downsmail.co.uk Maidstone East Edition Maidstone & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper FREE October 2017 Maidstone East Edition No.downsmail.co.uk 246 NewsMaidstone & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper Panto ahoy! Kate, 107, dies THE cast of Cinderella, which is to be KATE Hart, a resident at an old staged at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maid- FREE people’s home in Bearsted, stone, took to the River Medway to has died aged 107, her son 3 Decemberlaunch this year's 2019 panto. No. 272 David has disclosed. On board The Kentish Lady were national treasure Rustie Lee (Fairy Godmother), former EastEnder Ste- NewsMP’s Local Plan bid fan Booth (Prince Charming), Eliza- HELEN Whately asked the beth Bright (Cinderella), Craig Newgovernment village to halt store the Over 300 sites listed THE new community-run shop Anderson (Buttons) and, pictured, borough’s housing scheme. 4 Stephen Richards and Adam Bor- serving Detling village aims to zone (Ugly Sisters) . be both convenient and They were greeted by pupils from green.Plans for Dr Nigelà3 South Borough Primary School and in development plan THE widow of GP Dr Nigel Minnet members of the media. The panto Underwill walk pressurethe Grand runs from December 1-31. For tick- THE publication of a list of over 300 potential land sites for development VILLAGERSCanyon for say charity. they’re being 12 ets go to www.hazlitttheatre.co.uk. in the borough has finally been published to a chorus of criticism. pressured to withdraw ob- jections to a road scheme. à6 From the town centre to the crat-run Maidstone Borough Coun- Langley would be engulfed by Jason Donovan date outer parishes, virtually no area cil (MBC) has come in for a hail of housing if all the schemes were ap- ElectionTHE former Neighbourslatest star brings emerges without some form of condemnation. proved, virtually joining the A20 to his show to the Hazlitt AS THE Brexit Party says they housing in the “call for sites” list. Its leader, Cllr Martin Cox, ad- the A274 when combined with Theatre next May. 18 Although a fraction will be de- mits there are up to 60,000 units in submissions for Leeds. will stand aside in Tory seats, we CCTVlivered, tens of thousands of pro- the 334 call submissions. inAn “eco a village” bid of 900 homes at survey the election posed homes were submitted, as Almost 500 hectares of largely Kingswood is seen in some quar- landscape. à8 well as three hotels and four gypsy arable farmland near or around ters as a “less intrusive” scheme plots. Leeds Castle or Leeds village has with an emphasis on affordable Chemical leak at farm As the people’s protest starts to been submitted by the Rochester homes and local jobs. FOUR people were taken to hos- gather momentum, Liberal Demo- Bridge Trust. The authority, styling itself as a to stop fly-tipping pital and dozens more received “master developer”, is behind two treatment after a large schemes, including 5,000 CALLS for the installation of CCTV cameras to prevent fly-tipping on a chemical leak at a farm. à homes at Lenham Heath. 10 country road have been made by the local boroughAnother councillor. 1,000 units in the town centre contained a plan for 280 Plea after dog theft Burberry Lane, near Leeds and nearby, more than a year after it unlicensed waste carriers, but be- houses in a 14-storey block, which Broomfield, has been targeted by was dumped and set on fire. lieves the cost to small firms of dis- A BEARSTED family has made a would have meant building a road plea for the safe return of their waste dumpers for years, but in re- The church car park has also seen posing of construction waste at a Obituaries 32 over the War Memorial at The dog, believed to have cent months, the problem has be- many instances of illegal dumping. transfer station is proving a deter- Broadway. been stolen. à11 come more acute. But it is a problem in many rural rentSenior that council is costing officials councils removed more. Parish Councils 34-35 Construction waste, rubble, hard areas including Langley, Otham Cllr Fort made her remarks as the memorial relocation from the ObituariesASH dieback has been discovered à32 in core, windows and household fur- and Kingswood. Water Lane in schemeone of thein borough’sthe week closestbefore trans-Re- niture is left illegally – often strewn Bearsted and Pilgrims Way have fer stations at North Farm, Tun- Monks Meadow in Detling; Family’s £1.7k poppy boost membrance Sunday. But furious ParishesHollingbourne village à 34-35fete stall- in the middle of the road. also been targeted recently. electedbridge Wells,members announced dumped it willthe be A HARRIETSHAM family raised Mr Clifford said: “They crossed the A holderRESIDENT co-ordinator has raised Jean concerns Duffy has Cllr Gill Fort said: “Every month Last year, Maidstone Borough schemeclosed foron November 10 weeks. 5. £1,700 for charity at the Southamp- line together to a huge cheer as aboutresigned; the surface yellow oflines the are road needed at we are having toilets, sinks and Council cleared 911 cases of fly-tip- MBCShe added:said: “No “If youdecisions go along have the ton Poppy Run. they were carrying a giant poppy thefor A20 Buffkyn junction Way, with Otham Chruch, to allow construction waste dumped in the ping and this year more than 163 beenline oftaken increasing on the fines,submitted they havesites. to Bank worker James Clifford, his scarf. They received their runners’ Roadbuses in Harrietshamthrough Imperial; a plaque Park; rub- village, specifically in Burberry have been recorded since April. Manybe enforced. will be deemed A reduction unsuitable. in the daughter Mia (8) and nephew Jay- medals plus a special medal for rais- onbish the warbins memorial in the sports in Holling- field in Lane, where we are now thinking The approaching darker evenings charge“We’re or keen offering to work it free with may the have den Haynes (7) drove to the annual ing so much money. bourneKingswood has beenare to changed; be moved a over to of installing cameras on private will prompt a rise in illegal tipping. community,the desired similarespecially effect.” with charity race on November 3. “The bank I work for is looking to crossingthe picnic at thearea primary and rear school exit. in land, to oversee the problem area.” Cllr Fort welcomed a joint initia- landownersA three-monthly and developers, litter pick on to the The two Hollingbourne Primary see if they will match it, which could Leeds has been ruled out by the SchoolA recent pupils event completed in Burberry the Lane5km meantive bya total the of Environment over £3,500.” Agency mapmile-long out potential stretch sites of roadand be through clear countyCrime council Reports because of traffic. 35 sawcourse a caravan in under burned an hour. out while a land Remembrance the Driver and Sunday Vehicle - p36 Stan- aboutLeeds what village development produces an averagecould torched car remains on a footpath dards Agency to clamp down on take32 black place sacks in the of future.” rubbish. CrimeVEHICLES Reports have been driven à35 over LabourCllr Fort, councillor who also servesMalcolm as a farmland in Lenham, causing McKayparish said:councillor, “We need says protection teaching A SAFEdamge was to stolen crops; from an a attemptedproperty fromchildren speculative about social developers, responsibility but I in break-inUpper Street, was reported Leeds; fuel in Detling was ; a wouldand the also issue say of that litter we in needschools pro- will stolenvehicle from was a lorryvandalised in Thurnham; in Bearsted tectionhelp take from the our issue own off planning the streets. de- thereRd, haveWeavering been thefts; pumpkins of oil from were a restaurant in ; the partment.”She believes with every household stolen fromDownswood an allotment in windcsreen of a Volvo car was lreceiving Call for a weeklysites list, refuse pages collection 18, 19 Lenham. 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