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Firefighters pump out 30,000 litres of water from flooded Greenwich boat
FIRE crews pumped out around 30,000 litres of water from a stricken vessel in the Thames off Greenwich today. The fire brigade was called to the scene near Creek Road at around 3.02pm. A boat carrying around 190 tonnes of gravel was taking
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Could towers demolition have caused swarm of bees to land on shop window?
A SWARM of honeybees have descended on a shop window - just hours after demolition work took place on towers less than two miles away. Around 500 of the bees landed on the front of KHL Print Group in Cotmandene Crescent, St Paul's
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Three Dartford men arrested following shop break-in
THREE men have been arrested following a break-in at a shop in Sevenoaks. Kent Police was called at around 1.20am this morning (July 19) to Hever Road, in West Kingsdown. Officers responding to the incident later stopped a vehicle
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Hygiene ratings for food businesses across Bexley go online
HYGIENE ratings for food businesses across Bexley are now available online. Bexley Council's food safety team has given hygiene ratings to all businesses which sell food across the borough. It is part of the Food Standards Agency's (FSA) national
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital hit by powercut
PATIENTS were moved and ambulances were diverted this afternoon after a loss of power at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Problems hit the Woolwich site at around 12.45pm and a spokesman said the cut lasted for 40 minutes, affecting the majority of the
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Workmen cut through electric cable and gas main in Bexley
WORKMEN have cut through an electric cable and gas main in Bexley. A 100 metre exclusion zone has been put up around Greenside until the gas and electricity is turned off. Twenty homes in the road have been evacuated. Bexley police officers
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Olympic Torch Relay map and torch bearers: Bexley
THE Olympic torch is set to arrive in Bexley on Sunday (July 22) just five days before the Games begin. Day 65 will see the flame start in Redbridge at 7.19am before making its way through the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham and Havering.
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Three teenagers arrested on suspicion of burglary in Northfleet
THREE teenage boys have been charged following reports of people acting suspiciously near Northfleet properties. Kent Police was called at 5.30pm last Saturday (July 14) to a property in Pepper Hill, Northfleet. Officers carried out a
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Students design road safety posters for Shorne village
ROAD safety posters designed by schoolchildren are now being displayed in Shorne village to educate motorists. PCSO Peter Hylands, from Kent Police, created a competition for pupils at Shorne School, in Cob Drive, Gravesend, to remind road users
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Olympic Torch Relay map and torch bearers: Greenwich
THE Olympic torch is set to arrive in Greenwich on Saturday leaving a six day countdown before the Games begin. GREENWICH will be the first London borough to welcome the Olympic torch on Saturday in Greenwich Park at around 7.20 am. Thousands
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Bexley Council invites views on new complaints procedure
BEXLEY Council is inviting people to comment on its new complaints procedure. The council has reviewed the way it deals with complaints and will be introducing the new system for a three-month trial period. Deputy council leader, Councillor
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Widehorizons chosen as Forest Hill Sainsbury's charity of the year
A CHARITY which sends 32,000 youngsters a year on adventure experiences each year has won backing form a major supermarket chain. Widehorizons mainly works with children in Lewisham and Greenwich, taking them on outdoor activities around the
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Schoolboy achieves 100 per cent attendance record
FOR some children any excuse is used to have time off school but not for one dedicated 11-year-old. John Bakare has been given two tickets to an Olympic event for his 100 per cent attendance at Castilion Primary School, in Copperfield road
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Olympic Torch Relay map and torch bearers: North Kent
After months of preparation and anticipation, the Olympic Torch will be passing through Higham and Gravesend tomorrow morning (July 20). Beginning its Gravesham journey in Higham, the torch will touchdown in the borough at 9.37am. Travelling along
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WW1 soldier's nose saved by bone from his own rib
Following last week's feature about First World War plastic surgeon Dr Harold Gillies, relatives of one of his most famous patients got in touch. Reporter KELLY SMALE finds out more about the man whose nose was saved by a bone from his own
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Council backs bid to improve Bartholomew Park in Swanley
TWO Sevenoaks District councillors have been granted £2,700 to make improvements to Bartholomew Park in Swanley. Swanley White Oak ward councillor, Janet Sargeant, and Swanley St Mary's ward councillor, Mark Fittock, applied for the grant from
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Ten arrested following police drug raids
MORE than 200 cannabis plants, two dangerous dogs, cocaine, heroin, an imitation fire arm and stolen mail have been seized in a series of drug raids. Police swooped on 15 addresses across the borough resulting in the arrests of 10 people for a
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Man knocked unconscious after falling down bus stairs
BECKENHAM High Street was cordoned off for four hours last night after a man was knocked unconscious falling down the stairs of a bus. The accident occurred when the bus had braked sharply at 7.51pm on a junction between Beckenham High Street and
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Brockley shops shut by police after drug allegations
THREE businesses have been shutdown after a "deluge of complaints" about anti-social behviour and drugs. Police served a closure notice on The Honeypot restaurant , Super Cuts off-licence and Gold Crest plumbers in Upper Brockley Road this week
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Greenwich MP ties the knot with fellow MP
A GREENWICH MP is tying the knot with a fellow MP who used to be his parliamentary aide. Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich Nick Raynsford will marry his long-term partner Alison Seabeck in a private ceremony in Greenwich this autumn.
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Volunteering during the Olympics
Up to 70,000 volunteers, known as Games Makers, will be helping to make the Olympics happen. Reporter KELLY SMALE finds out what is involved. GAMES Makers will take on around 800 different roles during the Olympics from ticket checkers, spectator
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Take pride in your local area
This summer is an exciting time for everyone in England as we prepare to welcome the Olympics to our country. Billions of people around the world will be tuning in to watch the action unfold so we need to make sure England is a sight for sore eyes
