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BEXLEY: Why not invite the neighbours to share The Big Lunch
IT is still not too late to organise a get together with the neighbours to celebrate this year’s The Big Lunch. The event, which takes place across the country on July 18, is designed to bring neighbours and communities together by sitting down to lunch
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WELLING: Chipping away in search of a masterpiece
IT was time to try something a little different and Bexley’s specialist visual arts college, had just the thing. Welling School, in Elsa Road, Welling, does not just offer a wide range of art classes to pupils, it also runs community events. Its latest
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BEXLEY & ELTHAM: Dancers win through to O2 final
A GROUP of talented youngsters has won through to the finals of a national dance competition being held at the O2. The dancers from All the Arts Theatre schools in Bexley and New Eltham won the Kent heats of Dance for Life, being held to raise cash
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BEXLEY: Health and council staff practice what they preach
A TEAM of staff from Bexley Council and Bexley Care Trust has been taking part in a fitness run. More than 80 staff took part in the 5k Your Way run, organised for council and care trust staffs across London’s 32 boroughs. Participants could train
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BEXLEY: Innovative and ambitious sculptures wanted
BEXLEY Arts Council is inviting entries for its annual open sculpture exhibition to be held in August. This year it is looking for ambitious, innovative and imaginative works, alongside more traditional sculptures. The exhibition will run in the Austen
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MOVIE REVIEW: Predators ***
The concept of Predators has appealed to film makers for nigh-on 25 years. The first incarnation saw a muscle-bound team of elite soldiers which included Arnie, Carl Weathers and Jesse Ventura square off against an invisible stalking alien.
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Volunteers Needed for Thamesmead Canal Clean Ups
Trust Thamesmead is returning to the waters on Monday 19 July to carrying on with the Trust Thamesmead/Thames21 joint canal clean-ups in Thamesmead, as part of their new staff volunteering policy. The clean-up on 19 July is just one of five happening
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GREENWICH: Pros and cons of cable car river crossing plans
On Monday News Shopper reported on plans to build a cable car river crossing linking the O2 arena and ExCeL exhibition centre. Reporters DAN KEEL and ELLEN TOUT took a look at the potential pros and cons. BORIS Johnson says the planned cable
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GRAVESEND: TV star and Olympic gold medal winner at festival
A RIOTOUS TV star and Olympic gold medal winner will be part of a free seven day family festival. Gravesham Council’s Big 7 festival from Sunday (July 18) to July 24 includes appearances by Bottom and The Young Ones star Adrian Edmondson and former hurdler
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HEALTH: Heat advice from Department of Health
MEDICAL advice is being offered to help people stay safe in the hot weather. Bromley people are being advised that heatwaves can cause people to suffer dehydration, heat exhaustion and heatstroke. Symptoms of heat exhaustion include headaches, dizziness
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SIDCUP: Formidable swimmers scoop shield for second time
IT was a bravura performance from the young swimmers from Sidcup. The 12 youngsters from Holy Trinity Lamorbey CofE School dominated every event in this year’s Bexley Formal Schools Gala at the Crook Log leisure centre in Bexleyheath. The Sidcup swimmers
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UPDATE - BIGGIN HILL: Baby seriously injured in crash
A BABY is expected to make a full recovery after a car crash in Biggin Hill yesterday (July 7). The one-year-old girl sustained head injuries in the collision between two cars which happened on Leaves Green Road at around 4.45pm. She
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BEXLEY: Council advises on how to prepare for emergencies
A CAMPAIGN is being launched to encourage residents and businesses to be prepared for unexpected emergencies. With extremes of weather becoming more common in the UK, Bexley Council says each household and business should have an emergency “grab bag
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GREENWICH & BROMLEY: School buildings programme scrapped
PLANNED new schools across the area are to be abandoned following government cuts. The news comes after the government decided to axe the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, meaning 715 schools across the country will see their rebuilding
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NORTH KENT: Heart attack patients taken to Ashford instead of Darent Valley
AMBULANCES are taking emergency heart attack patients from north Kent to Ashford instead of Darent Valley Hospital. Patients across Kent who suffer the most severe kind of heart attack, a complete artery blockage, are being sent to a specialist unit
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BROMLEY: Winners of Living TV's Four Weddings off on honeymoon
A PAIR of newly-weds have jetted off on a dream Caribbean honeymoon after trumping three other couples in a TV wedding contest. Lovebirds Grace and Jon Nash, from Turpington Lane, Bromley, chose to hold their special day at Bromley Register
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HAVE YOUR SAY: Should all drugs be made legal?
In this week's News Shopper Thursday Issue discussion we ask should all drugs be legalised? Have your say and add your comments below. The Thursday Issue is very simple. Each week we put a controversial question or suggestion to you, and ask
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ORPINGTON: Golfers tee off for Help for Heroes charity
GOLFERS are taking part in a tournament to raise cash for wounded soldiers. The competition is part of the National Golf Club Challenge which will see hundreds of golf clubs raise money for the Help the Heroes charity. Golfers at Orpington Golf
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BEXLEYHEATH & NORTHFLEET: Dad plans £20,000 thank-you for leukaemia daughter care
A DAD and his friend are planning a marathon challenge to raise £20,000 for the hospice and hospital caring for his daughter with leukaemia. David Baulch and Craig Potter hope to raise £20,000 to split between Northfleet-based EllenorLions
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DARTFORD: Grammar school becomes Chinese centre
A SCHOOL has become a centre of excellence for learning Mandarin Chinese. Dartford Grammar School has been named a Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) Confucius Institute for the teaching and learning of Chinese language and culture. SSAT
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ST PAUL'S CRAY: Firefighters probe house fire cause
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into the cause of a house fire in St Paul’s Cray. Firefighters were called to the property in Saxville Road at around 12.30pm yesterday (July 7) and spent around two hours battling the blaze. Around
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ORPINGTON: Alarm saves pensioner from fire
AN ELDERLY woman’s alarm service saved her life after a fire started in her kitchen last night (July 7). Cooking on the stove in her home in The Drive, Orpington, caught fire at around 11.45pm and triggered her smoke detector after she had gone to
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DARTFORD: School fun day a success despite sign vandalism
A PRIMARY school raised more than £4,000 at a fun day despite the sign advertising the event being vandalised. Our Lady's Catholic Primary School in Dartford had put up a sign to advertise their summer fun day on Sunday, but it was torn down and tossed
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BEXLEY: Fund aims high for young people with severe disabilities
A LITTLE-known fund is helping some of the borough’s disabled children to live ordinary lives. Cash from Aiming High for Disabled Children funded by the government, is providing extra resources, short breaks and even drumming lessons.
