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Fremlin Backtracks on Car Park Pricing downsmail.co.uk MaidstoneMaidstone NorthNorth EditionEdition Maidstone & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper FREE August 2017 No. 244 Sun shines on the News Punishing parents Kent county Show HEAD teachers are asking for STUDENTS from New Line Learning in Maid- more penalty notices for parents stone took their livestock on tour for expert opin- who take family holidays in ion at this year’s Kent County Show. term time. 5 Connor Green, Jessica Austin and James Bee- ton (front) took 14-month-old Honeydale Black Majestic - a pedigree Black Limousin - through Woman flees attack her paces for the judges. A WOMAN fled a bus stop at- Jessica (14), who is in Year 9 at the Boughton tacker early in the Lane school, said: “The show is a great experi- morning in Maidstone. 11 ence and a chance to see other animals from schools in the area; it doesn’t faze me, even though it’s warm, there’s a lovely breeze.” Leeds Castle pledge MAIDSTONE’S treasure house Full report and pictures on page 34 can fight the threat of terror, says chief . 16 Lions’new president MAIDSTONE Lions new president Fremlin backtracks has been named as Derek Ransley . 20 on car park pricing THE firm behind a massive hike in parking charges at Fremlin Walk has backed down and reinstated the old pricing system, pending a review. Drivers found charges at the 760- even before the increase” and While I understand, as a commer- space car park had effectively dou- “dearer than London”; coupled cial operation, its reason for raising bled overnight from Monday, July with concern from Fremlin Walk’s them, they need to take a longer 10, causing fury. One Downs Mail owner about the impact on shop- term view and appreciate that peo- Obituaries 36 reader stayed for little over two pers, saw the old prices reinstated ple’s shopping budget is price sen- hours and was left £8 out of pocket. after just five days (July 15). sitive and parking charges are a Crime Reports 37 On Fridays and Saturdays - the Fears about the affect of high part of that.” most expensive days to park - car parking charges on the town’s Lloyd Wright, centre manager at STEERING cables and wheel nuts owners were expected to shell out footfall - under pressure from cen- Fremlin Walk, which is owned by were loosened on a vehicle in Far- £3.50 for half an hour, and £10 if tres like Bluewater, which offers M&G Real Estate, said: “We are leigh Lane; access to a basement their shopping trip took them free parking, and online shopping currently in discussions with our in Clifford Way was attempted; a longer than four. – has been expressed by Lib Dem car park operator, Indigo, with re- motorcycle seat was vandalised in Reginald Road; garden shears Indigo, which manages parking town centre borough councillor gards to the recent pricing changes were stolen from a lawn in Had- at Fremlin Walk, claims a rise in Clive English. He has branded the at the shopping centre. We are de- low Close. business rates and rental charges, government decision to raise the termined to deliver a high quality introduced by the government in rates on car parks as “very strange” service for our local community at Parish Councils 37 April, was behind the decision. when High Street visitors up and a competitive rate, and therefore A flood of comments from out- down the country are in freefall. we will be seeking a resolution to FLYERS costing £60 would be de- raged users, who described the Cllr English said: “I’m glad In- ensure our centre remains accessi- livered to householders to publi- prices as “hideously expensive, digo is reviewing this price change. ble and affordable for all.” cise the parish council election in Driver Alex Hughes said on Tovil; Speedwatch has had a Fremlin Walk’s Facebook page: “I good take up of volunteers in estimate the car park is raking in Loose; Cllr Doe has asked for any around £250,000 a week ... I’m sure further reports of drug-taking in Fremlin walk would love to give the Barming parish field car park; their share of the profit to reduced the parish website in Loose has YOUR LOCAL PROPERTY EXPERT pricing.” been receiving 300 hits a week. [email protected] Indigo has said the old prices will 01622 690290 remain while a review into charg- 23 Pudding Lane • Maidstone • Kent Comment 46-47 ing is carried out. webexpand.co.uk 01622 880840 web design •• google promotion ecommerce OUR REPUTATION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF windows : doors : conservatories Sorry no buy one get one free. No 70% off list price Just the keenest prices around www.southernglassmaidstone.co.uk NEW SHOWROOM NOW OPEN Monday to Friday 8am - 5pm Saturday 9am - 1pm 1a Brunswick Street East Maidstone ME15 7UX 01622 686732 WE DO NOT employ pushy salesmen on commission. WE DO employ our own fitters. WE DO insure all our guarantees for peace of mind. WE DO give prices over the phone. 2 Maidstone August 2017 downsmail.co.uk News Player collpases To boldly go - Lindsay at Mote match FELLOW cricketers and an umpire rushed to the aid of a veteran player who collapsed with a sus- learns a lunar lesson pected heart attack at The Mote ground, Maidstone. A MAIDSTONE teacher has They fought to keep him alive boldly gone where few science until ambulance medics arrived. professionals tread – to the Amer- He was coming in to bowl for the ican space centre and beyond. Kent Over-60s team playing Lindsay Hobbs donned her as- against Sussex Over 60s when he tronaut suit to undergoing simu- fell to the ground. lated space missions, land and A spectator said: “I think the water survival tests, coding chal- speedy help given by the cricketers lenges and jet simulation training was vital to his survival before the at the US Space and Rocket Centre ambulance arrived.” (USSRC), in Huntsville, Alabama. The 999 vehicle drove onto the As one of 200 teachers, from 33 playing area, near to the square countries, selected to join the Hon- where the veterans’ was taking eywell Educators at Space Acad- place. The ambulance crew treated emy Programme, the teacher at St the cricketer for about 30 minutes Simon Stock Catholic School, in ence, technology, engineering and dents around the globe.” before he was transferred to a trol- Maidstone, described the mission maths to life in the classroom. The USSRC is a world-famous ley and ambulance and taken to as a once-in-a-lifetime trip. Dr Deborah Barnhart, CEO of the museum operated by the govern- the William Harvey Hospital in She said: “This was the most in- US Space & Rocket Center, said: ment of Alabama, showcasing Ashford. credible, exhilarating and interest- “Technology is changing exponen- rockets, achievements, and artifacts He was soon in the intensive ing professional development tially. Things we once held as im- of the U.S. space programme. therapy unit and sedated. program I have ever attended. I possibilities are reality – we are on Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest As Downs Mail went to press, it was buzzing with excitement the our journey to Mars. space museum", astronaut Owen is understood that the player was whole time, and I cannot wait to try “Educating the next generation Garriott described the place as, "a making a recovery. out some of the activities that we of leaders and learners is key to great way to learn about space in a His colleagues rushed to him completed at Space Academy in my global success. town that has embraced the space and two with cardiovascular classroom.” “The Honeywell Educators at program from the very beginning." knowledge massaged and treated The programme has been de- Space Academy program unites Opened in 1970, just after the sec- the unconscious cricketer until an vised to inspire teachers to find teachers with exciting tools and ond manned mission to the lunar ambulance arrived on the playing new, creative ways of bringing sci- methods to change the lives of stu- surface. area. 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