Third generation quizzers reach £5,000 mark in quest to fund local good causes
Pub quiz teams for the local u3a retirement association have raised £5,000 for charity over six years of competing, persevering through many changes of teams and venues, and through all pandemic restrictions. Having reached a target of over £4,000 in November 2019, the Tunbridge Wells association’s pub quiz group raised its bar to £5,000 and […]
Health centres to boost junior fitness…especially for girls in Lioness summer
Two locally-based gyms are targeting girls in a bid to get children more active this summer, following research by one of the organisations that showed just 12 per cent of 11-16 year old girls planned to play sport this summer. The Nuffield Health survey was carried out in the first week of the summer holidays […]
Mayor starts the wheels turning on exercise machines at new park gym
A NEW outdoor gym at Dunorlan Park has been officially opened by the Borough’s Mayor to celebrate the centenary of the Rotary Club of Tunbridge Wells (RCTW), in cooperation with the Rotary Club of The Pantiles (RCP). The equipment, set up in a crescent formation overlooking the lake, is in shade in the afternoons and […]
Football club scores for charity after running online ticket sales
A move into online ticket sales helped a local football team to raise over £220 for charity – and it hopes to raise more by progressing through the rounds of the Emirates FA Cup. Rusthall FC’s extra-preliminary round FA Cup game against Loxwood FC on August 1 was the first time the club had tried […]
Local dance troupe win All-England acclaim for Ukrainian performance
Three young dancers from Tunbridge Wells were named national champions in the All England Dance National Finals at the end of July, thanks to their performance of national dance from Ukraine. Local dancers 17-year-old Lilli-Belle Wright, 16-year-old Freya Armstrong and 17-year-old Ella Kukkola, who train at The Dance Consortium, first performed their Ukrainian dance at […]
Crowborough man first to benefit from new radiotherapy machine
A cancer patient from Crowborough was the first to benefit from a new radiotherapy machine which halves treatment times and provides a much more comfortable experience. The £2million Halcyon radiotherapy machine at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) started operating last month and is one of only a few in the country. The machine, […]
Teenager arrested for murder after 20-year-old stabbed in Tonbridge
A TEENAGER has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed to death in Tonbridge. The victim, aged in his 20s and from the local area, was assaulted at a location in or close to Avebury Avenue, during the early hours of Friday August 19, 2022. Kent Police was called at 12.55am […]
Local law firm helps a client’s business flower in new regions
Tunbridge Wells-based Thomson Snell & Passmore (TSP) has helped one of its clients continue its nationwide expansion by acquiring three more companies in the Midlands and North. Surrey-headquartered Nurture Landscapes was founded in 2008, focusing on landscape maintenance for the corporate and private sector. However, the company has since acquired 37 businesses, expanding geographically and […]
Thousands left waiting at A&E as summer sees visitor numbers soar
Rising numbers of people visiting the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department at Tunbridge Wells Hospital this summer means thousands are having to wait hours to be treated. July was among the busiest months on record for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) which runs the A&E units in Pembury and Maidstone. Figures by NHS […]
Going Out Guide August 17 – August 24
Get ready for a rocking few weeks at the Assembly Hall Rockers may not always live to an old age, but the genre itself is an enduring one, still packing venues and filling our ears with songs we can’t get out of our heads. The Quo Experience pays tribute to five decades of music by […]
