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Six gun salute as Welling prepare for season
AFTER the traditional opening fixture at home to Charlton Athletic, Welling United continued their pre-season campaign with a game at Kent League Cray Valley (PM) three days later . Early chances were few and far between but Welling wore their hosts
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Olympic lane ban demo halts traffic
LONDON taxi drivers have brought Westminster to a standstill in a protest over their ban from dedicated Olympic traffic lanes. More than 200 black cabs arrived in Parliament Square blaring their horns to tourists' bemusement. Their demonstration
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Dare-devil 71-year-old skydives dressed as Biggles
A DARE-DEVIL 71-year-old will sky dive 13,000 feet from a plane dressed as adventure hero Biggles for charity. Mike Ash, who lives in Hervey Road in Blackheath, will take the giant leap in goggles and helmet on July 25 to raise funds for cerebral
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Jonathan Edwards unveils Olympic school sculpture at Greenwich Park
WHEN television cameras and Olympic horse riders descend on Greenwich Park in a few weeks, one of the things they will see is the work of schoolchildren. Youngsters from John Roan, Timbercroft, Alderwood and Invicta schools came together earlier
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Police appeal after man glassed at Gravesend train station
BRITISH Transport Police (BTP) is appealing for witnesses after a man was hit with a glass bottle at Gravesend train station. Officers have released CCTV images of three men they would like to speak to in connection with the incident, which
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Fire safety advice at Gravesend Regatta
FIREFIGHTERS will visit Gravesend Regatta to remind boat owners that fire safety is as important on a boat as in the home. Crews from Thames side station will be at the regatta on Saturday (July 21) to talk about fire safety and the services
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Family devastated after cat killed by thugs
A BECKENHAM family has been left devastated after their cat was killed by vicious thugs. Vets believe seven-year-old Charlie was swung around by his tail and kicked so badly that vets were forced to put him down a few days later. The attack
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Superbikes fever grips north Kent
THE British Superbike championship returns to Brands Hatch this weekend for one of the biggest events of the season. Defending champion Tommy Hill and fierce rival Shane 'Shakey' Byrne are both targeting victory at their home circuit to keep their
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Sainsbury's Greenwich to support Charlton Park Riding for the Disabled Association
A CHARITY which helps disabled people ride horses has been chosen to receive support from a supermarket for the next year. Sainsbury's Greenwich offered customers a choice of charities and Charlton Park Riding for the Disabled Association was judged
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Metal theft in Belvedere costs businesses and residents dear, Parliament told
REPEATED metal theft in Belvedere has cost companies thousands of pounds and left 2,000 people without phone lines for four days each time. The problem is so pronounced it was used as an example in Parliament on Friday (July 13) by MPs trying to pass
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Dogs seized in Catford police raid
OFFICERS seized two dangerous dogs in an early morning Catford raid. Lewisham Central Safer Neighbourhood Team carried out the raid at an address in Minard Road on July 13 at around 7.30am. It followed a tip-off that a man, previously banned
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Dangerous dog owner fined just £36 - and given his pit bull back
A 22-YEAR-OLD man escaped with a measly fine after being caught with a banned type of dog. Ben Williams, of Cherrydown Road, Sidcup, was fined just £36 for owning a pit bull terrier and, incredibly, the beast was handed back to him following the brief
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Harrington breaks 30 minute barrier in Pyrenees
JULY has seen a variety of riding from Gravesend Cycling Club members in the Pyrenees, time-trials, sportifs and Ironman. Veteran Mike Harrington certainly hit the heights when he went down to the Pyrenees and rode some of the high mountains featured
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Non-league rookie on trial with Addicks
A FORMER Lewisham College student has landed a dream one week trial with Charlton Athletic. Fabio Saraiva, 18, is currently on the books of Ryman League outfit Merstham who he scored nine times for in 39 appearances last season. The left-footed defender
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Two cats shot in Sidcup
A SIDCUP woman says her family has been left "shocked" and "sick" after their two cats were both shot within a week. Eight-year-old Twiglet, a bengal snow leopard, returned to his home in Sandhurst Road with a limp and a hole in his back paw on
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Power of football to kick down crime
THE POWER of football to kick-start young lives is shown in a drop in youth crime, say police. Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) uses football and its high-profile status to raise awareness of street violence with young people at risk of
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Lawrence: Police watchdog failing
THE POLICE watchdog is failing and does not delve deep enough into complaints, the mother of murdered Stephen Lawrence has said. Doreen Lawrence said the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) was effectively the police investigating
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Police appeal after fire in a Gravesend portacabin
KENT Police is appealing for witnesses following a fire in a portacabin in Gravesend. At around 2pm yesterday (July 16), an officer out on patrol spotted the blaze near Gordon Promenade in Gravesend. Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) attended
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Police appeal following fatal collision in Dartford
KENT Police is appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision in Dartford this morning (July 17). Officers were called just after 8am to reports of a collision between a white Peugeot 306 and a motorcycle on the roundabout where Princes Road
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Work begins on Sidcup's £1.8m investment programme
WORK is underway on the £1.8m investment programme for the revival of Sidcup High Street. The project will be carried out over the next two years and is funded by the Mayor’s Outer London Fund and Bexley Council. Cash will be used to improve
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Olympic air observation posts set up in Bromley
AIR observation posts have been set up in the borough as part of security for the Olympics. The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that two of the 16 sites being used across London are on a tower block next to the Bertha James Day Centre in Masons
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Wings boss proud despite Charlton defeat
JAMIE Day was impressed by his Welling players despite going down to a 4-0 defeat at home to Championship side Charlton on Saturday. The Wings were more than a match for their illustrious neighbours in the opening period and went in level at the break
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Tesco green light for Bexley civic offices
TESCO has been given permission to move into Bexley Council’s civic offices in Bexleyheath when the council moves to the old Woolwich Building opposite. The supermarket’s application for a 10,000-square-metre store with 494 parking spaces, which could
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Abandoned husky is a sheep in wolf's clothing
HUSKIES are known for hauling sledges across the snow at huge speed but this one is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. Meet the unusual Lewisham stray who hates running, loves people and has a fear of stairs. Siberian huskies are famed for being hard-working
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Gravesend road has 20ft hole days before Olympic Torch relay
CHAOS engulfed Gravesend town centre after a potentially lethal 20-foot hole opened up in the road, just days before the Olympic Torch is due to arrive. A chasm near the train station in Clive Road was the width of a dustbin lid and a staggering
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Normal summer weather 'on the way'
Britain is finally expected to get drier and warmer next week - but only after the country is hit by yet more downpours. This summer's record-breaking grim weather has been caused by the jet stream settling unusually far south. Now experts
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People invited to witness St Mary Cray tower blocks demolition
AFTER years of waiting the demolition of two derelict tower blocks is finally underway. The 15-storey Alkham Tower in St Mary Cray is gradually being reduced to rubble as it gets picked apart floor by floor. And at noon on Thursday (July 19
