Tunbridge Wells Council to vote on its budget
If approved at tonight’s [February 24] Full Council meeting, Council Tax for Tunbridge Wells residents will increase by £4.99 a year for a Band D taxpayer. Kent County Council has already increased its share of Council Tax by the maximum five per cent – around £67 per year for a Band D payer. And Police […]
Covid jab allows charity to restart cancer support
Polly Taylor and volunteers at the Pickering Cancer Drop-in Centre in Tunbridge Wells, returned to providing support last week after they all received the jab. Ms Taylor, who herself falls under one of the vulnerable categories, says they were under a lot of pressure to begin the service after the new Covid variant, identified last […]
Council to outline the challenge of its carbon neutral goal
A carbon audit, outlining just how much TWBC is contributing to climate change through its CO2 emissions is to be presented to councillors at tonight’s [Thursday, February 17] Communities and Economic Development Cabinet Advisory Board. The audit has been compiled to show the extent of the challenge of the Council’s ‘ambition’ to reduce its carbon […]
Tunbridge Wells businessman to stand for council
Sedat Zorba, who runs Zorba Meze Grill in Tunbridge Wells, says he is to stand for the borough Council at the next local elections to increase the links between the Town Hall and local businesses. Mr Zorba, who has donated free meals to NHS staff at Tunbridge Wells Hospital during the pandemic, is to stand […]
Tunbridge Wells couple among first to get Covid jab at Tonbridge vaccination centre
The Angel Centre in Tonbridge was set to open yesterday [Monday] to become Kent and Medway’s third large-scale vaccination centre, but snow forced a postponement to today (Tuesday, February 9). The centre is now in operation and Margaret and Trevor Steadman from Tunbridge Wells were among the first patients who received their jab there. 71-year-old […]
Hospital Covid patients fall to a third
At both hospitals run by Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, people suffering from the effects of the virus fell from a peak of 334 on January 4 to 139 on February 2. South-east England is also currently recording its lowest number of Covid-19 patients since December 28, with 3,632 cases, down 35 per cent […]
Mass vaccination centre to open in Tonbridge
The Angel Centre, in Angel Lane, will offer Covid-19 vaccinations to the most vulnerable people in West Kent, including those in Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks. It is due to open in the second week of February and comes after a similar centre was set up in Folkestone last month. Another is expected to open in […]
Another blow for Tunbridge Wells shopping centre as Topshop set to close
Asos has said it could keep Topshop’s flagship Oxford Circus store open after buying brands from the collapse of the Arcadia retail empire. But the Tunbridge Wells branch will close, as will 167 other outlets, as the £265million deal to buy the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands from Arcadia’s administrators at Deloitte does […]
Markerstudy announce £200million cash boost
The insurer, which last year finalised a £185million takeover of Co-op’s insurance underwriting business, has partnered with investment management company, Pollen Street Capital who will join existing partner QIC to provide the £200million cash boost to the company. The group says the investment will be used to deliver an ambitious and sustainable growth programme through […]
Hospice extends capacity as Tunbridge Wells Hospital admits it’s close to ‘breaking point’
Dr Peter Maskell, director of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust told BBC South East last night [Monday, January 25] that the two hospitals in Pembury and Maidstone were seeing four times more patients during this spike of coronavirus than during the first wave last spring. Advertisement He said: “We thought it was tough back […]
