News Drugs charge
DRUGdriver Danny Cairns (19) ad- mitted driving under the influence of cannabis and was sentenced at Mid Kent Magistrates’ Court. Cairns, of Waterloo Road, Ton- bridge, drove a Ford Fiesta in Hampstead Lane,Yalding, and gave a blood test of 3.5microgrammes of cannabis per litre of blood. The legal limit is two microgrammes. Magistrates banned Cairns from driving for 18 months. He must also pay a £120 fine, £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.
Apple festival
A CELEBRATION of all things apple will take place at Headcorn bringing together the four churches in the benefice. Vicar of St Peter and St Paul Church, Fiona Haskett, is organising the event to coincide with national Apple Day on Saturday, October 22. Join the fun at St Peter and St Paul Church from 10am to 1pm.
Quiz night
A QUIZ night in aid of Headcorn Scout Group will be held at Egerton Village Hall from 7.30pm on Satur- day, October 15. Teams of six are invited and tickets
are £9 per person including a meal. Send an email to kevinharper62
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Exhibitions to explain flood defence options
PEOPLE living inYalding and Col- lier Street will find out next month why plans for major flood defence works to protect their homes have been dropped. Residentswere shocked when the Environment Agency (EA) an- nounced thissummer that itwas not considering flood storage areas and renovation of the Leigh Barrier. Instead, the government body is proposing property-level measures for homes and businesses. The only part of the original pro-
posal to remain is improving the ex- isting Leigh Barrier on the River Medway outside Tonbridge. The reasons behind the decision
are to be revealed in exhibitions ex- plaining the options which have been explored as part of a joint proj- ect between the EA and Kent County Council (KCC). Representa- tives from the borough council will also be attending and there will be a workshop aimed at promoting what can be done to protect homes and businesses. Maidstone council leader Council- lor FranWilson said: “We recognise
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that those living in flood risk areas need to know that all options are being explored to prevent this from happening in the future. Iwant to re- assure residents in Yalding and Col- lier Street that we are committed to doing this. It’s important for all those who have been affected by the dev- astating consequences of flooding to get involved in the exhibitions and workshop so their voice is heard. The borough council wants to en- sure that a feasible scheme is devel-
Find out more THE exhibitions will be held in:
Collier Street on October 6 to 8 r at the church between 2pm to 8pm on weekdays and 10am to 4pm on Saturday.
Yalding on October 13 to 15 at the church between 2pm and 8pm onweekdays and 10am to 4pm on Saturday.
oped by the Environment Agency, which will have a positive impact on people’s lives.” Ward councillor David Burton
welcomed “any plans that would help tackle the problem”, but he added: “We have not yet given up on a bigger scheme. The Environ- mentAgencymayhave, butwe have clever local minds looking at it, and we have not given up.” Initially, £34million was an- nounced to tackle flooding along the Medway in the wake of the devas- tating floods of Christmas 2013. That has now been cut to £17.5 million.
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