BABY NAMES: Naughtiest and nicest names revealed
Santa's naughty list has been leaked a month ahead of Christmas, as a survey reveals which names are in Father Christmas's good and bad books.School Stickers, a company which creates and sells stickets...
View ArticleRusthall High Street closed off
UPDATE:A 78-year-old man from Rusthall has died following a fatal collision involving a van this afternoon.Police and emergency services were called to a collision involving a van and a pedestrian in...
View ArticlePedestrian dies in fatal Rusthall collision
An elderly man from Rusthall has died following a fatal collision involving a van in the High Street earlier today.Police and emergency services were called to a collision involving a van and a...
View ArticleCrowborough Christmas Event and Lights Switch On
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View ArticleAssaults against NHS staff in west Kent and East Sussex go up
Assaults against NHS staff across west Kent and East Sussex have increased in the last year, figures have revealed.In stark contrast to the national picture – which has seen assaults fall – attacks...
View ArticleTonbridge mum orchestrates early love of music in babies
Cherubic Tchaikovskys and early-learning Elgars are hearing classical music at a series special concerts for babies, organised by a Tonbridge mother.Mum-of-two Jenny Miles started her series of Baby...
View ArticleTonbridge sheepdogs qualify for semi-finals of Kennel Club...
A pair of four-legged athletes are preparing to put their best paw forward in a soaring competition.Canine friends Goose and Kizzy, from Tonbridge, are both working sheepdogs, who have qualified for...
View ArticleKindling pays off for teenage Tunbridge Wells entrepreneurs
Two young entrepreneurs from Tunbridge Wells with a burning desire to raise money for their school trips are running a successful kindling wood venture.The kindling kids Matt Horlock and Joe Pickett,...
View ArticleWhen Tunbridge Wells turned to fine art commission for planning...
Running his eye over plans for the sparkling new 1960s building designed to replace the Pantiles' faded Victorian Pump House, one local resident angrily dismisses it as "a beastly bully of a...
View ArticleTravel: Engineering works affecting Southeastern services today
Southeastern trains will not be running to London Cannon Street and London Bridge today.Trains will be running into London Charing Cross.There are also planned engineering works taking place between...
View ArticleKent Police are appealing for witnesses after a fatal collision...
Officers investigating a fatal collision in High Street, Rusthall, are appealing for witnesses.The incident occurred at the junction with Manor Road, at about 4.55pm on Friday November 27, 2015.It was...
View ArticleFirecrews helped rescue a man trapped in his car after a crash...
Firefighters helped to rescue a man who was trapped in a car after it crashed into a tree in High Street, Leigh, near Tonbridge.The Kent and Fire rescue service were called out at 9.23pm to the...
View ArticleKent Police appeal for witnesses after serious crash in Leigh,...
Officers investigating a serious collision on the B2027 at Leigh, near Tonbridge, are appealing for witnesses.Kent Police was called at 9.19pm on Friday November to a report that a red BMW had been...
View ArticleSussex Police are appealing for witnesses after a fatal collision...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 35-year old man has been killed in road traffic collision in Uckfield.At around 12.50am on Saturday November 28, a road traffic collision occurred on Coopers...
View ArticleDirector will bring the Bolshoi ballet to film lovers in Uckfield
An Uckfield cinema is set to screen a film exploring the intrigue, tragedy and beauty of the Bolshoi ballet.Director Nick Read is premiering his film, Bolshoi Babylon, in the town to raise funds for...
View ArticleFamily pays tribute to 'kind and generous man' killed in Rusthall...
A family have paid tribute to the most "kind and generous man you could ever meet" who has been killed after a collision in Rusthall.Roy Bowen, 78, died after a collision involving a van in Rusthall...
View ArticleReshuffle for Tunbridge Wells shops as brands open and relocate
Tunbridge Wells' shops are having a reshuffle with familiar names opening and relocating - as WHSmith prepares to launch its third store in the town.Discount chain shop Cardmarket, which is owned by...
View ArticleExploring Crowborough's historic classrooms
A handful of names – Grove Park, Hookstead, Whincroft Park, Pinewood – are all reminders of the 11 private schools which flourished in Crowborough between the two world wars and well into the second...
View ArticleChimney warning after fire in Tudeley
Fire crews are warning residents with open fires and wood-burning stoves to check their chimneys and flues are clean after an incident in Tudeley.A crew was called to Half Moon Lane yesterday afternoon...
View ArticleEvacuation after fire at Tunbridge Wells Hospital
People are being evacuated from Tunbridge Wells Hospital after a fire broke out this afternoon.Two fire engines are on the scene as firefighters look for the source of the blaze.One eyewitness, Chris...
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