Crackdown is a success

A DRUGS crackdown saw an Edenbridge man apprehended. The 23-year-old was arrested on suspicion of possessing class A drugs and has been bailed until...

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Family of missing autistic man offer £10,000 reward

APPEAL:  Roger and Dawn Hopson, of Melfort Road in Crowborough, who are appealing for information as to the whereabouts of their 37-year-old son Piers, who went missing two weeks ago  AH0302103/3

The family of missing St Leonards man Piers Hopson, aged 35, are offering a £10,000 reward for his safe return. Mr Hopson, who...

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Driver's big bill for car damage

Nigel Duncum at the junction of St Julian Road where he damaged his vehicle in a recently repaired pot hole, pictured in Sevenoaks on Thursday last week  PV2801103/105

A HILDENBOROUGH driver is taking action against Kent County Council after a Sevenoaks pothole caused more than £850 of damage to...

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Ferry firms announce new Ramsgate service

The Norman Spirit will be running from Ramsgate to Ostend by the end of March

​Ramsgate will get a new passenger ferry as part of a tie-up between two cross-Channel firms. LD Lines and Transeuropa have annou...

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Man fined for theft of truck diesel

A FORMER alcoholic has admitted stealing diesel from trucks at a yard in Tonbridge. Darren Woodger, 29, of Booth Close, Snodland, pleaded guilty at Sevenoaks Magistrates Court to siphoning...

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Teen guilty twice over

A SWEET-TOOTHED Tonbridge teenager has been handed a community order after being caught in possession of cannabis. Gavin Gale, 18, of Northwood Road, was found to be carrying 41g of the...

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Richie's got a Heavenly double life

Richie's got  a  Heavenly double life

BUSINESS manager Richie Wicks always dresses smartly for his job in the storage industry in Edenbridge. By day he is suited and boote...

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Leathermarket on its last legs

NEW PREMISES:  Umesh Saini pictured on Wednesday morning outside D&M News and Toys, which has moved to Edenbridge High Street due to uncertainty over the future of the old Leathermarket site (below)

QUESTIONS are being raised about the future of a chunk of Edenbridge town centre following a mass exodus by local businesses. The town'...

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Dealer is jailed for four years

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A DRUG dealer who had £4,500-worth of cannabis and cocaine at a Biggin Hill flat has been jailed for four years. A police raid at...

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Quest for the perfect egg comes to boil

THE COMPLEX culinary art of boiling an egg has vexed the finest chefs for centuries. Countless contraptions have been designed to make sure there is not too much egg white, the yolk is the...

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Supremo needed for grand annual festival

'BOOST FOR TOWN': Honorary curator Jane Higgs outside the Eden Valley Museum KC0302043/80

ARE you Edenbridge's answer to Michael Eavis – the bearded legendary founder of the Glastonbury Festival? This is the question...

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Howe fitness the key to Gills selection

Renee Howe challenges Walsall keeper Clayton Ince in his last match for the Gills

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RENEE Howe's fitness might well hold the key to Gillingham's team selection for tonight's crucial League 1 home match with Tranmere.

The newly-acquired striker missed Saturday's shambolic 4-0 defeat at Brentford because of a hip injury incurred during training the day...

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Maidstone name Nott as new boss

MAIDSTONE United have named reserve-team boss Peter Nott as caretaker manager until the end of the season. Nott and his assistant Tony Cornwall are charged with keeping the club in the...

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Maidstone co-managers quit club

MAIDSTONE United are looking for a new boss after Alan Walker and Lloyd Hume quit this morning. The co-managers, who led Stones to Kent League and Ryman 1 titles, resigned following talks...

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Rams ace Lockyer on trial with Charlton

RAMSGATE wonderkid Gary Lockyer is spending the week with League 1 promotion hopefuls Charlton Athletic. The 17-year-old striker, who scored twice in a trial match for Crystal Palace last...

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Your guide to the Medway News Youth League and Cup results

Under-15 Kent Cup Orpington 7 Bredhurst Juniors 0 League Cup quarter finals Under-9 Cuxton 8 Valley Foals 0 Cuxton 2 Valley Foals 0 Rainham Kenilworth 0 Oak Athletic 5 Rainham Kenilworth...

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Middle East trial for Margate defender

SAM GROOMBRIDGE will miss Margate's match at home to Wealdstone tomorrow night (Tuesday, 7.45pm) after securing an 11-day trial with a club in the Middle East. A deal is on the cards for...

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Sue Holderness on bringing Boycie And Marlene to Tunbridge Wells

John Challis and Sue Holderness have played Boycie and Marlene for 25 years

A ctors John Challis and Sue Holderness have been friends for many years. In fact, as Sue tells Go!, the couple have had the longest comedy marriage on TV – even longer than Terry and June.

In their on-screen incarnations as Boycie and Marlene, the pair have worked together for more than 25 years in Britain's best-loved comedy...

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Exciting comedy shorts competition

​FILM makers have until March 3 to enter comic gems into the 2 Days Laughter Short Film Competition 2010.Margate-based Beeping Bush Productions has brought back its exciting comedy...

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Review: Jack and the Beanstalk at the Playhouse Theatre, Whitstable

Little and large: Steve Powell as Giant Gutbucket and Chris Coates as Rancid the Henchman.

Review Jack and the Beanstalk Playhouse Theatre, Whitstable TAKE a leading man with a bad cold, malfunctioning music and a cranky...

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Robin Hood And His Merry Men at The Stag

Robin Hood And His Merry Men at The Stag

I f you thought the panto season was over, then think again. The excitement of Christmas may be a distant memory already but there is...

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Morecambe: The Man What Brought Us Sunshine at Trinity in Tunbridge Wells

Morecambe: The Man What Brought Us Sunshine at Trinity in Tunbridge Wells

S ay the name John Eric Bartholomew and few people will recognise it but mention his stage name of Eric Morecambe and a huge grin gener...

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