Eccentric Tunbridge Wells traveller scored unlikely hit with...
Charles Doughty spent years bumbling around in the Arabian Desert, alternately driven almost mad by the heat and insulting his Bedouin hosts.And yet, the book which came out of that intense experience...
View ArticleTunbridge Wells band's Cliff Richard parody Christmas fundraiser
WHEN pop legend Cliff Richard released his Christmas classic Mistletoe and Wine in 1988 it was a hit with mums across the country.But now it is hoped a political parody of the song will be a hit with...
View ArticleReligious healers' Tonbridge street surgeries blasted as 'mumbo...
Cancer, back pain and brain tumours are being healed on the streets of Tonbridge, a religious group has claimed.But a leading doctor has slammed the Christian group for misleading patients with...
View ArticleLondon train stations shut today, causing travel pain for west...
ENGINEERING work at three of London's major train stations will see trains from the South East diverted and pain caused for those hoping to get into the city.Planned engineering work has shut Charing...
View ArticleFirefighters tackle oast house blaze as it destroys home near...
A OAST house has been ravaged by fire which raged through the home in the early hours of this morning in Benenden.Kent Fire and Rescue Service raced to the Golford Road home about 11pm last night,...
View ArticleEast Sussex cat given UK's first stem cell treatment - to help it...
THE first ever stem cell therapy treatment to be conducted on a cat in the UK took place in East Sussex – to help the animal poo properly.The pioneering procedure – which cost more than £1,500 – was...
View ArticleHigh speed broadband hopes for East Sussex village crushed in...
PLANS for faster broadband in parts of Hartfield may have taken a knock after a new cabinet providing high-speed access to the net was destroyed in a crash.Last week, police were called to the junction...
View ArticleAppeal for witnesses to deadly early morning M20 crash
Kent Police is appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash on the M20 near Maidstone. Emergency services scrambled to the crash at 5.04am this morning, which killed one person.A red Nissan Qashqai was...
View ArticleWet week ahead for west Kent and East Sussex
Get out the Wellington boots and find the umbrella, one thing guarenteed this week is rain.The forecast for the next five days show west Kent and East Sussex residents are set for some bad weather,...
View ArticleCouncils make bumper profit from parking in 2015
English councils have made another record surplus from their parking activities, hitting almost £700 million.In 2014/15 councils in England generated a combined 'profit' of £693 million from their day...
View ArticleColts Hill crash causes traffic delays
Traffic is backed up on Colts Hill after a motorcyclist was knocked from his bike. Emergency services scrambled to the A228 this morning, after a motorbike and car collided in Colts Hill Place, Five...
View ArticleEast Sussex city has the most attractive people in the UK
An East Sussex city has the most attractive residents in the UK according to fellow inhabitants, a YouGov CityBus survey has revealed.YouGov asked people across the country to rate how attractive...
View ArticleTunbridge Wells accountant to stars guilty of fiddling at his...
A tax adviser and accountant to the starts who lives in Tunbridge Wells and had a business in Crowborough has been convicted for evading more than £6 million in tax.Dennis Christopher Carter Lunn,...
View ArticleHow the Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Crowborough Wetherspoon's...
Have you ever wondered how your favourite Wetherspoon got its name?The pub chain, which has 22 restaurants in Kent and 19 in Sussex, is known to take pride and put a lot of thought into the names of...
View ArticleTonbridge motorcyclist suffers serious injuries following...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision between a car and a motorcyclist on the A267 Tunbridge Wells Road, near Mayfield, which resulted in a 36-year-old man being flown to...
View Article127 Tonbridge people who probably have no idea they are on Google...
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View ArticleSKINT DAD: Don't worry if you missed out on Black Friday
Did you manage to pick up a bargain on Black Friday? Perhaps you were after something particular but didn't find any decent deals.Don't worry though, as it's not only Black Friday where you can get...
View ArticleSussex Police appeal to trace owners of photos saved on possibly...
Police in Sussex are trying to trace the owners of images saved on memort card which are believed to have been in stolen cameras.A number of memory cards were found at a house in Church Street,...
View ArticleTonbridge Grammar School teacher jailed for sexual touching
A popular Tonbridge school teacher will spend the next eight months behind bars after he was sentenced for 'sexual touching' with a 17-year-old pupil.Stephen Burrows, 65, a former English teacher at...
View ArticleRevealed: What were the most asked questions of 2015?
What were the most talked about subjects of 2015? Yahoo has revealed all.The search engine giant has unveiled the most asked questions on their website in UK and Ireland last year.Finance, politics,...
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