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Summer fun for children
PARENTS worried about keeping their kids busy during the summer holidays will be delighted to learn about the activities lined up by the council, including bushcraft, BMX riding and cheerleading. Tonbridge and Malling Council’s summer playscheme is for children aged four to 11 and runs weekdays from August 3 to 21, offering arts and crafts, competitions, games, cookery, magic workshops and sport. The scheme will run at 13 ven- ues from 9am to 1pm. Activities cost £39 per week per
child or £13.50 per week per family for leisure pass holders. The council also runs the Playscheme Plus pro- gramme for children with special educational needs and/or physical disabilities. Summer Activate runs from July
27 toAugust 21, for those aged eight to 16. Courses include windsurfing, fencing, cookery and cupcake mak- ing, as well as special effects and make-up, drama, cheerleading, magic, pottery, fishing and outward bound activities at Carroty Wood, Tonbridge. Details are at libraries, leisure cen-
tres and
www.tmbc.gov.uk. Email
leisure.services@
tmbc.gov.uk or call 01732 876166.
Work starts to clean up hotel
WORKhas begun to repair the rusty Travelodge building in St Peter Street, Maidstone. Scaffolding has been erected around the hotel, which has been the source of controversy since it was constructed in 2010. Likened to a giant toilet roll and
voted Maidstone’s most ugly build- ing, the Travelodge began to rust within months of being built. Cllr Dan Daley, LibDemmember
for Allington ward, took it upon himself to unravel the mystery of the rusting “roll” and press for re- medial action in July last year. He discovered that steelwork within the building had not been treated properly at the outset – so simply painting over the problem would not make it go away. Now the owner has admitted it
too is frustrated with the recurring rust problem and has brought in a contractor who will, hopefully, put matters right. Treating the substandard struc-
ture is expected to take three months. Cllr Daley set out on a one-man
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Twinning call for help
MAIDSTONE’s twinning group is looking for more members to help promote the entente cordiale with a French town. The Maidstone/Beauvais Twin-
mission to track down the builder, only to find the company had gone into liquidation. Matters were fur- ther complicated when he discov- ered the original owner and developer had sold the building to another company. Once hewas armed with the nec-
essary information, Cllr Daley pushed Maidstone Council’s en- forcement team into writing to the new owner – a pension fund – seek- ing urgent action to improve the exterior of the building.
ningAssociation began in 1961.Over the years, the links between the two places have gone from strength to strength, but with the Beauvais group still thriving, membership on this side of the Channel dwindled after Maidstone Council withdrew its funding a few years ago. Borough Cllr Wendy Hinder, twinning committee vice-chairman, said: “Due to the withdrawal of fundingwe have seen our member- ship drop significantly. We are ur- gently trying to re-invent ourselves to increase the membership in order to be able to hold fundraising events. We would welcome new members whohave aninterest in France, those who have expertise or experience in fundraising, and anyone who just wishes to join to be able to partici- pate in social events.” The committee held its annual meeting at Maidstone Town Hall this month. Anyone interested in joining the twinning association can contact the secretary, Michael Yates on
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