Local news from the borough of Bexley.

Crayford men jailed for £15,000 Rolex theft

11:12am Friday 17th May 2013

TWO Crayford men have been jailed for stealing Rolex watches worth £15,000 from a jewellery shop.

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Readers asked to help name streets in new Erith Park community

7:47am Friday 17th May 2013

WITH the Larner Road estate re-branded Erith Park, the team behind the massive regeneration project are appealing for help naming new streets in the low-rise community.

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Pictured: Blaze at fire-prone Klinger factory in Sidcup

3:01pm Thursday 16th May 2013

FIREFIGHTERS battled another blaze at a derelict factory in Sidcup last night. (May 15)

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Commons select committee pushing for tighter dog ownership laws

8:18am Thursday 16th May 2013

THE Government's moves to tackle irresponsible dog ownership do not go far enough, a committee of MPs has warned.

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Crayford mosque protest over 'sexist and offensive signs' cancelled

2:15pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

A RIGHT-WING organisation led by a former BNP councillor for Swanley has scrapped plans to protest outside a Crayford mosque this weekend.

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A&E 'collapse' fear as numbers soar

1:23pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

THE number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, figures suggest.

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Sidcup Specsavers donates high-visibility jackets to local school

3:08pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

A SIDCUP primary school been donated 30 high-visibility fluorescent vests to ensure pupils can be easily seen outside the school gates.

Bexleyheath and Crayford MP backs government's immigration 'crackdown'

4:21pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

BEXLEYHEATH and Crayford MP David Evennett has voiced his support for the government's immigration "crackdown" announced in this year's Queen's Speech.

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Blackfen School for Girls raises £600 for south India school with fashion show

4:08pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

PUPILS and teachers at Blackfen School for Girls in Sidcup donned Asian and African clothes to raise £600 for an Indian street school.

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Hospital mix-up forces Abbey Wood mother to hold two funerals for her son

4:05pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

A HOSPITAL mix-up has forced an Abbey Wood mother to hold a second funeral for her seven-week-old son - 15 years after he died.

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Bexleyheath gangster rapper's X Factor dream

3:36pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

ONE half of a gangster rap double act from Bexleyheath has set his sights on winning X Factor and becoming a worldwide star.

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Wife of Barnehurst man Edward Syrad tells 999 operator 'please help, they might have shot my husband'

12:52pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

A BARNEHURST businesswoman who was tied up and threatened by masked raiders in her family home cried "please help, they might have shot my husband", a court heard this morning.