Tributes paid to council chief
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Commission to be best in the country.”
Deputy leader of the council, Cllr Owen Bal- dock, said: “Mark was a close friend and colleague to all mem- bers of the council, irrespective of their political allegiances. He was one of those remarkable people who always put the interests of the residents of the borough at the forefront of everything he sought to do. He will be an enormous loss, not only to the council but also to the wider community.” A wheelchair user, Cllr Wor-
rall fought for the rights of dis- abled people, including tackling Kent County Council about the state of pavements and roads in winter. He became a non-executive di-
rector of Maidstone and Tun- bridgeWells NHS Trust in 2010. He was also chairman of
Town Malling Cricket Club, which posted a tribute on its website, expressing “great sad- ness”. The club said: “He has been a central and important part of the club for many years and will be sorely missed.”
Pupil’s golden opportunity
A 15-YEAR-OLD Invicta Gram- mar School pupil has raised more than £1,000 after launch- ingacampaigntohelpthe plight of women who are vic- tims of human trafficking. Year 11 pupil SeonaMacdon-
ald wanted to raise money and awareness after hearing a talk on the work of the A21 charity. Seona, who lives in Cedar
Close, Ditton, hit on the idea of recycling jewellery to generate funds through an appeal she called “Her Future is Gold”. She designed the posters ask-
ing people to donate, and per- suaded Martin Wilde Jewellers
DISCOVERY took on a “hole” new meaning for pupils at a Kings Hill school when an 8ft deep openingmysteriously ap- peared in the ground. Pupils and parents at the Dis- covery School were perturbed to find thehugeholebythe bike sheds at the school, in Dis- covery Drive. The hole, which appeared at
for her GCSE course work. She has already raised £1,000
from the scrap gold and £40 in donations. She said: “Iwas reallymoved.
Ltd in Mill Yard, West Malling, to handle the gold and jewellery and send them on to a dealer. “I showed them a video and explained what I would like to do,” said Seona, who completed a project on human trafficking
Hole opens up in playground Kent County Council said the
the end of last month, was growing as the paving col- lapsed around it and children who normally got to class- rooms from the front of the school were having to divert via the changing rooms.
hole had been fenced off while the cause was investigated. A spokesman said: “We are looking into it, but we haven’t yet established what has caused it. We have made the area secure and sectioned it off, and there is no risk to the chil- dren. Once we know the cause we will be able to deal with it. “It doesn’t have an impact on
the new classrooms or the run- ning of the school. The Discovery School is be-
lieved to be built on land above an aquifer – an underground layer of permeable rock.
I wanted to do something but I couldn’t donate money because I didn’t have a job.” Donors are asked to send their unwanted gold direct to the jeweller and Seona has de- signed labels for the padded en- velopes provided for this. All proceeds will go to A21, which helps to rescue women, mainly from Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Nigeria, who are sold into slavery.
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2012-2017, published last month, states: “One of the key strategic roles of the local au- thority is to ensure there are sufficient education places of a high quality available to the children and young people of Kent.” KCC estimates that by 2016,
it will need 22 extra entry forms in primary schools and 14 more in secondary schools – about 18 new primary and two new secondary schools. Parents have until June 19 to comment on KCC’s plan, at
www.kent.gov.uk/education- provision
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