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BEXLEY
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Bexley
Two people rescued by firefighters after flat sets alight
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Bexley
Lost and found: The escorted arsonist who absconded
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Bexley
Bexley children create heritage documentaries of school’s history
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Bexley
South London cop sacked for crystal meth possession
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7 March 2024
7 March 2024
A serving police officer has been dismissed without notice after he was convicted of possessing crystal meth. Dino Atkins Tyler, ...
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Bexley
Tots are doing just fine at Bexley nursery
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6 March 2024
6 March 2024
By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter A Bexley nursery has been given the best possible rating by Ofsted - where ...
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Bexley
Bexley failing its special needs pupils, watchdog says
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5 March 2024
5 March 2024
By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter Bexley council’s special education needs department has been given the lowest possible rating by ...
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Bexley
Proposals made for 200-home tower blocks next to Abbey Wood railway station
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29 February 2024
29 February 2024
By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter Developers want to construct two new blocks of flats stretching up to 21 storeys ...
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Bexley
Missing man from Erith found
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27 February 2024
27 February 2024
Police say they are no longer looking for a man from Erith, who was reported missing in Bromley on February ...
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Bexley
Tragic death of lollipop man prompts installation of new pedestrian crossing
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27 February 2024
27 February 2024
By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter Plans have been revealed to add a pedestrian crossing outside a Bexley school after ...
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Bexley
Concerns over missing man last seen in Bromley
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21 February 2024
21 February 2024
Police are appealing for the public's help to find a missing man from Erith. John Killeen, 34, was last seen ...
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Bexley
Charity shop calls for coat donations to raise funds for winter campaign
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16 February 2024
16 February 2024
A charity shop has called on residents to donate unwanted coats as part of its Spread the Warmth winter campaign. ...
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Bexley
Welling United FC want to build new stadium befitting community hub
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14 February 2024
14 February 2024
By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter Welling United Football Club have submitted ambitious plans for a new stadium and blocks ...
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Bexley
Residents asked to share inspirational stories about women ahead of International Women’s Day
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5 February 2024
5 February 2024
Bexley council is calling on residents to share stories about women and businesses who have made “exceptional” contributions towards gender ...
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Bexley
Bexley residents facing likely maximum rise in council tax bills
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2 February 2024
1 February 2024
By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter Bexley council has revealed plans to increase council tax by the maximum possible amount ...
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Bexley
Drugs and weapons seized from Bexley home
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1 February 2024
1 February 2024
Two people have been arrested on suspicion of hiding drugs and offensive weapons at a house in Thamesmead. Police were ...
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Bexley
Woman, 33, dies in hospital after horror stabbing
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29 January 2024
29 January 2024
A 33-year-old woman has died a week after she was brutally stabbed in Bexley. Police launched a murder investigation after ...
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Bexley
Ex-maternity ward set to deliver new homes for Bexley
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24 January 2024
24 January 2024
By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter Plans have been revealed to replace a former hospital in Bexley with more than ...
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Bexley
Sidcup stabbing – 33-year-old charged
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22 January 2024
22 January 2024
A man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder. Tony Curant, 33, of Penhill Road, Bexley, appeared at Bromley ...
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Bexley
‘I knew Tommy would lose his sight’: Mum raises more than £700K to fund research into son’s rare eye condition
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22 January 2024
22 January 2024
A mum has raised more than £700,000 to fund research into a rare, inherited eye condition which affects her family ...
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Bexley
Woman in critical condition after broad daylight stabbing
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17 January 2024
17 January 2024
A woman remains in hospital in a critical condition following a stabbing in broad daylight yesterday afternoon. Police were called ...
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Bexley
Convictions ‘sending out message’ to Blue Badge fraudsters in Bexley
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8 January 2024
8 January 2024
Cheating motorists have been warned of ‘dire consequences’ following the conviction of two Blue Badge scammers in Bexley at the end ...
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Bexley
Six rescued by firefighters from blaze in block of flats
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8 January 2024
8 January 2024
Six people were rescued from a fire that tore through a block of flats on Saturday evening. One person managed ...
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Bexley
£200k investment into Bexley tennis courts
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5 January 2024
5 January 2024
More than £200,000 is to be pumped into improving tennis courts in Bexley. Bexley council and the Lawn Tennis Association ...
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Bexley
Mum ‘left in limbo’ waiting seven months for council to arrange tutor for SEN son
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5 January 2024
5 January 2024
By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter A mum said she was “left in limbo” after waiting seven months for the ...
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Bexley
Storm Henk: Woman hospitalised after being ‘struck’ and ‘trapped’ by falling tree
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4 January 2024
4 January 2024
A woman was hospitalised after she was struck and trapped by a falling tree as high winds tore through South ...
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Bexley
Mum who campaigned for years on heart issues after teenage son died passes away
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28 December 2023
28 December 2023
The mother of a 16-year-old boy who died after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing football in 2013 has passed ...
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Bexley
Mum blasts school with ‘systemic’ issues after kids ‘escaped and ran into traffic’
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22 December 2023
22 December 2023
By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter Two parents and a former teaching assistant at a primary school have claimed its ...
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Bexley
Two men arrested as counter-terrorism investigate ULEZ camera explosion
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19 December 2023
19 December 2023
The Met’s counter-terrorism command has arrested two men after a ULEZ camera exploded in Sipcup earlier this month. A 60-year-old ...
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Bexley
Care home raises £2.5K for dog charity after adopting two pups
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15 December 2023
15 December 2023
A care home has donated almost £2,500 to a dog charity after falling in love with two dogs they adopted. ...
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Bexley
Met say ULEZ camera explosion was ‘deliberate act’
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8 December 2023
8 December 2023
The Met have launched a criminal investigation after a ULEZ camera exploded on Wednesday night. Police are describing the incident ...
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Bexley
‘Someone could have been killed’: ULEZ camera explosion leaves residents shaken
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7 December 2023
7 December 2023
Residents of a quiet residential street have been left in shock after a ULEZ camera blew up in an explosion ...
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Bexley
Dog attack leaves woman in ‘critical condition’ as she is airlifted to hospital
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20 November 2023
20 November 2023
A woman has been left in a "critical condition" after a dog attack which saw her airlifted to a major ...
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Bexley
Two young rappers take Royal Albert Hall by storm in ‘thank you note’ to music teachers
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15 November 2023
15 November 2023
Two young rappers took the Royal Albert Hall by storm last night as part of the Music for Youth Proms ...
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Bexley
Residents ‘hugely worried’ over contamination at nature reserve from new carbon capture plants
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9 November 2023
9 November 2023
By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter Residents are “furious” at plans to build a pair of carbon capture plants on ...
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Bexley
Mums hit out at council with dangerous air pollution levels and ‘outdated’ green policies
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25 October 2023
26 October 2023
Mums have hit out at a council for its “resistance” against introducing traffic free school streets despite dangerous levels of ...
Woman and child taken to hospital after flat fire
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13 October 2023
13 October 2023
Teenage boy takes himself to hospital after being knifed
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11 October 2023
11 October 2023
One road in Bexley so bad carers ‘miss visits’ because of traffic
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9 October 2023
9 October 2023
Further charge in murder of Kai McGinley in Erith
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28 September 2023
28 September 2023
Bexley council facing more than £73m in debt
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26 September 2023
26 September 2023
Campaigners claim residents living near incinerators being ‘used as guinea pigs’
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14 September 2023
14 September 2023
‘I don’t think I can go on, mum:” Young father wrongly diagnosed with appendicitis awaits brain tumour result
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5 September 2023
6 September 2023
Slot machine shop told it cannot open 24/7 over fears it would send town ‘into the gutter’
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8 August 2023
8 August 2023
Residents blast 24-hour plans for gambling venue, saying it will drive area ‘into the gutter’
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28 July 2023
28 July 2023
Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ plans ruled lawful by High Court
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28 July 2023
28 July 2023
‘They’ve all lived fascinating lives’: The ex-social worker whose ‘befriending’ service helps the elderly and lonely
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21 July 2023
21 July 2023
Bexley resident moved into a home with no ‘bed, curtains, electricity or gas’
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20 July 2023
20 July 2023
Two friends are trying to get from Asia to London without spending a penny
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18 July 2023
18 July 2023
Commuters left angry at ‘money-grabbing’ rail company closing ticket offices
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17 July 2023
17 July 2023
‘We want to fight back’: residents occupy house to protest against demolition
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13 July 2023
13 July 2023
Plans revealed for huge revamp of Welling United FC stadium
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11 July 2023
11 July 2023
Residents blast council for potholes on street that ‘looks like a bomb has gone off’
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10 July 2023
10 July 2023
Southeastern Railway could close 40 ticket offices in South London
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7 July 2023
7 July 2023
Council slams housing plans that could ‘destroy history’ of Grade II listed building
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3 July 2023
3 July 2023
Two arrests made in national £3.6m ‘Hi Mum’ text scam
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29 June 2023
30 June 2023
Mum of six-year-old girl with brain tumour set to take on nighttime trek for charity
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27 June 2023
26 June 2023
Fire tears through whole bungalow and destroys roof
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12 June 2023
12 June 2023
Shopping centre could be ‘demolished’ in five years
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7 June 2023
7 June 2023
900 kids take part in community hospice’s 10th annual fun run
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5 June 2023
5 June 2023
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