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'RAIL RAGE' attacker jailed

A CARPENTER who pushed a woman on to a live railway track in a case of rail rage after a row about him smoking has been jailed for four years. Ionel Rapisca, 33, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm by shoving Linda Buchanan, 59, from the... » MORE

Olympic dream bobsleigh girl: I’M BROKE

AN OLYMPIC bobsleigh star says she is broke, had to fund her place at last month s Olympic Games using credit cards – and is now struggling to find a day job. Kelly Thomas, originally from Sidcup and now living in Dartford, and Paula Walker, from Leicest... » MORE

Funeral held for ‘inspiring’ scout

HUNDREDS of mourners attended a memorial service for a teenage scout leader killed during a hiking expedition in Scotland. Stephen Young, 18, from Borough Green, fell through a shelf of snow while on a group trip to the Cairngorms on February 15. Famil... » MORE

Parish get snoopy on dog-fouling

A COUNCIL is clamping down on dog-fouling through initiatives including surveillance, a hard-hitting poster campaign and a discussion on Facebook. Stone Parish Council has received an increasing number of complaints and last Friday it announced drastic m... » MORE

Oh baby! Cheryl opens £1m unit

CHERYL Baker helped launch a £1.1 million special baby care ward at a hospital and revealed how a similar unit saved her own daughter s life. The former Buck s Fizz star visited Darent Valley hospital on Tuesday to open its Little Buds Special Care Baby... » MORE

Four-year jail term for platform thug

A CARPENTER who pushed a woman onto a live railway track in a case of rail rage after a row about him smoking has been jailed for four years. Ionel Rapisca, 33, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm by shoving Linda Buchanan, 59, from the pl... » MORE

Tories admit taking ‘non-dom’ donations

THE borough s Tory party have admitted they received cash from a billionaire nicknamed the Sleaze of Belize to help fund an election campaign in 2007. Last week, the Conservative Party s deputy chairman, Lord Ashcroft, was unmasked as a so called non... » MORE

Sisters bid for olympic glory

TWO talented sisters are eyeing up the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games in the gruelling pentathlon event. Annie French, who attends Wilmington Grammar School for Girls (WGSG), in Parsons Lane, is only in the sixth-form, yet is already competing at internatio... » MORE
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