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Orpington family plea for funds to bring their son home
AN ORPINGTON family is desperately appealing for money to bring their only son back home after he suffered an horrific quad biking accident abroad. The Trott family, of Winchester Road, need to raise £20,000 to bring 18-year-old Joe home from the
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Teachers' strike could disrupt south-east London and north Kent schools
CHILDREN may have only just returned, but schools could be out again soon after teachers voted to go on strike. The action is over the "erosion" of their pay and working conditions, it has been announced. The National Union of Teachers (NUT
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Get in Bed with seven pensioners and a disembodied head this month
People are being encouraged to spend an evening tucked up in a massive bed with seven eccentric old folks and a disembodied head. Jim Cartwright’s extraordinary play, Bed, is set to take over the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre between September
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Greek goddess gift to Greenwich for Olympics
THE STATUE of a Greek goddess will be unveiled in Woolwich by Olympian Jonathan Edwards to mark the close of Olympic festivities. As London bids farewell to the Olympic games, a four-metre-high sculpture of the Ancient Greek Goddess of victory
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Belgofest deal means you can enjoy gourmet food in Bromley at bargain prices
Treating yourself to a fabulous meal out does not have to cost an arm and a leg – or even a little finger. Belgo in Bromley invited News Shopper to dine at its branch in The Glades and prove indulging in tasty, expertly cooked dishes is accessible
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Dartford court protest after Erith dog owner avoids jail for animal abuse
DISTRESSING ANIMAL PHOTOS As before when previously covering this case, News Shopper has given careful consideration to publishing these photos of the German shepherd dog (above - click on thumbnails). Our decision to publish them is to help
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New Cross Road fire: Shop owners and residents tell of blaze drama
RESIDENTS have spoken of their horror at yesterday’s fire which blazed through the backyards of terraced shops and flats in New Cross Road. Around 30 firefighters tackled the flames after a rubbish fire burnt out of control and set three outbuildings
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Forest Hill Pools to reopen as Lewisham Council calls for listed building bidders
A SWIMMING pool complex is set to re-open this month following its £8.9m refurbishment. Forest Hill Pools will open on September 22 with taster sessions and tours of the building, while the nearby library will have a Victorian theme and entertainment
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West Wickham motorbike crash death: Witnesses tell of scene
WITNESSES have spoken of the scenes which followed a fatal motorbike crash in West Wickham. Emergency services including one ambulance crew and the London Air Ambulance were called to Wickham Court Road at 4.52pm yesterday to reports of an incident
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Thames Estuary 'Boris Island' airport and Heathrow third runway decisions not before 2015
DEBATE over whether a new airport should be built in the Thames Estuary will drag on for many more months. Confirmation from the government that there will be no firm decisions on UK airport expansion before the next general election also means
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Nightingale Surgery has cat visitor which won't leave Lee health centre
PEOPLE don't normally like going to the doctors but it seems this paw-ly puss can't keep away. This cat, which keeps returning to a Lewisham doctor's surgery despite staff's efforts to keep him out, has become an online sensation. The photos
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Coolest ever ventriloquist Paul Zerdin set to have audiences howling with laughter in Dartford
Hearing the word ‘ventriloquism’ might conjure up thoughts of old-fashioned, naff, wannabe-funny-but-failing-spectacularly performers. But one hilarious puppet master has dragged this age-old concept into the 21st century and somehow, quite
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Comment: How London 2012 Olympics legacy can inspire now generation of Bromley sportswomen
HEAD of Bromley High School Louise Simpson comments on the benefits of sport in schools and how she hopes the Olympics will be an inspiration to girls. Wow! How fantastic it has been to be so close to the Olympic action this summer. With many
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Swanscombe rescue after woman gets stuck in 3ft roadwork trench
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after falling into a roadwork trench in Swanscombe last night (September 6). Emergency services were called to a three-foot trench that had been dug by engineers carrying out gas works in Leonard Avenue. Firefighters
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New Ash Green fire station planning application submitted
KENT Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) has submitted plans to build a fire station in New Ash Green. Plans to build on the site next to Butlers Place, adjacent to Chapel Wood Road, were submitted to Sevenoaks District Council this week. The station
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Bromley house fire rescue as firefighters pull sleeping man out
FIREFIGHTERS kicked a door down to rescue a sleeping man after a shed fire spread to his house in Bromley. Crews were called to a back garden shed fire in Turpington Lane at 3:30am this morning (September 7). Whilst en-route from the station
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West Wickham motorbike crash police appeal after teenage rider dies
A TEENAGE motorcyclist was killed following a collision in West Wickham yesterday (September 6) afternoon. Emergency services including one ambulance crew and the London Air Ambulance were called to Wickham Court Road at 4:52pm to reports
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Missing Downham teenager Antonia Daley found at Waterloo station
MISSING Downham teenager Antonia Daley was found last night (September 6) 17 days after being reported missing. The 15-year-old, who went missing from her home address in Arcus Road on August 21, was found by police officers at Waterloo railway
