Kings Hill worker died in hit-and-run


A21-YEAR-old Kings Hill worker died after being struck in a hit-and-run crash in Ibiza, an inquest heard.


Francesca Foulkes, who had been working at


Cabot Financial for two years and lived in Wig- more, Gillingham, died last July as she walked back to her apartment at about 2.30am after a night out in San Antonio. The inquest in Maidstone heard that Francesca


– known as Fran – and her friend, Jessica Read, were holding hands as they walked towards on- coming traffic, trying to find a way onto the pave- ment between parked cars. As one car drove towards them at speed, Jessica tried to pull Francesca in but she was thrown


Crash victim Fran Foulkes – “a fantastic daughter”


A NEW club is being launched in Leybourne aimed at provid- ing lively activities for the over 50s.


The Kent Active Retirement Association (KentARA) already has 80 clubs throughout the county with nearly 12,000 members. The nearest existing clubs are atWest Malling, Lark- field, Kings Hill and Ditton. Anyone who is retired or semi-retired and over the age of 50, is welcome.


SCHOOL staff came to the res- cue when snow chaos threat- ened to prevent an East Malling woman from sitting an impor- tant exam. Adult learner Sarah Bromley


Sign up for a lively new club Activities include line danc-


ing, short mat bowls, holidays and outings. KentARA chairman Peter Nicholls said: “Providing there are sufficient numbers to justify offering an activity, the club will try to offer it.” The inaugural meeting will be


at 2pm on Thursday, February 10, at the village hall in Little Market Row, Leybourne. Call 01892 835773 for more details.


about two car lengths by the impact and struck a parked vehicle. Aman has been charged by Spanish police with


a series of offences including negligent homicide and drink driving. Coroner Roger Sykes was told a post mortemex-


amination found she died from a fracture to the base of the skull. He recorded a narrative verdict, saying that he could not record a verdict of un- lawful killing as that may prejudice the outcome of court proceedings in Spain. Francesca’s father Julian said after the hearing:


“She was a fantastic daughter. I couldn’t have wished for a better daughter. I had her for 21 fan- tastic years.”


Top marks for exam day rescue


was due to travel to the capital to sit her Certificate in Direct and Interactive Marketing. But it looked as if all her hard


work and revision would be for nothing when she woke up on exam day to find the worst bliz- zards for 17 years causing havoc on roads and railways. Luckily, her local secondary


school, The Malling School, was able to help. The school’s examinations of-


ficer Kevin Henty contacted the Institute of Direct Marketing that morning, and by the after- noon, the school was set up as a mini exam centre. The institute emailed the ex- amination to Mr Henty who su- pervised while Mrs Bromley sat the paper.


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organ restoration TO CELEBRATE the restoration of the church organ, a recital will be held on Saturday, Feb- ruary 19, at 7.30pm at the Church of St John the Baptist in Tonbridge Road,Wateringbury. The organist will be Duncan Atkinson, director of music for the Church of St. Margaret, Lee, London, who sang as a boy inWateringbury church choir. The audience will not only


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