Local hospitality businesses seeking glory for their commemorative cakes
Restaurants, cafés, local media, entertainers and other local promoters have thrown their chef’s hats into the ring to be part of the royal-themed cake event. With a number of competitors already confirmed, BID is filming a documentary of the contestants preparing to demonstrate their flour power. Taste Wells, Kumquat Café, the Cake Shed, the Tunbridge […]
Macknade off the menu at Hoopers
The news comes just nine months after the 175-year-old company opened its first West Kent store last September. Macknade began as a farm in Faversham in 1847, but the business, which also has roots in Italy, exited farming completely in 2001, in order to focus on retail, and in 2011 opened the first Macknade café. […]
Gin festival is just the tonic
Julian Leefe-Griffiths, who co-organised the event with Linton Neil, told the Times it had been a triumph thanks to the perfect cocktail of sunshine, quality gin tastings, live music and delicious food on offer. Even Sunday’s showers weren’t enough to put people off sampling local artisan producers such as Mayfield Gin, Maidstone Gin and Cantium, […]
New Council Leader lays out Cabinet priorities
“Our agreement is for a year. The clock is ticking. I’m going to be working really hard to show that in the next 12 months the Borough Partnership administration can deliver.” “The deficit last year was £944,000, which has been plugged by reserves, so in the old administration’s view, that would have been balanced. (But) […]
Town Hall starts work under new management
At Wednesday’s Full Council meeting (May 25), the first since the May 5 elections – which saw the Lib Dem group overtake the Tories as the largest party at TWBC – Cllr Ben Chapelard was voted in as the new Leader of the Council. Cllr Chapelard, who works as a language teacher at a secondary […]
Tunbridge Wells plans 70 parties for Her Majesty’s 70 year reign
Tunbridge Wells will mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this week with a street party for every year Her Majesty has been on the throne. According to Kent County Council, which has issued licences for residents to hold parties in roads, streets and cul-de-sacs in the county, there have been exactly 70 applications from people in […]
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Gig Guide June 1 – June 5
This week I wanted to let Times readers know about all the incredible festivals and gigs happening across the borough of Tunbridge Wells which are happening over the weekend of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. From the return of The Forum’s Unfest to a free picnic in Dunorlan Park to celebrate Her Majesty’s 70 years on […]
Local lawyers brave the rain for annual 10km Legal Walk
Among the law firms who took part were Thomson, Snell & Passmore, Cripps Pemberton Greenish, Berry & Lamberts, Buss Murton Law, CooperBurnett, Loch Associates, Warners aand also the local Law Society. Setting off from the offices of Law 365 in London Road at 5pm on May 11, the walkers started out wet, but were eventually […]
