Bexley

Cops have released an image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a possible hate crime incident in Bexley

Residents at Care UK’s Smyth Lodge, in Frognal Avenue, Sidcup, marked Armistice Day by creating a sculpture of individually designed poppies in memory of their friends and family who have served in the armed forces.

The move, which would save the council £6m in wages and pensions, headlines a range of measures set to be discussed next week as the council desperately seeks to balance its pandemic-ravaged books beyond 2021.

A push by Bexley Labour Party members to raise funds to provide hungry schoolchildren with free meals over the half-term break has blown through the £6,000-mark in just three days.

A lucky dad has won a £10,000 cash prize in a dream car and luxury lifestyle online weekly competition.

A start-up company has been shortlisted for a business award just nine months after launching.

A pub relief manager and his regulars let out a colossal cheer when his scratch card was confirmed as a £250,000 winner – and he had only popped out to pick up some lemons.

A man has been given a three year Football banning Order after pleading guilty to racially abusing a player earlier this year.

A new homelessness hostel that could prevent more than 150 people a year from ending up on the streets has opened in Bexley. If someone is homeless or at immediate risk of becoming so, they can stay at the Stepping Stones hostel – run by charity body Porchlight and funded by Bexley council – for up to six weeks.

A rare bird, which hasn’t been seen in the borough of Bexley since 2013, has been spotted at a nature reserve which activists claim is under threat from a new waste-burning incinerator.

Bexley’s waste collection workers are set to consider renewed strike action, in the same week that councillors are due to a discuss a report highlighting the reasons behind thousands of missed bin collections in the borough so far this year.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has made the “difficult decision” to abandon a legal challenge against controversial plans for a new waste-burning incinerator on the River Thames, with the cash-strapped office citing “substantial costs” of continuing with the case as the reason. Mr Khan’s office confirmed yesterday the judicial review, which had been due to start this month, would no longer go ahead.

Bexley councillors have been warned to “consider carefully” their use of social media, after a report was tabled showing half of all complaints against elected members since May this year involved online activity. Bexley’s code of conduct committee heard that social media misuse was the source of four of the eight complaints logged against councillors since May.

An arts and culture centre set in an old library is set for a £1million renovation. The Exchange, in Erith

A man has been charged with the murder of his wife in Bexley. Leslie Winnister, 68, of Becketts Close, Bexley