaps by a discount on Council Tax for people who convert their gardens and grounds into
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Sort out parking
AM I alone with my frustration with the blatant abuse of parent and child parking spaces in the Morrisons supermarket in Sidcup? Apparently the supermarket (unlike its competitors) is unable to penalise non-parents parking in the spaces not allocated
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Have your say on how money should be spent
I WOULD like to alert all Bellingham residents to the Up 2 You scheme – which is putting choices about how to spend Bellingham ward’s £50,000 Mayor’s Fund allocation into the hands of the community. As ward councillors myself, Alan Hall and Ron Stockbridge
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Cancer charity calls for fairer hospital parking charges
ARE you attending hospital regularly for cancer treatment and paying full price to park every time? Or have you been given free parking or reduced fees by your hospital? Macmillan Cancer Support is campaigning to get fair hospital parking charges for
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Remember your TV licence
TV LICENSING would like to remind anyone who is moving house in Kent this summer to notify us of their change of address so we can update our database and transfer their existing licence to their new home. Anyone moving house has a lot of things to
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Swimming club ensures presence on lido site
I AM writing to correct some errors in Matthew Jenkin's report on the closure of Charlton Lido (News Shopper, July 22). The lido has not been "closed for 18 months". It opens for the school holidays only each summer. Nor is there to
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Energy companies should have contingency plans
NOW the lights are back on following the power outage that cut off over 90,000 homes, we need to make sure measures are put in place so this does not happen again. Of course you cannot insure against idiocy on the part of those who are intent on destruction
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Being active reduces risk of cancer
WITH the summer finally here, there is no better time to make sure we are getting plenty of physical activity. I am writing to let your readers know that as well as all the other health benefits, being physically active can help reduce your risk of cancer
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N’Diaye saves the day for Eagles
By Edmund Boyden BROMLEY put up a highly creditable display in their annual pre-season friendly with Crystal Palace last night despite losing narrowly to the Championship side. The Eagles gave a first start to new signing Stern John
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iPhone / iPod Touch news: Minigore, Taxi Jam and more
If my iPod Touch was a postal worker or Tube driver it would probably be threatening to go on strike by now due to be being overworked. I’ve certainly been pushing it to the limit of what might be reasonably expected from a gadget after receiving a ton
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BECKENHAM: Woman cut free from Mercedes after Rectory Road crash
FIREFIGHTERS were forced to cut a woman free from her car after an accident in Beckenham on Wednesday (July 29). Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to Rectory Road at around 7.15pm after a Mercedes and Peugeot were involved in an
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SOUTH-EAST LONDON & NORTH KENT: Film locations in your area
FOLLOWING news that race scenes for the latest Harry Potter movie have been filmed at the Dartford Crossing, News Shopper is looking for other film sets in our area. Race scenes for the upcoming film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part
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Would we be able to cope?
If there was a third World War tomorrow, would we as a nation be able to cope anymore? The recent death of World War I veteran Harry Patch recently made me wonder.......and I have to say that I don’t think that we would. The British were always looked
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BROMLEY: Alleged sex attacker to appear in court
A 47-YEAR-OLD man is due to appear in court today (July 31) charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. Stephen Mackay, from Aldershot in Hampshire, is alleged to have attacked the girl in Sundridge Park on July 14.
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SHORNE: 750-year-old tile showing woman's face discovered - who do you think she is?
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a 750-year-old tile bearing a picture of a woman, sparking the question ‘who is she?’ Last week volunteers digging at the site where the Randall Manor was in Shorne Woods Country Park, off Brewers Road, Shorne
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Movie review: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 **
Tony Scott turns his rapid-fire direction skills to this remake of the 1974 classic thriller and the results are more miss than hit, resulting in a superficial heist movie which bludgeons you on the head with its visual style and allows no room
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CRYSTAL PALACE: Councillors join debate during Crystal Palace Park masterplan inquiry
A PAIR of councillors locked horns yesterday (July 30) over a far-reaching masterplan for a 200-acre park. The London Development Agency put forward ambitious £67m plans for Crystal Palace Park in 2007 and a Government inquiry into the redevelopment
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BEXLEY: The power may be back, but the anger continues
ANGRY electricity customers have been left counting the cost after the worst power cut for 30 years hit homes across Bexley. Power company EDF Energy Networks says it intends to offer “goodwill payments” to the worst affected people, but this will still
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BEXLEY IN BLOOM: Children's award winners announced
GREEN-fingered youngsters from across Bexley have been picking up their prizes in this year’s Bexley in Bloom schools’ competition. A total of 21 schools entered their garden, widlife garden or vegetable plot into the contest, and each was
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BEXLEYHEATH: Brendan does LEJOG in memory of his gran
A MARKET researcher has just spent 12 weeks walking from Land’s End to John O’Groats in memory of his grandmother. Brendan Bolger, 30, from Pickford Road, Bexleyheath, was impressed with the “amazing care” his gran, Mary Bolger, received during
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SLADE GREEN: No light or water for 87-year-old stranded in power cut
A MUM of two spoke of her anxiety about her great uncle, aged 87, who lives on the eighth floor of a tower block. Natalie Shaw, 31, of Lincoln Road, Slade Green, said her uncle had been stranded in his all-electric flat in Grange House, Sun
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NORTH KENT: Traffic flowing again on A2 after lorry overturned earlier
SEVERE delays on the A2 near Bean, caused by an overturned lorry, have been cleared. Four lanes of the coastbound carriage, between the junctions with the M25 and the A2260, were closed after a lorry overturned at around 6am this morning. Nobody was
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SYDENHAM: Safer Lewisham Bus to give advice on crime prevention at supermarket
POLICE will be on hand at a supermarket to give advice to residents on crime prevention. The Safer Lewisham bus, in partnership with the police and Lewisham Council, will be parked up at the Sainsbury’s Savacentre, Southend Lane, Sydenham
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WOOLWICH: Pair in court after £1.4m of heroin seized
TWO men have appeared in court after police seized £1.4m of heroin. Paul Channer, aged 47, of Vernham Road, Woolwich, and 39-year-old Barry Channer, of Azof Street, Greenwich, appeared at Thames Magistrates' Court. They are charged with
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LEWISHAM: Army reservists begin medical training for Afghanistan
TWO Army reservists have started training for deployment to Afghanistan where they will help run a mobile field hospital. Major Mark Judge, 47, from Forest Hill, currently works as a radiographer at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich.
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CATFORD: Stunning student chosen to front bras for busty beauties
A busty teenager from Catford has been selected to advertise ladies underwear which is designed for the more curvy woman. Reporter DAN KEEL was more than happy to chat to Lauren Colfer about her new found success. THERE is no doubt about
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NEW ASH GREEN: Takeaway delivery drivers robbed at gunpoint
POLICE are appealing for information after armed robbers targeted takeaway delivery drivers. At around 11.30pm last Wednesday (July 29), an Indian takeaway driver was robbed at gunpoint by a balaclava-clad man dressed in black in Capelands,
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NORTH KENT: Roman villa celebrates first anniversary of refurb
ONE year has passed since the refurbishment of Lullingstone Roman Villa. The anniversary of the £1.3 million revamp was celebrated at the Eynsford site on Friday July 24. The refurbishment included a new roof, improved visitor facilities
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Yet more lies revealed
Another two lies bite the dust. Firstly a major study reveals that organic food is no healthier for you than normal food – another one of the health fascists money making ploys exposed for what it is. Secondly, the Met Office have revisited
