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downsmail.co.uk Maidstone East Edition Maidstone & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper Maidstone North Edition FREEdownsmail.co.uk October 2017 No.Maidstone 246 & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper NewsFREE Panto ahoy! Kate, 107, dies THE cast of Cinderella, which is to be October 2019 KATENo. Hart, 270 a resident at an old staged at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maid- people’s home in Bearsted, stone, took to the River Medway to has died aged 107, her son 3 launch this year's panto. David has disclosed. On board The Kentish Lady were News national treasure RustieCou Leenc i(Fairyllor warns of ‘barbarism’ in county town Godmother), formerA 1EastEnder6-YEAR-ol dSte-boy has been charged with town’s “descent into barbarism”. ZoMP’se is K Localent qu Planeen bid the murder of Andre Bent (pictured) in the Kent Police Chief Inspector Ray Quiller fan Booth (Prince Charming), Eliza- HELEN Whately asked the centre of Maidstone. sought to assure the public Maidstone is BEAUTY queen Zoe Hetherington beth Bright (Cinderella), Craig government to halt the The juvenile, who cannot be named for safe but drafted in extra officers to the town whose personal story touched Anderson (Buttons) and, pictured, borough’s housing scheme. 4 legal reasons, appeared before Medway centre following Londoner Mr Bent’s killing. readers has won a place in Stephen Richards and Adam Bor- the Miss GB finals. 3 zone (Ugly Sisters)m . agistrates on September 2 for the stab- The Gallery nightclub, where it is alleged They were greetedbi nbyg opupilsn Augu fromst 25. the violence may have had its beginning be- Plans for Dr Nigel South Borough PrimaryCon Schoolservativ ande councillor for the area, Cllr fore spilling onto the streets, had its licence KCC Carter resigns THE widow of GP Dr Nigel Minnet members of the media.Jonath Thean P upantorle, warned against the county temporarily suspended. 16 PAUwillL C walkarte rthe, lea Grandder of Kent runs from December 1-31. For tick- CouCanyonnty Co ufornc icharity.l for 14 12 ets go to www.hazlitttheatre.co.uk. years, is to step down. 5 MJasonorris g rDonovanoup close sdate ‘Halt housebuilding THE former Neighbours star brings A CLOG-shod group of Morris his show to the Hazlitt dancers has decided to disband Theatre next May. 18 due to a lack of partici- wCCTVhile ro callads c inatch au bidp’ pants. 6 Council tax may go up THE borough council faces growing calls for a moratorium on it mas- THE Lib Dem-led borough coun- cil admits it may propose a hike stoive house stopbuilding programm fly-tippinge. in council tax in 2020 to CALLSPlans hav fore be theen u installationnveiled for G ofree CCTVn Party s cameraspokesman St touar preventt are desce fly-tippingnding into chaos. onWe n aeed meet rising costs. 24 1,000 new homes in the centre of Jeffery (pictured), recently chosen to stop, pause and rethink.” tcountryhe county t roadown. Ju havest und beener 300 madeas the pa byrliam theenta localry cand boroughidate for B councillor.earsted parish councillor Denis Obituaries 28 homes are proposed on the Broad- Maidstone and the Weald, said: Spooner said: “A moratorium Burberry Lane, near Leeds and nearby, more than a year after it unlicensed waste carriers, but be- way shopping centre site, 650 flats “There is a real case for an urgent would be great but would proba- Parish Councils Broomfield, has been targeted by was dumped and set on fire. lieves the cost to small firms of dis- 29 planned in St Peter Street, and re- review of the bly be open to legal challenge. waste dumpers for years, but in re- The church car park has also seen posing of construction waste at a Obituaries 32 development of the Peugeot deal- principles that “Our MPs...need to go to the CROPS have been stolen from al- cent months, the problem has be- many instances of illegal dumping. transfer station is proving a deter- ership by the River Len and the are being set Government to make the case for lotment holders in Barming, come more acute. But it is a problem in many rural rent that is costing councils more. Gala Bingo hall are among those now and if more money for roads to deliver prParishompting sCouncilsecurity to be step34-35ped Construction waste, rubble, hard areas including Langley, Otham Cllr Fort made her remarks as cited by Maidstone Borough that’s a morato- the houses it wants. The roads we up and a review of fencing. core, windows and household fur- and Kingswood. Water Lane in one of the borough’s closest trans- ASH dieback has been discovered in Council. rium, so be it.” have can’t cope.” niture is left illegally – often strewn Bearsted and Pilgrims Way have fer stations at North Farm, Tun- Monks Meadow in Detling; A separate regeneration scheme Mr Jeffery Lib Dem spokesman James in the middle of the road. also been targeted recently. CHollingbournerime Reporvillagets fete2 stall-9 at Maidstone East rail station could has “no issue” Wbridgeillis, th Wells,e new announcedly-chosen itpa willrlia- be Cllr Gill Fort said: “Every month Last year, Maidstone Borough closed for 10 weeks. holder co-ordinator Jean Duffy has see a 400 further homes. with building mentary candidate for Maidstone resigned; yellow lines are needed we are having toilets, sinks and Council cleared 911 cases of fly-tip- She added: “If you go along the A BIKE was stolen from outside a But there are growing murmurs on the Broad- and the Weald, did not support for Buffkyn Way, Otham, to allow construction waste dumped in the ping and this year more than 163 line of increasing fines, they have to property in Shepway; five youths of a suspension of any further de- way site as long calls for a moratorium. buses through Imperial Park; rub- village, specifically in Burberry have been recorded since April. be enforced. A reduction in the were seen damaging property in velopments while Maidstone’s as it is set aside An MBC statement said: “It is bish bins in the sports field in Lane, where we are now thinking The approaching darker evenings charge or offering it free may have Fairmeadow; a car was egged roads descend into “chaos” under for “much-needed” social and af- right that MBC takes a pro-active Kingswood are to be moved over to of installing cameras on private will prompt a rise in illegal tipping. the desired similar effect.” and scratched in Fant; carpentry the weight of extra traffic. fordable housing. approach to place-shaping, engag- totheols wpicnicere s tareaolen andfrom rear a F oexit.rd land, to oversee the problem area.” Cllr Fort welcomed a joint initia- A three-monthly litter pick on the Liberal Democrat-led MBC is Leeds borough councillor Gill ing with landowners and develop- Transit van in ; A recent event in Burberry Lane tive by the Environment Agency mile-long stretch of road through Granville Road committed to at least 25,000 homes Fort said: “A moratorium or a re- ers to give clarity as to what naCrimeil polish w Reportsas thrown o v e r a 35 saw a caravan burned out while a and the Driver and Vehicle Stan- Leeds village produces an average in the Local Plan and its review. view is necessary because the roads development it would be open to. parked car in ; a shop torched car remains on a footpath dards Agency to clamp down on 32 black sacks of rubbish. VEHICLES haveShep beenway driven over “The planning guidelines for the window was smashed in Earl fiveCllrtow nFort,cen trwhoe sit ealsos con servestain illu ass- a farmland in Lenham, causing parish councillor, says teaching Stdamgereet; a hotou secrops; wind oanw wattemptedas bro- trative ideas as to how these loca- ken by a ball-bearing gun in Fant; tichildrenons coul daboutbe d esocialvelop responsibilityed over the break-in was reported in Detling; a and the issue of litter in schools will eigvehicleht tree wass we vandalisedre pulled ou int oBearstedf the short, medium or longer term. ground by a group of youths in help“Th etakese lo thecat iissueons w offill thehav estreets.the Rd, Weavering; pumpkins were Mote Park; a barbecue and gar- pSheoten believestial to m awithxim ieveryse som householde of the stolen from an allotment in den tools were taken from a Col- toreceivingwn’s unt a pweeklyped as refusesets ... collectionwhilst Lenham. 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