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downsmail.co.uk Crime head defends office spend
KENT Police and Crime Commis- sioner Ann Barnes has defended expenditure on her new office, after a claim in a Sunday newspa- per that she spent £200,000 on the move. The allegation was among sev-
eral in an article published by the Mail on
Sunday.Mrs Barnes denied the claims and said her decision to move from the centre of Maidstone to Kent Police HQ in Sutton Road
centre agreed PLANNING permission has been granted to create a replacement café and new extended visitor cen- tre at the Cabin Café in Cobtree Manor Park in Forstal Road, near Aylesford. The visitor centre will include a dining area, improved toilet facil- ities and space for functions asso- ciated with the park. The building will also include a ranger’s office. According to a supporting state-
ment, the current public toilets are “oversized and subject to anti-so- cial behaviour”. Maidstone Coun- cil’s planning committee unanimously granted consent.
will save public money in the long term. Mrs Barnes said: “We recently moved from an of- fice block in the centre of Maid- stone to half the bottom storey of a block on Kent Po- lice’s HQ site. “I made the deci- sion to relocate
Ann Barnes
premises last August, as the con- tract for the old police authority of- ficewas up for renewal. “Had I renewed the Maidstone
office contract it would have been one of the most expensive build- ings on the police estate. I just couldn’t justify this during times of police cuts. “The move will save around £250,000 over the next five years, and even more in the years after
Cobtree visitor Tribute to Kent’s D-Day role
THE role played by the Weald of Kent in the D-Day events on June 6, 1944, is being marked at Headcorn Village Hall on Saturday, June 7. TheWeald saw a large concentra-
tion of troops and vehicles billeted locally for the invasion and a num- ber of temporary airfieldswere con- structed, including RAF Lashenden just south east of Headcorn. This airfield is still active today and has
ATENNIS court, 35m by 17m with green mesh fencing, is to be in- stalled at Ulcombe Place, Ulcombe Hill, Ulcombe, subject to planning consent from Maidstone Council.
a museum. The event begins at 7.30pm. The 18-piece Clefhangers Big Band will be playing Glenn Miller favourites in tribute to all those involved and a forces sweetheart will sing the songs thatwon thewar. Uniforms and 1940s fashion are
the dress code for the evening, and guests are can bring their own “ra- tions”. For tickets, call 01580 893313.
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A PROPOSAL to create a loft con- version at 46 Otteridge Road, Bearsted was refused. Maidstone Council said the de- velopment would be detrimental.
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that. It made perfect sense to me to use excess space at Kent Police HQ. The force, as everyone knows, has lost almost a fifth of its workforce in this round of government cuts to police funding. “The move has also eliminated additional ongoing costs to the public purse by reducing constant travel expenses, not to mention the opportunity costs of everyone’s time.”
Join gospel choir
KEEN singers are invited to come along to rehearsals of the Commu- nity Gospel Choir. The choir meets fortnightly from
4-5pm on Sundays, June 1, 15 and 29 at The Salvation Army, 74-80 Union Street, Maidstone. For more details, call the community office on 01622 681808.
Pastors on patrol
MAIDSTONE’S street pastors came to the aid of 24 barefooted revellers in the town centre during April. The volunteer group handed out
24 pairs of flipflops, 25 water bot- tles and seven foil blankets. It also provided nine sick bags and col- lected 310 bottles and glasses.
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