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Bean 10-year-old scores place at Royal Ballet School
A 10-year-old from Bean is celebrating after scoring a training place at the prestigious Royal Ballet School. Daniel Leigh, of Beacon Drive, auditioned with hundreds of other hopefuls for the Junior Associates place and will now spend 24 Saturday's
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Lee Rigby's family make emotional return to Woolwich
The family of murdered fusilier Lee Rigby was joined by Woolwich soldiers on Saturday (June 21) in an emotional march to the spot where he died. Lyn Rigby visited London and made the short trip from Woolwich Barracks to the spot in Artillery Place
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Thousands pack out Lewisham street food Model Market on opening weekend
South east London looks like the place to be this summer with the opening of a trendy new street food venue in a disused Lewisham market. Model Market, which has opened on the old 1950s Lewisham High Street site, saw punters queue around the block
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Armed Forces commemorated in Bromley in 'moving' ceremony
Flags were raised in Bromley today to honour the country’s Armed Forces. Bromley Council held its annual event at the Civic Centre to commemorate veterans from the Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force this morning (June 23). The ceremony,
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'My mother was arrested by the Gestapo' - Bexley pensioner shares her amazing tale
A Bexleyheath grandmother, who was smuggled over the German border from Poland aged 10, has opened up about her childhood diary - documenting life in Poland under Nazi rule and her mother's vicious arrest by the Gestapo. Krystyna Lee, aged 79,
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No jail for Charlton teen who spread picture of 15-year-old's sex act online
A Charlton teen who took a snap of a 15-year-old girl performing a sex act on him and then spread it online using social media sites has been spared jail. Dirty Charlie Dimond, of Little Heath, met the girl near Plumstead Common on May 8 last year
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No one shows up for illegal Facebook rave in Erith paper factory
No one turned up to the illegal Erith rave on Friday night (June 20) despite more than 160 people saying they would attend on Facebook. The event was planned to take place at Arjo Wiggins Fine Papers Ltd factory in Turpin Lane but the company put
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Brothers charged with murdering student in New Cross five years ago
Five years after a 19-year-old student was mown down by a van, shot and stabbed in New Cross, two brothers have been charged with his murder. Student Johnson Ndjoli was attacked by a group of people on the Woodpecker Estate on April 24 2009 following
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Bromley news service for blind and partially sighted set for 2000th edition
A news service for Bromley’s blind and partially sighted is soon to celebrate its 2000th edition. Bromley District Talking News (BDTN), now based at a studio in Freelands Grove, will reach the milestone recording on Thursday July 3 after first
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Super Bruce - miracle moggy survives 70-foot fall out of Erith tower block window
This miracle moggy is feline-fine after surviving by a whisker when he jumped out of a tower block window more than 70 feet from the ground. Nine-month-old Bruce lives with his owners James Attlee, 24, and Natalie Huntley-Hills, 18, and their baby
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PICTURED: Seven injured, including 4-year-old boy, in crash in Court Road, Orpington, which left car on roof
A bad crash in Court Road, Orpington, yesterday morning (June 22) left seven people - including a 4-year-old boy - injured. The crash, between a Land Rover and Vauxhall Mariva, happened near The Highway shortly before 11am, and left the Vauxhall
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Duchatelet: Peeters is the right man to bring Charlton kids into first team
Charlton owner Roland Duchatelet has told News Shopper Bob Peeters’ desire to work with the club’s youngsters won him the role as new head coach at The Valley. The 40-year-old former Millwall player got the nod over the man who kept the Addicks
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Four teens arrested over Plumstead sex assault on 12-year-old girl
Police have arrested four teenagers after a 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Plumstead. Officers were called to Marmadon Road at 4.30pm on June 15 and found the girl, who was in a distressed state and said she had been assaulted in nearby
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Give your view on proposed £2.4 million improvements to Crystal Palace Park
The people of Bromley put forward their views on proposed £2.4 million improvements to Crystal Palace Park at the weekend. The proposals were discussed at a consultation in the park's visitor centre on Saturday (June 21). They involve improving
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Unpaid tickets at the Dartford Crossing rise by 160 per cent in the last three years
Unpaid tickets at the Dartford Crossing have boomed by around 160 per cent in the last three years. Freedom of information figures given to the BBC reveal the number of drivers unable to pay the toll has risen from 15,216 in 2010 to 39,996 last
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UPDATE: Five people in hospital, two critical, after Lewisham stabbing
Two men were left in a critical condition following an early morning Lewisham stabbing, with three other people also taken to hospital. Police were called to reports of a stabbing at 3.35am in Lewisham Road on Saturday (June 21), reported to be
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Wimbledon personality quiz: Which top tennis player are you?
Which player should you be supporting at Wimbledon based on your personality? Take our test to find out. Fans are flocking to SW19 today as the famous tennis championships get under way again. Andy Murray will be defending his men's singles
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Former football referee gives Bromley Council the red card for not dealing with discarded waste
A former police officer and local football referee is giving Bromley Council a red card for not dealing with rubbish left on his street. Peter Smith, 80, said two bags of waste have been left uncollected near where he lives in Ravensbourne Avenue
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Addicks boss wants Chelsea and Man City target to sign new Charlton contract
Charlton manager Bob Peeters says he wants Diego Poyet and Michael Morrison to stay at The Valley. Highly-rated youngster Poyet was linked with Premier League giants Chelsea and Manchester City at the weekend but is still considering an offer to
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Gravesend Mormons set up eastern European recruitment agency
A pair of Mormon missionaries from Gravesend have set up a recruitment agency to help find eastern European immigrants jobs in north Kent and south east London. The brothers, Tom Shillabeer and Joseph Shillabeer, have spent the last two years working
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Former Bromley and Charlton goalkeeper returns home after South Africa crash left him in coma
Former Bromley and Charlton Athletic goalkeeper George Howard has returned home after a car crash in South Africa left him in a coma. The 20-year-old was put on a ventilator and life-support after the accident while on holiday on May 23. He
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EastEnders' Danny Dyer cancels Bluewater book signing
EastEnders actor Danny Dyer cancelled an appearance at Bluewater yesterday. The 36-year-old cockney hard man found himself on the front page of yesterday’s Sunday Mirror amid allegations he cheated on the mother of his three children with a 21-
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30 firefighters tackle house blaze in Downham
Six fire engines and 30 firefighters were called to a fire in a Dowham semi-detached house in the early hours of Saturday morning (June 21). The whole of the first floor of the house, in Geraint Road, as well as its roof and garage were gutted
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Tributes to Blackadder star and former Sidcup drama student Patsy Byrne
Sir Tony Robinson has led tributes to his Blackadder co-star Patsy Byrne, who has died at the age of 80. The Kent-born actress studied at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup before becoming well-known for playing Nursie in the second series of the hit
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Honey, I shrunk the boozer: PubSpy reviews Petts Wood micropub, the One Inn the Wood
You know a pub takes its beer seriously when the lager is kept out of sight underneath the bar, like a self-imposed philistine prohibition. And the contraband gnat’s p*** isn’t any old mass-produced nonsense that One Inn the Wood ought to be ashamed
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Demolition will begin next month for Dartford Tesco development
Demolition will begin next month to make way for the long awaited Tesco development in Dartford. It is hoped the latest news in the 12-year saga will help to regenerate Lowfield Street which has many boarded up old businesses. The supermarket's
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Man threatens to jump from QE2 Bridge
A man was talked down from the river at the QE2 Bridge after threatening to jump on Saturday (June 21). The Gravesend RNLI were called to Erith at around 3.40pm before being told the man was actually on the bridge in Dartford. Kent Police also
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Unions threaten government's 'biggest strike'
The Government is facing a crucial week over the prospect of the biggest strike since the coalition came to office, amid growing anger over pay restraint in the public sector. The country's biggest trade unions are balloting hundreds of thousands
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Sprinters star in Braunschweig and Bedford
It has been another outstanding weekend for the sprinters of Blackheath and Bromley with Adam Gemili helping the Great Britain 4x100 team to victory at the European Team Championships and Kieran Daly and Dina Asher Smith both completing sprint doubles
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Pet of the Day: Here's Odysseus, the smiling bearded dragon lizard
Allow us to introduce you to Odysseus, the smiling bearded dragon who is today’s Pet of the Day. Alan Humphries, from Orpington, nominated his two-year-old lizard who likes being made a fuss of and dislikes being ignored. Does your pet have
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Thank you is easy to say now thanks to the Thank Bank: Send your messages now
Two little words, that’s all they are, and yet just saying ‘thank you’ can mean so much. In an ever-faster moving world in which we increasingly have more and more to do, but less time to do it, it seems the simple thank you is all too often forgotten
