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downsmail.co.uk Maidstone East Edition Maidstone & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper Malling Edition FREEdownsmail.co.uk Maidstone & Malling’s October 2017 No.No. 246 1 newspaper NewsFREE MayPanto 2019 ahoy! Kate,No. 265 107, dies THE cast of Cinderella, which is to be KATE Hart, a resident at an old staged at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maid- Npeople’sews home in Bearsted, stone, took to the River Medway to School rated has died aged 107, her son 3 launch this year's panto. David has disclosed. On board The Kentish Lady were Drive-thru protest national‘out treasurestan Rustiedi nLeeg (Fairy’ PLANS to convert an oast house Godmother),YOUNGSTE RformerS at EastEnderFive Acr Ste-e inMP’sto a fas tLocal food dr ivPlane-thru abidre at fanWo oBoothd are (Princecelebra Charming),ting after th Eliza-eir thHELENe cent rWhatelye of a d iaskedspute thein bethclass esBright were b r(Cinderella),anded “outst anCraigd- Sngovernmentodland. to halt the 4 Andersoning” by ed u(Buttons)cation w aand,tchd opictured,gs. borough’s housing scheme. 4 StephenThe sc hRichardsool, whic hand ha sAdam a site iBor-n zoneSnod (Uglyland, Sisters)was pr .a ised for its Drink-driver case “rTheyelent lwereess fo greetedcus on rbyais pupilsing sta nfrom- A PlansDRIVER hforas a dDrmi tNigelted to Southdards ”Borough. Primary School and spending lunchtime in the pub THE widow of GP Dr Nigel Minnet members Full re pofor tthe, pa media.ge 16. The panto before crashing her car in will walk the Grand runs from December 1-31. For tick- Aylesford. Canyon for charity. 126 ets go to www.hazlitttheatre.co.uk. Cost of flytipping FLJasonYTIPPIN GDonovan has become date“part Jealous ex started fatal oTHEf ev eformerryday Neighbourslife” say fa starrme bringsrs, as thhise gshowover tonm theen Hazlittt relea ses 18 CCTV call in a bid itTheatres latest nextfigu rMay.es. 8 fire at home, court told Family exam A LARKFIELD mother and son AN “OBSESSIVE” man set fire to his family’s home because he are poised to sit English GCSE together. 17 tothought h stopis wife was having fly-tipping an affair, a murder trial has heard. CALLSSimon C forhilds the (52 installation) allegedly of CCTV cameras to prevent fly-tipping on a Obituaries 24 started the blaze in Spitfire Road country(pictured) w roadhich kill haveed his m beenother- made by the local borough councillor. Parish Councils 26 inBurberry-law Jackie Lane, Allen near(65), b Leedsecause and he nearby, more than a year after it unlicensed waste carriers, but be- COUNCILLORS in Birling are con- Broomfield,believed that hasMan beendy, hi targeteds wife of 1 by6 was dumped and set on fire. lieves the cost to small firms of dis- cerned the village hall car park is wasteyears, dumperswas seein forg hi years,s cous butin. in re- The church car park has also seen posing of construction waste at a Obituaries 32 being used for drug taking; East centPro months,secuting the, Ca problemroline Ca hasrber be-ry many instances of illegal dumping. transfer station is proving a deter- Peckham prepares to fly the Red comeQC to moreld Ma acute.idstone Crown Court: But it is a problem in many rural rent that is costing councils more. EnParishsign to Councilsmark Merchant34-35 Navy “HConstructione was a jealo waste,us an rubble,d obses hardsive areas including Langley, Otham Cllr Fort made her remarks as Day in September; residents core,man windowswith a his andtory household of erratic fur-be- and Kingswood. Water Lane in one of the borough’s closest trans- ASH dieback has been discovered in asked parish councillors why niturehaviou isr a leftfter illegally the brea –k oftendown strewn of his Bearsted and Pilgrims Way have fer stations at North Farm, Tun- Monks Meadow in Detling; Kings Hill has no place of wor- inma therria middlege.” of the road. also been targeted recently. bridge Wells, announced it will be Hollingbourne village fete stall- shholderip; on co-ordinatorly six mem Jeanbers Duffyof th hase CllrChil Gillds a Fortdmit said:ted a “Everyssaultin monthg his Last year, Maidstone Borough closed for 10 weeks. tronic tag indicates he had left his Mandy told the court: “Simon presigned;ublic atte nyellowded a clinesoffe eare m oneededrning wewife are twi havingce. She toilets,had a re sinksstrain anding mCouncilother’s cleared house 911 a casesnd r ofetu fly-tip-rned anShed m added:y mum “If d youidn't go lik alonge eac theh wforith Buffkynthe Ken Way,t Po lOthamice and, toCr iallowme construction waste dumped in the ping and this year more than 163 line of increasing fines, they have to order against him, which he ig- shortly after.” other. My mum just tolerated him. Cbusesommi sthroughsioner i nImperial Park;. rub- village, specifically in Burberry have been recorded since April. be enforced. A reduction in the Leybourne nored on multiple occasions. The court heard Childs, a pest She never came to the house be- bish bins in the sports field in Lane, where we are now thinking The approaching darker evenings charge or offering it free may have On the night of the fire, the order controller, told friends that he was cause she felt too uncomfortable. CKingswoodrime Rearepo tor tbes moved over26 to of installing cameras on private will prompt a rise in illegal tipping. the desired similar effect.” required Childs to be at his going to “burn the ******* house “Since we split up, me and my the picnic area and rear exit. land,mothe tor’s oversee home in the Hu problemrricane R area.”oad. doCllrwn” Fort, as w welcomedell as his c aou jointsin’s initia- car- muAm three-monthly had a brilliant litter relat pickionsh onip the. I Comment 34-35 ABu recentt the p eventrosecu into Burberryr said: “At Lane the ativevan byin E theastb Environmentourne, where Agencyhe be- smile-longaw her eve stretchry day.” of road through Crime Reports 35 sawtime ath caravane fire wa burneds starte outd, h whileis elec- a landieved the Ma Driverndy wa ands sta Vehicleying. Stan- LeedsMrs C villagearberr producesy said: “Th aner averagee is no torched car remains on a footpath dards Agency to clamp down on d32isp blackute t sackshe fire of th rubbish.at killed Jackie VEHICLES have been driven over AlCllrlen wFort,as swhotarte dalso d eservesliberat easly .a farmland in Lenham, causing Jparishackie s ucouncillor,stained ‘un ssaysurviv ateachingble’ in- damge to crops; an attempted jchildrenuries in t abouthe fire social and a responsibility pathologist break-in was reported in Detling; a vehicle was vandalised in Bearsted candonf itherme issued she of di littered fro inm schools smoke iwilln- InRd,sid Weaveringe this edi;t iopumpkinsn: were hhelpalati otaken.” the issue off the streets. stolen from an allotment in SheCh believesilds d ewithnies everymur householdder, at- SERVICES for the elderly will suf- feLenhamr as cen. tre prepares to close. 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WE DO employ our own fitters. WE DO insure all our guarantees for peace of mind WE DO give prices over the phone. 2 Malling May 2019 downsmail.co.uk News Garden date Converted church up GET gardening and earn some money for your efforts. Tonbridge and Malling Bor- ough Council’s In Bloom compe- tition offers all entrants a £5 for sale – for £900,000 voucher to spend on plants. The competition is open to individu- THE Church of New Jerusalem in als, businesses, and those respon- Snodland High Street, a grade II sible for community planters. listed building which has been The closing date is June 30. converted into a home, is on the Entry forms are available from market, for £900,000. Leybourne Lakes Country Park, It was bought by Steve Skelton Larkfield Leisure Centre, the and his son, Dave, as an office for council’s offices in Gibson Drive, Holbrook Electrical and Engineer- Kings Hill or online through ing Services in 2010. But when sponsors, www.coolings.co.uk. Dave met Melissa, in 2011, they fell in love with the old building and Rape arrests decided to live there. Dave and Melissa worked week- A MAN from Aylesford has been ends and every evening on the con- arrested on suspicion of rape. version. They married in 2013, and An investigation has been slept in an office in a hall next to the launched by Kent Police after it church, while the work was being work before putting the church up it was like a dumping ground.” was reported the offence had done. for auction for £240,000 in 2007. "Luckily we didn't have to take the taken place at a home in Canter- The church was built in 1881 and The Skeltons (pictured) have re- roof off but, if it had been left for a bury, in the early hours of Sun- used as a place of worship until the tained the original stone pulpit, the few more years, it would have cost day, April 21.
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