Local girls’ football team wins World Cup kit prize
Foresters Girls’ under-18s have won the final World Cup prize by Fusion Lifestyle as part of an initiative designed to empower and nurture grassroots women’s and girls’ football teams. Sports and leisure charity, Fusion Lifestyle, which runs Tunbridge Wells Sports Centre, awarded seven prizes throughout the Women’s World Cup. They chose Foresters Girls’ under-18s as […]
Trekking couple raise over £7,500 for two local charities
A COUPLE who completed the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage earlier this year have donated their final fundraising total to two local charities. John and Theresa Jenner from Tonbridge walked an average of 17 miles per day for 30 days and raised more than £7,500. The couple are donating the money to two charities: Taylor-Made Dreams, […]
Food bank issues urgent appeal for donations
A FOOD BANK in Tunbridge Wells has appealed for donations as the number of households needing help increases. Nourish Community Foodbank is urgently in need of food donations due to a drop in stock levels and an increase in demand for its services. Dawn Stanford, Operations Director said: “As you may be aware, over the […]
Pensioner from Tunbridge Wells completes the Great North Run
An 83-year-old runner from Tunbridge Wells who recently had hip replacement surgery completed the Great North Run in memory of her late husband. Caroline Quibell, a retired children’s nurse, took on the half marathon on Sunday September 10 in honour of her husband, Michael, who died last October aged 81 after a seven-year battle with […]
Tunbridge Wells trains on track for cancellations but punctuality remains a problem
With 5,800 passengers streaming through its doors each day, Tunbridge Wells is the 181st busiest railway station in the country, but it has beaten the national average by recording only one per cent of trains being cancelled over the past six months. The UK average is three per cent. According to the website On Time […]
Proposed SEN school could help alleviate local need
The Witherslack Group is set to open a specialist education school only 4.5 miles from Tunbridge Wells. The plan is to open the Special Educational Needs (SEN) school for primary and secondary pupils near Tonbridge, in the former Fosse Bank School, which closed suddenly in March. The education provider has applied to refurbish the site […]
‘Resilient’ Year 11s receive GCSE results
STUDENTS across Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas collected their GCSE results last Thursday (August 24), with results across local schools topping the national picture. Like A-Level results the previous week, GCSE grading, too, was brought back to pre-pandemic levels this year, resulting in a fall in top marks. As predicted, the pass rate across […]
Searching for a gorilla in our midst
One Warwick Park Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, is on the search for its golden gorilla, which was stolen from the bar by two women on a night out. The hotel bar’s iconic primate statue was snatched on Friday August 18 at around 10.30pm. Two women, caught on CCTV, entered the hotel lounge bar, enjoyed a few […]
Teachers ‘proud’ of students as many plan new life at university
Thousands of students in and around Tunbridge Wells will find out their GCSE results tomorrow (Thursday August 24), following the announcement of A-Level results last week. The A-Level students performed extremely well, despite this being the first public exams this cohort had ever sat – their GCSE exams were cancelled due to the disruption caused […]
Bank holiday fundraiser to support Tanzania charity
A LOCAL charity which works to alleviate poverty and disease in a Tanzanian village is holding its 25th anniversary fundraiser at Tunbridge Wells pub. The Shimbwe Development Trust, set up by retired Tunbridge Wells Hospital Ophthalmologist Dr Peter Tesha, is holding a fundraiser on Monday August 28 for its silver anniversary at the Grove Tavern, […]
