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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 th nd NovemberPanto 19 ahoy! - December 2 downsmail.co.uk Kate,No. 107,285 dies THE cast of Cinderella, which is to be KATE Hart, a resident at an old staged at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maid- people’s home in Bearsted, stone, took to the River Medway to hasNews died aged 107, her son 3 launch this year's panto. David has disclosed. On board The Kentish Lady were national treasure Rustie Lee (Fairy Covid halts trial Godmother), former EastEnder Ste- MP’s Local Plan bid THE trial into the murder of a fan Booth (Prince Charming), Eliza- HELEN Whately asked the beth Bright (Cinderella), Craig governmentdevoted dad tohas halt been the halted tem- Anderson (Buttons) and, pictured, borough’sporarily after housing three scheme.jurors 4 Stephen Richards and Adam Bor- tested positive for COVID-19. à4 zone (Ugly Sisters) . They were greeted by pupils from WinterPlans for wonders Dr Nigel South Borough Primary School and THE widow of GP Dr Nigel Minnet members of the media. The panto A DRIVE-thru “Winter will walk the Grand runs from December 1-31. For tick- Wonderland” is coming to the Canyon for charity. 12 ets go to www.hazlitttheatre.co.uk. showgrounds at Detling - find out more. à4 Jason Donovan date See page 5 THEBeth former Eves’ Neighbours legacy star brings hisA FORMER show to the Invicta Hazlitt Grammar Theatrestudent next left May. a legacy of 18 CCTV call in a bid prose and poetry. à8 Public to have say on Building begins THREE years after clearance to stop fly-tipping work started, houses on The Bogs in Bearsted are at last selectedCALLS for the installation of CCTVhomes cameras to prevent fly-tippingsites on a being built – although local residents say the site Acountry BLUEPRINT road have for been future made building by the localdevelopments borough councillor. in the borough took is an “eyesore”. à10 Burberry Lane, near Leeds and nearby, more than a year after it unlicensed waste carriers, but be- aBroomfield, step forward has been when targeted it by waswas dumpedsent on and for set on public fire. consultation.lieves the cost to small firms of dis- Parishes à31 wasteMaidstone dumpers Borough for years, butCouncil in re- sites"The exercise church carlast park year. has also seen posinghomes ofin constructionthe Local Plan waste Review at a Obituaries 32 (MBC)cent months, is in a race the problemagainst sweep- has be- manyA feared instances 2,000-home of illegal dumping.develop- transfer(LPR) to stationmeet housing is proving targets. a deter- Obituaries à37 ingcome Government more acute. reforms which mentBut at it Marden is a problem has been in many dropped, rural rentMBC that is is the costing “master councils developer” more. Parish Councils 34-35 wouldConstruction see annual waste, housing rubble, targets hard toareas the joy including of the opposition Langley, Othamgroup ofCllr the Lenham Fort made Heath her project remarks and as Comment à45-47 ASH dieback has been discovered in risecore, from windows 880 to andmore household than 1,500. fur- there,and Kingswood. but they fear Water the Lanescheme in onefaces of considerable the borough’s opposition closest trans- from Monks Meadow in Detling; niture is left illegally – often strewn Bearsted and Pilgrims Way have ferSave stations Our Heath at NorthLands (SOHL) Farm, Tun- and A major document considered by may still come back later. Hollingbourne village fete stall- thein thenine-member middle of the strategic, road. plan- alsoDevelopment been targeted of the recently. Leeds-Lang- bridgeLenham Wells, Parish announced Council. it will be Flytipping ‘failure’ Cllr Gill Fort said: “Every month Last year, Maidstone Borough closed for 10 weeks. holder co-ordinator Jean Duffy has ning and infrastructure committee ley corridor is not in the running at Doubt surrounds whether MBC resigned;BRAZEN flytippersyellow lines are are making needed a we are having toilets, sinks and Council cleared 911 cases of fly-tip- She added: “If you go along the on November 9 set out which this time, but may return if has secured the landowners’ agree- formockery Buffkyn of Way, attempts Otham to, getto allow on construction waste dumped in the ping and this year more than 163 line of increasing fines, they have to schemes will be in the running. landowners and developers can ment to proceed and faces con- busestop of through the scourge Imperial Park; rub- village, specifically in Burberry have been recorded since April. be enforced. A reduction in the Among them are the “garden agree a major housing scheme cerns raised by experts. Some bishblighting bins thein theborough. sports fieldà in Lane, where we are now thinking The approaching darker evenings charge or offering it free may have 16 communities” at Lenham Heath which, in turn, delivers a relief road. smaller landowners are threaten- Kingswood are to be moved over to of installing cameras on private will prompt a rise in illegal tipping. the desired similar effect.” (4,000) and Lidsing (2,400), as well Members considered the Regu- ing legal action. the picnic area and rear exit. land, to oversee the problem area.” Cllr Fort welcomed a joint initia- as a host of smaller developments lation 18b Preferred Approach doc- APlanning three-monthly consultant litter pick onChris the West inquest mystery A recent event in Burberry Lane tive by the Environment Agency in the town and villages, gleaned ument, which details how MBC mile-longHawkins, stretchrepresenting of road Country- through CrimeMYSTERY Reports surrounds why the in-35 saw a caravan burned out while a and the Driver and Vehicle Stan- Leeds village produces an average from the controversial "call for must deliver thousands of new side Properties which promoted quest into Fred and Rose West’s torched car remains on a footpath dards Agency to clamp down on 32the black rejected sacks Marden of rubbish. scheme, ex- VEHICLESson’s death have in Maid- been driven over farmland in causing pressedCllr Fort, surprise who also that serves Lenham as a stone has not beenLenham, held. damge to crops; an attemptedà22 parishHeath wentcouncillor, through. says teaching break-in was reported in ; a childrenMarden, about he socialargued, responsibility is deliver- Detling vehicle was vandalised in Bearsted andable, the viable issue ofand litter sustainable in schools will in Memorials silent Rd, Weavering; pumpkins were helpways take Lenham the issue is not off and the warnedstreets. WAR memorials across the She believes with every household stolenborough from fell silentan onallotment Remem- in accelerating the Local Plan process Lenham. YOUR LOCAL PROPERTY EXPERT receivingcarried “greater a weekly risk”. refuse collection brance Sunday as thousands service,A spokesman there is no for excuse SOHL for said:litter stayed away during the [email protected] being thrown from vehicles or “Despite appraisals of the scheme CommentCovid-19 lockdown. 46-47à30 01622 690290 23 Pudding Lane • Maidstone • Kent dumped in the road. Continued on page 13 Home Alarms supplied and fitted webexpandvisit www.amiga.co.uk.co.ukor call 080000162 1996222 880840 In the the top top 1% of 1%UK web of designUK companies webwww.webexpand.co.uk design companies | [email protected] web design google promotion ecommerce Phoenix Events are delighted to bring to you, the first ever Drive-Thru Christmas Winter Wonderland! 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You will have two adjacent spaces, one for your family and one for your car December 18th, 19th & 20th 2020 Gates open @ 4pm Fireworks @ 8pm ticketsource.co.uk/phoenixevents 2 downsmail.co.uk News Simon chosen Linda sends Christmas SIMON Webb, of Hunton, will rep- resent the Conservatives for Maid- stone Rural West at next spring’s KCC elections by winning the toss of coin after a dead heat in the divi- love in a box to orphans sional election on Monday with John Wilson of East Farleigh. STAPLEHURST village has come He stepped down as KCC’s Prin- together to help a great-grand- cipal Primary Adviser for 458 mother create Christmas shoe- schools several years ago and more boxes for a cause close to her heart. recently has been running an When Linda Savage (72) volun- academies' trust in Essex. teered at a local charity after seeing a Facebook post about a puppy looking for a home, she had no MP on move idea it would change her life. MAIDSTONE and the Weald MP The retired foster mother of Helen Grant is moving her con- Bathurst Close says she is “blown stituency office from the site of the away” after her neighbours sprang Maidstone East rail station to a first into action to help her. floor premises in Week Street. She- Mrs Savage, a volunteer at Paws Crocodile wellies put a smile on this said she has had six “very happy 2 Rescue, said she felt compelled to boy’s face and right, Linda Savage years” at the HQ but has to move help the orphans in Romania after on as the site is being redeveloped. colleagues told her about their and toys.