Police job inspires new crime career
A CIVILIAN officer based at Maidstone Police Station has used her job as a police intelligence analyst to inspire her first crime novel. Elizabeth Haynes’ “Into The Darkest Corner” follows the path of a woman who gets involved in an apparently ideal relationship that later turns sinister. The author says her job of six years has been an ideal backdrop to forging a career in fiction. She said: “In my job, I look at crime figures
and try to establish a pattern of offending so we can direct resources into certain areas. It is an ideal job for a writer as we are trained to look at crime creatively as well as in a factual way.” In 2008, Elizabeth (39) wrote
the first draft of the book as part of National Novel Writing Month, which presents an annual challenge to write a 50,000-word novel during November. A tutor on her creative writing course passed this on to publisher Myriad Editions, who decided to re- lease the book. She added: “It has always been an
MORE than 6,000 women under 30 inWest Kent are putting themselves at increased risk of devel- oping cervical cancer by not taking up the offer of routine screening. The latest figures show 29% (6,214) of West
Kent women aged 25 to 29 did not act on their in- vitation for cervical screening between 2005 and 2010. However, 87% of those aged 30 to 54 at- tended their appointments. Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer to affect women under the age of 35 and
unreachable goal of mine to have something pub- lished, so it is amazing that it is now happening. To see your name on the cover gives you a real buzz.” Elizabeth’s second book, “Under
a Hunter’s Moon”, will be pub- lished by Myriad in 2012. She is currently writing her third novel, but is happy to carry on with the day job. “I do love my job - the best I have ever had,” she said. “It’s constantly changing and it never gets boring. I am hoping to keep the two side-by-side for as long as possible. “It is very inspirational in
terms of my writing because I come across a wide variety of people and, if I spent all day at home, I might lose the inspira- tion to write that I get from my job.” “Into The Darkest Corner” is available in paperback for £7.99. Info - 01273 720000 /
www.Myr-
iadEditions.com.
The young women who are risking cervical cancer
nearly 1,000 women in the UK die each year from the disease. Malti Varshney, public health specialist at NHS
West Kent, said: ““Some women feel uncomfort- able with the idea of having a cervical screening test, but they need to be reassured that the screen- ing is done by trained professionals who are ex- perienced in carrying out this procedure.” More information can be found
atwww.cancer-
screening.nhs.uk or on the helpline 0808 802 8000.
Consultants must change plan for
air conditioning FINANCIAL consultants Math- ews Smith have been refused planning permission to install two air-conditioning units at their premises on the junction of County Road andWell Road, Maidstone. Maidstone Council said the
units, by virtue of height, posi- tioning, scale and design, would visually clutter the front of the building and have a neg- ative impact on the streetscene. However, it added that a planning application for the units to be installed to the rear of the property would be likely to be deemed acceptable.
From print works
to storage depot APPLICANT Martin Burt has been given permission to change the use of former print- ers at 18 Wharf Road, Tovil, into a potential site for storage and distribution. Maidstone Council has or-
dered that no commercial ac- tivity shall be carried out outside the hours of 8am to 5.30pm on Mondays to Fridays and not on bank or public holi- days. The applicant insists there
will be no development or changes to the structure inter- nally or externally.
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