Police probed over Sarah murder and link with indecency incident
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is looking at an incident in Dover in 2015 when a man driving a car was reported to police for indecent exposure. He was said to be naked from the waist down. One avenue of inquiry is that the car belonged to Wayne Couzens jailed for life for […]
With GPs struggling to see patients 32,000 people have failed to turn up
The government data for Kent also reveals that just over half of all patients are able to see their doctor face to face. There were nearly 700,000 appointments in total during the month of August, the latest national NHS numbers released last week (30 September) indicate. Face-to-face consultations accounted for 373,424 of these – or […]
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Read the Times of Tunbridge Wells 6th October 2021
Blooming marvellous – Tunbridge Wells and Hever win gardening awards galore!
After the judges visited Tunbridge Wells in July to see this year’s entries, the 2021 event brought another major Gold for the town, which also won the Large Town category. Dunorlan Park, Grosvenor and Hilbert Park and Calverley Grounds were all Gold award winners, and Dunorlan Park also achieved overall winner of its Large Park […]
Four wonderful wines to fall for this autumn…
1) White wine choice from a Chilean feng shui winery 2020 Montes Reserva Chardonnay, Aconcagua, Chile (£8, Co-op) Tuck into this ridiculously good value, versatile, curvy, lemon-curd, ripe pineapple, peach and apricot-stashed Chilean chardonnay with cauliflower cheese, chicken risotto, chicken/pork casseroled with mushrooms in a creamy sauce, chowder, fish pie, and duck à l’orange. Subtle oak ageing […]
Going Out October 3-5 2021
Sunday October 3 From 9am: No Time To Die at The Odeon, Tunbridge Wells odeon.co.uk The new Bond film, and Daniel Craig’s last, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. Co-starring Ana de Armas, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Billy Magnussen, Léa Seydoux, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Rami Malek, David Dencik, Lashana Lynch and Dali Benssalah. […]
Welcome £65k comeback for big hospice run – and a Starlight Stroll to come
Supporters took on the 5K and 10K Hospice Run 2021 routes on on Sunday September 19, after a year’s break in 2020 due to the pandemic. The hospice’s Head of Fundraising, Louise Wardle, said: “We were so delighted to have been able to bring our supporters together today and to be able to cheer them […]
Visitors’ shock as a Christmas tree pops up on The Pantiles
But it wasn’t the town getting festive four months too early. The Pantiles was transformed for the filming of a Christmas advert for the online retail firm Very. On Twitter, one resident called Debs expressed her shock by saying: “You’ve got to be kidding me! They’re puttng a Christmas tree up!” She later Tweeted: “OK, […]
Novice runner set to take on a marathon challenge in memory of his late childhood friend
As a relative running novice who only took to his heels after the first lockdown hit, Ross, ofTunbridge Wells firm Panoramic Wealth Management Ltd, was astonished when his against-the-odds application to enter the famous race was accepted. He immediately decided to use the opportunity to raise funds for Crowborough-based charity Taylor Made Dreams, which was […]
