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Never one to stay out of the limelight for long, multi-millionaire property landlord Fergus Wilson is raising people’s hackles again. He and his wife Judith acquired national fame for having created one of the country’s most successful buy-to-let empires, reaching 900 properties and worth at its peak an estimated £250m....
Police are to make daily visits to a public loo and CCTV is to be installed in an effort to catch vandals who have been smearing human excrement over the walls. The increased action follows an intervention by Maidstone and the Weald MP Helen Grant who branded the toilets at...
Changeling Theatre has brought young talent from around the county to star in its annual tour, staging Love’s Labour’s Lost at venues across Kent this summer. Shakespeare’s play about young love is one of his early comedies and is widely believed to be the prequel to Much Ado about Nothing,...
A video on the subject of female genital mutilation (FGM) shown to 11 and 12-year-olds at a secondary school was so upsetting it caused one child to faint. The video, which starts with a warning that it contains graphic material, was shown to a Year 7 class at Maplesden Noakes...
A borough council has voted to oppose a controversial application for 950 homes around a small village – but only for the time being. Tonbridge and Malling council’s Area 3 planning committee met to consider the proposal from Trenport for 950 homes at Bushey Wood in Eccles. How Trenport sees...
The biological father of young amputee, who abused him as a baby, has been refused parole. Tony Smith, 52, is serving 10 years in prison for his actions, which resulted in Tony Hudgell, from Kings Hill, having to have both his legs amputated. Tony Smith and Jody Simpson were each...
A Kent vineyard is seeing demand for its wines really take off – literally. Virgin Atlantc Airline has announced it will be serving Bacchus wine from the Yotes Court Vineyard at West Peckham to passengers in its Upper Class Cabins on long-haul fights throughout June. Try a Yotes Court wine...
Keep your eye open for a Tommy on tour. Paul Wratten is taking to the highways dressed as a British soldier from the First World War to raise funds for Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) in Aylesford and its service veterans. Paul Wrattan as Tommy on tour Mr Wratten set...
Residents fear they are going to be stranded on their housing estate, following the announcement of further cuts in bus services. Garrie Baillie lives with his wife Sharon in Dickens Road on the Ringlestone estate, just outside Maidstone. Sharon and Garrie Baillie Mr Baillie suffered a severe heart attack in...
The battle of old versus new is never more passionately fought than when it comes to the housing market. Those living peacful lives in villages dread the idea of thousands of homes being built on their doorsteps, like in High Halstow where plans for 760 homes were deemed ridiculous, while...
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