Bromley, England News

OVERNIGHT snow has caused widespread disruption across the News Shopper area. It is thought up to 20cm of snow settled in some places and council's gritting crews have been out in force treating main roads.

PARTS of south-east London and north Kent have been hit by sudden snow showers over the last 12 hours.

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A COLLEGE revamp costing A 26m has finished ahead of schedule. Construction work at Orpington College was expected to be finished in spring next year but the project has been completed 10 weeks early.

LAUNDRY bills, mortgage repayments, and upholstery repairs were all charged to the taxpayer by Bromley borough's MPs, according to new expense receipts.

THE Leisure Society's army of band members triumphantly closed their tour with shiny nuggets of lyrical perfection.

A CHARTER helping volunteers find new opportunities has been signed in Bromley - making it the first south London borough to adopt the new guidance.

Eight local authorities in England have been told they must urgently improve their social care services for adults.

Margaret Hodge raises prospect of libraries expanding role beyond lending books in major reconsideration of policy Culture minister Margaret Hodge, launching modernisation review of the public library serv in south London.

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SIX schools have been named "outstanding" by an Ofsted report. One of them is Chelwood Nursery School, Chelwood Walk, St Norberts Road, Brockley.

Jobs are to be lost as troubled off-licence giant First Quench closes stores across Kent.

NEWS Shopper has launched a new competition for the area's councillors called How Green Is Your Council Leader? In last week's edition we heard from the Mayor of Lewisham Sir Steve Bullock who spoke of his sadness at seeing the decline of the north American passenger pigeon.

SIX men and a woman arrested during an investigation into a suspected car ringing network have appeared in court.

A COUNCILLOR has been suspended from the Conservative Party after sending emails ranting that prospective parliamentary candidates do not have "normal" English names.

THE man accused of a string of sex attacks on pensioners and burglaries will appear in court for the second time this morning .

QUESTIONS are being raised over how a convicted killer was taken on a shopping trip and then allowed to escape.

A Jehovah's Witness accused of raping and sexually assaulting 11 elderly women during a series of burglaries over the past 17 years could face further charges.

The first offence was in 1992, the second in 1997. Further work suggests a link to another offence which took place two years earlier, in 1990.