Met officer dismissed after assaulting a bar worker
Luke Wilson, 28, from South East division of the Met, was found guilty of assault by beating and was sentenced to 10 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months in March this year.
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Bexley
Just in time for the heatwave – school welcomes shade
Crook Log Primary School, Crook Log, Bexleyheath, were the winners of a Maxima StarSail fabric canopy after entering a competition
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Greenacres by name, green fingered by nature: the school with its own ‘cafe’
The Kids Café at Greenacres Primary School, based on Witherston Way, Eltham, gives children the opportunity to create recipes and sell the food they cook and produce.
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New platform that should improve patient care in South-east London
A leading healthcare workforce management platform has secured a two-year contract with Our Healthier South East London – an integrated care system for the area – to deliver its workforce technology to help 1.9 million patients
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‘There was this noise and it just opened up’: Bexley sinkhole swallows up width of road
Bexleyheath residents said they were “shocked” after a huge sinkhole opened up in their quiet road on Tuesday evening at around 9pm.
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Home care owner ‘honoured’ to be jubilee Platinum Champion
Fatta Thapa, who owns care home Home Instead in Greenwich and Bexley, was made a Platinum Champion for his dedication to voluntary service and helping older people living with dementia within his area.
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Three teens lured a rival drug dealer to house and killed him
Three teenagers who lured a rival drug dealer to a house and fatally stabbed him in the chest have been convicted and will be sentenced at the end of July.
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Calls to extend Elizabeth Line just days after opening
The leader of Bexley council said having the new line go beyond Abbey Wood to Ebbsfleet would be vital to support “hard-pressed communities”.
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Tragic outcome as missing Bexley boy is found in Sidcup woods
The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: “The male has been formally identified as 14-year-old Jamie Daniel, who had been reported missing from Bexley.”
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New 180 bus route expected to be jobs boom
The new route for the number 180 bus will also give greater access to the new Elizabeth line, which is about to open up faster routes between south- east and west London.
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Agnes celebrates 100 years with family, friends and a cake
A retired nurse and care home resident at Abbotsleigh Mews Bupa Care Home has celebrated turning 100 years old.
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