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Rileys Woolwich do the double in SLKPA
Current South London & Kent Pool Alliance Founders Cup champions and newly crowned Premier Division champions Rileys Woolwich had too much fire power for the Pickwick in this years Founders Cup Final and secured a comfortable win to do the league
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Natalie Jarvis murder trial: Victim cried 'I'm dying, please call my mum', court hears
SWANLEY knife victim Natalie Jarvis cried "I'm dying, please call my mum" as her boyfriend slashed her throat, a court heard today. Miss Jarvis, 23, was found dead on the ground in Swanley Village Road after suffering more than 20 stab wounds to
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The Blockheads soften their edges for Blackheath Halls show
THE Blockheads are softening their edges for a family-friendly show at Blackheath Halls this Saturday. The band, known for songs like Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, have a newfound appeal with much younger folk, chirpy manager Lee Harris told
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Interview: Craig David set to play the Indigo2 in May
FROM UK Garage pioneer to successful mainstream artist, Craig David is due to perform at the London Indigo2 in May as part of a world tour. It has been a few years since he performed in the UK, but he is looking forward to the “intimate” gig in
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Greenwich becomes Berlin for The Muppets...Again! movie
WATCH out for muppets in Greenwich this weekend - as the children's favourites film their new movie. Part of the Old Royal Naval College is being transformed into Berlin for the film's set. Due out next year, The Muppets...Again! will feature
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One Direction World at the O2
VIBE wouldn’t normally review a shop, but this is no ordinary shop. It sells sets of fake nails with teenage boys’ faces on them for £10; lifesize cardboard cutouts of same boy band members for £30, and branded onesies for a whopping £80. Add
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Top 10 rude street and place names in south-east London and north Kent
WHAT’S in a name? A good chance for a giggle in the case of these 10 locations. A little while ago we asked our friends on Facebook for suggestions of the rudest place names in the News Shopper area across south-east London and north Kent.
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Natalie Jarvis murder trial: Adam Whelehan 'showed friend six-inch knife he would use to kill Natalie'
ONE of the men accused of murdering Natalie Jarvis in Swanley showed his friend the six-inch bladed knife he said he was going to use to kill her, a court heard today. Miss Jarvis, 23, was found dead on the ground in Swanley Village Road after
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Bromley and Bluewater HMV saved by £50m Hilco deal
HMV stores in Bromley and Bluewater are among the 132 stores that have been saved by a £50m deal today. Restructuring specialist Hilco confirmed this morning it has clinched a deal that will save 2,500 jobs across the country, including the shop
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Bromley pair through to Miss London City beauty pageant final
TWO women from Bromley have made it through to the final of Miss London City. The penultimate round of the competition took place on Wednesday and both Roxie Edmunds, from Mottingham, and Amy Carlin, from Bromley town, are now into the grand finale
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Chas and Dave to play Dartford's The Orchard Theatre
DARTFORD may be known for producing Mick and Keef, but a quite different musical duo is coming to The Orchard Theatre this month. Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock, better known as Chas and Dave, are back on tour and bringing their unique ‘rockney’
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Greenwich Park post-Olympics work on track despite 'frustrating' bad weather
IN SPITE of unseasonal snow, bosses say Greenwich Park is on track to return to its former beauty by late Spring. The majority of Queen's Field, which saw the Games Equestrian events last Summer, has been re-turfed and is currently roped off while
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Bexley riding club wins national horse-riding competition
CHILDREN in a new riding club have leapt ahead of the competition to win a national horse-riding competition. Junior riders of the Mount Mascal Riding Club bagged the top prize at the British Riding Clubs National Indoor Show Jumping and Dressage
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Lewisham Cash Incentive Scheme for moving on
WITH properties in Lewisham heavily in demand, the council may be about to make it easier to buy outside the borough. The mayor will decide on April 10 on changes to a scheme which would offer tenants up to £44,000 to give up their homes and buy
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Missing 12-year-old girl last heard from in Lewisham via Skype
POLICE are appealing for information to trace a 12-year-old girl who was last heard from in Lewisham. Suada Gashi was last seen in Birmingham around 10am on April 2 when she boarded a non-stop coach which was due to arrive at Victoria Coach Station
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New name announced for Larner Road estate in Erith, as demolition begins
ERITH'S Larner Road estate is no more, as demolition work on the high-rise estate started this morning and the estate's new name was unveiled. A high rise excavator known as a 'nibbler' started to knock down one of the 40-year-old tower blocks
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Bexley police tracing key witness following Welling sexual assault
A 35-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a woman was attacked in Welling. Detectives from Bexley Police are now appealing to trace a key witness following the assault which happened at 8.45am on March 30. Officers were
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Sikh parade planned in Gravesend to celebrate Vaisakhi
HUNDREDS of Sikh’s will parade through Gravesend next week to celebrate Vaisakhi. The procession on April 13 will move through the town centre, both beginning and ending at the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, off Saddington Street. Vaisakhi marks
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Dangerous dogs 'bred as assets'
DANGEROUS dogs are being bred by young men as a business asset in drug deals, debt collection and for their gang image, according to new research. More young men are using mastiffs, pit bulls, akitas and other aggressive dogs as a "commodity" for
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Swanley and Farningham homeowners suffer five hour powercut
SOME homes in the Swanley and Farningham areas were without power for more than five hours last night. UK Power Networks started to receive reports of a powercut affecting the BR8 postcode area from around 4.50pm yesterday evening. Engineers
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UPDATE: M25 pileup victim named as Ronald Moughton and lorry driver remanded in custody
POLICE have named the 79-year-old man who died following a 10-vehicle pileup on the M25 as Ronald Moughton. Mr Moughton, who lived in Lowbrook Road, Ilford, was pronounced dead at the scene when his silver Renault Clio was involved in the crash
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Running marathon to raise money for clinical trial
Back in september 2012 an article was in the News Shopper about a mother who was trying to raise £580,000 for a clinical trial to halt the disease her son has which is Sanfilippo - also known as MPSIII Mucopolysaccharidosis. I secured a place in