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EVENT organisers have named the line-up for this year’s Kings HillMusic Festival. Loose Change, GrooveZoo,


Josh Hassell, Olivia Rose, The KickBacks and Tina Turner Trib- ute have confirmed they will be performing, and other musicians could be in the pipeline. The extravaganza, on Saturday,


June 22, starts at 1pmat The Spit- fire Pub. Tickets are £12 in ad- vance (fromthe pub) or £18 on the door. Children go free.


Flushing issue


THE dire state of the public toilets inWestMalling has been blamed on a flushing systemmalfunction. Tonbridge and Malling Bor-


ough Council sent in a specialist maintenance engineer to tackle the problem, with back-up from cleaning contractors.


Cold shoulder


MEREWORTH’S Rev Pat Dickin has returned to herministry after battling a debilitating frozen shoulder. She says the condition is still painful, but she is feeling well enough to return.


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Rider thrown after ‘a road rage aack’


A RIDER has revealed how a driver hurled a barrage of abuse ather, shortlybeforeher spooked horse threwher. EmilyManser saidthewhite van


manpoundedonhishorn, shouted at her to get out of the way, and after overtaking her, stopped to continue his tirade. She believes the incident spurred


her horse Harry to pitch her onto the ground in nearby woodland when the showdown ended. Shewas stabilisedat the scene by


paramedics, who were concerned shemay have suffered a spinal in- jury. She spent 10 hours in hospital under observation. The horsewas uninjured. Miss Manser said: “We were


coming from Wateringbury to Teston along Tonbridge Road, when aman in awhite van started shouting andswearing atme to get out of the road, honking his horn


and being verbally aggressive. “My horse started spooking. “I kept apologising andthanking


the people behind me, who re- mained a distance away from me in case anything happened. “We then turned up to Malling


Road, Teston, where the driver stopped and continued shouting out of his van, callingme a stupid b****. “Sadly this did upset the horse, which is not fair. We went on to


Paramedics treat Emily Manser at the scene after the road rage incident


have an accident.Hewas not hurt but it resulted inme being in hos- pital over 10 hours.” Miss Manser, who says she is


On the Road


still very sore but otherwise alright, is now appealing through social media for dashcam footage that may identify the offender who struck at about 5.30pmon Sunday, May 19. She believes the first part of the


van’s registration was MJ63 and that the driverwas accompanied.


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