Best foot forward to keep free local legal service
EIGHTEEN teams of legal firms and organisations stepped out last Wednesday (June 28) to raise funds to help keep North West Kent Citizens’ Advice Bureau (NWKCAB) free to use and available. Scores of local staff and partners took part in the 10km-walk through Tunbridge Wells. A local funding officer for NWKCAB told the Times: “One […]
Yoyo on the up with Living Wage Employer commitment
By Victoria Roberts COMMITTING to the ‘real living wage’ of £10.90 an hour is a path to “happy and thriving” staff and an example for the wider business community, according to a new Living Wage Employer. Digital creative agency Yoyo Design earlier this month announced its commitment to the wage scale, which is nearly 5 […]
Animal lover borrows money to save sensory farm
By Grace Corcoran A local woman has saved a sensory farm of animals from being sold on, through sheer sacrifice, hard work and the continued involvement of the community. Located on Gill Wing Farm in Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, Smiles for Miles spans 3.5 acres of farmland and is home to an array of animals: from […]
Strikes ‘will cut NHS wait lists’ say frustrated radiographers
The only way to reduce NHS waiting lists in Kent is to ballot for strike action, say radiography professionals in Kent and the South East. The Society of Radiographers (SoR), the trade union and professional body for diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers, has been balloting members for strike action in 27 NHS trusts in the South […]
Police resources come under scrutiny in Tunbridge Wells
The summer months usually see a surge in demand for police services as a result of increased travel, socialising and a return to the evening economy. But the question some Tunbridge Wells residents are asking is: Where are the police? Malcolm Flanagan, 73, was attacked by a dog in Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells, on Wednesday […]
Witnesses sought after new allegations in Fuller case
The leader of the inquiry into double murderer David Fuller’s abuse of corpses in Tunbridge Wells mortuaries has called for people who worked with Fuller in the 1990s to come forward. Sir Jonathan Michael, the Chair of the independent inquiry, has called for staff who worked at two hospitals during that period to help the […]
Tunbridge Wells police clamp down on antisocial behaviour
Two teenagers have been arrested and charged as local police clamp down on antisocial behaviour in Tunbridge Wells. The boys were detained following allegations that residents at an address in High Brooms had been assaulted and subjected to threats of violence made in an unprovoked incident on the evening of Monday, May 29. Enquiries by […]
Tunbridge Wells gets set for a bumper summer season of fun
As Tunbridge Wells continues to revel in gloriously sunny days, visitors from all walks of life are returning in droves to attend a series of fun-filled events that have once more brought the summer spirit back to the town. While the Thursday night Jazz On The Pantiles is gaining momentum, last week saw thousands of […]
Legal professionals celebrate 90 years of local law society
The Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge & District Law Society (TWTDLS) celebrated its 90th anniversary on Monday May 29. Originally founded in the offices of Berry & Berry (now Berry & Lamberts Solicitors) in Church Road, Tunbridge Wells in 1933, the current President of TWTDLS, John Spence, a Property Litigation Partner at CooperBurnett LLP, was invited to […]
St Peter’s faces conversion into houses
THE former building of St Peter’s Church of England Primary School, in the centre of Tunbridge Wells, could be converted into homes, if an application to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council is approved. A planning application, submitted by Mason Carey Ltd, has been lodged to convert the old St Peter’s Primary School, in Windmill Street, into […]
