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ELTHAM: Eltham College pupils crowned national chess champions
SIX young chess players have been crowned the greatest in the country. The Eltham College under-11 chess players won the final of the English Primary Schools Chess Association national tournament in Somerset. Their final was held over two days,
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Game review: Foosball - iPhone / iPod Touch
Foosball or table football doesn’t seem to be very popular these days but I remember spending hours playing it when I was a kid. The problem was that one of the table legs would be wobbly or one of the player rails would jam up or there would be an area
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THE ELDERLY: No reward for growing old
The recent News Shopper story, BEXLEYHEATH: Council parts couple married for 66 years, has brought home to us all the reality that getting old is not something to look forward to. In an age where we are told to look after ourselves in order to
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Game review: Jungle Bug Rock & Roll - iPhone / iPod Touch
Jungle Bug: Rock & Roll is a cute and charming tilt-and-roll survival game for iPhone and iPod Touch. You play the game as a bug who, as the intro explains in a cheeky reference to a very famous iPhone game, has got stuck after “doodle jumping” to the
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Games news: Trio of Nintendo DS kids' games for summer holidays
HERE we take a look at three new Nintendo DS games suitable for keeping the kids entertained during the summer holidays – Sonny With A Chance, Club Penguin: Herbert’s Revenge and Playmobil Knights. Sonny With A Chance is based on the Disney
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PUB REVIEW: The Duke, 125 Creek Road, Deptford
DECOR **** (stylish and modern) DRINK **** (great tasting beer and win) PRICE * (sky high — not one for people feeling the pinch) ATMOSPHERE ** (chilled but pretentious) STAFF *** (friendly enough) ONE only has to flick through the blood-stained
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Football manager needed
Thamesmead Town Football Club is looking for a trained coach to manage their Ryman Youth and Kent Youth under 18's team. The position is voluntary and applicants must have FA qualifications, hold a valid CRB and have contacts within the Ryman Youth
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ST PAUL'S CRAY: Men who killed cyclist in car chase jailed
FIVE men convicted of killing a cyclist during a car chase have today been sentenced to a total of 40 years in jail. Graham Thwaites, aged 51, of St Paul's Cray, suffered fatal injuries when his bicycle was struck by a Mitsubishi Shogun that
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HAVE YOUR SAY: Sport Rant - relegation battle for weak Charlton?
Welcome to this week's News Shopper Friday sport opinion column. Read our rant and join the debate by adding your comments. WHEN are Charlton going to sign some players? There are only three weeks to go until the start of the season and at the
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SWANSCOMBE: Man in court over alleged online comments about children
A 39-YEAR-OLD man charged after allegedly making lewd comments about children during a private online conversation has appeared in court. Gavin Smith, of Boleyn Way, Swanscombe, has been charged with eight counts of publishing an obscene article
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BEXLEY: Councillors who are Freemasons, have to declare it
BEXLEY councillors who are also Freemasons, have to register the fact in their public declaration of interests. The information came in response to a question from Bexley resident John Watson to Bexley Council leader, Councillor Teresa O’Neill at last
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Eat your heart out Claridges
Thamesmead’s over 50’s group the Pop in Parlour has received a three star food certificate from Bexley Council’s Environmental Health department, who govern who can and can’t sell food. The Pop in Parlour’s Rendezvous Café’s star rating is based on
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SWANLEY: First Steps to more work
AN INITIATIVE hoping to tackle youth unemployment has gained the council’s support. Swanley Town Council called on First Steps to Employment, a not-for-profit company in Swanley that employs tradespeople aged 16 to 24, to carry out repair work at Swanley
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BEXLEY: Summer is here and it's time to get on your bike
An initiative to get people out of their armchairs and onto their bikes during the summer, has held its first ride. Biketastic takes cyclists through the cycle lanes and roads of Bexley, led by three experience cycle instructors. A group
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GREENWICH: Radio Caroline comes to British Music Experience at O2
THE infamous offshore pirate radio station, Radio Caroline, will be coming ashore and broadcasting live and loud from the British Music Experience at The O2. Founded in 1964, Radio Caroline established itself in broadcasting and British history
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GRAVESEND: Opening date set for hostel for women in need
A NEW hostel for homeless women in danger of falling into a life of crime is set to open later this year. An opening date of November 2 has been set for charity North Kent Women’s Aid’s (NKWA) new hostel in Gravesend, which will provide accommodation
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GREENWICH: Poet Elvis McGonagall to read ode to borough at Summer Sessions festival
INSPIRED by the vibrancy of Greenwich borough, poet Elvis McGonagall has penned an original ode to the location which till host the first Summer Sessions music festival next week. Winner of the World Slam Poetry Championship in 2006 Elvis will
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CATFORD: Cooking causes flat fire
COOKING left on a stove caused a fire in a Catford flat this morning (July 16). Firefighters were called to the home in Sangley Road at around 4am to put out the flames. A man in his 40s and a woman in her 60s managed to get themselves out of the
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GREENWICH: Police make appeal over missing paranoid schizophrenic
A ‘POTENTIALLY dangerous’ paranoid schizophrenic has gone missing. Damian Wall is believed to frequent the Greenwich borough as well as the area around Leicester Square, central London. The 30-year-old, of no fixed abode, was last seen
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DEPTFORD BRIDGE: Penthouse destroyed by fire
A PENTHOUSE flat has been destroyed by a fire which raged for more than four hours this morning (July 16). Forty firefighters tackled the blaze which tore through the home on the seventh floor of Alaska House in the Deals Gateway development
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SIDCUP & ORPINGTON: Woman attacked in underpass
DETECTIVES are investigating a sex attack on a woman after she got off a bus in Sidcup. The woman, aged 23 left the bus near Crittalls Corner on the Sidcup/ Orpington borders and walked into the pedestrian underpass at the roundabout, at around
