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£25kmumgoal A FORMER Maidstone United academy player is aiming to raise more than £25,000 in memory of his latemum. Tom Mackelden had already
raised almost £20,000 before host- ing a charity football match at the Gallagher Stadiumlastweek. Other events lined up include a
007-themed dinner, and the Lon- don and Bournemouthmarathons. Tom, who lives in Staplehurst,
Anotherincursion at Larkfield park
TRAVELLERS have moved back onto a popular park in Larkfield for the second time in six months. The families - in five caravans -
lost his mum Tania to cancer in February 2017 and has been fundraising for Cancer Research ever since. To donate visit https://www.just-
giving.com/fundraising/tom-mack- elden18
Groupsmeet TWO groups continue to meet at the St Philip’s Church Centre each week.. Coffee and chat is held on Tues-
days and St Philip’s Toddlers is on Wednesdays. Both groups are held between
10am and noon on the days at the Waterloo Street centre. To book, contact Penny Reed on 01622 758191 or 07292 997383.
pulled on to Gighill Green in Lunsford Lane on Sunday October ,, releasing dogs on the popular public open space and setting up washing lines within hours. It is un- derstood the fami- lies in- volv ed have been offering tree felling services to residents in the area. Parish council chairman David Thornewell says more has to be done to stop the travelling com- munity running circles around the police and local councils. He says the job ofmoving on trav-
ellers for a second time will run into thousands of pounds The last inci- dent, in early summer, costing the parish council £1,200, with the trav-
WillTories pay the price over Local Plan chance?
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THE Conservatives are not confi- dent they can wrest back control ofMaidstone Borough Council at May’s local elections. They have admitted they have
failed to make sufficient capital at the Liberal Democrats’ expense over the implementation of the Local Plan and its knock-on effects for roads. The Tories had hoped to make some headway into the five seatmajority of the LiberalDemoc- rat/independent ruling alliance. In public, activists have declared
ellers simply moving on to take up temporary residence elsewhere in the area. He said: “They just seem to be
they are “having a real go” at Shep- way north (Ukip), Bridge (LD), Coxheath & Hunton (LD), Heath (LD), High Street (LD) and South (LD)wards. But, privately, they recognise they
are unlikely towin control of the au- thority when May’s tranche of 18 seatswill be decided at the polls. We understand thatAlan Bartlett
doing the rounds. These incidents have affectedWest Malling, forcing the closure of the village hall, and Leybourne, and now they are back in Larkfield. The police told resi- dents that this was a civil trespass when they reported it and that they couldn’t do anything and obviously the council offices were closed be- cause it was the weekend. These travellers know and play the sys- tem.” The council’s legal team served an eviction notice but it took aweek to enforce. Cllr Thornewell held talks with Laddingford Engineering in an effort to increase security further on the public land, near the M20. Valdemar Kalinin (pictured), of
has been chosen by the Tories in Shepway north and which will be the number one target. The sitting member is Cllr Simon Ells, ofUkip.
the National Gypsy-Traveller-Roma Council said recently that local councils must provide designated traveller sites or “tolerated zone” which gypsy convoys can move onto. He said: “It comes down to racial prejudice against this com- munity.”
the council this time round. It’s not arithmetically possible but maybe it’s our fault.We just didn’t get the message out there that the Liberal Democrats pushed though the Local Plan for 17,600more houses in Maidstone without thinking about the roads. The goal was wide open for a tap-in and we blazed it over the bar.” Ukip’s Shepway south member
Gary Cooke has been adopted for the Boxley ward to replace former mayor Cllr Derek Butler, who is stepping down. FellowTory at CountyHall, Paul
Cooper, will take on Ukipper John Barned in Shepway south while Daniel Rose will fight for the Park Woodward. A Conservative insider told
Downs Mail: “We’re realistic that we’re not going to take control of
MAKE the most of the October half-term holiday at Kent Life Heritage Farm Park’s Halloween Spooktacular in Maidstone. Brave kids are invited to the vintage village to knock on doors and
‘Spooktacular’ at the farm Conservative county councillor
discover who – or what – is lurking behind them from October 21-31. The award-winning attraction at Sandling, near Maidstone, has a few
other tricks up its sleeve to turn its usual exhibits into frightening farmhouses and horrifying homes. Youngsters can try pumpkin carving, dressing up and the Ugly Bug Ball. On October 25, there will be more spooky goings-on with Kent Life
5-6pm and, for older visitors, from 7-8pm. If you would like to know more about any of the above, call 01622 763936.
John Barned, left, denied recent ru- mours his party’s members would be standing as independents be- cause of its recent issues on the na- tional stage. He said: “Neither Simon Ells nor I have actually de- clared thatwewill even be standing and if we do it will be as Ukip. If I stand, I can see that my majority would probably go down but I do think that I’ll be able to hang on.” LibDemSueGrigg said the Local
After Dark, This event includes a spine-chilling tour suitable for under-eights from
Plan and transport issues were not likely to damage her party’s vote share. She added: “Everyone is to blame and everyone is the prob- lem.”
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