News Cafe closure


THE Heart of Flavour cafe, which generates income for the Heart of Kent Hospice, is to close after three years on Christmas Eve. The charity said the King Street


Venue hadstruggledto remainprof- itable and the “difficult decision” to close and sell the building has been made, according to chief executive Sarah Pugh. Heart of Flavour has one full time member of staff and 27 volunteers.


Subways shut


FAST food giant Subway has shut two of its town centre outlets. Subway had outlets in Week


Street andGabriel’sHill andsaidre- cently it would be expanding its offer in the South Eastwith the cre- ation of 350 jobs. The takeaway said it would be opening again when a suitable a premises is found.


Mind expands


MAIDSTONE andMid KentMind, the mental health charity, has un- veiled a £140,000 extension to its College Road premises. Aspokesman saidit neededto ex-


pand to cope with the increasing mental health needs by offering counselling and advice.


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Owner told tomuzzle dog after two aacks


THE owner of a Staffordshire bull terrier which attacked two people has been ordered to muzzle the dog. Rosalind Naylor’s pet, Toby, left


one of her victims plaguedby night- mares, unable to sleep or leave the house and in need of significant medical treatment, a courtwas told. Naylor, of Waterloo Street, Maid- stone,was finedmore than £900 for the offences. Debbie Jones, prosecuting, told


Maidstone magistrates the first at- tack happened in 2015when itwent for Sarah Prebble near Naylor's home, causing aminor cut. But onMay 14 this year, thewhite


and brown dog attacked fur-coat wearing Lesley Farmer on the hand, causingmore serious injurieswhich required hospital treatment. The victim received a tetanus in-


jection and antibiotics andwas trau- matised by the incident, the court heard. The prosecutor said the defen- dant, who admitted two charges of


being the owner of a dogwhichwas out of control causing injury,was of previous good character and on both occasions helped the victims immediately afterwards. The courtwas toldNaylor hadthe


animal neuteredafter the first attack in order to control his natural ag- gression, but the fur coat worn by the secondvictimmay have actedas a trigger, said her defence lawyer GarethHawden. Mr Hawden said a police inspec- tion concluded the animalwas fit to


Dog owner Rosalind Naylor, pictured outside the magistrates court in Maidstone


be kept in a domestic home. He added: “Iwould suggest these


offences are of lower culpability.” The bench ordered that Naylor,


who is in full-timework,muzzle her pet and keep it on a short lead. The magistrates recognised that


Naylor hadtaken steps to haveToby trained professionally to prevent similar attacks happening again. She was ordered to pay a total of


£920 in fines, which included com- pensation to the victims of £50 and £150.


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