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Read More >>Plans for more than 100 new homes in Bexleyheath submitted
Plans for more than 100 new homes in Bexleyheath submitted 11:40am Sunday 12th February 2012 in Skip social links Print Email Comments(5) PLANS for more than 100 new homes at the rear of the former Woolwich site in Bexleyheath have been submitted by Tesco. The scheme proposes 127 new homes – 49 houses and 78 [...]
Read More >>Bexley properties looted
Thieves are targeting properties in the Christchurch suburb of Bexley destined for demolition. “I am disappointed to hear that property has been stolen from the Bexley houses that are currently being cleared,” Roger Sutton, chief executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera), said. The thieves were taking advantage of the smallest window of opportunity [...]
Read More >>Last-minute preparations being finished for Bravo!
By Jeff Donahue ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday February 15, 2012 11:31 AM Last-minute preparations are under way for Bravo!, the Bexley Education Foundation’s (BEF) annual winter “party with a purpose.” This year’s event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 7 to 11 p.m. at the DSW home office, just off Stelzer Road near [...]
Read More >>Plans for more than 100 new homes in Bexleyheath submitted
Plans for more than 100 new homes in Bexleyheath submitted 11:40am Sunday 12th February 2012 in Skip social links Print Email Comments(1) PLANS for more than 100 new homes at the rear of the former Woolwich site in Bexleyheath have been submitted by Tesco. The scheme proposes 127 new homes – 49 houses and 78 [...]
Read More >>Sites join river of flowers commemorative project
Opportunities to remember 22 February, 2011 continue to grow, with nine sites now confirmed as part of the River of Flowers commemorative project. The River of Flowers is community driven project that will allow people to commemorate the anniversary of the February 22nd 2011 earthquake at designated sites along Canterbury’s waterways. The project is being [...]
Read More >>Gangs being targeted by Mayor and Metropolitan Police chief
Crime Desk Police raids across capital have resulted: – 121 arrests for a variety of offences including, the supply and possession of drugs and gang related violence.- 1 kilo of heroin- £10,000 cash has also been found at an address in Bexley and four arrests have been made in relation to this. In a new [...]
Read More >>Red-zoners lose post, buses, pizzas
DAVID WILLIAMS Some Christchurch red-zone residents are being cut off from the rest of the city before they have left. Mail delivery has stopped to a handful of earthquake-hit Bexley houses, and some businesses are refusing to deliver there. Some of the hardest-hit areas – Avonside, Dallington, Avondale and Aranui – are now serviced by [...]
Read More >>Bexley properties looted
Thieves are targeting properties in the Christchurch suburb of Bexley destined for demolition. “I am disappointed to hear that property has been stolen from the Bexley houses that are currently being cleared,” Roger Sutton, chief executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera), said. The thieves were taking advantage of the smallest window of opportunity [...]
Read More >>Nine held over racist soccer chants
(UKPA) – Jan 25, 2012 Nine men have been arrested by police investigating suspected racist chanting by fans of Charlton Athletic Football Club. Police received reports of football supporters singing racist songs on a train following their FA Cup tie at Fulham on January 7. Officers from British Transport Police (BTP) and the Metropolitan Police, [...]
Read More >>Demolition test run begins
BEN HEATHER The first house in Bexley’s Seabreeze Close is demolished. Vanessa Walsh has returned to the Christchurch home she left 17 months ago to stand vigil and await its demolition. Her former Bexley home is part of an 11-house cluster in Seabreeze Close and Waireka and Kokopu lanes that the Government is using as [...]
Read More >>Quake home no-notice claims a ‘beat-up’
COMING DOWN: Workers start demolition at 23 Seabreeze Pl in Bexley. Engineers ‘comfortable’ with temporary building bracing Bexley no-notice claims a ‘beat-up’ Inside the red zone: January 25 Low-risk homes to get repairs first Politicians pitch in at big cleanup Group helps poor, uninsured families Let the children play Anger in a city dispossessed Gambling [...]
Read More >>Charlton fans arrested over alleged racist chanting after Fulham game
Nine men have been arrested by police investigating suspected racist chanting by football fans. Police received reports of a group of Charlton Athletic supporters singing racist songs on a train following their FA Cup tie at Fulham on 7 January. Officers from British Transport police (BTP) and the Metropolitan police, accompanied by Charlton officials, visited [...]
Read More >>Sidcup to receive fresh injection of regeneration funding
People living in flats to rent in Sidcup are set to see a whole host of improvements introduced in the local high street, following a new pledge of support from the Outer London Fund. London mayor Boris Johnson announced earlier this month that Bexley Council will be allocated £1.8 million to carry out a number [...]
Read More >>Police beat: Items stolen from homes – The Herald
“); //– Police beat: Items stolen from homes By Abby Tonsing and Christy Mullins331-4245 | atonsing@heraldt.com 331-4266 | cmullins@heraldt.comJanuary 26, 2012 BURGLARY/THEFT/FRAUD 100 block South Kimble Drive, 10:12 a.m. Wednesday, television and Xbox gaming console reported sto … Please log in to read the rest of this story. Subscribing to HeraldTimesOnline.com gives you 24/7 access [...]
Read More >>Woman charged over Sydney house fire
A woman has been charged with deliberately setting fire to her south Sydney house. Emergency services were called at 9.15pm (AEDT) on Tuesday and arrived to find the house at Bexley North well-alight. The 49-year-old woman and her pets escaped the house uninjured. Neighbours were evacuated from their homes before the fire was extinguished just [...]
Read More >>Belvedere homes without telephone after attempted cable theft
The cable Marina Soteriou , Reporter Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:37 PM Thousands of homes were left without telephone lines after thieves tried to steal 163 metres of underground cable in Lesnes Abbey Woods. The damaged gates and fencing at Lesnes Abbey Woods The incident happened in the bridleway between Kingswood Avenue and Lesnes Abbey [...]
Read More >>Teresa Pearce MP criticises high youth unemployment in Erith and Thamesmead
Teresa Pearce MP criticises high youth unemployment in Erith and Thamesmead 9:18am Tuesday 24th January 2012 in Skip social links Print Email Comments(0) UNEMPLOYMENT in Erith and Thamesmead has increased by nearly 16 per cent with more than 20 people chasing each job. Youth unemployment also rose by 28 per cent in the last year [...]
Read More >>Two brutal Sydney robberies linked
Updated: 12:34, Friday January 20, 2012 New forensic evidence has led police to link two violent armed robberies in Sydney homes that occurred more than four years apart. Police have resumed investigations into the historical shootings in southern Sydney and released Comfit images of the suspects. Three men forced their way into a home on [...]
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