Welcome Tankies - farewell 12 Gurkhas
A HOMECOMING parade through Maidstone was a heart- warming occasion for the sol- diers of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment - and for the onlookers who lined the High Street.
from a six-month tour in Afghanistan's
Province, led by commanding of- ficer Lt Col Marcus Evans, from Broomfield, near Maidstone.
Aldi edges nearer SUPERMARKET chain Aldi “means busi- ness” over its planned move into Maid- stone, according to a local borough councilor. In April, Aldi was given permission to
build a new store inWell Road after a pre- vious permission expired. It now wants to overturn one of the conditions and be al- lowed to have goods delivered to the planned store two hours prior and three hours after its Sunday opening hours. Cllr Malcolm Robertson told Maidstone Business Forum: “With a detailed plan- ning application like that, it looks like they mean business.” Maidstone Council will rule on the planning application.
The 'Tankies' had just returned Helmand
The regiment recruits about one-fifth of its personnel from Kent. Sadly, on the same day as the march through the County Town it was announced that 12 local Gurkhas, based at Invicta
A 90-YEAR-OLD widower was found dead at hisBredhursthomeafter swallowing amassive overdose of painkillers. Retired fencing contractor LeslieWood left a
note for his family but had previously given them no warning of his intention to kill him- self, a Maidstone inquest heard. His daughter LindaBeer, said he missed hiswife, Ellen,who he had nursed through Alzheimer’s disease. After her death in 2003, he continued to live
alone at their home in The Street. Mrs Beer said she saw him twice a week but
his behaviour was “somewhat cantankerous”. She added: “Hewouldn’t go out and he had no friends. I just think he was bored and fed up.” Her father was found dead on his bedroom
Park barracks, are to lose their jobs in the latest round of defence cuts. They are among a total of 140 Gurkhas being made redun- dant, including many at their Folkestone base.
‘Fed up’ pensioner found dead after overdose
floor on Sunday, December 12 last year, after a concerned local shopkeeper told emergency services he had not been seen for some time. Mrs Beer had taken him shopping the previ-
ous Thursday, when he had seemed “crotch- ety” but gave her no cause for concern. Mid Kent coroner Patricia Harding said he
had taken an “exceedingly high level” of painkillers and placed empty blister packs in the kitchen bin. Mr Wood left a note and a screwed-up letter, both signed Poppy – an af- fectionate name used by the family. Recording a verdict that he had killed him-
self, the coroner said: “It is difficult when we don’t know why he had chosen to do this, but it is clear from the evidence that he did.”
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