One stop financial centre set to open in The Pantiles’ latest development
From February, residents and businesses looking for a one-stop solution for their financial needs will find the help they need at 1887 The Pantiles. The new Dandara complex is to host The Finance Hub, brainchild of former Xerox entrepreneur, Gillian Palmer. Ms Palmer, who moved to Tunbridge Wells after selling her photocopying business for £7million, […]
More beauty spots to go in Crowborough as another AONB development approved
The development by Vistry Homes on Eridge Road, will also not be the last to encroach on AONB, planners were warned, due to the lack of a Local Plan for Wealden. AONB are areas where town planners normally cannot build on as they are areas designated for conservation. But as the Times reported last year, […]
Group tasked with revamping the town centre holds its first meeting
As revealed in the Times in November, Council Leader Tom Dawlings wants to draft a new plan for Royal town to boost trade in the wake of the Covid pandemic and the changing face of the High Street. The blueprint to revitalise the town centre comes after Robert Jenrick, the then government minister for Communities […]
One in four still to be boosted as infection rates start to fall
According to NHS data, 66,520 third doses of the vaccine were given out in the Borough up to January 9, meaning that around one quarter of the 91,000 adults in Tunbridge Wells (27.5 per cent) had not yet received the booster. The figures come as the number of new infections fell by around 230 cases […]
Traders determined to stay after food hall collapse
The Times revealed last week that the company set up to turn the empty Ely Court into a thriving street food market has been dissolved. Central Market opened in 2019 in the empty Ely Court – the arcade attached to RVP that opens onto Camden Road. Set up by Joan Ferras Quintero, the food hall […]
After raising a record firework giveaway organisers now struggling to give it away
The Royal Tunbridge Wells Round Table (RTWRT) generated its record charitable giveaway following the fireworks event in November – the most successful in the event’s 60-year history. But the fundraising group is now in desperate need of applicants to give the cash to. “We’ve made £50,000 for charity, which is a record amount – we’ve […]
The joy of pets
Karen Martin, hypnotherapist Puppy mania has been a feature of the pandemic with over three million households acquiring new pets to pass the time with during lockdowns. There’s plenty of evidence of the mental health benefits of having a furry friend and never has there been a greater need for the comfort and companionship they […]
Why three is the magic number when it comes to flourishing in life
Naomi Murray We often begin a new year with good intentions. As human beings we are a work in progress and there is always room for improvement, and yet before January is out 64% of New Year resolutions will be abandoned. There is a reason for this, so don’t be disheartened. Often resolutions are based […]
Raise a wee dram to Burns Night
MOST countries like a good excuse for a (socially-distanced) bibulous meetup and for Scots, January 25 – the night when our northerly neighbours surface from mid-winter hibernation – provides one such occasion as they rejoice the life, work and birth of Scotland’s national poet and son, the ‘Bard of Ayrshire’. The ritual basics of a […]
Read the Times of Tunbridge Wells 19th January 2022
