Read the Times of Tunbridge Wells 14th December 2022
Record number of requests made to Mayor’s Toy Appeal
THE Mayor’s Toy Appeal in Tunbridge Wells has received requests for gifts for a ‘record’ number of children this year as the number of families unable to afford Christmas has increased. The seasonal charity drive has been running since 1987 and aims to ensure children in the borough who might go without due to financial […]
Hosepipe ban lifted after heavy November rainfall
LOCAL water company South East Water has ended its hosepipe ban for Kent and Sussex after three and a half months, after heavy rainfall last month. It follows moves by other companies, such as Southern Water and Thames Water, which cancelled their Temporary Use Bans (TUBs) on November 4 and 22 respectively. It had been […]
Dunorlan car park plan sparks more protests
PROTESTORS opposed to planned parking charges gathered outside Dunorlan Park at the weekend to campaign against the move. The move came following last week’s Times’ front page (November 30), where we revealed the resurfacing of the plan to impose parking charges at the popular Tunbridge Wells park. The protests on Saturday (December 3) were organised […]
MP quizzes Council over its use of government’s levelling-up money
GREG Clark has written to the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) over its use of government funding earmarked for ‘levelling-up’ rural areas. The Council has been allocated £443,604 to be spread over the next two years from the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF). The fund, which is part of the government’s levelling-up agenda, is meant […]
MP Tom Tugendhat banned from driving for six months
THE MP for Tonbridge & Malling has been banned from driving for six months after being caught with his mobile phone in his hand while at the wheel. Security minister Tom Tugendhat was stopped by police in his Skoda 4×4 in Wandsworth on April 14. As previously reported in the Times, Mr Tugendhat, who lives […]
Council’s garden village plan under threat as inspector voices ‘concerns’
THE Council’s plans to build more than 2,500 homes in Tudeley are under threat after a government inspector raised concerns over how the housing project will affect traffic in Tonbridge and the amount of Green Belt that will be swallowed up. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) proposed the building of a garden village in the […]
Cinema site proposals are approved promising to end 22 years of inaction
PLANNING permission has been approved by councillors at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) for a later-living development on the former site of the ABC Cinema, which has been left derelict for the last 22 years. The future of the town’s most infamous ‘grot spot’ is now set after TWBC’s Planning Committee granted permission to Retirement […]
Voting open for Kent Youth County Council
VOTING is underway for the Kent Youth County Council (KYCC), in which not only do the candidates have to be 11-18 years old, but the voters do, too. Anyone in this age group living, working or going to school in Kent is eligible to vote for their pick of local candidates and also the three […]
Residents pay their respects to the fallen who gave their all
OVER 1,000 people turned out for the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Tunbridge Wells Town Hall last week, with hundreds attending other gatherings across the borough. Separate, smaller events were held on Armistice Day (November 11) at the War Memorial and elsewhere in Tunbridge Wells, but the main focus on Remembrance Sunday (November 13) was […]
