A cop has been sacked for using the drugs crystal meth and speed. DC Stephen Proctor, who was attached to the South East Basic Command Unit, has been barred from policing after a urine test found the drugs Methamphetamine and Amphetamine (speed) in his system.
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The family of a dad who was killed in a motorbike crash three years ago were horrified to visit his last resting place on his anniversary – but could not find his grave. Partner Mandy Prior from Nunhead wanted to show son Peter the plot where Petros Papathanasiou was laid to rest, on the anniversary of his death.
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Former government minister and father-of-three James Brokenshire has died aged 53, his family have said. The Conservative MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup had been fighting lung cancer since January 2018.
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A video has surfaced online showing a man threatening a motorist with what appears to be a knife at a petrol station. The video, shared on Instagram, shows a dispute unfold at a petrol station in Welling.
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A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a lorry driver. Vitali Skrypniak, a 45-year-old Ukrainian lorry driver, was fatally stabbed outside Belvedere Railway Station, Bexley, last Saturday.
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A couple who illegally claimed benefits in the name of two dead children have received a suspended sentence. Jumoke Abosede Brown, known as Janet, and her partner Anthony Shodunke, fraudulently claimed the No Recourse to Public Fund (NRPF) support from Bexley council from June 2019 until January 2020.
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A young family has been ‘torn apart’ after a father in his 40s was stabbed to death and left to die on the street. Vitali Skrypniak, a 45-year-old Ukrainian lorry driver, was fatally stabbed outside Belvedere Railway Station, Bexley, last Saturday.
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The bus will have a supply of home tests to hand out. There will be staff on board able to carry out tests. It will also include useful information on the COVID vaccination including details of local vaccine clinics. The first stop for the bus will be outside the Wells Pharmacy, Forest Road, Slade Green DA3 2NU. The bus will stay there until 8 October.
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Police and paramedics rushed to the scene after being called at 10.13pm on Saturday Septebmer 18, and found a critically injured man, believed to be aged in his 40s. Despite their efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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A watchdog has found hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of knock-off cigarettes in a raid. Bexley’s trading standards, along with the Metropolitan Police, removed 62,940 of the illegal fags from a grocery store in Erith during a raid recently.
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An 85-year-old has helped raise more than £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support by cooking up a storm every year for more than 20 years. Anne Rawlings once again hosted a Macmillan Coffee Morning on September 3, to raise vital funds for the cancer charity.
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