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Maidstone East Edition Maidstone East Edition October 2017 March 2020 Panto ahoy!


THE cast of Cinderella, which is to be staged at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maid- stone, took to the River Medway to launch this year's panto. On board The Kentish Lady were national treasure Rustie Lee (Fairy Godmother), former EastEnder Ste- fan Booth (Prince Charming), Eliza- beth Bright (Cinderella), Craig Anderson (Buttons) and, pictured, Stephen Richards and Adam Bor- zone (Ugly Sisters) . They were greeted by pupils from


PLANS for a lorry park off the M20 have been scrapped by Government, more than 18 months after they were first mooted. Highways England, acting on behalf of the Department for


CCTV call in a bid to stop fly-tipping


CALLS for the installation of CCTV cameras to prevent fly-tipping on a country road have been made by the local borough councillor.


Burberry Lane, near Leeds and Broomfield, has been targeted by waste dumpers for years, but in re- cent months, the problem has be- come more acute. Constructionwaste, rubble, hard


400-year-old wall of a property owned by a woman in her 80s and narrowly missed damaging a family home before driving off. The lorry also took out a road


core, windows and household fur- niture is left illegally – often strewn in the middle of the road. Cllr Gill Fort said: “Every month


we are having toilets, sinks and construction waste dumped in the village, specifically in Burberry Lane, where we are now thinking of installing cameras on private land, to oversee the problem area.” A recent event in Burberry Lane


saw a caravan burned out while a torched car remains on a footpath


name sign and another banning 17T trucks using the B2163 through Leeds village towards Langley. It happened at the junction of the single-track Forge Lane and Upper Street in Leeds at around 6am on February 23. The Spanish-registered HGV was reversed into the garden of a home at The Abbotts narrowly missing the building but wrecked a picket fence. It appears the driver then swung around and backed into the wall. We understand one resident gave chase and a driver of a white hatch- back witnessed the crime.


nearby, more than a year after it was dumped and set on fire. The church car park has also seen


many instances of illegal dumping. But it is a problem in many rural


areas including Langley, Otham and Kingswood. Water Lane in Bearsted and Pilgrims Way have also been targeted recently. Last year, Maidstone Borough Council cleared 911 cases of fly-tip- ping and this year more than 163 have been recorded since April. The approaching darker evenings will prompt a rise in illegal tipping. Cllr Fort welcomed a joint initia-


tive by the Environment Agency and the Driver and Vehicle Stan- dards Agency to clamp down on


unlicensed waste carriers, but be- lieves the cost to small firms of dis- posing of construction waste at a transfer station is proving a deter- rent that is costing councils more. Cllr Fort made her remarks as


Despite being reported, no Kent


Police officers had visited the crime scene or interviewed witnesses as we went to press. Leeds borough councillor Gill Fort said: “This is get- ting beyond a joke. The property owners should not have to worry about insurance paying for the dam-


one of the borough’s closest trans- fer stations at North Farm, Tun- bridge Wells, announced it will be closed for 10weeks. She added: “If you go along the


Malcolm Gallihawk (LorryWatch), Cllr Gill Fort and resident Tracie Carlsund, whose property was damaged


line of increasing fines, they have to be enforced. A reduction in the charge or offering it free may have the desired similar effect.” Athree-monthly litter pick on the mile-long stretch of road through Leeds village produces an average 32 black sacks of rubbish.


Cllr Fort, who also serves as a


age. Police should be here dealing with this.” Lorry Watch co-ordinator Mal-


colm Gallihawk said: “Police are simply not enforcing the lorry ban. As residents, we are doing our bit but they are not doing theirs.” LorryWatch recently recorded 20


HGVs using the B2163 in a day. Parish councillor Lesley Martin said:


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parish councillor, says teaching children about social responsibility and the issue of litter in schools will help take the issue off the streets. She believes with every household receiving a weekly refuse collection service, there is no excuse for litter being thrown from vehicles or dumped in the road.


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“Last year, the police asked us to report any criminal damage caused by illegal trucks. Here it is. It’s time for them to do something.” Police recently admitted only two


tickets were handed out to illegal truckers in 2019 compared to 14 in 2018. Kent Police was approached for a comment.


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Police under fire after HGV wrecks property


South Borough Primary School and members of the media. The panto runs from December 1-31. For tick- ets go to www.hazlitttheatre.co.uk.


POLICE are again under fire for not enforcing a lorry ban after a truck ploughed into two properties causing damage worth thousands of pounds. The HGV wrecked part of a


M20 lorry park plans scrapped


Transport, has written to resi- dents at Platts Heath, Sandway and Boughton Malherbe ex- plaining the 250-300 acre site is no longer required. Resident Kathy Hales said that the threat of a lorry park


had caused “a lot of uncer- tainty”. Others had feared the lorry


park would be morphed into a 24-hour customs clearance house, post Brexit. l See page 4


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KATE Hart, a resident at an old people’s home in Bearsted, has died aged 107, her son David has disclosed.


HELEN Whately asked the government to halt the borough’s housing scheme.


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DJ Radio 1 success MP’s Local Plan bid


Barrister was drunk Plans for Dr Nigel


Jason Donovan date Insects in peril


THE former Neighbours star brings his show to the Hazlitt Theatre next May.


INSECT life in Kent is in grave peril with evidence it has dropped by 50% in just 15 years.


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SOCIAL housing provider Golding Homes is in trouble for exposing tenants to danger be- cause of electrical faults.


Palace hotel plan


Obituaries Obituaries


THE Archbishop’s Palace may become a boutique hotel when Maidstone Borough Council regains its lease.


ASH dieback has been discovered in Monks Meadow in Detling; Hollingbourne village fete stall- holder co-ordinator Jean Duffy has resigned; yellow lines are needed for Buffkyn Way, Otham, to allow buses through Imperial Park; rub- bish bins in the sports field in Kingswoodare to be moved over to the picnic area and rear exit.


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VEHICLES have been driven over farmland in Lenham, causing damge to crops; an attempted break-in was reported in Detling; a vehicle was vandalised in Bearsted Rd, Weavering; pumpkins were stolen from an allotment in Lenham.


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PARISH councillors at Bredhurst would not continue with website hosting by Cantium and other providers will be sought; tenders for maintenance of open spaces in Detling will be looked for; salt bins not topped up by the county council should be reported to the clerk at Leeds.


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A LADDER was stolen from a prop- erty at Leeds; a Ford Fiesta was damaged in Bearsted; .a barrel of flowers was taken from a home in Boxley; a fuel cap was taken from a vehicle in Detling; fence panels were taken in Kingswood.


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A TEENAGE DJ from Bearsted got his lucky break when his debut track was played on a national radio station.


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THE widow of GP Dr Nigel Minnet will walk the Grand Canyon for charity. 12


A BARRISTER’s dreams becoming a judge is in ruins after being caught drink driving.


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