Firm fined after
worker injured A TOVIL construction firm has been fined for unsafe excava- tion after a worker was seri- ously injured on a school project. The BBS Construction Ltd employee smashed his hip in the incident at Benenden School for Girls in January, 2011, when a 4m deep excava- tion collapsed on top of him. He also injured his knee after
being buried up to his waist in rubble and was unable to work for several months. The collapse occurred when
the 44-year-old worker was ex- cavating a basement to support a multi-storey science block, Maidstone magistrates heard. However, concrete to fix the
posts for a supporting wall had been overpoured and the excess had to be chipped away with a hydraulic breaker. It was this that triggered the collapse. Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) investigators said the risks were not properly assessed. Ear- lier in the project a waste drain had been installed by BBS close to the face of the basement exca- vation and this may have made it more susceptible to collapse. BBS, of Church Street, was
fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £10,536 in costs after admitting a breach of construction regula- tions.
Statue a tribute to Light Brigade officer
A STATUE paying tribute to a man whodied in the chargeof the Light Brigade has been unveiled in Maidstone. Captain LouisEdward Nolanwas
a cavalry officer of the 15th Kings Royal Hussars and Riding Master at Maidstone Cavalry Depot from 1841 to 1854. He died at the Battle of Bal-
aklavaonOctober 25,1854, riding with the 17th Lancers during The Charge of the Light Brigade. It is thought Captain Nolan was
a regular worshipper at Holy Trin- ity Church and upon his death, a carved stone plaquewas installed in the church. However, when the churchwas converted into theTrin- ity Foyer in the mid 1990s, the plaque disappeared. Maidstone Borough Council commissioned a statue ofCaptain Nolan and the bronze sculpture was unveiled outside the Trinity Foyerby theDeputyMayorofMaid- stone, Cllr Clive English (pictured). Set on top of aKentish ragstone
plinth with black granite panels, it features a copy of the memorial thatwas sited in Trinity Church. The rest of the panels tellofCap-
tain Nolan’s involvement with Maidstone and the CrimeanWar. The lead artist for the project was Cllr Gordon Newton, owner of
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the Stone Shop, East Farleigh. The horse and rider was manu- factured by Meltdowns Art Studio, of Ramsgate. Captain Nolan’s military career
was spent betweenBangaloreand Madras, India,andMaidstone until he went to fight in the Crimean War.Hebuiltareputation forbeing an outstanding cavalry officer and authority on training cavalry horses. He wrote two books “The Training of Cavalry Remount Horses: A New System” in 1852 and “Cavalry, Its History and Tac- tics”, published in 1853. CaptainNolan’s first biographer,
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No KCC stand
at county show KCCWILLnot haveastandat this year’s Kent County Show because the authority is trying to save money. The council usually has a
large stand at the Detling event and last year it featured Explore Kent, the part of KCC’s leisure division that promotes the county’s best walking, cycling and horse riding opportunities, as well as highlighting attrac- tions and activities across Kent. A spokesman said: “In these
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