News Driver banned
A MAIDSTONE man has been banned from driving for more than three years after pleading guilty to drinking and driving. Michael John Smith (36), of Ter-
minus Road,was sentenced by Mid Kent Magistrates after admitting to driving a Ford Focus in Tonbridge Road on April 9, where he gave a breath test of 79 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes. He was banned from driving for
40 months and must also pay a £120 fine, £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.
Affray charge THREE teenagers from Maidstone have been charged with affray after a violent clash in Staplehurst. Police were called to Headcorn
Road at about 7.15pm on February 5 this year after reports of an alter- cation. Three 16-year-old boyswere charged and will appear at Maid- stone Youth Court on July 6.
Garden prizes JUDGES will be out and about in East Farleigh on June 8 to select the village’s best kept front gardens. The parish council competition
covers five areas, with winners re- ceiving a voucher for Broadview Garden Centre donated by Hadlow College.
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Vicar’s Picnic festival to get Reef as its headliners
ONE of Britain’s most exciting Britpop bands, Reef, will be hot- footing it to Yalding fromWemb- ley Stadium to headline this year’s niche music festival, The Vicar’s Picnic.
Drawn up on the back of beer
mats in 2012, the festival was de- signed as a social enterprise to raise money for local charities – and as a tonic for locals who missed out on Glastonbury tickets. Since then, it has become one of
Kent’s fastest-growing festivals for music fans and now covers two days of entertainment, offering on- site camping and family fun. Reef (pictured), who rose to prominence with a string of hits and a number one album in the late 90s and are currently part-way through a UK tour supporting Coldplay, is the festival’s biggest coup so far. The band includes Jesse Wood,
son of Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood and husband of Fearne Cotton. Other acts this year include an exclusive acoustic set from Cast’s John Power and Jay Lewis of The La’s, featuring songs from both
band’s back catalogues; the fast-ris- ing incendiary punk-folk singa- longs of Skinny Lister and the ever-popular CocoAnd The Butter- fields. The Vicar’s Picnic, so-called be-
cause of its origins in Vicarage Road four years ago, takes place on two stages in The Lees, on the banks of the Medway, on July 15 and 16. Festival organiser Dave King
said: “The heart and philosophy of our gathering is to bring a great time to the whole family, with a unique edge of cool and creative
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fun.We also hope to support local young talent, helping to get them noticed while giving an experience of the great festival vibe. “We are committed to blending established popular music with new and alternative artists from every possible genre. “We believe that if kids can be
fully entertained in a safe, fun en- vironment – especially where the majority of entertainment is free – it offers the best way for the adults to relax and be able to enjoy an amazing festival, safe in the knowl- edge that the kids are happy too.”
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