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  • Suspect used murdered lawyer's Oyster card

    CCTV cameras have captured a man trying to use the stolen Oyster card of a young City lawyer stabbed to death just before he reached his Willesden home. Last Friday at 10.18am, ten hours after the vicious murder of Tom ap Rhys Pryce, the suspect attempted

  • Court case delay after typing error

    A SINGLE mum who was hit by a car has seen the case against the alleged driver delayed by four months due to a typing error. Rachel King, 33, was hospitalised for 17 days after she suffered serious head injuries and broke her collarbone, shoulder blade

  • Drivers’ ‘nightmare’ to find parking space

    MOTORISTS say their town has descended into "chaos" because of a "nightmare" loss of parking spaces. Commuters and shoppers in Gravesend say they face misery after most of Parrock Street car park closed on Monday. The 655-space car park is closed for

  • Survey will decide future of council

    BATTLE lines are being drawn after 20,000 residents received surveys which will seal the fate of a town council's future. The Status Quo group and Hextable Residents' Association are trying to persuade the community to either keep Swanley Town Council

  • Cameras returning to help road safety

    TWO speed cameras attacked by vandals are being resurrected by safety chiefs. News Shopper revealed how a camera was ripped from its foundations in Valley Drive, Gravesend, in October last year. Weeks later, a camera was stolen from Wrotham Road, Meopham

  • Thieves dragged murdered dad 50 yards

    The father-of-two run over by thieves as he tried to stop them from breaking into his van was dragged underneath their car for 50 yards. Police believe the murder of Balbir Matharu, 54, in Stratford on Thursday was "intentional". "This wasn't an accident

  • Will it all be plain sailing for river pier?

    Land ahoy! That could be the familiar cry heard on the Thames after plans to build a pier off Battersea Park moved a step closer. The new riverboat pier would bring tourists to the "best riverside park in London" by the time the Olympics come to town

  • Twitcher in terror alert

    A BIRDSPOTTER on Wanstead Flats found himself the object of interest when his telescopic sights attracted the attention of armed anti-terrorist officers from City Airport. Officers from the Metropolitan Police's SO19 division were on a routine patrol

  • Police in pursuit of stolen car find cannabis factory

    A THIEF who stole a car from Chingford after taking the keys from a house unwittingly led police to a cannabis factory. The lucky find took place early on January 10 after police gave chase to the stolen BMW 4x4. The drama began when a family, up to