Concerns Grow Over a Brexit Lorry Park
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downsmail.co.uk Maidstone East Edition Maidstone & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper FREE downsmail.co.uk October 2017Maidstone East Edition No. 246 Maidstone & Malling’s No.News 1 newspaper Panto ahoy! Kate, 107, dies THE cast of Cinderella, which is to be FREE KATE Hart, a resident at an old staged at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maid- people’s home in Bearsted, stone, took to the River Medway to August 2018 No.has died256 aged 107, her son 3 launch this year's panto. David has disclosed. On board The Kentish Lady were national treasure Rustie Lee (Fairy News Godmother), former EastEnder Ste- MP’s Local Plan bid fan Booth (Prince Charming), Eliza- VHELENillag eWhately’s tra askedffic ftheea rs beth Bright (Cinderella), Craig Concerns grow over THgovernmentE prospect o tof 8 0halt0 n ethew h omes in Anderson (Buttons) and, pictured, Laborough’sngley has shousingparked f escheme.ars of traffic4 Stephen Richards and Adam Bor- problems on all routes. zone (Ugly Sisters) . 5 They were greeted by pupils from Plans for Dr Nigel aSouth BoroughB rPrimarye Schoolx iandt lorry park THE widow of GP Dr Nigel Minnet members of the media. The panto Post box restored will walk the Grand RrunsESI fromDE NDecemberTS in a 1-31. ru rForal tick-part of Kent face the prospect of a huge post-Brexit A POST box in Bearsted has been Canyon for charity. 12 loetsrr goy top awww.hazlitttheatre.co.uk.rk on their doorstep, it has emerged. restored to its former glory after a community push. 6 Highways England has written to landowners and farmers about a Jason Donovan date 250-300 acre plot between Sandway ItTHE’s formercarn Neighboursival tim stare brings and Boughton Malherbe, which has BEhisAR showSTED to’S thecar nHazlittival a ttracted a service slip road running from the larTheatrege crow nextds in May. scorch- 18 nearby M20. ing weather - pictures. 8 CCTVThe letters mention the possibility call in a bid of exploratory ecological work, in line with others it intends to carry Schools get go-ahead out in the M2/M20 corridor and be- TWO schools may be sited near a yond. mental hospital, after Locals fear the park may have a all, it was disclosed. 11 tothree-fold purp stopose – to stop illegal fly-tipping parking on Kent’s rural roads, a CALLSspace for O forpera thetion S installationtack freight of CCTV cameras to prevent fly-tipping on a Judge rejects legal bid countryoverflow and road, most haveseriously been, a 24- made by the local borough councillor. THE borough council’s judicial re- hour customs clearance house. view over relief road cash BurberryIt is anoth Lane,er ind nearicatio Leedsn that andthe nearby, more than a year after it unlicensed waste carriers, but be- failed - full details. 18 Broomfield,government i hass de beensperat targetede to have bya was dumped and set on fire. lieves the cost to small firms of dis- freight plan in place post-Brexit on Obituaries 32 waste dumpers for years, but in re- The church car park has also seen posing of construction waste at a Obituaries 32 centMarc months,h 30 next theyear problem, especial hasly if be-no many instances of illegal dumping. transfer station is proving a deter- comedeal h moreas bee acute.n reached with the EU. But it is a problem in many rural rent that is costing councils more. Critics are warning of severe prob- Parish Councils 34-35 Construction waste, rubble, hard areas including Langley, Otham Cllr Fort made her remarks as Parish Councils 34-35 lems on the M20, almost permanent core, windows and household fur- and Kingswood. Water Lane in one of the borough’s closest trans- ASH dieback has been discovered in Operation Stack and the fragility of a A PETITION calling for a 20mph niture is left illegally – often strewn Bearsted and Pilgrims Way have fer stations at North Farm, Tun- Monks Meadow in Detling; new contraflow system designed to speeding restriction in Holling- in the middle of the road. also been targeted recently. Hollingbourne village fete stall- keep traffic moving in both direc- bridge Wells, announced it will be bourne to be introduced; the prob- Cllr Gill Fort said: “Every month Last year, Maidstone Borough closed for 10 weeks. holder co-ordinator Jean Duffy has tions. leresigned;m of rogu eyellow trader slines in Le nareha mneededhas weAn aredre havingw Barr toilets,Jnr, who sinksfarm ands a Council cleared 911 cases of fly-tip- She added: “If you go along the beforen Buffkynhighligh tWay,ed by Othamthe com, mtou nallowity constructionlarge chunk o wastef land o dumpedwned by inTr thein- ping and this year more than 163 line of increasing fines, they have to wbusesarden; Kthroughent Wild Imperiallife Trust w Park;ould brub-e village,ity Colleg specificallye, Cambridg ine, co Burberrynfirmed have been recorded since April. be enforced. A reduction in the cobishntac tbinsed a binou tthe kee psportsing ve rgfieldes i nin Lane,he was whereone re wecipie arent o nowf an H thinkingE com- The approaching darker evenings charge or offering it free may have Bredhurst as wildlife sanctuaries; a Kingswood are to be moved over to ofmu installingnication, a camerass was Sal only A privatelexan- dwillo w prompthat they aw riseant. in” illegal tipping. athence desiredhouse similarwould effect.”mean road county council survey showed that the picnic area and rear exit. land,der’s f toam overseeily farm theing problembusiness. area.” OCllrne Fortlocal welcomedresident s ai jointd tha initia-t the widAen three-monthlying and floodl litterightin pickg. on the speeding is not currently an issue in She said: “I don’t trust Highways narrow country roads “are totally A recent event in Burberry Lane tive by the Environment Agency mile-longOthers fe stretchared tha oft h roadouse throughprices Downswood. England to do the things they might unsuitable for an HGV park” and would be blighted until a decision is Crime Reports 35 saw a caravan burned out while a and the Driver and Vehicle Stan- Leeds village produces an average say they’ll do – in the end, they’ll just feared that a 24-hour customs clear- made, and anyone wishing to move torched car remains on a footpath dards Agency to clamp down on 32 black sacks of rubbish. VEHICLES have been driven over would find it hard to get willing Crime Reports 35 Cllr Fort, who also serves as a farmland in Lenham, causing buyers. 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Hollingbourne, Nr Maidstone, Kent ME17 1RE [email protected] 2 Maidstone East August 2018 downsmail.co.uk News Path blocked WALKERS in Bearsted have criti- Pub may have to pull cised the closure of a field used as a link to the River Len and beyond. The comments follow the block- ing of paths and the fencing of the down a £5k play area field behind a recently demolished A BEARSTED pub and curry noise of the children and the height property off the Ashford Road. house is having to re-apply for of the play area. Mr Channa built an Borough councillor Val Springett planning permission for a chil- even taller fence in the beer garden is aware of the concerns but points dren’s play area.