DETAILED REQUEST: Bromley Council's social care health and housing policy development and scrutiny committee has written to South London and Maudsley NHS Trust requesting information on the alleged attack on a 12-year-old schoolboy outside Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, in October.

FOUR SINGERS: Singing quartet Caritas will be performing Christmas songs and carols in St Francis Church hall, Greencourt Road, Petts Wood, on Saturday. The concert starts at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £6.50 which includes a glass of wine and mince pies. Call 01689 833324 to reserve a ticket.

PARKING UP: A Christmas park-and-ride scheme will run in Bromley until December 31. The service runs from Norman Park to Elmfield Road in the town centre. Return fares are £1.60 and children under 16 travel for free.

SONG TIME: An evening of Christmas music is taking place at St Mary's Church, College Road, Bromley, on Saturday at 7.30pm. Call 020 8300 1949. There will be a collection in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

SHOW TIME: Circus Starr is putting on a variety show at Stanley Halls, South Norwood Hill, Croydon, on January 27 to raise money for the Sydenham-based St Christopher's Hospice. Call 01260 288690.