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A CHICKEN was stolen and a shed and greenhouseswere damaged at allotments in Tumblers Hill, Suon Valence. Two padlockswere cut on gates at a property in Church Hill, Boughton Monchelsea. Nothing appeared to have been taken. Tools, including a Bell cement mixer and
a Honda generator, were stolen from a farmyard in Clapper Lane, Staplehurst. Three chickenswere also stolen. Therewas an unsuccessful aempt to
break in to an outbuilding in New Barn Road, Suon Valence. Graffiti was painted onwalls and other damage caused in the basement of a block of flats in The Quarries, Boughton Monchelsea. The number plateswere stolen from a car parked on a driveway of a home in Chart Hill Road, Chart Suon. A home inWesterhill Road, Coxheath
was broken into and jewellerywas stolen. A shed of a propertynon a farm in East
Street, Huntonwas broken into and quad bikes were stolen. Thesewere: a blue Apache 100cc quad bike, a white Apache 100cc quad bike and a whiteAtala North Black road bike. The bikes were later recovered. A garage in a block in The Beacons, Coxheathwas broken into and itemswere stolen. A vehicle had its number plates removed
while left parked in the street overnight in Well Street, Loose. A vehiclewas taken from Redwall Lane, Hunton without the owner’s consent. Two vehicles on a driveway inWilsons
Lane, East Farleighwere deliberately damaged. Telephone cableswere cut in Bow Hill,
West Farleigh – enquiries are ongoing. About 80 hay baleswere set alight, causing extensive damage to a makeshift barn in a field in East Farleigh.
the last few years, the percentage of GDP spent has fallen from 11% to a lile over 7%. This is a political choice, not economics. We are 27th out of 29 EU countries in the number of doctors per head of population. The NHS is not unaffordable or unsustainable but underfunded. The cost of your GP per year per head is £74 inWest Kent. Try insuring you cat or car for that. It’s abused: Greatly exaggerated, according to the evidence. This is not the cause of the NHS’s problems. Contrast that with the private US system that the Government is so keen on:waste $690 billion , overcharging $750bn , fraud $98bn. The USA spend three times as much per head with worse results. It’s time the subtle but relentless campaign by the media and politicians to undermine our health service stopped. Correcting some of the anti-NHS propaganda is a start. Dr Paul J Hobday, Churn Lane, Horsmonden
Solar farm data flawed
Dear Sir – I read with interest your article entitled “MP fights rural solar farm plan”. Again I see the use of flawed data when people publish results of questionnaires. I would like to address some of the issues. Of the 1,000 questionnaires, less than a
NeighbourhoodWatch Working to reduce crime. Call Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 or local police Number plateswere removed from a
vehicle parked on a driveway in Bankfields, Headcorn. CCTV footage is being obtained. A home in Southernden Road, Boughton Malherbewas broken into. Items including a television, a music system and a Nintendo games consolewere stolen. A property in Kings Road, Headcorn
was broken into but nothingwas stolen. A shed at an allotment in Old Loose Hill,
Loosewas broken into but nothing appeared to have been taken. A chained bike was removed from the garden of a property in Burston Road, Coxheath; this would have required a couple of people because the handlebars were locked. Animals escaped when fencingwas damaged inWell Street, Loose. A windscreen wiper of a car parked in
Oak Lane, Headcornwas damaged. Itemswere stolen from a property in
Loose Road, Loose. A quad bike was stolen from an outbuilding in Goudhurst Road, Marden, A marqueewas damaged outside a property in Boughton Lane, Loose. A hedge trimmer and a Stihl sawwere
stolen from the front garden of a property in Hunton Road, Marden. Therewas a break-in at an outbuilding in
Yalding but nothing was taken. A Mercedes vehiclewas set alight in a
layby in Church Green, Marden. Two Makita drillswere among items
stolen from a shed in Maidstone Road, Nelestead. Eggswere thrown at the window of a
fifth was returned, so that would indicate fewer than 200 responses. Ifwe use the figure 200 to be fair, then 69% of the 200 respondentswere against (138), 22%were for (44), and 9% (18)were undecided. Of any population you will always get
those most vehemently for or against to respond, but mostly those most vehemently against. Those who really don’t care either way are the least likely to vote at all. This is true of the general election, whereby 25% of the electorate voted Conservative and thuswe have a Conservative government. Ifwe correct the figures over the 1,000
then 13.8%were against 4.4%were for and 1.8%were undecided, with the remaining 80% not responding. MrA Rout, by email
Bypasswell overdue
Dear Sir – I read with some bemusement the continued references in your newspaper to the “long-awaited Leeds- Langley bypass”. The concern over its absence is understandable, especially in view of the approved large-scale housing construction taking place in the Suon Road area of Maidstone, with totally inadequate transport access. However, why is there not a bypass there already? In the late 1970s at the start of my career
property in Marden High Street, causing damage. Laptopswere stolen from a building in Headcorn Road, Staplehurst. An Ipodwas stolen from a car parked in Goudhurst Road, Marden. Several bags of logs and kindlingwere
stolen from the yard of a company in Chickenden Lane, Staplehurst. A shedwas damaged on allotments in
Tumblers Hill, Suon Valence. A blue Honda motocross motorbike was
stolen from a commercial premises in Headcorn Road, Staplehurst. A copper lightning conductorwas stolen
from the side of a church in Green Lane, Collier Street. A property in Greenhill, Staplehurst was broken into and itemswere stolen. A windowwas smashed at a pub in High
Street, Suon Valence. An unsecured Ford Transit van parked
in a driveway in The Street, Ulcombe was entered and itemswere taken. An orange Ford Ranger pick-up carwas
stolen from Fletcher Road, Staplehurst. A black Mitsubishi L200 pick-up was
stolen from a garage in Darman Lane, Yalding.
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at Kent County Council, a scheme to bypass the areawas designed, approved and a government grant was lined up. It was justified to meet the transport needs of the time some 40 years ago. However, there was local opposition and politicians decided to abandon it. Further aempts to resurrect a scheme
met with a similar fate. Now, after a huge increase in road traffic generally and large- scale development in the area, a new generation of politicians is bemoaning having towait for a scheme. Over decades our town has suffered
from the lack of positive decision-making by politicians.We could have had a good rail link to London in the Victorian era. There could have been a station on High Speed 1 in recent years to serve our area, instead of whichwe see the trains roaring past with the commuters from more positive neighbouring towns, aswell as the Leeds-Langley bypass. Nowwe have the large-scale
development, which should have paid for the bypass, and all the traffic from it will have to be accommodated on existing roads which are already congested. In manyways it is a lile late, but let's
see our politicians pro-actively addressing the combined issues of planning development and transport improvements together. T J Payne, by email
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