Church of England priest sentenced for sex offences committed in...
A retired Church of England priest has been sentenced to a total of six and a half years imprisonment for five sexual offences against four young men in East Sussex and Devon in the 1970's and...
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View ArticleThe £10m plan for Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance's...
THE air ambulance for Kent and Sussex is to be stationed at Paddock Wood, if a £10 million plan gets the go-ahead.Health chiefs want to move the emergency service from its current HQ at Marden and base...
View ArticleA26 closed in both directions near Southborough after crash
A crash on the A26 is causing major delays through Southborough, Bidborough and on to the A21 this morning.The A26 is closed in both directions just past the B2176 Bidborough Ridge turn off after a...
View ArticleTunbridge Wells grave of Victorian benefactor restored
A FOUNDING father of Tunbridge Wells has been remembered with the restoration of his gravestone in a cemetery he designed.Victorian town surveyor William Brentnall's smashed gravestone was discovered...
View ArticleKent named garden tourism destination of the year at internationa...
Kent has been named Garden Tourism Destination of the Year in the 2016 International Garden Tourism Awards.Organised by the International Garden Tourism Network (IGTN), the announcement was made at the...
View ArticleClean up on the A26 after crash causes traffic chaos in Tunbridge...
Emergency services have cleared the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on the A26.The road was shut in both directions just after 7am, but has since been reopened and cleared.The crash was causing delays...
View ArticleWoman rushed to hospital after car hits pedestrian in Tunbridge...
POLICE are investigating a crash in Tunbridge Wells last night, after a woman was reported to have been hit by a car.Emergency services scrambled to the scene just after 7.30pm last night.A police...
View ArticleWest Kent police make arrests after brothel, gang, child...
Human trafficking, gang-related crime and sexual exploitation were among the offences tackled in a wide-ranging operation across west Kent which has nabbed multiple criminals.A number of arrests were...
View ArticleRockin' All Over the Wells - try this "popped-up"...
Tunbridge Wells is hardly known as a hot bed of rock and roll, so we've contrived to add some musical glory to the town centre map.New Boots and Pantiles – Ian Dury and the Blockheads.Isn't She...
View ArticleRockin' All Over the Wells - try this "popped-up"...
Tunbridge Wells is hardly known as a hot bed of rock and roll, so we've contrived to add some musical glory to the town centre map.New Boots and Pantiles – Ian Dury and the Blockheads.Mr "Mount"...
View ArticleMan survives "more than 30ft" plunge from Morrisons...
A man has been hospitalised after plunging more than 30ft from the Morrisons' building in Tunbridge Wells. Ambulance crews were alerted at 2.10am today following reports of a man "falling from a...
View ArticleTunbridge Wells shoppers pleased with Royal Victoria Place...
Proposals to improve Royal Victoria Place in the heart of Tunbridge Wells town centre have received a warm welcome from shoppers and residents.Almost 90% of people who attended a public exhibition last...
View ArticleTunbridge Wells £7.35million Longfield Road improvement...
The multi-million pound congestion-busting Longfield Road Improvement Scheme in Tunbridge Wells was opened today.The upgrade involved dualling 1km of carriageway between Dowding Way roundabout and the...
View ArticleA21 Tonbridge to Pembury in Tunbridge Wells major roadworks
Drivers are being warned of roadworks from Monday on the A21 Tonbridge to Pembury in Tunbridge Wells.The works will continue next week for five nights from Monday. Two-way traffic lights will be in...
View ArticleExperts warn of 'super rat' explosion in Kent
Homeowners in Kent have been warned to expect 'alarming' growth in the population of so-called super rats during the run-up to Christmas.Experts fear numbers of the rodents, which have grown resistant...
View ArticlePolice desperate to find missing man with connections in Kent and...
An appeal to find a vulnerable man, who has connections in Kent and Sussex, has been issued by Hampshire Constabulary David Whittaker, aged 34, was reported missing from the Gosport area on the...
View ArticleSevere weather warning as thick fog plagues west Kent and East...
THERE'S a severe weather warning issued for the region as thick fog blankets the area.The Met Office has said fog is affecting visibility in west Kent and East Sussex, and was expected to hang around...
View ArticleFire in a converted barn in Chiddingstone Hoath, near Edenbridge,...
EMERGENCY services scrambled to a fire in a converted barn last night.Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a fire in the barn house in Chiddingstone Hoath, near Edenbridge just before...
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