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downsmail.co.uk Maidstone East Edition Maidstone & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper downsmail.co.uk Maidstone Weald Edition FREE Maidstone & Malling’s October 2017 No.No. 1 246newspaper FREENews Panto ahoy! Kate, 107, dies AugustTHE cast 2018 of Cinderella, which is to be No. 256 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 News has died aged 107, her son 3 launch this year's panto. Plan for 800 homes brings traffic concern David has disclosed. LAOnNGL boardEY res idTheent sKentishhave ex pLadyresse wered Bumper grape harvest national treasure Rustie Lee (Fairy concerns about the traffic impact of WINEMAKERS are predicting a Godmother), former EastEnder Ste- MP’s Local Plan bid 800 new homes on the A274 will bumber grape harvest this year fan Booth (Prince Charming), Eliza- have on the local country roads. aftHELENer the hWhatelyot weat haskeder the beth Bright (Cinderella), Craig DHA Plannings’s Chris Hawkins, brogovernmentught perfec tto co haltndit theion s. 3 pAndersonictured at a(Buttons)recent de vand,elope pictured,r’s ex- borough’s housing scheme. 4 hStephenibition, s aRichardsid the ov eandrall tAdamotal ha Bor-s bzoneeen (Uglyreduce Sisters)d by 50 . units and a Literacy winner rouTheyndab wereout sh greetedould he lbyp e pupilsase co nfrom- NEWPlans Line Le forarnin gDr’s f oNigelotball- South Borough Primary School and gestion as will extra buses. theTHEmed widow literac yof s cGPhe Drme Nigel Minnet members of the media. The panto Relief road campaigner Wendy haswill pro walkved athe wi nGrandner. 6 runs from December 1-31. For tick- Young worries that the A274 Canyon for charity. 12 wetsill bgoec toom www.hazlitttheatre.co.uk.e a ‘nightmare’. 5 Doctor is retiring POJasonPULAR G PDonovan Anthony Finc hdateam is rTHEetiri nformerg from Neighbours his suc- star brings ceshissfu showl pra ctoti cthee. Hazlitt 10 Theatre next May. 18 WCCTVarnin callg to indri ave bidrs Good luck, Isobel CORNWALLIS student Isobel Coltham (15) heads to as crash blocks road Malawi on a mission. 14 to stop fly-tipping Emily flies the flag A CAR crash in Headcorn which blocked the village for hours has CALLS for the installation of CCTV cameras to prevent fly-tipping on a LIBERAL Democrat Emily Fermor prompted a stark warning from a local road safety campaigner. is championing the rain- bow flag for gay rights. 15 countryBorough roadcounc haveillor M beenartin made“On th bye da they of localthe cras boroughh, I was frie councillor.ndly and has a great selection of RoBurberryund, who Lane,helped nearcon Leedstrol tra andffic hnearby,elping t morehe po thanlice a and yeartryi afterng to it shunlicensedops. waste carriers, but be- oBroomfield,n the day o hasf th beene sma targetedsh, is con by- fwasind p dumpedeople al andterna settiv one ro fire.utes, as lieves“It is a thelot costless toha smallssle th firmsan get oftin dis-g Obituaries 32 cwasteerned dumpersthat cra forshe years,s will butbec inom re-e theThewho churchle of He caradc parkorn h hasad alsobeco seenme stposinguck in oftra constructionffic going int wasteo Maid at- a Obituaries 32 mcentore months,frequent theif d problemrivers co hasntin be-ue jamanymmed instances. of illegal dumping. sttransferone, beca stationuse eve isry provingthing is h ae deter-re. Parish Councils 34-37 tcomeo spee mored and acute.behave thoughtlessly. “ButPeop itle iss aho problemuted at m ine manyand w ruralere rent“I ju thatst w isish costingdriver councilss would more.slow Parish Councils 34-35 CConstructionllr Round sa waste,ys tha rubble,t Headc hardorn rareasude be includingcause they’ Langley,d been inc Othamonve- dowCllrn an Fortd hee maded othe herr dr remarksivers and as THE village car park in ASH dieback has been Ediscoveredast Far- in hcore,as be windowscome a vic andtim householdof its own s fur-uc- nandience Kingswood.d. One woman Watereven d Lanerove at in beonehav ofe in thea c borough’sourteous m closestanner, o trans-th- leigh is uneven and the bay mark- Monks Meadow in Detling; cnitureess, at istr leftactin illegallyg peopl –e oftento its strewnshops mBearstedy legs afte andr sug Pilgrimsgesting I w Wayas a havepo- erferwis stationse there w atill b Northe more Farm,crashe Tun-s.” ings have become overgrown; an Hollingbourne village fete stall- in the middle of the road. also been targeted recently. bridge Wells, announced it will be estimate for speed signs to be because of traffic congestion in tential rapist!” On July 18, four people were in- holder co-ordinator Jean Duffy has Cllr Gill Fort said: “Every month Last year, Maidstone Borough closed for 10 weeks. painted in Chart Sutton was re- Maidstone. Cllr Round hears regular com- jured in a crash on the railway 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 ceived and agreed; two dozen pop- Speaking after the crash between plaints about people driving badly bridge in Biddenden Road. Queues 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 pies would be placed on lamposts a car and a van on the A274 at and too fast through the village. of traffic stretched back to Sutton buses through Imperial Park; rub- village, specifically in Burberry have been recorded since April. be enforced. A reduction in the in Staplehurst at a cost of 7.45am on July 18, he said: “I am He added: “I have seen people Valence as the rescue and clearance bish bins in the sports field in Lane, where we are now thinking The approaching darker evenings charge or offering it free may have £111.50; Cllr Geraldine Brown has not saying that the people involved trying to overtake in the centre of operation was mounted. Kingswood are to be moved over to of installing cameras on private will prompt a rise in illegal tipping. the desired similar effect.” been re-elected unopposed as in this crash were doing anything Headcorn. They drive too fast and Kent Police have asked witnesses the picnic area and rear exit. wland,rong to, b overseeut for m thee, I problemhad to re area.”flect tooCllragg Fortressiv welcomedely. a joint initia- or dAriv three-monthlyers with dash c litteram fo pickotag one to the Yalding chairman. A recent event in Burberry Lane tive by the Environment Agency mile-long stretch of road through seriously about how people drive “People like to come here and get in touch with them on 01622 CrCrimeime R eReportsports 3735 tsawheir aca caravanrs. burned out while a yandou c thean s Driveree why and. It’ Vehicles clean Stan-and 79Leeds8538. village produces an average torched car remains on a footpath dards Agency to clamp down on 32 black sacks of rubbish. VEHICLES have been driven over A MAPLE bush was stolen in ; Cllr Fort, who also serves as a farmland in Lenham,Locausingose model cars were stolen in a house parish councillor, says teaching damge to crops; an attempted Lorry park plan break-in in Marden; a water cylin- children about social responsibility break-in was reported in Detling; a RURAL residents, who face the der was taken from the driveway and the issue of litter in schools will vehicle was vandalised in Bearsted prospect of a huge post-Brexit of a house in Boughton Malherbe; help take the issue off the streets. Rd, Weavering; pumpkins were lorry park on their doorstep a Vauxhall Corsa parked in Staple- She believes with every household stolen from an allotment in near Boughton Malherbe as hurst was damaged; a bike was receiving a weekly refuse collection Lenham. YOUR LOCAL PROPERTY EXPERT Highways England searches for stolen in Boughton Monchelsea. service, there is no excuse for litter suitable sites, have held [email protected] being thrown from vehicles or a public meeting. 4 Comment 46-47 01622 690290 23 Pudding Lane • Maidstone • Kent dumped in the road. Comment 46-47 HomeWe Offer Alarms Cuts, Colours, supplied Styles & More and fittedWALK IN UNISEX SALON Unit 4, Langley Park Centre,visit Laightwww.amiga.co.uk Rd, Langley Park ME17 3FUor | 01622call 08000532972 |199622 www.scissorhandz.co.uk www.petsworldkent.co.uk | 01580 891312 Cranbrook Road (A229), Staplehurst, Kent, TN12 0EU 2 Maidstone Weald August 2018 downsmail.co.uk News Guides’ plea Winemakers celebrate a ADULT volunteers are needed from September by the 2nd Loose Guides. Anyone interested in sparing hot summer but fear hail time monthly, weekly or less fre- quently should get in touch. THE scorching hot summer is Annual English wine sales stand Meetings start at 7pm and are promising to be a wine-maker’s at £130m from about five million only during school term time. dream. bottles, but the export market is still If you can help or would like to Hush Heath producer Richard relatively small. offer services in other areas, contact Balfour-Lynn, who started the win- However, two large French boughtonvaledivision@girlguid- ery in Staplehurst as a hobby more Champagne houses, Vranken-Pom- ingkentweald.org.uk than 15 years ago, reckons a bumper mery and Tattinger, have acknowl- harvest is in the offing. edged the rise in English sparkling But he will be praying that a break wine production by investing in it. Holiday fun in the blistering temperatures is not Hush Heath is a 400-acre estate, YALDING’S summer play scheme accompanied by a hail storm, which with 120 acres given over to vines.