Headlines - March 2007
Year nine boys from St Columba's had something to celebrate this week (27 March) when they were named winners of the Wilf Armory Trophy, Kent Cup at the finals at the new Dartford Stadium.
Artistic students at St Columba's have had their talent recognised by winning the Schools Trophy at a popular art exhibition at Hall Place.
On Good Friday 6 April all refuse and recycling collections will take place as normal. There will be no collection on Easter Monday 9 April. All collections have been revised.
Young people from 10 secondary schools in Bexley came to the Civic Offices last week (20 March) to take part in the Annual Youth Summit. The event is designed to raise the profile of Bexley's Youth Council and provide young people with a platform to express their views on issues that are important to them.
After 26 years recording Bexley's births, marriages and deaths - including four years working after her official retirement date - Eileen Smith used her pen to fill in the borough's last handwritten birth registration certificate on Friday, 23 March.
Childcare students from Bexley came together to celebrate their recent exam successes last week (20 March) at a special presentation evening.
A celebratory parade to mark 175 years of Metropolitan Police Special Constables, will set off from Albion Road, Bexleyheath, on Saturday 31 March at 11am.
Bexley Council has revoked another licence to sell alcohol - as part of its borough-wide campaign to crackdown on anti-social behaviour fuelled by the sale of drink to under-age youths.
A celebratory parade to mark 175 years of Metropolitan Police Special Constables, will set off from Albion Road, Bexleyheath, on Saturday 31 March at 11am.
A special event is being held next month for local residents and key workers who are keen to get a foot on the housing ladder.
Bexley was this week (19 March) named as one of ten local authorities across England to take part in a groundbreaking education project called 'Making Good Progress'.
The results of the formal three month consultation on the future development of learning disability services based at Hainault in Erith, and Carlton Resource Centre, Sidcup, were put before Bexley's Public Cabinet meeting last night (Tuesday 20 March).
Bexley businesses involved in the preparation, selling or serving of food, are being encouraged to recycle more of their waste under a new recycling service launched by Bexley Council.
Bexley Council's Cabinet Members decided last night (20 March) that they had no choice but to put the Crayford One School Pathfinder Project on hold for the moment after hearing that a recently completed feasibility study has indicated that the new school would cost £29.9 million to deliver everything necessary.
Plans for a groundbreaking community facility that will see a single primary school and children's centre on one site took a big step forward last night (20 March).
An Erith shopkeeper, Melanie Jane Castleton, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £400 costs by Bexley Magistrates on 15 March after being found guilty of three counts of supplying fireworks to someone under 18 on 23 October 2006.
Environmental work at the Crossness Southern Marshes and Crossness Nature Reserve, owned by Thames Water, has been commended by the judges of an important environmental award.
The winner of a special prize draw organised by Bexley Council will be announced at the next meeting of the Erith Town Forum at 7pm on Wednesday 28 March at the Veterans' Clubs in Park Crescent, off Glebe Way, Erith. Everyone with an interest in the future of Erith is welcome to attend.
Pupils from ten Bexley primary schools got to grips with history
earlier this month (7 March) when they took part in a project designed to encourage
problem-solving among the children.
Year 10 students at Townley Grammar School for Girls formed
their own fashion houses last week (6 March) as part of a special Fashion Business
Enterprise project.
A Sidcup supermarket has lost its licence to sell alcohol -
after selling drink to under age youths.
Are you ready for a challenge - an environmental challenge?
Blackfen Library will be closed on 10, 11 and 12 April for internal
building works.
Drink related crime and anti-social behaviour will no longer
be tolerated - that's the uncompromising message delivered by Bexley Council
this week.
To the rhythmic beat of aerobics music, the newest fitness programme
to hit the UK, cardio tennis, is arriving in Bexley in April.
This year's schools admission figures for London make Bexley
Council one of the most successful local authorities for allocating secondary
school places, providing 2,687 parents and carers with one of their six preferences.
Westwood College is celebrating its recent successful Ofsted
Inspection. The report found the school to have an improving quality of education
with good management by the headteacher with support from her leadership team.
If you are aged 12 to 24-years-old with a keen love of music,
arts or film, now is the time to find your voice!
A centre for providing advice and information to adults on the autistic spectrum or their carers was launched on 1 March by Bexley's Mayor (Cllr Brian Beckwith).
Pedal power is set to loom large for Bexley's youngsters this Easter - and parents won't even be saddled with a bill - it's all free.
The meeting of Bexley's full Council on Wednesday night (7 March) approved the budget recommended by the Council's Cabinet last week (26 February).
Allotment holders in Bexleyheath and Welling are being given the opportunity to have their gardening tools marked. The fourth allotment crime prevention and tool-marking event is being held at Alers Road on Saturday 10 March, between 10am and 2pm.
The spectre of dangerous driving and parking outside a Crayford school is being met head on by talented young children and their art work - with the full backing of Bexley Council.
Resources plus, Bexley Council's very successful local labour and training scheme, is hosting its annual 'Link up' event at the Civic Offices, Bexleyheath on 15 March from 10am to 2pm.
An area of debris strewn land at Crayford has been given a face-lift thanks to the joint efforts of hard working members of the community.
An innovative £1.8m development has officially opened its doors in Bexley, marking a huge step forward in the way older adults with learning disabilities are cared for in the borough.
Bexley's award winning Sikh Gurdwara recycling initiative took centre stage at the House of Commons on Tuesday 20 February, in an event to highlight Sikh community action on waste.
