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Trinity
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TWO
BUDDING arts undergraduates have spoken about their first forays
into university education after securing funds from a partnership
between AXA PPP healthcare and Tunbridge Wells’s Trinity Theatre
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Following
an application and shortlisting process, Monica Young and Hazel
Low, former pupils of Bennet Memorial and Mascalls School, respectively,
each secured £500 from the Trinity Bursary scheme, which
seeks to assist with the financial burden of studying the arts
in order to support and nurture local talent.
Monica, aged 19 from Pembury, now a Theatre Arts course student
at East 15 Acting School, says, “This bursary has allowed
me to not only travel and see more Theatre but to purchase more
plays and actors’ journals to help broaden my understanding
and knowledge for my course and my auditions! It has been extremely
beneficial and I don't know what I would have done without it!”....Click
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| Kent
Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) has won a national award in the public
sector’s prestigious annual efficiency awards. The Improvement
and Efficiency Social Enterprise (iESE) awards highlight the best
practice and improvement from councils, police & fire services.
KFRS, along with Kent Police, won the Fire & Rescue Project
of the Year category for its work to develop a shared 999 mobilising
system. KFRS
is the first fire service in the UK to share a control room and
work on a truly multi-agency mobilising system with police. The
mobilising system provides real-time information on incident location
and resources. This cost-effective solution allows the two services
to share essential information, particularly during major emergencies,
in order improve interoperability and rapidly mobilise the right
resources. Other benefits to the move have included giving KFRS
access to a countywide CCTV network, and improved joint working
during major emergencies. |
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I
wanted to thank everyone personally for their support at this
important service. It was encouraging that this year even more
organisations than ever before laid wreaths at the war memorial
and the number of juniors, ex-service and military organisations
taking part far exceeded previous years....Click
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In
the last days of the most brutal world conflict that mankind had
ever faced “The Great War” and “The War to End
all Wars” came to its final bestial, bloodthirsty and devastating
conclusion on the 11th hour, of the 11 month, November 1918. |
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| Tonbridge-based
charity, The Bridge Trust, is seeking walkers to take part in the
Tonbridge Lions Charity Walk on Sunday 18th May and to raise vital
funds for the Trust’s work with single homeless adults in
West Kent.
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Tunbridge
Wells Road Racer Heads for the Isle of Man....T.T. |
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Local
Tunbridge Wells motorcycle champion Danny Webb aged 22, will be
heading for the most prestigious and greatest motorcycle races
in the world this year, 2014...The Isle of Man T.T (Tourist Trophy).....it
will be his first race on this world famous circuit!.....Click
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WW1
COMMEMORATIVE EVENT
Saturday 10th May, 10am - 4pm. The
Eden Valley Museum invites you to a FREE all day event marking the
Centenary of the Great War 1914-1918
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The
Energy Show |
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Recognised by reviewers in 2013 as a
‘fantastic and brilliant must-see’, audiences will
again have the opportunity to join futuristic science students
Annabella and Phil as they race against time to prove their
knowledge of energy through a series of live experiments. Featuring
a virtual assistant named i-nstein and a steampunk workshop
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| Kent
County Council are at long last putting into operation a massive
project to repair some of the worst pothole-plagued roads in Kent,
as the County is handed £8.6million by the Government...Click
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V.C.
Hero from Tunbridge Wells |
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One such incredible Hero (Colonel John
Duncan) to receive this Honour was a soldier from Tunbridge
Wells, many perhaps do not remember this man, or his name, or
have even heard of his own memorable and victorious actions
against the enemy at that time, none-the-less his name has been
honoured and remembered by those of the Borough......Click
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In
2014, the year that will mark 100 years since the outbreak of
the First World War, Rachel Wagstaff’s stage adaptation
of BIRDSONG, from the novel by Sebastian Faulks, will tour the
UK. In pre-war France, a young Englishman Stephen Wraysford embarks
on a passionate and dangerous affair with the beautiful Isabelle
Azaire that turns their worlds upside down.... Click
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There
have been 33 reports of thefts of catalytic converters in the
Sevenoaks – Tunbridge Wells -Tonbridge areas, since 1st
October 2013.These are broken down into areas as follows:Swanley
- 3
Tonbridge and East Peckham - 10
Tunbridge Wells - 3
Sevenoaks including Otford and Kemsing - 14
Westerham - 3....Click
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Valentine’s
Day can be a stressful time if your relationship is in crisis.
It’s often a time to celebrate relationships, but so often
hearts and flowers have turned into arguments and recriminations
with feelings of hurt, resentfulness and anger being common place.
Many of us battle on because we feel it is the right thing to
do and often because of fear of the unknown. After all, once you
take that step to separate and start the divorce ball rolling,
who knows what life will be like!....... Click
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For those looking
for that perfect romantic "Valentine's Day" meal
for two, and want to find the ideal
restaurant, pub
or inn, then take a moment and look at the Restaurant
Guide on our town websites, there you will find a very
good choice of some of the best establishments in the town and farther
afield these are the perfect places to have the best romantic meal in,
for the two of you as a happy couple .......Click
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Lost
property cash Raises money
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Cash
raised by Kent Police from the sale of unclaimed lost property
was handed to the Pickering Cancer Drop-in Centre centre in Tunbridge
Wells.Chief
Inspector Dave Pate, along with retired Detective Chief Inspector
John Delieu, attended ..Click
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Bubblewrap
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| A
road haulage business has renewed its partnership with Kent,
Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance by supplying the charity
with Bubble Wrap - a vital life-saving piece of equipment.
For
the second successive year, family-run Sussex Transport will
provide a year’s supply of the plastic sheeting which
is used to keep each patient warm on their journey to hospital......Click
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Police
Advice Avoiding Scams
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Fraudsters
are trying to trick people in Kent into revealing PIN numbers
and handing over their bank cards. Don’t be fooled.......Click
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| RHS
Britain in Bloom 2013 launches this month. The theme this year
is “Edible Britain”, which will see community gardening
groups create 2,000 edible gardens in public spaces around the
country. Britain in Bloom was set up in
1964 as a tourist initiative but since the RHS took over in 2002......
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INTERESTED
IN VOLUNTEERING?
We
would love it if you volunteered in our shop
Please
call in for further information:
Save
the Children
4A Camden Road
Tunbridge Wells
Click
Here.
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| If
you fancy a getaway, whether a self-catering holiday, guest
house, or maybe just want a weekend stay at a bed &
breakfast There is
a vast selection and superb places to choose from within the
county of Kent, with spectacular coastal scenery and splendid views
and walks...and "Far from the madding crowd".......Click
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The
many picturesque surrounding villages, lakes, and ponds are always
found while walking along these country paths, with the many numerous
amounts of wildlife and birds to be spotted along the way. For
hundreds of years these paths have been trodden by our ancestors.
CLICK HERE for more details |
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Metal
Stealing
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in West Kent are warning would-be thieves to think again if
they are thinking of trying to steal metal from electrical
or telephone cables. Many of these cables are live and anyone
attempting to steal copper or lead from them could potentially
be putting themselves and others in grave danger.This advice
has been issued after police in West Kent, carrying out an
operation to combat metal theft in the region have made a
series of arrests for theft of cable. ......Click
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With
the price of vegetables and other produce escalating ever higher
in the shops, even with the top supermarket chains across Britain
undercutting most prices of the smaller companies, there seems very
likely that a change is coming for those who are looking for fresh
home-grown food.. Click HERE |
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| Treat
yourself and indulge in the pleasure and relaxation in one of the
towns many beauty salons and health clinics in Tunbridge Wells,
there to feel the sensational benefits to your health and well being.
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Bedgebury
is a great place to chill out this summer. Stroll or picnic in
the cool shade of the National Pinetum or, if you feel more active,
let off some steam in Bedgebury Forest on our bike tracks, walking
routes and go Ape high-wire adventure. .......Click
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