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MAIDSTONE’S Chris Matthews faces Medway’s Jack Budge in a fight for the vacant SouthernArea featherweight title in Mote Park onApril 27.


2019 after an incident at a prop uine 50-50 fight. I don’t know if


atthews has won 10 from 12 fights and h s three times the ex


ers held in Kent before.” Mr Beaney h


bee


in fBolur.aze death Card charge


SUSPECTED burglar


there’s ever been a southern area A DELIVEROO delivery man titJle fight between two Kent box- was reported stolen.


A MAIDSTONE man has been charged with one count of bur- glary. Amos Beaney (28,) of BowRoad was charged on Thursday, March 14A spokesman said: “It’s a gen- erty in New House Lane, Canter- bury.


perience in he pro ranks than 24- whatwi l e the contraf ow year-old Budge, who is unbeaten


A69-YEAR-OLD woman died in her bedas fire tore through her flat AinQuarry Square lastDecember. MTheaidsto e has been charged fol- lowing a break-in near the town centre.


inquest was opened in


Maidstone into the death of dis- abled widow Judith Tucker. The full hearingwas due onMarch 19.


Ramraids up


THE number of ram raids across the county rose last year, including those in LenhamandHeadcorn. Therewere 14 smash and grabs,


mostly attempting to take cashma- chines, in the past year compared to two in 2014-15, say Kent Police.


An investigation was launched


after a handbag and banks cards were stolen during a burglary in Upper Fant Road on Monday February 18 2019, and then used to buy goods at two local shops the same day. Jason Barnes, 46, was arrested


and was subsequently charged with burglary and two counts of fraud.


from is needed to stack lorries. police


bail to appear at Margate Magis- mGeorgi Yordanov (31), of Kings- trates’ Court on 18April.


wellery, cash and paperw rk was stopped by police after using a petrol scoot r whilst disquali- fied fromdriving, a court heard. anent metal barrier separating ley Roald,bhad been dlisqusaylisftieed designed to keep traffic flowing. onths. He also had two insur ance convictions in 2016 and 2018. The Bulga ian was stopped by Upper Stone Street,


released on


THIS is how Operation Brock looks before it becomes opera- tional, as Britain prepares to offi- cially leave the EuropeanUnion. The photo shows the semi-per-


m


fromdriving inOctober 26 for six mThe London-bound hard shoul- der is nowone of two lanes,while the other pairwill serve vehicles if the threei-lnane coast boundcarriage


Maidstone, on February 12. But critics areworriedthatBrock


is not robust enough to withstand any form of disruption, such as a crash or a broken-down vehicle. Residents along the M20 have


Prosecuting at Ma dstone Mag-


complainedthat thework to install £26m Brock has been disruptive, particularly for those living be- tween junctions eight and nine. Downs Mail revealed last sum-


mer that Brock would be in place by Brexit’s official date of March 29, although Highways England denied thiswas the case.


istrates Court, Paul Edwards said: “Police sawthe defendant driving with a petrolmotor scooter. “The vehicle resembled a child’s


scooter and had no number plate. Police informed Yordanov he needed to have a valid licence and insurance to drive it as it had a running motor, which was a breach of his driving whilst dis- qualified sentence.” Representing himself,Yordanov (pictured) said: “I didn’t know I


About 17,000 lorries cross the


Channel via the Port ofDover and the Channel Tunnel each day. After decades of wrangling, no


suitable site for a lorry park has been identified in Kent, so Opera- tion Stack remains the onlymeans of holding large volumes ofHGVs, although Manston Airport has been set aside. TheM26 is also ear- marked as a holding area. UK customs hold-ups, crashes, road orks, industrial action and


ability to get freight to France. Few port observers believe the


problemwill be containedbetween Maidstone and the Channel ports.


something kids use. I amnot a bad person, I don’twant to say I’mnot guilty because what is being said here is true, but I didn’t knowand I thought itwould be okay.


downsmail.co.uk


Boxing ‘treat’ Scooter blunder lands banned driver in court


eaney court Operation Brock ready for Brexit lorry cha s


“The police took my scooter


away, and now I’m here. At this point, it iswhat it is.” The court heard Yordanov


needed lessons, a licence or insur- which will carry traffic in both di- ance to drive this.


“Iwas thinking itwas a scooter, theweather canall impact theUK’s


“It is anticipated that any acci-


works as aDeliveroo driver, but is an emergency staffmember, so he is “not busy right now”. Yordanov had been using a Traffic couldspill onto theA20 and ut bought a petrol scooter from eB y for £150 tomake the job eas- ierHollingbourne parish councillor Sanderson said: “Your previou sentencemeans that youwere pro- hibited from using any kind of motor vehicle.Unfortunately, that irecovering vehicles andemergency your pedal bike.”


. Chairman of the bench, Jean John Cobbett wrote: “Highways


England says no facilities will be providedfor lorrydrivers stuck on theM20 and the arrangements for


ncludes petrol scooters. Stick to access on the London-bound side,


March 1 and was given a 56 day extendeddisqualification on top of his original one, and a £165 fine. Yordanov said: “You don’t know


how grateful I am. I’m very im- pressed.” Report by Jade Schopman


Yordanov pleaded guilty on rections, is unclear.


dents will cause traffic to be di- verted to theA20.” We approachedHighways Eng-


land for comment. The agency did not respond.


pedal bicycle to make deliveries, back roads, causing greatermisery to already jammed rural routes.


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