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Safety heroes are rewarded
A POLICE woman praised for “going the extra mile to keep Maidstone safe” almost missed picking up her prize after detain- ing a suspect on her way to the awards’ ceremony. PCSO Caroline Honeysett put
duty first as she made her way to the 2014 MaidSafe awards cere- mony at the Wonderland night- club in Barker Road, Maidstone. Therewas still time for her to re-
ceive the Timpson outstanding service award, which she shares with PCSO Neil Lettington. Neil and Caroline (pictured) are a con- stant presence in the town, and, according to a nomination by Marks and Spencer, “are the one team Maidstone cannot do with- out”.
MaidSafe brings together retail-
ers, licensees, CCTV operators, the police and Town Centre Manage- ment in Maidstone in a united ef- fort to keep the area safe. The awards were presented by
town centre manager Bill Moss, The Mall’s manager Paul Alcock, Cllr John Wilson, Chief Inspector SimonWilson and Chief Superin- tendent Steve Corbishley from Kent Police. Other award winnerswere: Individual: Glenn Jones, from Boots security. Glenn was instru- mental in identifying two prolific offenders recently sent to prison for stealing designer glasses.
Outstanding actions: Rob Garner, from the Urban Blue Bus, and spe- cial constable Kevin Buck. Rob has given up 46weeks of his own time over the last five years to manage the Urban Blue Bus in Maidstone. Mr Buck volunteered over 20 years ago and works a 10-hour foot patrol in the town every Sat- urday night. Team: The Mall security team. Judges said team members are al- ways on hand for residents and visitors and recently saved the life of a choking victim. Best night-time economy team: Urban Blue Bus, which has volun- teered over 4,000 hours and dealt with more than 630 incidents. Linda Gillette: PCAsh Bates, who has been on the beat for three years. The award was in memory of town centre PC Linda Gillette, who died in 2011 after a battle with cancer.
Weight loss clinic agreed
APLAN for a weight loss clinic to move into vacant offices at Kings Hill has been approved by Ton- bridge and Malling Council. The new centre in Kings HillAv-
enue will be a franchise of Ali- zonne, which has 18 sites across the UKand will specialise in non-inva- sive treatments such as ultrasound and skin-contouring sessions cou- pled with a controlled diet. In the firm’s application, it said
By-election
KINGS Hill Parish Council chair- man DavidWaller failed to win a seat for UKIP on Tonbridge and Malling Council but was ahead of Labour and the Green Party. He came third with 349 votes in
a by-election at Borough Green and Long Mill. Independent Mike Taylor won with 692 votes, beat- ing Tory Stuart Murray into sec- ond place with 588 votes. Victoria Hayman (Labour) took 84 votes and Howard Porter (Green) 68.
20-25% of residents in Kings Hill were obese, according to statistics from the Kent and Medway Public Heath Observatory. The centre is to operate from
10am to 6pm from Monday to Sat- urday and will create two full-time jobs – a sales and marketing execu- tive and clinic manager – aswell as employing four part-time thera- pists. This was expected to rise to four or five full-time roles.
Drink-drive ban
AN EAST Peckham manwho ad- mitted drink-driving was banned for 18months and fined £110 at Sevenoaks magistrates court. Joseph Lyon (19), of Ton-
bridge Road,was driving a Vaux- hall Combi van when he was stopped. He gave a reading of 62mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mgs. He was also ordered to pay
£85 costs and a £20 victim sur- charge.
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