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News Rugby club’s treble hope Mayor’s debut
MAIDSTONE Rugby Club are going for a treble after winning the league title and regional cup. Maidstone beat Sussex side Crow- borough 50-17 in their final home league fixture of the season to clinch the London 2 (SE) division two championship. Having alreadywon the regional cup, they could add a third trophy when they play Mid- lands side Bridgenorth RFC in the RFUIntermediate Cup final onMay 3 at Twickenham. A week after beating Coney Hill
44-13 to reach the Intermediate Cup final, Maidstone notched eight tries to defeat Crowborough. Maidstone’s first XV are one of Kent’s top clubs and won London 3
Continued from page one Cllr Trudy Dean, KCC member
for Malling Central, said: “We un- derstand KCC has been looking at this as a potential site for Operation Stack.We are opposed to having it at Aylesford Newsprint. To access the site, lorries would have to go past a lot of residential accommo- dation. “It makes no sense to replace an employment site with a car park
(SE) as unbeaten champions in the 2012-13 season. They recently thrashed local rivals
Aylesford Bulls RFC 106-3 but Bridgenorth may provide much
tougher opposition having won all 19 of their league games aswewent to press. Tickets are priced at £5 for adults and £2 for children.
Lorry park idea near homes ‘makes no sense’
that will be sitting there empty waiting for some use a few days a year.” KCCis drawing up an action plan
with haulage industry representa- tives, business leaders, the Port of Dover, Eurotunnel, Kent Police, Highways England, ferry compa- nies and local authorities that will be presented to the Government. The plan will decide whether to have one large lorry park or a num-
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ber of smaller ones. Cllr Dean added: “The sensible
thing would be to expand one or more service stations along the mo- torway. This would be cheaper and more economic than having a single car park in the countryside.” Local MEP Catherine Bearder is campaigning to make the French strikes illegal by claiming that they breach one of the main principles of the EU – freedom of trade.
at civic parade MAIDSTONE’S mayor-making and civic parade will takeplace this year on Saturday, May 23. The incoming mayor of Maid-
stone, Cllr Daniel Moriarty, will be inaugurated in a ceremony at the Town Hall prior to a parade through the town centre, ending with a service at All Saints’ Church. Amilitary contingent comprising officers from the 36 Engineer Regi- ment will assemble outside County Hall and march alongWeek Street to meet up with the civilian party, which will form in Earl Street. The parade leaves the junction of
Week Street/High Street at noon and marchesdownthe High Street, with a salute being taken by the mayor and senior military person- nel at theTownHall, then into Mill Street and on to All Saints’ Church. The mayoral party willwalk to the church behind the main parade. There will be road closures in
place on and around the route be- tween 10.30am and 12.45pm. Jubilee Square and Bank Street
will close from9amto5pmbecause of events in the square throughout the day and Old College Horseway will be closed from 6am to 1pm. Cllr Derek Butler, ward member
for Boxley, will be Cllr Moriarty’s deputy for the year.
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