Foodbank donates slow cookers to help its customers stretch supplies
SLOW cookers have been included in foodbank donations this year, as a Tunbridge Wells organisation begins giving out the appliances to help those struggling with inflation. Nourish Community Foodbank is providing 100 slow cookers in a pilot project to offer an energy-efficient way to prepare hot, nutritious meals with low-cost and readily available ingredients. Nourish […]
Learning is magic for local animator
Crowborough film-maker uses skills from Aardman course for award-winning short IT’S NEVER too late to try something new or add a different skill set to your career or interest, according to a Crowborough-based animator, whose 39-second film ‘The Great Handini’ has just finished a run of festivals and picked up three awards. Neil Whitman […]
Beat the awards deadline to become a business winner
The countdown is on to enter the Times Business Awards by the end of this month, when the judges will weigh up the merits of companies and individuals across ten different categories. The deadline for this year’s entries is 11.59pm on February 20 – allowing enough time for the five judges to go through all […]
An unwelcome horror
This Irish folk horror has a great cast but it is let down by the use of too many tired cinema clichés – and it just isn’t scary, says Times Movie Reviewer Matthew Dann… THE synopsis of this new horror flick is very straightforward – a couple flee an urban nightmare for the peace […]
‘Like the Princess of Wales, I believe early years are the key to nurturing our children’
Author Leonora Langley tells the Times about the importance of nurturing self-love in our children from a young age – and it’s something that the Princess of Wales agrees with… Last week, Kate Middleton launched her first major project as Princess of Wales, a campaign that has been dubbed her ‘life’s work’. She believes […]
Car parks could go in Council asset sale
A CONSULTATION is closing next week (February 9) on plans to sell ‘surplus’ Council assets which could see buildings across the Borough – including five car parks – hit the market. The Asset Management Plan will shape next year’s budget and help the local authority tackle a costly maintenance backlog, said Tunbridge Wells Borough Council […]
New performing arts centre opens
MUSIC and comedy are mainstays of the inaugural programme of Kent’s newest performing arts centre, opened at Benenden School under the name Hemsted Park. When the season opens on March 25, some of the first artists on stage will be the BBC Big Band, jazz legends Ronnie Scott’s All Stars and TV quizzer-cum-comedian Paul Sinha. […]
Council criticises festival as workers are left with no money after event
Organisers of a popular Tonbridge Christmas event have been publicly criticised for failing to pay traders, performers and the borough council. Most of those working at the event were local. The festive fair, Castlemas, took place in December, yet Robert Styles, director of street scene at Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (TMBC) said organisers had […]
Theatre bounces back from brink after desperate plea for funding
FINANCIALLY troubled arts venue Trinity has been rescued – at least for now – within a week of launching a crowdfunder that drew an ‘incredible’ response from the public. The theatre now faces a ‘robust’ financial makeover if it is to survive. Residents were shocked last week when it was revealed that the community arts […]
Local Lions in members’ drive to help good causes
BEING part of a worldwide organisation is an ‘amazing’ fellowship, but it is important to have a local focus to get the funds to where they are needed, according to the president of one of the area’s charitable groups. Southborough and District Lions Club are part of the Lions Club International organisation, but need members […]
