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Nursery rhymes protest

OPENING THE CURTAINS: Sir Robert Whistler does the honours at the new centre at Hadlow College  LD0403103_1

Monday, March 15, 2010

FURIOUS residents overshadowed the grand opening of Hadlow College's new £450,000 eco-building by staging a musical protest – using nursery rhymes as their battle cry.

Blackmans Lane residents stood defiantly in their back gardens as they blasted out the...

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Great-gran Eve tackles abseil stunt

GAME GRAN:  Eve Lucas, aged 80, who will be one of around 36 people abseiling down from the tower at St Mary's Church at Leigh in June  AH0803102/5

Monday, March 15, 2010

A GREAT-grandma from Leigh will be taking a calculated leap of faith later this year when she abseils down her village's church tower. Spritely...

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True cost of police grasses is revealed

True cost of police grasses is revealed

Monday, March 15, 2010

THEY are notoriously known the world over as grasses, snitches, squealers, or by their official title of Covert Human Information Sources. Their...

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War declared on late-night thugs

Monday, March 08, 2010

A CLAMPDOWN on drunken late night brawls and violent crime in Tonbridge town centre is being launched. Scuffles and fights fuelled by weekend drinking...

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New cells as demand up 50 per cent

CUFF MEDICINE:  Reporter Lucy Clapham  with John Endicott as a Victorian bobby  nAH2602103/6

Monday, March 08, 2010

TONBRIDGE MP Sir John Stanley was thrown in jail last Friday – but the Tory member's time behind bars was not linked to any kind of scandal. Sir...

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Runner's baring all in charity challenge

RUNNING MAN: Andrew Hall is raising money for a military charity and will run his last race in this green mankini   PL0103104_4

Monday, March 08, 2010

A TONBRIDGE am-dram actor will be showcasing more than just his stage skills when he competes in a 10k charity run – wearing just a mankini....

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Book of stamps costs teen £50

BLUBBER STAMP: Peter Dommett and his daughter Emilie were extremely upset about Royal Mail's token compensation after a £50 cash gift was  stolen from her birthday card  PL0103101_5

Sunday, March 07, 2010

A FATHER from Tonbridge has slammed Royal Mail after £50 cash was stolen from his daughter's birthday card – and she was given six stamps...

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People power will shape site

REJECTED: The draft plans for the Sovereign House site

Sunday, March 07, 2010

PEOPLE power has decided how far a future block of flats in Tonbridge town centre will stretch into the sky. The empty Sovereign House site could soon...

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Hildenborough road labelled "health and safety" hazard

BACKING: Kent County councillor Valerie Dagger supports the residents' campaign   PV1302101/344

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

A HILDENBOROUGH road has been labelled a "health and safety hazard" by residents who say it is too narrow for emergency vehicles. The group of Riding...

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Lions mark 60th birthday

SANTA'S HELPER: TV weather presenter Kaddy Lee Preston contributes to a  Lions collection

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

THE roar of Tonbridge's most prolific fundraising group will reverberate around the borough next month – when it celebrates its 60th anniversary...

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