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WEST KENT NEWS

  • Damage to Historic Train

    Graffiti vandals have undone hours of restoration work by volunteers at Spa Valley Railway.

  • Funding "challenging"

    A major redevelopment of Sevenoaks town centre is set to include a new swimming pool and 264 new homes.

  • Finches Farm

    There's strong local resistance to plans for 120 new homes on farmland next to Capel Primary School.

  • Nature in Crisis

    Audio

    Kent Wildlife Trust is trying to raise half a million pounds from the public to restore nightingales and other wildlife to land near Scotney Castle.

  • Funding Cuts

    The boss of an Academy Trust that runs two secondary schools in Tonbridge has warned it could make teachers redundant.

  • Candidates Tonbridge

    The Green Party will be defending two seats in Tonbridge at the final Kent County Council elections on May 1st.

  • Candidates Tun Wells

    Most Tunbridge Wells residents will have 7 parties to choose from at the Kent County Council elections.

  • Properties "Too big"

    Councillors have rejected plans to build 44 homes on the redundant AXA office site in Tunbridge Wells.


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  • 7 Health Features

    We get tips from a GP in Southborough on how exercise and good diet can improve your general health.

  • Free Art Displays

    An art exhibition has opened in Tunbridge Wells, with paintings, drawings, ceramics and crafts on display all produced by local people.

  • Unassuming War Hero

    Audio

    Guy Maunsell saved hundreds of lives by creating the Thames Estuary Seaforts in the Second World War and his grave in Southborough cemetery marks his achievements.

  • Word Up!

    Audio

    A thriving poetry reading event in Tunbridge Wells has led to one poet having her work published.

  • "Exquisite" Church Windows

    Audio

    We hear how the world famous modern artist Marc Chagall came to complete the unique stained glass windows in All Saints' Tudeley.

  • Trinity Theatre History

    Holy Trinity Church was once filled with parishioners before its popularity dwindled until its final service was held in 1972.

  • Classical Season Starts

    Audio

    Tonbridge Philharmonic Society has been performing since 1946 and we hear about its plans for 2025.

  • Oh! Oh! Oh! Subbuteo

    Audio

    A recent exhibition at the Amelia Scott Centre in Tunbridge Wells told how the Subbuteo table soccer game was invented in the town and rapidly became a global phenomenon.


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