The Hawkhurst Gang’s last stand…
Blacktooth, Nasty Face, Staymaker, Pain, Poison, Shepherd, Red Mist, Trip, The Kentish Giant – characters out of a Disney Production or a kid’s comic perhaps? These were in fact aliases of 18th century smugglers who for sure would have given small children nightmares at that time! Especially those that lived in Goudhurst almost 300 years […]
Blogger mum raises a glass to her comedy show at Trinity theatre
Storyteller who seems more comfortable with conversation than performing a scripted narration to a passive audience, Gill Sims has an ‘interviewer’ to start things off when she appears on stage at the Trinity Theatre this Friday. “It’s ‘in conversation with’ It’s not really a routine, but an interview. More of a chat between friends,” Gill […]
Cross-fitters raise money for rare childhood disease
Crossfit Tonbridge and Crossfit TAG in the Sevenoaks Weald, run by Joel St John and wife Emma, will challenge everyone, from five years and up, to compete in CrossFit challenges – or even test how long they can hold a plank – to win donated prizes and celebrate Ophelia St John’s first birthday in May. […]
Falling jobless figures stutter but local employers struggling to hire
According to figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) last week, 1,890 people were claiming some form of out of work benefits during March 2022. This was broadly flat compared to the February figure of 1,895, but it remains nearly double the number who were unemployed before the Covid pandemic began. It is […]
Tunbridge Wells and German double celebrate 33 years of being twinned
On April 22, 1989, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and Wiesbaden City Council in Germany, signed a formal friendship and twinning agreement. Twinning agreements are civic agreements between two towns or cities to promote trade, tourism and culture. Close links with Wiesbaden, which is in the western German state of Hesse, were first forged by local […]
Hospital waiting list begins to shrink as Trust recovers from the pandemic
The latest figures from NHS England show a nearly 2 per cent fall in February of people waiting for hip operations and other non-emergency care at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW). It follows record levels of people waiting for treatments and surgeries as a result of the pandemic. Back in November, MTW, which […]
Cheers to the Spears! Great wine pairings for asparagus
Spring has well and truly arrived. In the vineyard, tender green shoots are emerging on the vines – and it’s also British asparagus season. Though prized as a delicacy since ancient times, asparagus is quite easy to grow, provided you’re forbearing since it typically takes three years from sowing to harvest. Traditionally the season runs […]
MP wants to wait for full report before voicing opinion on partygate scandal
When the ‘partygate’ scandal broke earlier this year, the Tunbridge Wells MP had declined to comment on the allegations, telling the Times that while he understood ‘the anger that people feel about the revelations about what happened in Downing Street in 2020’ he wanted to wait until ‘all the information is known’ before commenting. Despite […]
Businessmen that mis-sold pensions linked to councils’ homeless scheme
The Times can today disclose the connection following an investigation into a complex web of companies and their directors. Paramount Independent Property Services makes more than £5million a year from providing emergency accommodation for the homeless in Kent but the firm has links with investment firm Portal Financial Services. Portal has just lost an appeal […]
Jazz On The Pantiles is back but changes to format set to stay
Julian Leefe-Griffiths who runs the summer-long jazz season said: “We are really looking forward to bringing The Pantiles alive again with some excellent Jazz nights, we have a really exciting season coming up. “I work with the jazz impresario Lionel Shell, who many in the town know from his smart suits and colourful shoes, This […]
