Local charities benefit from Movement for Good grants
TWO local charities are celebrating grants from a £1million fund, following public nominations and voting in the Movement for Good Awards. Over 11,000 good causes in the UK and Ireland received more than 135,000 nominations, and 150 were chosen at random for the grants, which this month included the Brains Matter Charity in Tunbridge Wells, […]
Fourth Black Deer Festival rocks Eridge Park
Bedecked in everything from Stetsons and cowboy boots to cool Boho-chic, more than 10,000 fans flocked to the Black Deer Festival at Eridge Park last weekend to immerse themselves in the music, food and storytelling of Americana… Friday’s headliner, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats delivered a blistering performance on the Black Deer Stage, and […]
St John’s schools get radios and police officers to fight antisocial behaviour
SCHOOLS in Tunbridge Wells are to be equipped with radios and assigned police officers in an effort to tackle antisocial behaviour. Police have been dealing with an increased number of incidents across the town, specifically in St John’s, where reports of criminal damage, vandalism, theft, verbal abuse, and racial harassment have escalated. Many of these […]
Water outages drain South East
Residents in Tunbridge Wells, along with thousands of others in the South East, found themselves without water last week. South East Water blamed the outages on an increased demand for water during the hot weather, however there were reports of burst pipes and water mains, and other leaking infrastructure across the region. The outages began […]
Witnesses sought after new allegations in Fuller case
The leader of the inquiry into double murderer David Fuller’s abuse of corpses in Tunbridge Wells mortuaries has called for people who worked with Fuller in the 1990s to come forward. Sir Jonathan Michael, the Chair of the independent inquiry, has called for staff who worked at two hospitals during that period to help the […]
Schoolchildren forced to relocate
MORE than 100 local schoolchildren have been moved within their school and into other local schools after structural concerns were raised by the Department for Education (DfE) last week (June 15). DfE last week informed schools that they had adopted new guidelines from the Institute of Structural Engineers regarding structural detailing of roofs and RAAC […]
Charities benefit from South East Water fund
Even though further water outages were experienced in the area this week, good causes in Crowborough and surrounds have benefited from a £50,000 community fund that was set up in the wake of water supply issues experienced by the community at the end of last year. South East Water was joined by Wealden MP Nusrat […]
Tunbridge Wells police clamp down on antisocial behaviour
Two teenagers have been arrested and charged as local police clamp down on antisocial behaviour in Tunbridge Wells. The boys were detained following allegations that residents at an address in High Brooms had been assaulted and subjected to threats of violence made in an unprovoked incident on the evening of Monday, May 29. Enquiries by […]
Community comes together to say farewell to Frazer Allan
A TRAGIC death brought together the people of Tunbridge Wells in a send-off for Frazer Allan last week, as friends, family and businesses turned out for the 30-year-old’s funeral and wake. The young man was found dead near Tunbridge Wells Railway Station early on the morning of May 11, an event that sparked an outpouring […]
Councillor won’t resign over SEND stand
A COUNTY councillor has refused to resign over controversial remarks made about families whose children have special educational needs (SEN), as parent groups and experts pile on the pressure. During a Kent County Council (KCC) SEND Sub-Committee meeting on March 22 2023, two Conservative councillors, Simon Webb for Maidstone and Sarah Hudson for Tonbridge and […]
