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X FACTOR star Louisa Johnson has been lined-up to headline the Big Day Out to be held in Maid- stone in July. The singer, best known for the hit


Best Behaviour, will take the stage at Mote Park on July 1. She announced the gig on Twit-


ter, saying: “Big news! I’ll be head- lining the @BigDayOutUK Festival in Maidstone this July! Can’t wait to see you all there.” Also on the bill are Diversity,


who won Britain’s Got Talent, and girl band Atomic Kitten, who have Kerry Katona in their line-up. Louisa (19) won the X Factor in


2015, after singing with mentor Rita Ora in the final.


Assault case A MAIDSTONE woman has been charged with wounding after an al- leged stabbing in Shepway. Nicola Goslitski (40), of Sutton


£11mroadworks chaos ‘will have little benefit’


DRIVERS will face 18 months of delays in Maidstone from next summer, when work is due to begin on an £11mroad scheme. Councillors have warned of


“awful” disruption and limited ef- fectiveness when the work is fin- ished. They insist the emphasis should instead be on building a Leeds-Langley relief road. Work to be undertaken by Kent


County Council (KCC) includes the enlargement of two round- abouts along Bearsted Road at the A249 and New Cut Road junc- tions, installation of signals and the use of smart technology to re- duce congestion. Traffic lights will be introduced


Road,was arrested after policewere called to a report of an assault in Westmorland Road on Sunday, April 30. Officerswere told that two women had made theirway to hos- pital with arm injuries. They are be- lieved to have known the suspect. Goslitski has been charged with


at J7 of theM20, for Detling. Government grants account for


£9.3mof the cost, alongwith £1.5m in developer contributions and a small contribution fromMaidstone Borough Council (MBC). It is hoped that the scheme will


two counts of wounding with in- tent and one of possessing a knife in a public place.


ease congestion at the Kent Med- ical Campus and soak up extra traffic caused by the area’s 1,500


THE PRINCESS Royal received a warm welcome from charity vol- unteers when she visited the Save The Children shop in Maidstone. Acrowd of onlookerswaited out-


new homes. KCC’s project manager, Russell


Boorman, estimated that work would take up to 18months. Cllr Val Springett, ofMBC, said: “Without


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side the store in Union Street to see Princess Anne. She was greeted by dignitaries including the Mayor of Maidstone Cllr Derek Butler, the charity’s retail manager Cheryl Adams and voluntary shop leader, Karen Elphick, before going inside to meet shop workers. The Princess, who has been presi-


dent of the charity since the 1970s, spoke of her appreciation of the con- tribution the shop makes to the work of the charity at home and abroad. She also presented certificates to Dennis Foad, Brenda Harris and Sylvia Thomas in honour of their long service to the charity. Seven-year-old Daisy, the daugh-


Cllr Val Springett


Leeds-Langley relief road it won’t


have


much of an ef- fect. The vol- ume of traffic on


junction


seven to Sutton Road justwon’t decrease. “It may deal


with the queuing at the round- about, but that will just push the queue to the south end ofNewCut Road and affect people inWeaver- ing. “If there was a relief road at J8


ter of shop volunteer LoraMaxwell, presented the Princess Anne with a posy and a card she had made. The card had a picture of a horse be- cause Daisy had researched on the internet and found that the Princess


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and the A274, a lot more people would use it, rather than going through Leeds village to the A274.” MBC Cllr Denis Spooner said: “The 18 months will be absolutely


awful, but you can’t make an omelette with- out breaking eggs. “An y t h i n g


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that improves the traffic flow in and around the Maidstone area is more than welcome. But the area is yearning for a Leeds-Langley bypass. “However, research is needed


Cllr Denis Spooner The Princess Royal is greeted by Cheryl Adams, the mayor and Karen Elphick


loved animals. Among the dozens of onlookers


for the bypass to collect data to jus- tify pumping millions of pounds into the project and then building it,which I strongly hope they do.” KCC Cllr Gary Cooke said:


who watched the Princess depart was 88-year-old BettyWarren who hadwaited for nearly an hour to see her andwas given a chair and a cup of tea outside the shop. The charity shop opened in Union


Street in 1980 when the building was bought for £12,000. Thirty- seven years later, its success contin- ues, with the volunteers having


“Hopefully, this work will help to reduce the mitigating traffic- congestion. “However, with the schools and


homes that are being built, there is concern fromresidents in Bearsted and Grove Green about how they will be able to access New Cut Road.”


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are alwayswelcome at the tiny shop which is packed with goods ranging from clothing, children’s items, kitchen ware and a collector’s cor- ner. There is also a “wanted board” for people who are looking for something in particular and the vol- unteers will keep an eye out for them.


THE Friends of Kent Churches are holding a “Ride and Stride” event between 10am and 6pm on Satur- day, September 8. The aimis to cycle to some of the


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at Kent Life THEHops ‘n’Harvest Beer Festival takes place at Kent Life in Maid- stone on September 8 and 9. Livemusic and 50 varieties of lo-


cally brewed beer, ale and cider will be available over theweekend. Visitorswill be able to pick some


of Kent Life’s own hops and its coal-fired oast house will be back in business for the event. The festival runs from 10am-


11pm on the Saturday and 10am- 6pmon Sunday. The event is free tomembers and


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