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Another rm steps in to run


Sports Park A NEW company has stepped in with an offer to help run Kings Hill Sports Park, on the eve of a deal being struck with the not-for-profit tmactive provider. The Kedbull Leisure Group is a subsidiary of EUFC Elite Ltd, whose directors include former Gillingham striker Danny Kedwell, has stepped in with an offer to run the facility for community benefit. It is the latest twist in the long


and painful saga of the sports facil- ity, which is run by the parish council for local people. Tmactive, which is set to take


over the day-to-day running of the park, already runs four major sites for Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council and is well-respected. The move by Kedbull has al-


ready been rejected by Kings Hill Parish Council clerk Julie Miller, according to a spokesman. KHPC declined to comment.


A recent report by the Local Council Consultancy warned the parish council had a “credibility problem” over the sports park while “unproductive tensions within the council and the com- munity ... have brought the coun- cil to the brink of technical insolvency”. The financial problems date back to when Ebbsfleet United stopped using the sports park as a training ground. Since then, the operating costs, including staff, have proved a drain on the parish purse. A former EUFC Europe Ltd di- rector is Dean Pooley, an ex-Ebbs- fleet defender. Tmactive’s role at the sports park


will be ratified on March 8 when its trustees meet.


downsmail.co.uk


‘LitterCam’ scheme to catch car culprits


A PILOT scheme to bring to book “thousands” of litter louts who hurl mess from cars will be launched next month.


“LitterCam” camera devices are to be installed to nail the culprits. Rubbish, much of it from fast food outlets, strewn over roads and verges has become a serious problem. Vehicle keepers will be hit with £90 fines, rising to £120 after 15 days.


MBC already has officers with


powers to fine people who drop lit- ter, and last year 200 were issued. Cllr Derek Mortimer Liberal Democrat councillor, chairman of the communities, housing and en- vironment committee, said he ex- pects thousands of tickets to be generated by the cameras.


Although the cost of the MBC


pilot is confidential, he hopes the scheme will become self-funding. Cllr Mortimer (pictured) said the project will target problem hotspots, such as junctions and roundabouts, with four or five cameras at once to ascertain the level of the problem be- fore moving on. He added: “We hardly get any funding from the Government so we have to be financially astute.” Litter-picking volunteer teams in


rural communities already regu- larly lift dozens of sacks of rubbish. Leeds villager and litter picker


Lesley Martin welcomed the idea but said: “Do people want these sort of cameras? I don't mind, but others might.” Yorkshire-based LitterCam did not respond to our request for a comment, but its website boasts: ”We work with local council envi- ronmental enforcement and street scene teams and highways mainte- nance professionals who are seek- ing to maximise compliance and street cleanliness and minimise op- erational risk.”


Kent passport


truckers ned HUNDREDS of fines were issued to HGV drivers who failed to get the “Kent Passport” before enter- ing the county on the way to ports. Police revealed 407 Kent Access


Permit offences were identified to January 13.


Reprieve for wardens


COMMUNITY wardens will not be scrapped in county hall cutbacks. Kent County Council, looking for savings as a result of the COVD-19 pan- demic, decided to protect the valued service. The 70 Kent wardens have been looking after 4,000 elderly and vulner- able people during he pandemic. KCC decided to maintain the services as they are.


All of the tyres were punctured on a Volk- swagen Golf parked in Howard Drive, Allington. A hose pipe was stolen from the garden of a home in Cross Keys, Bearsted. Pheasants were killed and fencing dam- aged at pens in Sandy Lane, Boxley. Thieves broke into a house in Saturn


Road, Coxheath, and stole various items. The electrics were cut out of DJ gear in a stables in East Street, Hunton. A shed was broken into at a house in


Caring Lane, Thurnham, and tools were stolen.


Both number plates were stolen from a Volkswagen Golf


in Grampian Way,


Downswood. Lead was stolen from a roof in Ulcombe Road, Headcorn.


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A further 152 HGV drivers were found to have tried to get round M20 rules by sneaking along the A20 or the motorway contraflow. Trucks must have a Kent Access


Permit if they are over 7.5 tonnes and leaving the country via the Port of Dover or Eurotunnel. It helps manage traffic by confirming drivers have the right documents for EU import controls.


Neighbourhood Watch Working to reduce crime. Call Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 or local police


Recently delivered parcels were stolen from a property’s communal area in Clif- ford Way, Fant.


A group of young people kicked the wing mirrors of a Hyundai i20 in Surren- den Road, Staplehurst.


A group of young people were seen damaging a road sign in Hartnup Street, Fant.


A laptop was stolen from a house in in King Edward Road. A group of five young people dressed


in dark clothing with hoods up, stole a green bicycle from the owner in Gabriels Hill.


A Volkswagen Golf was keyed in Cam- bridge Crescent, Shepway. A waste bin was stolen from the garden of a home in George Street, Staplehurst. A house in Highland Road, Shepway,


was broken into and several copper gas pipes were stolen. Fences were damaged at a nursery field in Clapper Lane, Staplehurst.


Crime reports


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