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bromley are the visitors for what will be their first game in the football league.chanting: we are going up, i said we are going up! i the celebrations at bromley this summer were simply unthinkable for generations. especially in the late 1960s, when one fan inadvertently fell in love with the club often regarded as the worst in non—league football. that fan, dave roberts, went on to write a book about supporting the ultimate underdog, and in 2018, the bromley boys was turned into a film released to much acclaim. dave roberts volunteered in the tea shop at the club through thick and thin before eventually moving away. dave passed away in 2021, so never got to see the rise of recent times, culminating in this historic promotion to the football league. while dave roberts himself may not be here these days to serve the teas at this incredible moment in the club's history, bromley football club have made sure he's still very much a part of the story by recreating the dave roberts tea hut, just like the one at which he used to volunteer — a shrine to the fan who took the
bromley are the visitors for what will be their first game in the football league.chanting: we are going up, i said we are going up! i the celebrations at bromley this summer were simply unthinkable for generations. especially in the late 1960s, when one fan inadvertently fell in love with the club often regarded as the worst in non—league football. that fan, dave roberts, went on to write a book about supporting the ultimate underdog, and in 2018, the bromley boys was turned into a film...
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- the celebrations at bromley this summer were simply unthinkable for generations.about supporting the ultimate underdog, and in 2018, the bromley boys was turned into a film released to much acclaim. dave roberts volunteered in the tea shop at the club through thick and thin before eventually moving away. dave passed away in 2021, so never got to see the rise of recent times, culminating in this historic promotion to the football league. while dave roberts himself may not be here these days to serve the teas at this incredible moment in the club's history, bromley football club have made sure he's still very much a part of the story by recreating the dave roberts tea hut, just like the one at which he used to volunteer — a shrine to the fan who took the club onto the big screen. thanks to the film, roy and derek, two of the original bromley boys, part of dave's gang, now enjoys celebrity status wherever they go, and they still get their refreshments from the tea hut as they embrace this moment of history. dream come true. a dream come true, absolutely, yeah. if you
- the celebrations at bromley this summer were simply unthinkable for generations.about supporting the ultimate underdog, and in 2018, the bromley boys was turned into a film released to much acclaim. dave roberts volunteered in the tea shop at the club through thick and thin before eventually moving away. dave passed away in 2021, so never got to see the rise of recent times, culminating in this historic promotion to the football league. while dave roberts himself may not be here these days to...
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bromley? yeah. no—one supports bromley. bromley are rubbish. football is rubbish.rned into a film, released to much acclaim. they say you can't choose who you fall in love with and, thanks to my mum, fall in love with them, i did. dave roberts volunteered in the tea shop at the club through thick and thin before eventually moving away. dave passed away in 2021 so never got to see the rise of recent times, culminating in this historic promotion to the football league. his widow, liz, will be at the opening game and knows what it would mean to dave. i think he'd be probably in shock. it would have been like an emotional — he would have had to process that. but, yeah, he would have been, ithink, thrilled. disbelieving, at first, but thrilled,- while dave roberts himself may not be here these days to serve the teas at this incredible moment in the club's history, bromley football club have made sure he's still very much a part of the story by recreating the dave roberts tea hut, just like the one at which he used to volunteer. a shrine to the fan who took the club onto
bromley? yeah. no—one supports bromley. bromley are rubbish. football is rubbish.rned into a film, released to much acclaim. they say you can't choose who you fall in love with and, thanks to my mum, fall in love with them, i did. dave roberts volunteered in the tea shop at the club through thick and thin before eventually moving away. dave passed away in 2021 so never got to see the rise of recent times, culminating in this historic promotion to the football league. his widow, liz, will be...
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residents living in a block of flats in bromley that has caught fire twice in two years say they haveed after a blaze at st mark's square earlier this month. that happened after a fire occured at the same block in 2022. a spokesperson for st mark's square said, "ensuring residents are supported and the buildings are safe continues to be our top priority." after eight nights packing out wembley stadium, the european leg of taylor swift's eras tour came to an end last night. the run was a new record for any solo singer, which was last set by michael jackson with his bad tour in 1988. in the uk alone, she played to almost 1.2 million people, generating an estimated £1 billion for the country's economy. notting hill carnival takes place this bank holiday weekend. mahogany is a group of artists who for over 50 years have been designing carnival costumes in the heart of harlesden. bbc london has been behind the scenes to take a sneak peek at this year's designs. anaya has been involved with mahogany for her entire life. the bigger costumes take six weeks. something like this will take maybe
residents living in a block of flats in bromley that has caught fire twice in two years say they haveed after a blaze at st mark's square earlier this month. that happened after a fire occured at the same block in 2022. a spokesperson for st mark's square said, "ensuring residents are supported and the buildings are safe continues to be our top priority." after eight nights packing out wembley stadium, the european leg of taylor swift's eras tour came to an end last night. the run was...
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but then bromley council fired it back to veolia and say actually it was a matter for them.cal mp stepped in. liam conlon, the labour mp, said that this was a matter he wanted to see sought out, but it seems like there's been a solution in the end. with on the beach dotcom setting up, as i said, that toughly fought competition for a man aged between 62 and 64 to have a surname spears, and to be a fan of elvis, to take a holiday. well, funnily enough, paul spears did win that well earlier today i spoke with lisa knight, the woman behind the fundraiser thatis the woman behind the fundraiser that is going to see paul take that is going to see paul take that holiday. >> last monday, i bumped into him after work. it was a 30 degree day and he'd been working all day. so we stood and had a chat. like we often do, and he explained to me that it was his birthday on tuesday and he wanted to save up to go to portugal because he's only ever been abroad. >> once, for his 60th birthday and after he left, i decided to make the go fund me . make the go fund me. >> i, i checked with him that
but then bromley council fired it back to veolia and say actually it was a matter for them.cal mp stepped in. liam conlon, the labour mp, said that this was a matter he wanted to see sought out, but it seems like there's been a solution in the end. with on the beach dotcom setting up, as i said, that toughly fought competition for a man aged between 62 and 64 to have a surname spears, and to be a fan of elvis, to take a holiday. well, funnily enough, paul spears did win that well earlier today...
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it's about a couple of years, isn't it, ulez when we're in bromley, that time and b rom ley. course. okay. >> so debbie, she's in the carolinas at the moment, putting a lot of rain down, >> maybe unprecedented rain. >> maybe unprecedented rain. >> we'll have to see in the next two days or so. now, what it will do is it will it will move towards, kind of washington new york way and then out to newfoundland, >> and bit by bit, then it will get on this hearse across the atlantic, >> and as it does. so what's going to happen? and that's in the jet stream as emily just mentioned, as it, as it moves across what we're going to see is, is, is very, very hot air moving up out of spain, where it's been forever and a day this summer, and into parts of the uk. and i stress parts because this is for not everybody, >> scotland, northern ireland unlikely to see temperatures of the dizzy heights of, for example, southeast england. >> so if i can give you a couple of temperatures, what i can see for sunday, for example, birmingham, bristol, 27, 28, the same on sunday in manchester, leeds and
it's about a couple of years, isn't it, ulez when we're in bromley, that time and b rom ley. course. okay. >> so debbie, she's in the carolinas at the moment, putting a lot of rain down, >> maybe unprecedented rain. >> maybe unprecedented rain. >> we'll have to see in the next two days or so. now, what it will do is it will it will move towards, kind of washington new york way and then out to newfoundland, >> and bit by bit, then it will get on this hearse across...
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veolia blamed its contract with bromley council, but they said that it was a matter for the waste managementh. >> .com had an amazing idea to run a competition whereby paul would be the winner and he had to be aged between the age of 62 and 64. be loved in beckenham, have the surname speirs and love elvis. he completed all of those. and so he's won the houday those. and so he's won the holiday and he still gets to go on holiday. >> tough competition for him to win. >> yeah, he was really blown away. he said yesterday he forgot that he'd entered it. >> i entered the competition and i forgot all about it. but then all of a sudden i said, i won, got my £2,000 voucher, which they're going to send me when i can go on holiday and hopefully i'll be flying out on saturday. >> paul told gb news he was delighted that he could take the holiday, and is now set to take his brother david to albufeira in portugal . and viola has now in portugal. and viola has now stepped in and given paul some extra paid leave to take his holiday. >> i did say if i wanted to go two weeks they'd pay me for the two weeks the
veolia blamed its contract with bromley council, but they said that it was a matter for the waste managementh. >> .com had an amazing idea to run a competition whereby paul would be the winner and he had to be aged between the age of 62 and 64. be loved in beckenham, have the surname speirs and love elvis. he completed all of those. and so he's won the houday those. and so he's won the holiday and he still gets to go on holiday. >> tough competition for him to win. >> yeah, he...
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was the right reason i stood in the streets of london with patrick and with bev for an entire day in bromleyed the case against all comers and now we've had two elections. >> the mayor has been re—elected. the labour government's been elected. >> so this is the direction of travel. much as smoking, the smoking thing that's now coming in that you just had on the programme a few. >> i'm just going to quickly to quickly interject, just to sort of fact check you a couple of things there. an actual fact there have been no deaths directly attributed to vehicle pollution , let alone pollution pollution, let alone pollution in london and imperial college, london's own report for the london's own report for the london mayor showed a negligible downtick in nitrogen dioxide, a 3% reduction in particulates. so you can read different reports to give different results. but can we get this conversation now back onto the meat and drink of this debate. and that's underground . underground. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> we can we can argue we can argue facts and figures all day long. but but the facts is about the lon
was the right reason i stood in the streets of london with patrick and with bev for an entire day in bromleyed the case against all comers and now we've had two elections. >> the mayor has been re—elected. the labour government's been elected. >> so this is the direction of travel. much as smoking, the smoking thing that's now coming in that you just had on the programme a few. >> i'm just going to quickly to quickly interject, just to sort of fact check you a couple of...
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now, bromley council said that it wasn't their fault they put the blame back on viola.ent firm, the local mp liam condon. he got involved, said he wanted the situation to be sorted and eventually it was on the beach. comm set up . very on the beach. comm set up. very difficult competition. you have to be at the age of 62 to 64, you had to be a street sweeper in beckenham and you had to love elvis presley. well, paul spears entered this competition and he won it and i spoke with him earlier today. >> yeah, i entered the competition and i forgot all about it. but then all of a suddeni about it. but then all of a sudden i said, i've won, got a £3,000 voucher, which they're going to send me when i can go on holiday and hopefully i'll be flying out saturday. yeah. well they did say if i wanted to go for two weeks, they paid me for the two weeks, but i'm going to try and split it. so i'll take a week now and maybe a week later on. viola have matched that £3,000 to a donated to who i ever wanted nominated and after cancer research, which they've already done, and they said it
now, bromley council said that it wasn't their fault they put the blame back on viola.ent firm, the local mp liam condon. he got involved, said he wanted the situation to be sorted and eventually it was on the beach. comm set up . very on the beach. comm set up. very difficult competition. you have to be at the age of 62 to 64, you had to be a street sweeper in beckenham and you had to love elvis presley. well, paul spears entered this competition and he won it and i spoke with him earlier...
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veolia blamed its contract with bromley council, but they said that it was a matter for the waste managementhis bureaucratic bickering, a solution appeared when a travel company spotted an opportunity to help out on the beach. >> .com had an amazing idea to run a competition whereby paul would be the winner, he had to be aged between the age of 62 and 64. be loved in beckenham, have the surname spears and love elvis. he completed all of those and so he's won the holiday and he still gets to go on holiday. >> tough competition for him to win. >> he was really blown away, he said yesterday he forgot that he'd entered it. >> i entered the competition and i forgot all about it, but then all of a sudden i said i won, got my £2,000 voucher, which they're going to send me when i can go on holiday and hopefully i'll be flying out saturday. >> paul told gb news he was delighted that he could take the houday delighted that he could take the holiday and is now set to take his brother david to albufeira in portugal. and viola has now stepped in and given paul some extra paid leave to take his holiday. >
veolia blamed its contract with bromley council, but they said that it was a matter for the waste managementhis bureaucratic bickering, a solution appeared when a travel company spotted an opportunity to help out on the beach. >> .com had an amazing idea to run a competition whereby paul would be the winner, he had to be aged between the age of 62 and 64. be loved in beckenham, have the surname spears and love elvis. he completed all of those and so he's won the holiday and he still gets...
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beaming sunshine in bromley at the moment. a little bit more than average. but it was raining last night. it was awful. it was awful wasn't it? >> i like it hot and steamy. yeah i do, i love the weather. i really do, but i am, i am the weather in general. just the specific weather, the summer, the long, hot two day summer. we're currently enjoying a bit like, to be fair, it's been a bit longer than that. three days i know. and then a thunderstorm. i know. and then a thunderstorm. i mean, who'd have thought it? >> you see, i didn't get a thunderstorm last night. >> you got a few drops, didn't you? >>a you? >> a little sprinkling and it was. i went and stood outside in the garden. it was lovely just to feel the rain. it didn't have that clearing effect that storms normally have, though, did it? >> it was still quite humid afterwards. >> in your dressing gown. >> in your dressing gown. >> in your dressing gown. >> i was in my dressing. oh, oh, there was a picture appeared on some social media. >> really? yeah >> really? yeah >> y
beaming sunshine in bromley at the moment. a little bit more than average. but it was raining last night. it was awful. it was awful wasn't it? >> i like it hot and steamy. yeah i do, i love the weather. i really do, but i am, i am the weather in general. just the specific weather, the summer, the long, hot two day summer. we're currently enjoying a bit like, to be fair, it's been a bit longer than that. three days i know. and then a thunderstorm. i know. and then a thunderstorm. i mean,...
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. >> i was in the box room of our new house in bromley in 1997.one against stockport county and then the following morning my dad, my late father, walks in and says i think diana's been in and says i think diana's been in a car crash and i thought that must have been. i reckon he walked in about 5 am. but he wasn't. he didn't. he hadn't confirmed it. he didn't say she had died. he said i think she'd been involved in a car crash. but then i turned the television on and then i see a picture of diana, princess of wales, 1961, isn't it? >> that's devastating. and i thought, that's real. yeah. and i remember when the queen died. that was devastating to me when the first picture of her with her dates below. and there was an end date, i know, and oh, i don't know. >> i always wonder whether it's that or 9/11. is that the story of our life, of our, of our, of our time? >> well, they were both equally shocking. they certainly were. when you just can't quite believe what i'm seeing on your screen and the reaction to diana's death. >> i was due to go on holi
. >> i was in the box room of our new house in bromley in 1997.one against stockport county and then the following morning my dad, my late father, walks in and says i think diana's been in and says i think diana's been in a car crash and i thought that must have been. i reckon he walked in about 5 am. but he wasn't. he didn't. he hadn't confirmed it. he didn't say she had died. he said i think she'd been involved in a car crash. but then i turned the television on and then i see a picture...