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YOU can now get a taste of “Peridise” at Brookland Lake car park after the cafe there was re- opened.


Bakhtiyar Mohammed – known


by his second name – has re- opened the premises as Peridise Peri Peri. He moved to England in 2000


and lived in Ritch Road, Snod- land, before moving to Maidstone a year ago. Mohammed, who has worked at Rezalis in Snodland, A&D Fish- eries in Ditton and Big Ben’s in Maidstone, is relishing the chance to branch out on his own. “I had enough working for peo- ple, I had been doing it for 17


MALLING MP Tom Tugendhat has backed calls for a £250mM20 lorry park to be built quickly – or face problems withBrexit in 2019. He is one of 11KentMPs, includ-


ing Maidstone members Helen Whately and Helen Grant, who have written to transport secretary Chris Grayling requesting a meet- ing to put “concerns” about the lack of progress. The lorry park – in the country-


side near Folkestone – has effec- tively stalled because of a judicial reviewto be heard in the autumn. The joint letter, dated October 6,


demands: “It is essential that the M20 lorry park is built. “Wemust have the infrastructure


in place to ensure our roads are ready on day one for every eventu- ality of leaving the EU.” Fears are growing that if a transi-


THE improvements at Snodland station have been praised. The rail hubwasdeclaredrunner-


years,” he said. “Robert Beswarick at Hicks


knew I was looking for some- where to work for myself and he put me on to the cafe. If you pro- vide good food and give a good service people will use you.” The cafe, which was originally


built for those using Leybourne Lakes, is open from Monday to Friday between 11.30am and 2pm and weekends from 11.30am until 10.30pm. There is seating outside the cafe and a free delivery service.


MallingMP Tom Tugendhat is anxious that M20 tailbacks should not dis- rupt the county when Brexit comes into effect in 2019


Pictured right, Mohammed serves a takeaway to Tim Parrett of Birling Road, Snodland


tional customs arrangement cannot be reached, Operation Stack will bring gridlock tomuch of Kent. There is currently no customs


checking and clearance facility, which will be needed to serve the Port ofDover and Eurotunnel once Britain leaves the EU. The implication of theMPs’ letter


Station improvements praised Mistake over use of property Theworkwas carried out to cope


Chairwoman Bridget hands over STARA reins


up in theNationalCommunityRail Awards for 2017, formost enhanced station building and surroundings. The recognition follows a £1.1m


refurbishment of the listedbuilding, which is 160 years old this year.


with the growing number of pas- sengers using the station since high speedserviceswere introducedfive years ago. Last year the station celebrated a


trend-bucking reopening of its ticket office for the first time since 1986.


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BRIDGET Cork has resigned after four years as chair- woman of Snodland Town Active Retirement Association. She is pictured receiving a thank you gift from Alan Champion, STARA vice chairman. Chris Bosman has replaced Bridget as chairman, while


Brian Alvis has become secretary, succeeding Edith Fen- ton, the secretary for the last eight years. Alan continues as the association’s vice chairman, John Filmer as treasurer and Yvonne Wilson as membership secretary.


THE BT car park off Snodland High Street will not be used for the switching on of theChristmas lights on November 25. We reported that the car park


had never been used before for the event but its use would give Snodland Town Council more space for stallholders.


is that with freight delays almost certainwhen Brexit kicks in, the ab- sence of a customs centre means a lorry park will be needed to take the inevitable disruption off the motorway and keep itmoving. But there are now rumours that


the lorry park could be used as a customs facility once it is built.


Local news for Snodland and Halling Mohammed in Peridise with cafe MP: urgent need for lorry park


Clearly, theMPs anticipate trouble lies ahead. Research by The Port of Dover


suggests that if the current average processing time of twominutes per truck was to double with new clearance and paperwork require- ments, the consequences could be severe. Post bosses concede there will


have to be a clearance facility away fromthe docks. Asked where he feels a freight


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WORK was due to start on the China Chaps building in Holbor- ough Road, Snodland, as Town Talk went to press. The company has moved its HQ


clearance housewould best be situ- ated, a spokesman for the MP - who is chairman of the foreign af- fairs select committee - said it should be “as close as possible to where it is needed. He’s confident that local residents nearby will have plenty of good ideas onwhere is the best place”. M20 crisis looms, page 12


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council's chief executive, ex- plained that following a change in BT personnel, “the previous employee should not have given permission to use the car park as it is BT’s policy not to allow use of its property for any event.” She has spoken with Dionne


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CALLS for the installation of CCTV cameras to prevent fly-tip- ping on a country road have been made by the local borough coun- cillor.


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“Every month we are having toi- lets, sinks and construction waste dumped in the village, specifically in Burberry Lane. We are now thinking of installing cameras on private land to oversee the problem area.” A recent event in Burberry Lane


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Illegal fly-tipping is costing local authorities hun- dreds of thou- sands of pounds, says Cllr Gill Fort


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dumped and torched. The church car park has also seen illegal dump- ing.


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