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death charge MAIDSTONE and TunbridgeWells NHS Trust denied corporate manslaughter following the death of a primary school teacher after an emergency Caesarean operation. Frances Cappuccini, who taught
at Offham Primary School, died aged 30, hours after giving birth to her second son in Pembury Hospi- tal, Tunbridge Wells in October 2012. In a ground-breaking case, the
NHS trust has been charged with corporate manslaughter alongside Dr Nadeem Aziz and consultant anaesthetist Errol Cornish. Cornish (67), from Bromley de-
nied the charge at the High Court in London. An international war- rant has been issued for the arrest of Aziz (52), formerly from Tun- bridge Wells, who is believed to have fled to Pakistan. The trial is due to start on January 12, 2016.
Village lights
The Queen’s Head Oddfellows will once again be lighting up the village green at SuttonValence with an illu- minated Christmas tree. The group will also put up lights
in Lambe’s Garden by kind per- mission of Sutton Valence School. The planned date for the switch-on in November 29.
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Food bank’s call for help to renew lease
BUSINESSES are being asked to dig deep to help a local food bank hang on to its premises for a fur- ther three years. The Community Storehouse op-
erates from the Wesley Centre, in Commercial Road, Paddock Wood, and has food collection centres at a number of local churches, includ- ing East Peckham and Yalding, as well as at Paddock WoodWaitrose. Much of this year’s harvest col- lection from St Peter and St Paul Primary School, Yalding as well as from the church was also donated to the food bank, which provides food parcels to the needy in the local community. The food bank was started by a
group of friends, initially supply- ing food parcels on special occa- sions to those in need. It moved into the former church
in September 2013, where it is man- aged and staffed by volunteers who help to gather and distribute the food parcels. It became a regis- tered charity earlier this year. Chairman CarltonAndrews said: “In the past, the wider family usu-
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More and more people are relying on food banks like the Community Storehouse at Paddock Wood
ally lived close by and they would rally round when therewas a prob- lem. However family structures have changed, employment levels are down andwe are in challenging times which affect every family budget, every home's food cup- board and finances. “Some families struggle as the
week's or month's funds run dry. This problem affects an increasing number of people, from the elderly who live alone to large families and single parents.” The charity’s temporary lease
came to an end in September this year and it now has to raise the nec- essary funds to stay in the centre
for a further three years – £24,000. Mr Andrews said: “Since open-
ing in the Wesley Centre in Sep- tember 2013 we have received 17.3 tonnes of food and given out 15.6 tonnes. This equates to 7 to 8 households helped everyweek. “We believe there will be a con- tinuing need for food banks, unfor- tunately, both locally and nationally, and it is prudent for us to plan to be at the Wesley Centre for at least the next three years.” To discuss how you or your com-
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