Entire board of governors walk out over row with County Hall over running of school
All 12 governors at St Paul’s Primary School in Rusthall have walked out after they claim KCC has repeatedly ‘moved the goalposts’ when it came to the running and funding of the school. The voluntary aided school, which is funded by both KCC and the local diocese, educates just over 100 pupils and sits on […]
Interview: Strictly Come Dancing Head Judge Shirley Ballas
STRICTLY Come Dancing Head Judge Shirley Ballas is positively fizzing with excitement when we meet to exclusively discuss her role as the Evil Queen in the Assembly Hall’s Christmas pantomime Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs. “I’m sooo looking forward to playing someone nasty!” she laughs, rubbing her hands – which are bedecked with numerous […]
Rolls-Royce reveals first electric car
Through teaser images released this week, it’s clear the Spectre will be a two-door coupe with a very similar body shape to the current Wraith. However, details of its design are hidden by a graphic with a famous quote from company co-founder, Charles Rolls. As part of the BMW Group, the company could have accessed […]
Sevenoaks has more streets containing million-pound houses than anywhere else in the country
Only Guildford in Surrey (176) and Reading (137) have more streets where the homes cost in excess of a million, according to research by Zoopla, which ranked the top ten towns outside of London. Tunbridge Wells didn’t make the top ten, although other towns that did included Harpenden in Hertfordshire (115), Altrincham in Greater Manchester […]
Student nominated after saddling up to find UK’s best full English
Jeremy Daubeny, who attended Bethany School, spent 57 days cycling 2,550 miles up and down the country in search of Britain’s best fried breakfast whilst updating his followers along the way with mouth-watering pictures on his Instagram account. Jeremy, 19, started his charitable work after losing both his parents. His father Giles passed away from […]
Poohsticks bridge stays local after being sold for £130,000
Posingford Bridge was built in 1907 and used to be in Ashdown forest, near to Crowborough, which provided the inspiration for children’s author AA Milne’s stories about Winnie the Pooh and the Hundred Acre wood. The bridge was where the author played with his son Christopher Robin – a game that later became Poohsticks. Renamed […]
Foodbank is ‘very concerned’ for families after Universal Credit cut
Nourish Community Foodbank say the benefit cut comes just as fuel bills are increasing and at the end of the government’s job retention scheme that finished on September 30. The £20 increase in universal credit was first introduced at the start of the pandemic in March last year as a temporary measure at the same […]
MP says lessons to be learnt after damning Covid report
Mr Clark is chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which along with the Health and Social Care Committee, headed by former health minister Jeremy Hunt, published a study yesterday [Tuesday] saying that ministers waited too long to push through lockdown measures in early 2020. MPs from the committees said the UK’s […]
One-off garden waste collection is being offered from next week
The paid for service, which costs £52 a year, has been suspended due to the HGV driver shortage that is affecting contractor Urbaser. The Spanish waste carrier handles bin collections for both Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge. While the full garden waste service cannot yet be restarted as the contractor doesn’t yet have the resources in […]
Read the Times of Tunbridge Wells 13th October 2021
