SO Culture: Our edit of the most entertaining events happening this October
BE MINDFUL West Kent Mind, the mental health charity, will be hosting a ten day online fundraising auction from Friday October 15 to Sunday October 24. Having been unable to run the usual programme of fundraising events, the charity is running an online auction to raise vital funds to support people experiencing mental ill health […]
Pulling the strings at the Puppetry Festival
The Moose on the Moon is a new gentle, interactive musical adventure for toddlers and their families featuring handmade puppets, music and storytelling. The tale centres on Erik, a very special moose who lives on the Moon, and through the story children will learn about sounds and the phases of the Moon. The show, staged […]
School closure row as Cranbrook pupils told to go to Paddock Wood
The High Weald Academy will shut from September 2022 because of poor Ofsted ratings, low pupil numbers and financial pressures. As reported in the Times, the closure was announced last week, but parents have said they should have been consulted first. Around 276 pupils are being offered places at Mascalls Academy in Paddock Wood, around […]
Facebook outage shows tech firms should be broken up says the EU
Facebook was offline for more than five hours on Monday evening, taking the other services it owns – Instagram and WhatsApp with it – leaving billions of users without their regular means of communication. The scale of the incident has sparked renewed calls for big technology platforms to be broken up and greater choice and […]
Air ambulance chief saddles up for a 247-mile fundraiser
The new event is running through the whole of October to raise vital funds for the 24/7 lifesaving charity. CEO David Welch lives in Tunbridge Wells, and his ambitious target equates to cycling 18 miles a day either at his home or out on the road. Commenting on his fundraising bid, he said: “Cycling 247 […]
Aldi continues to look for new stores
The budget retailer is set to create 2,000 new jobs next year, in addition to 7,000 created in the last two years, as it plans at least 100 new store openings in 2022. It previously announced in June that Tunbridge Wells was among a number of towns where it was looking for another supermarket. The […]
Town’s runners raise thousands as the London Marathon returns
Joining 40,000 athletes from around the globe, residents, including Tunbridge Wells MP Greg Clark, took on the 26-mile race, which returned after a year’s absence due to Covid. Raising money for Hospice in the Weald and Macmillan Cancer Support in his first London Marathon, Mr Clark completed the course in 3 hours and 54 minutes. […]
Admissions from Covid fall despite spiralling infection rates
It had been feared with the easing of restrictions in the summer and the return of pupils to school, infection rates would rise, which could see a spike in the number of people requiring medical treatment. Yet, while rates of the virus continue to increase across Tunbridge Wells, which is now the most heavily infected […]
Town still running on empty as the forecourts stay closed
Petrol forecourt managers in the town have told the Times that supplies are far from normal, with shortages expected to continue throughout the rest of the week. On Monday, of the four main filling stations in the town centre, only two had fuel. Motorists began queuing around 10am when Sainsbury’s in Linden Park Road received […]
Calls for ‘new policing strategy’ following Sarah murder
The Times invited comment on the issue from the Chief Constable of Kent and the Police and Crime Commissioner for the county. Their comments are published unedited below. We shared those views with Tunbridge Wells Soroptimists and the Tunbridge Wells Labour Women’s Forum. Their comments also appear below… Matthew Scott, the Police and Crime Commissioner […]
