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downsmail.co.uk Maidstone East Edition Maidstone & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper FREE FREE& Fortnightly October 2017 No.Maidstone 246 & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper News June 3rd - June 16th downsmail.co.uk No. 296 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- people’sNews home in Bearsted, stone, took to the River Medway to has died aged 107, her son 3 Calumlaunch this year's follows panto. David has disclosed. On board The Kentish Lady were Navynational treasure dream Rustie Lee (Fairy SPOTLIGHT ON FORMERGodmother), Cornwallis former Academy EastEnder pupil Ste- MP’s Local Plan bid Calumfan Booth Godden (Prince has joinedCharming), the Royal Eliza- HELENWEST Whately MALLING asked the Navybeth andBright completed (Cinderella), basic training. Craig governmentPages to halt 14 the & 15 AndersonCalum (18) (Buttons) worked inand, retail pictured, after borough’s housing scheme. 4 schoolStephen but Richardsnow he is anand engineering Adam Bor- technicianzone (Ugly after Sisters) being . accepted as Medical helpers a traineeThey were on HMS greeted Collingwood. by pupils from PlansTHE chronic for pain Dr unit Nigel at SouthHe said: Borough “It’s my Primary dream School job. My and THEMaidstone widow ofHospital GP Dr Nigelhas raised Minnet familymembers history of isthe in media.the services The with panto willmore walk than the £16,000 Grand for a relativesruns from serving December during WWII.1-31. For tick- Canyonmedical for facility charity. in India. 12 ets“I’ve go to made www.hazlitttheatre.co.uk. friends for life and à5 learnt skills I never thought I would. My shipmates are a second family.” JasonElmer Donovan volunteers date THEORGANISERS former Neighbours behind star the brings Heart hisof showKent toHospice the Hazlitt Elmer parade Theatreare seeking next May. volunteers to 18 CCTV call in a bid help out. à6 Killer ‘out too soon’ Woodcut jobs THE seven-year sentence handed out to the killer of Maidstone man AN AERIAL image shows how the Woodcut Farm develop- Jasonto Orwin stop last summer has fly-tipping been dismissed as “totally inadequate”. ment, which is set to create hundreds of jobs, will The 55-year-old business devel- Colston also assaulted Mr CALLS for the installation of CCTV cameras to prevent fly-tipping on a look once completed. opment manager sustained fatal Orwin’s friend, hitting him with a à8 headcountry injuries road in an unprovoked have been at- made by the local boroughmilk councillor. bottle, and tried to punch the tackBurberry just yards Lane, from near his Leeds parents’ and nearby, more than a year after it unlicensedvictim’s father. waste carriers, but be- Obituaries à35 homeBroomfield, in Bower has Place been on targeted July 31. by was dumped and set on fire. lievesMr theOrwin cost todied small in firmshospital of dis-the wasteMurder dumpers charges for years,were dropped but in re- The church car park has also seen posingnext day. of construction waste at a ObituariesParishes à3237 againstcent months, Lance theColston problem (36), hasa resi- be- many instances of illegal dumping. transferCllr Purle station added: is proving “I appreciate a deter- dentcome at more the Fleming acute. House bail hos- But it is a problem in many rural rentthe thatcourt is is costing bound councils by sentencing more. ParishComment Councils à34-3545-47 telConstruction in Tonbridge waste, Road, rubble, after hard he areas including Langley, Otham guidelines,Cllr Fort madebut this her sentence remarks feels as pleadedcore, windows guilty andto householdmanslaughter fur- and Kingswood. Water Lane in onetotally of theinadequate borough’s for closest the taking trans- of ASH dieback has been discovered in Jason Orwin and killer Lance Colston Monks Meadow in Detling; backniture in is December left illegally last – year. often strewn Bearsted and Pilgrims Way have fera life stations and the at devastation North Farm, he Tun- has Mosque donors inFriend the middle and oflocal the road.Conservative alsoOrwin been was targeted out with recently. a friend when bridgecaused. Wells, announced it will be Hollingbourne village fete stall- THE Imam has thanked cash councillorCllr Gill FortJonathan said:“Every Purle monthsaid: theyLast noticed year, Maidstonetwo men who Borough ap- closed“The for judge’s 10 weeks. conclusion that Col- holder co-ordinator Jean Duffy has resigned;donors who yellow are lines helping are toneeded fund “Lancewe are Colston having should toilets, never sinks have and Councilpeared to cleared be drunk. 911 cases Mr ofOrwin’s fly-tip- stonShe is added: not a ‘dangerous “If you go alongoffender’ the for Buffkyn Way, Otham, to allow beenconstruction there to wastekill Jason. dumped in the pingpartner and was this nearby year moreand he than warned 163 linewill of feel increasing perverse fines, to most they havereason- to Maidstone’s new buses through Imperial Park; rub- village,“He had specifically been let out inof prison Burberry far haveher to beenbe wary recorded of the pair. since April. beable enforced. people.” A reduction in the mosque. à12 bish bins in the sports field in tooLane, early. where He was we arejust nowoff Tonbridge thinking TheColston approaching overheard darker this evenings and chargeColston or offering had two it freeprevious may havecon- Kingswood are to be moved over to of installing cameras on private willcrossed prompt the aroad rise into illegal confront tipping. Mr the desired similar effect.” Road because that’s where the au- victions for violence in a long crim- theCrops picnic areahit andby rearfrost exit. OrwinCllr Fort and welcomedpunched him a joint across initia- the thoritiesland, to overseechose to the place problem him.” area.” inalA three-monthlycareer. litter pick on the FRUIT farmers are expecting a A recent event in Burberry Lane tivehead, by knocking the Environment him unconscious. Agency On the night of the attack, Mr mile-longSenior Investigating stretch of road Officer through DCI Crimeshort season Reports this summer caused35 saw a caravan burned out while a and the Driver and Vehicle Stan- LeedsNeil Kimber village said produces Colston an averageshowed by a cold, unseasonally torched car remains on a footpath dards Agency to clamp down on 32 black sacks of rubbish. VEHICLES have been driven over no concern for the welfare of his dry April. à21 victimCllr Fort, as he wholay unconscious. also serves as a farmland in Lenham, causing parishDCI Kimbercouncillor, added: says “A teachingfamily is damge to crops; an attempted break-in was reported in ; a childrennow mourning about social their responsibility tragic loss. I Castle ‘staycation’Detling bid andwould the issuelike to of thank litter inthe schools witnesses will vehicle was vandalised in Bearsted help take the issue off the streets. Rd,A ‘STAYCATION’ Weavering; pumpkins summer iswere and, in particular, members of Mr needed for Leeds Castle to refill SheOrwin’s believes family with who every have household assisted stolen from an allotment in its coffers. after the COVID-19 YOUR LOCAL PROPERTY EXPERT receivingus throughout a weekly the refuse investigation collection Lenham service, there is no excuse for litter pandemic, says its new [email protected] and enabled us to bring this violent boss. à beingindividual thrown to justice.” from vehicles or Comment 46-4728 01622 690290 23 Pudding Lane • Maidstone • Kent dumped in the road. Home Alarms supplied and fitted Roong and Guering Experts Contact Thomas visitcovering www.amiga.co.uk Maidstone and Kent.or call 08000 19962207832 739424 Esablished since 1998 . see our Main advert on Page 17 11-12 Liberty Square Kings Hill, West Malling ME19 4AU TURMERIC SQUARE IS NOW OPEN FOR INSIDE DINING! 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COUNCILLOR Fay Gooch has imagined that after 13 years of But to make sure patients get the been formally sworn in as Mayor being the borough councillor for right care from the right profes- of Maidstone, writes Jade Schop- what is now called Barming and sional quickly, the triage system man. Teston, I would be given the op- will remain in place. Cllr Gooch (pictured), who has portunity to become Mayor of Dr Navin Kumta, clinical chair- lived in Maidstone for over 46 Maidstone. man of the NHS budget-holding years, previously served as “This is an incredible honour Kent and Medway Clinical Com- deputy mayor after taking over and privilege for me. I especially missioning Group, says over the role from Cllr Wendy Hinder want everyone to know that 450,000 patients in Kent and Med- who died last year. Maidstone is open for business way had a face-to-face appointment Cllr Steve Munford said the and to help promote retailers, in- with a healthcare professional at a mother of two was “born for the dustrial organisations across the GP practice in March, almost back role” and joked she had spent borough be they large or small, to the level before the pandemic. “most of her life in a town hall”.