Beckenham Specsavers sends high-vis jackets to south London school
To mark Road Safety Week earlier this month, Specsavers Beckenham donated more than 50 high-visibility jackets to a Greenwich school. Middle Park Primary School in…
‘Loneliness grant’ application deadline closes today
Local charities and community groups that are working to reduce loneliness have until 5pm today (January 26) to apply for a new grant. The grants…
Bromley Council opens second COVID-19 Rapid Testing site
Bromley Council has today opened a second COVID-19 Rapid Test Unit at the Kentwood Centre in Penge, in an effort to expand its programme of…
Firefighters issue cooking oil warning after Beckenham flat fire
Firefighters have issued a warning about cooking with hot oil following a fire at a flat above a shop on Beckenham Road in Beckenham. Part…
Local dance studio in fundraising effort for disadvantaged children
The owner of a Beckenham dance studio is fundraising to help finance the purchase of tablet computers, so that local disadvantaged children and young people…
Education update: COVID-19 delays school returns
Following the government announcement on 30 December, the return to school for secondary, post-16 and primary school students in Beckenham and the wider Bromley borough…
Police shut down 20-person Tier 4 restaurant gathering
Police broke up a large gathering of approximately 20 people who were found hiding in the back garden of a Beckenham restaurant, a day after…
Elmers Lodge 20-flat extension plans rejected
A proposed two-storey, 20-flat extension of Elmers Lodge in Beckenham has been rejected by Bromley Council following a wave of local opposition. The plans for…
Albemarle Road one-way measures continue to divide opinion
Exactly a month on from the introduction of new one-way traffic measures on Albemarle Road, a large number of Beckenham residents have continued to bemoan…
Local businessman prepares to shave off silver locks for charity
The managing director of a Beckenham estate agents who sadly lost his mother to cancer 10 years ago and his father to heart failure two…