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www.kentnews.co.uk January 8, 2012 EAST KENT EDITION Issue no 485
Get tough on HEALTH
NHS to tackle
foreign bills
drug-drivers
NHS hospitals have been
forced to resort to hiring debt
collectors to try and track
down foreign nationals with
unpaid bills. Foreigners who
Government have received NHS treatment
must pay for their healthcare,
and now they may not be al-
lowed back into the UK unless
they cough up. PAGE 5
told by family
ENVIRONMENT
Green Belt’s
homes battle
of killed teen
PROPOSALS to allow thou-
sands of homes to be built
on protected Green Belt land
have sparked thousands of
complaints from members of
By Marijke Cox ters to set a zero-tolerance approach. the public.
[email protected] Lillian’s aunt Michaela Groves, 44, Officials have sought to
from Biggin Hill, said setting a level, as defend the housing strategy,
THE grieving family of a teenager mown with drink-driving, was sending out the but campaigners fear precious
down and killed by a driver who had wrong message. open space will be lost.PAGE 7
been smoking cannabis has demanded “It’s like saying you can take illegal
the Government introduce a zero toler- drugs and drive as long as you’re not im-
ance approach to drug-driving. paired. The man that killed Lillian had SPORT
Their plea came after the Department been smoking cannabis, but because
Adams eyes
for Transport this week announced it they were unable to prove its effect on
was setting up a panel to look at wheth- his driving – he wasn’t blood tested un-
Windies stars
er it was possible to set levels – in exactly til nine hours after he hit her – it wasn’t
the same way as with alcohol – for the taken into account,” she said.
impairing effects of specific drugs. The 14-year-old, who attended JIMMY Adams was officially
At the moment the police have to Charles Darwin School in Biggin Hill, named as Kent’s new head
prove to the court not that someone died after being hit by a car travelling at coach at the St Lawrence
was driving after having taken drugs, 40mph, driven by landscape gardener Ground this week.
but that the drugs had impaired their John Page who admitted he had been At his unveiling the former
ability to drive. smoking cannabis. Police also found a MY IMPLANT HELL West Indies captain admitted
But while the family of tragic Lillian half-smoked joint in his car. he was hopeful of having “first
Groves, who was killed in 2010 by a can- The 36-year-old admitted causing refusal” on any internationals
nabis-smoking motorist, welcomed moves death by dangerous driving and was from the Caribbean looking to
to tackle drug-driving, they urged minis- Continued on page 2 DISTRESS: Mother-of-two’s agony after breast enlargement went wrong – SEE INSIDE play county cricket. PAGE 58
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DANGEROUS DRIVING
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(cid:78)(cid:0)News................2-22 Family’s plea for change to drug-driving laws
(cid:78)(cid:0)Kent Remembered .....23
(cid:78)(cid:0)Comment/Feedback 24-25
(cid:78)(cid:0)Business Week..... 27-29 Continued from front page in I would be charged. Why are with Prime Minister David on illegal drugs in the past
we allowing people to take Cameron to discuss Lillian’s year.
(cid:78)(cid:0)Keep Kent Working..30-31
sentenced to eight months in something illegal and drive? Law – the introduction of road- Senior campaigns officer at
(cid:78)(cid:0)Jobs & Notices.....32-38 jail, in July, 2011. “There shouldn’t be a level side testing devices, equivalent Brake, Ellen Booth, said: “The
(cid:78)(cid:0)Sport..............58-59 When Page was tested for set – there should be a zero tol- to breathalysers, to make drug- risks of driving on drugs are
cannabis nine hours after be- erance approach. If you have driving illegal and to impose huge, and the consequences
ing arrested there were traces taken drugs and driven you tougher sentences. devastating – yet a huge pro-
INSIDE in his system, but not enough should be charged. Parents Natasha and Gary, portion of young drivers take
Kent Weekend to charge him with causing “Something needs to be done along with Michaela, have also this appalling gamble with
death by careless driving while urgently. I was pleased when I teamed up with charity Brake their own and others’ lives.”
(cid:78)(cid:0)Interview ..............41 under the influence of drugs, heard something was being to promote the campaign. David Cameron and London
(cid:78)(cid:0)Food and Drink.........43 which carries a maximum 14- done about this by the Govern- It looks to rectify the loop- Mayor Boris Johnson have both TRAGIC LOSS: Lillian Groves
year sentence. ment, but it’s likely to take hole which currently means backed the Groves’ campaign.
Ms Groves said: “With drug- years – we’re already 15 years police must prove impairment Ms Groves said the family had left a gaping hole that simply
(cid:78)(cid:0)LEISURE
driving there needs to be proof too late on this. We want to see of a driver suspected of drug an upcoming meeting with road cannot be filled.
Attractions, events, stage,
it has impaired the way you something happen at the latest driving before prosecution. safety minister Mike Penning. “We will never see her grow
exhibitions, theatre, arts, drive. Where is the sense in next year.” A survey revealed one-in- She added: “Lillian’s death into the wonderful woman we
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-45 that? If I was caught with hero- Lillian’s family have met nine young drivers have driven has devastated our family. It’s know she would have been.”
HOMES CRIME
(cid:78)(cid:0)Property...............49 Police officer ‘betrayed’ by the force
MOTORS
(cid:78)(cid:0)Driving .............51-57
vows to become crime commissioner
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By Chris Murphy What makes her even more angry is Now she plans to stand for the posi-
TO FRANCE [email protected] the lack of support following the assault tion of Kent and Medway police and
(cid:1)(cid:3)(cid:8)(cid:7)(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:4) on her; she even claims proper proce- crime commissioner.
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(cid:22)(cid:14)(cid:14)(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:14)(cid:11)(cid:22)(cid:17)(cid:23)(cid:14)(cid:1)(cid:15)(cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:1)(cid:15)(cid:24)(cid:18)(cid:18)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:23)(cid:14)(cid:21)(cid:30)(cid:22)(cid:1)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:12)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:13)(cid:17)(cid:23)(cid:17)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:22) A PC who was unsuccessfully prosecut- dure was ignored. Publicly elected police commissioners
ed for wasting police time after being She said: “They abused and breached are set to come in to force later this year
knocked unconscious while on patrol, a lot of my PACE rights. They are the with those overseeing the largest forces
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is seeking legal advice about suing the rights someone has under the Police being paid around £100,000. Elections
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to become Kent’s police commissioner. “If a normal person was arrested their way, are to be held on November 15.
Fran Croucher has now resigned rights are protected. Because I was an Because she was a serving officer,
(cid:13) (cid:1) from Kent Police, but doesn’t leave the officer, mine weren’t. PC Croucher was unable to take her
(cid:2)(cid:1) job until the start of February. “They didn’t bother looking properly case to the Independent Police Com-
(cid:1) (cid:13) It is an extraordinary story. Mrs for the offenders. They never have and plaints Commission, the route for
Croucher was kicked and beaten uncon- they are still out there. There was a members of the public with a grievance
scious when on January 14, 2010, she massive amount of neglect. I started to against the force.
pulled over a van near Swanley with no ask myself what was behind it all. Kent Police said: “It would be
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number plate, and the two men inside “I would have been with the force for inappropriate for Kent Police to com-
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(cid:31)(cid:29)(cid:19)(cid:24)(cid:24)(cid:31)(cid:2)(cid:8)(cid:23)(cid:26)(cid:32)(cid:19)(cid:25)(cid:29)(cid:46)(cid:37)(cid:1)(cid:4)(cid:39)(cid:44)(cid:42)(cid:37)(cid:44)(cid:43)(cid:7)(cid:38)(cid:2) by her colleagues on charges she had cised the police saying: “I cannot accept “I had taken my promotion exams people of Kent at the ballot box and
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(cid:14)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:7)(cid:1)(cid:5)(cid:3)(cid:1)(cid:2) In court, the prosecution said the at- Now Mrs Croucher, 29, who lives in life. Now there is a void there. proceedings and a separate misconduct
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TRANSPORT
NEWS IN BRIEF
Sarkozy joins battle to save
(cid:177)(cid:0)Curry house punch-up
ailing French ferry company A MASS brawl erupted at an Indian restaurant in
the early hours of New Year’s Day.
Police are looking for witnesses to the fight
which erupted at the Shukriya restaurant on the
A249 at Stockbury.
The punch-up occurred at around 2.40am on
By Marijke Cox January 1 when two groups of diners started
[email protected] fighting. As a result, a number of people were
taken to hospital for treatment.
A LAST-ditch attempt to save stricken ferry firm
No arrests have been made.
SeaFrance has been made by the French presi-
dent, prompting an angry reaction from Dover- (cid:177)(cid:0)When crime doesn’t pay
based company P&O.
During a special meeting of ministers in SOME £3,690,000 has been confiscated from
France, Nicolas Sarkozy waded into the fray with criminals by Kent Police in just eight months. A
a proposal to help finance a trade union-backed Range Rover seized from a drug dealer has been
workers’ co-operative, called SCOP, to take over branded with anti-drug crime slogans and used
the failing operator. to spread the message that ‘crime can cost you
He suggested using money that would other- more than just your freedom’. And just under
wise be spent on workers’ redundancies to fund £570,000 has been subject to forfeiture from
the co-operative, which was set up to try and criminal profiteering. Forfeiture hearings ensure
buy SeaFrance. anyone profiting from crime and not being con-
The French ferry company, which is owned by victed is held to account by the courts.
state rail operator SNCF, is teetering on the brink
of collapse, with just weeks before it must cease SINKING: French President Nicolas Sarkozy has put forward a plan to save struggling SeaFrance (cid:177)(cid:0)£1m prize unclaimed
trading altogether.
An earlier court hearing valued its fleet, which operator on the Dover-Calais route, made an DFDS/LDA had not submitted a further bid and SOMEONE in Kent is sitting on a £1 million
runs on the Dover-Calais route, at between official complaint to the European Competition that the SCOP union bid was therefore the only lottery fortune – but after two weeks they have
€123m and €168m. Commission over concerns the French authori- offer under consideration by the Tribunal de still not come forward to claim their prize pot.
DFDS and partner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs ties were going to sell the assets of SeaFrance to a Commerce. Now the National Lottery is appealing for
(LD Lines) made a bid for assets, offering a pal- third party at less than fair market value. “The hearing in Paris has been postponed anyone who bought a ticket in the Tonbridge
try €5m, which was rejected by the Tribunal de The company said that to do so would amount until Tuesday – likely due to the French Govern- and Malling area for the draw on December 23
Commerce in Paris in November. to an illegal state aid subsidy. ment’s proposal of using redundancy money to to check in case they the winner from the
SeaFrance went into full administration with The complaint followed an earlier decision by fund the bid – at which the court will consider EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle on that date.
a deadline for any fresh bids set for December 12, the European Commission that SeaFrance had the options for the future of SeaFrance. A judge- The winning selection on Friday, December
2011. With no fresh bids, the company would been propped up illegally by the use of state aid ment is expected the week after,” she said. 23, was FYD286530. If no-one comes forward
have to cease trading at the end of January. from its parent SNCF to the tune of €220m. (cid:78) See www.yourdover.co.uk for all the by Wednesday, June 20, the prize money plus
DFDS decided not to submit a new bid, but the P&O has now raised concerns over the latest very latest news and sport headlines. interest will go to good causes.
employee co-operative, led by French CFDT un- plan put forward by M Sarkozy.
ion, kept an offer on the table although finance A spokeswoman said: “We are waiting to
was still uncertain with just €12m of the €40m- see the full details of the latest plan to help Sea-
€50m needed to buy SeaFrance raised. France and if any state aid is involved in the bid (cid:4)(cid:8)(cid:7)(cid:10)(cid:5)(cid:13)(cid:14)(cid:12)(cid:6)(cid:1)(cid:3)(cid:8)(cid:12)(cid:5)(cid:9)(cid:5)(cid:12)(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:5)(cid:12)(cid:6)(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:11)(cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:14)(cid:10)(cid:8)(cid:13)(cid:15)
But M Sarkozy has now proposed to fund the to rescue the operator we will make a further
co-operative by using money that would other- complaint to Brussels. (cid:3)(cid:10)(cid:15)(cid:20)(cid:14)(cid:16)(cid:12)(cid:10)(cid:2) (cid:4)(cid:10)(cid:18)(cid:16)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:3)(cid:7)(cid:21)(cid:2) (cid:5)(cid:10)(cid:16)(cid:20)
wise have been spent on the SeaFrance workers’ “It is essential there is a level playing field in
redundancies. the cross-Channel market and the aid that has
The next hearing at the commercial court has already been received by SeaFrance has mas-
been set for Monday, January 9. sively distorted that market.”
At the end of last year, P&O Ferries, a rival A SeaFrance spokeswoman confirmed that
EDUCATION
Cheating parents who try to lie their
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way into the county’s best schools
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parents hoping to secure “The schools will check for
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primary or secondary school the child is subject to a care
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were uncovered last year. order and proof of residency
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Placements were subse- among other things.
quently withdrawn on the “If parents are unable to (cid:23)(cid:36)(cid:26)(cid:1)(cid:28)(cid:39)(cid:31)(cid:27)(cid:36)(cid:26)(cid:34)(cid:46)(cid:1)(cid:41)(cid:27)(cid:23)(cid:35)(cid:1)(cid:37)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:38)(cid:39)(cid:37)(cid:28)(cid:27)(cid:40)(cid:40)(cid:31)(cid:37)(cid:36)(cid:23)(cid:34)(cid:40)(cid:1)(cid:23)(cid:39)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:37)(cid:36)(cid:1)(cid:30)(cid:23)(cid:36)(cid:26)(cid:1)(cid:4)(cid:5)
grounds that fraudulent infor- evidence the information (cid:30)(cid:37)(cid:42)(cid:39)(cid:40)(cid:1)(cid:23)(cid:1)(cid:26)(cid:23)(cid:46)(cid:1)(cid:41)(cid:37)(cid:1)(cid:38)(cid:39)(cid:37)(cid:43)(cid:31)(cid:26)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:44)(cid:30)(cid:23)(cid:41)(cid:27)(cid:43)(cid:27)(cid:39)(cid:1)(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:39)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:37)(cid:42)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:27)(cid:27)(cid:26)(cid:2)
mation was entered. provided on the application, the (cid:30)(cid:37)(cid:44)(cid:27)(cid:43)(cid:27)(cid:39)(cid:1) (cid:41)(cid:30)(cid:27)(cid:1) (cid:27)(cid:35)(cid:38)(cid:30)(cid:23)(cid:40)(cid:31)(cid:40)(cid:1) (cid:39)(cid:27)(cid:35)(cid:23)(cid:31)(cid:36)(cid:40)(cid:1) (cid:37)(cid:36)(cid:1) (cid:44)(cid:27)(cid:34)(cid:34)(cid:24)(cid:27)(cid:31)(cid:36)(cid:29)(cid:2)
While Kent saw a relatively offer of the school place can (cid:31)(cid:36)(cid:26)(cid:27)(cid:38)(cid:27)(cid:36)(cid:26)(cid:27)(cid:36)(cid:25)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:23)(cid:36)(cid:26)(cid:1)(cid:27)(cid:36)(cid:32)(cid:37)(cid:46)(cid:35)(cid:27)(cid:36)(cid:41)(cid:3)(cid:1)(cid:21)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:23)(cid:34)(cid:40)(cid:37)(cid:1)(cid:37)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:27)(cid:39)(cid:1)(cid:39)(cid:27)(cid:40)(cid:38)(cid:31)(cid:41)(cid:27)
low number of cases com- NO CLASS: Fight for places be withdrawn.” (cid:24)(cid:39)(cid:27)(cid:23)(cid:33)(cid:40)(cid:1)(cid:23)(cid:36)(cid:26)(cid:1)(cid:25)(cid:37)(cid:36)(cid:43)(cid:23)(cid:34)(cid:27)(cid:40)(cid:25)(cid:27)(cid:36)(cid:25)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:38)(cid:27)(cid:39)(cid:31)(cid:37)(cid:26)(cid:40)(cid:3)
pared to other local education KCC said where a school
authorities – 18 according ity to ensure children were is suspicious, it will carry out (cid:17)(cid:13)(cid:10)(cid:6)(cid:19)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:18)(cid:16)(cid:17)(cid:1)(cid:12)(cid:15)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:18)(cid:1)(cid:8)(cid:6)(cid:13)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:7)(cid:10)(cid:8)(cid:8)(cid:6)
to a Freedom of Information actually living at the specified further investigation. (cid:11)(cid:16)(cid:18)(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:16)(cid:18)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:12)(cid:15)(cid:11)(cid:16)(cid:18)(cid:14)(cid:6)(cid:20)(cid:12)(cid:16)(cid:15)
request – the county council address to ensure youngsters The spokeswoman added:
said it was vigilant in ensuring most eligible received the “KCC does not use covert (cid:6)(cid:7)(cid:8)(cid:8)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:13)(cid:10)(cid:10)(cid:14)(cid:14)(cid:1)(cid:5)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:13)(cid:12)(cid:8)(cid:15)(cid:8)
applications were correct. rightful offer of a school place. surveillance, but where con-
Examples of lies made by “The application process cern has been raised over a
parents to get children into de- outlined to parents by KCC potential fraudulent address, it (cid:43)(cid:43)(cid:43)(cid:4)(cid:39)(cid:32)(cid:30)(cid:36)(cid:26)(cid:40)(cid:41)(cid:38)(cid:29)(cid:3)(cid:27)(cid:26)(cid:38)(cid:29)(cid:3)(cid:31)(cid:37)(cid:35)(cid:29)(cid:39)(cid:4)(cid:27)(cid:37)(cid:4)(cid:41)(cid:33)
sired schools can include lying makes it very clear that they or the school will openly make
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about where the family lives or will be required to evidence the random calls at the claimed
their faith. information provided and this residence and where it is clear (cid:7)(cid:12)(cid:11)(cid:1)(cid:22)(cid:29)(cid:27)(cid:41)(cid:34)(cid:42)(cid:29)(cid:38)(cid:1)(cid:22)(cid:37)(cid:26)(cid:28)(cid:2)(cid:16)(cid:29)(cid:34)(cid:40)(cid:32)(cid:36)(cid:30)(cid:29)(cid:2)
A KCC spokeswoman said is presented directly to those the child is not living, offers (cid:18)(cid:29)(cid:38)(cid:36)(cid:29)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:26)(cid:44)(cid:2)(cid:19)(cid:29)(cid:36)(cid:40)(cid:1)(cid:17)(cid:24)(cid:12)(cid:1)(cid:12)(cid:21)(cid:25)
the council had a responsibil- schools at which a place has have been withdrawn.”
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HEALTH CARE
NEWS IN BRIEF
NHS vows to recover massive
(cid:177)(cid:0)Woman fights for life
debts owed by foreign patients A WOMAN was fighting for her life in hospital
after being hit by a car in the Bluewater car park.
The incident occurred on level one of the blue
car park at the shopping centre near Greenhithe
at around 3pm on Wednesday. The 65-year-old
By Rob Colman health service. It’s also a sign of woman pedestrian was hit by a silver Vauxhall
[email protected] how desperate these hospitals Zafira, which was also in collision with four
are in a most difficult time, they parked vehicles. The woman, who is from
HEALTH chiefs are calling in have the Government’s full Bexleyheath, suffered life-threatening injuries
debt collectors to recover hun- support to recover these debts. and was air lifted to a London hospital.
dreds of thousands of pounds “This will hopefully stop peo- (cid:177)(cid:0)Parking fees doubled
from foreign nationals who ple who are deliberately setting
have received free NHS treat- out to abuse our system.”
CAR parking fees have been doubled by
ment without being eligible. Maidstone and Tunbridge
Gravesham Council, and motorists now have to
Overseas patients owe NHS Wells NHS Trust is owed
pay £2 for four hours in the town centre.
trusts large sums of money af- £40,833 for 2010-11 by over-
And shoppers – who have enjoyed the rare
ter receiving emergency treat- seas patients.
luxury of free parking anywhere in the town at
ment and returning home The Trust said: “We actively
weekends – will now have to pay weekday
without paying. pursue outstanding payments
charges when they spend Saturdays in the town.
It is believed that £30 mil- from overseas patients, who
The decision to increase prices comes as the
lion is owed to the NHS nation- have received treatment while
council tried to tackle a projected £600,000
ally by patients coming in from not qualifying under the NHS
overspend on a £13.5 million annual budget.
non-EU countries. terms, and we will continue
Hospital administrators say to do so whenever and wher- (cid:177)(cid:0)Man stabbed in eye
improving collections, and de- ever possible.”
creasing bad debt, is one of Dartford and Gravesham
A MAN was stabbed in the eye with a pencil
their top business priorities. NHS Trust, which uses debt re-
during a Christmas Day argument. Kent Police
And immigration minister covery firm CCR Legal, is owed
are appealing for witnesses to the altercation in
and Ashford Tory MP Damian £104,000 by overseas patients
Canterbury which saw the 38-year-old man
Green has announced that for- for the five years to 2011.
hurt. The attack took place in the High Street
eign nationals known to owe Medway NHS Trust said it
some time between 12.45-1am on Christmas
the NHS more than £1,000 had further strengthened its
Day. PC Matthew Smith said: “Although the
will be denied entry to the UK procedures for managing ac-
pencil punctured his eyelid it missed his eye and
until they pay up, but while tivity from overseas patients. quired to pay in advance. For HIGH COST: NHS is getting tough on unpaid bills fortunately his sight has not been affected.”
this will catch some offenders, A spokesman said: “This in- emergency admissions this is
this assumes that people have cludes identifying all overseas not possible, so an invoice is
left and are trying to return. patients who enter the hospital raised afterwards.
Mr Green said: “It shows in a timely manner and their li- “Cases of continued non-
how big a problem this matter ability to pay treatment costs. payment are referred to a
is, we have a national health “Many patients undergoing debt agency that operates na-
service, not an international a planned procedure are re- tionally and internationally.”
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ROYAL MAIL
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250 Royal Mail employees to quit (cid:22)(cid:29)(cid:37)(cid:40)(cid:45)(cid:33)(cid:40)(cid:29)(cid:40)(cid:31)(cid:33)(cid:1)(cid:26)(cid:33)(cid:43)(cid:47)(cid:37)(cid:31)(cid:33) (cid:49)(cid:5)(cid:6)(cid:11)(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:3)
(cid:18)(cid:43)(cid:41)(cid:40)(cid:45)(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:43)(cid:29)(cid:38)(cid:33)(cid:1)(cid:24)(cid:29)(cid:32)(cid:44) (cid:49)(cid:11)(cid:11)(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:3)
as service faces modernisation (cid:25)(cid:33)(cid:29)(cid:43)(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:43)(cid:29)(cid:38)(cid:33)(cid:1)(cid:24)(cid:29)(cid:32)(cid:44) (cid:49)(cid:10)(cid:11)(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:3)
(cid:28)(cid:37)(cid:42)(cid:33)(cid:43)(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:39)(cid:29)(cid:32)(cid:33)(cid:44) (cid:49)(cid:6)(cid:9)(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:3)
A MAJOR reorganisation of the postal service in FUTURE: (cid:19)(cid:33)(cid:29)(cid:39)(cid:45)(cid:36)(cid:1)(cid:15)(cid:36)(cid:33)(cid:31)(cid:38) (cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:17)(cid:17)
Kent is coming to a head following an invest- A new mail (cid:6)(cid:22)(cid:22)(cid:1)(cid:25)(cid:26)(cid:20)(cid:15)(cid:17)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:13)(cid:26)(cid:17)(cid:1)(cid:27)(cid:29)(cid:14)(cid:21)(cid:17)(cid:15)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:28)(cid:24)(cid:1)(cid:12)(cid:2)(cid:6)(cid:2)(cid:11)(cid:2)(cid:8)(cid:18)(cid:18)(cid:17)(cid:26)(cid:1)(cid:17)(cid:31)(cid:15)(cid:22)(cid:29)(cid:16)(cid:17)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:12)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:24)(cid:1)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:3)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:2)(cid:8)(cid:2)(cid:6)
ment of more than £70 million. centre
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Some 250 people will be left out of work, and has been
the union said it was regrettable but unavoidable. built to (cid:3)(cid:10)(cid:7)(cid:7)(cid:1)(cid:6)(cid:11)(cid:8)(cid:1)(cid:4)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:5) (cid:48)(cid:48)(cid:48)(cid:2)(cid:44)(cid:42)(cid:29)(cid:43)(cid:44)(cid:36)(cid:29)(cid:45)(cid:45)(cid:44)(cid:2)(cid:31)(cid:41)(cid:2)(cid:46)(cid:38)
A new Royal Mail flagship hub is set to open help Royal
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soon in Medway. The mail centre replaces out of Mail meet
date sites in Dartford, Canterbury, Tonbridge modern
and Maidstone, and was built partly because the demands
company nationally is now handling 18 million
fewer daily letters than it was five years ago. tion from electronic media and other carriers.
As well as this merger, Royal Mail is changing David Banbury, the Kent spokesman for the
some of its smaller delivery offices. Communications Workers Union said: “There are
Planning permission has been granted for a job losses – voluntary redundancy.
£1.5m delivery office in Park Wood, Maidstone, and “There is an agreement there would be no
building work starts within weeks with an opening compulsory redundancies. It is regrettable, but
date planned for October. Once operational, the unfortunately when you reorganise like this and
current Maidstone sites will be sold. introduce modern machinery it is unavoidable.”
The new centre will house two compact Royal Mail’s South East England regional
sequence sorting machines which can organise operations director, Tom Willis, said: “The
mail at a rate of 40,000 items an hour. changes we are making to our operations are
The current mail centres at Canterbury, vital to put Royal Mail on a secure and sustain-
Dartford and Tonbridge will be retained to become able footing. As part of our investment and
delivery hubs. Canterbury will also take over from modernisation programme across the UK, we
sites in Whitstable and Herne Bay, and Tonbridge are investing in new technology and equipment
will take over from Tunbridge Wells. and upgraded operational facilities.”
Royal Mail said the Communication Workers And Steve Nelson, Royal Mail’s delivery office
Union recognised in the Business Transforma- manager at Maidstone, said: “Customers can be
tion 2010 and Beyond Agreement that the assured that Royal Mail will make every effort
company needs to review the number of mail to minimise any disruption to customers when
centres it operates. There is growing competi- this relocation goes ahead.”
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Car park sex assault NEW YEAR’S HONOURS
Honouring the great and good
A WOMAN was sexually assaulted in the car
park of Sainsbury’s in Canterbury on Wednes-
day. The victim, who is in her early 20s and from
the Canterbury area, was walking home when
she was attacked by a man just after 3am. A long-serving Conservative MP, a Bangladeshi restaurateur and an Armed Forces voluntary worker
are among a number of Kent residents recognised in the New Year’s honours list. Chris Murphy
talks to some of those whose efforts have been rewarded with an honour from the Queen
ROGER GALE MP (KBE): Thanet North Tory MP DR ALAN JOHN COOPER (0BE): Dr Cooper is a CHRISTOPHER HALL (OBE): Recently retired
Roger Gale has received a knighthood, but he higher technologist in the audio visual evidential World Horse Welfare chairman, Christopher Hall,
admits the award belongs just as analysis department of the Metropolitan Police, was recognised with an OBE.
much to his wife, Suzy. and was awarded an OBE for services to the police. He said: “I have been privi-
Sir Roger said: “I feel that this The Aylesford man said: “Forensic audio is an leged in my time working with
is, first and foremost, not a politi- often complex science, but provides crucial evi- horses as I have visited so many
cal, but a public service award. dence to a case and bring criminals to justice.” interesting countries and met
Suzy and I have been engaged in such a diverse range of people
community work since long be- BAKHSHISH SINGH SODHI (MBE): The vice while doing what I love.”
fore I became an MP in 1983. I president of the management committee at the The solicitor from Tunbridge
regard this as an enormous honour. It is, though, Gravesend Gurdwara Sikh temple, Mr Sodhi is Wells joined World Horse Welfare in 2005 and
an honour that belongs to Suzy who has worked now an MBE for his work on race relations. became chairman the following year. He was in-
alongside and supported me throughout every The Gurdwara’s secretary Narinderjit Singh strumental in bringing about significant improve-
day that I have been an MP.” Thandi said: “I am delighted Mr Sodhi’s contribu- ments to horse welfare both in the UK and inter-
tion to building good community relations in nationally.
DAVID ASHMAN (OBE): David Ashman gets his Gravesend over a period of some 35 years has
OBE for his voluntary service as national treas- been recognised with such a prestigious award.” DR ANDREW KIDD (OBE): Dr Andrew Kidd,
urer for SSAFA Forces Help. from Maidstone, is the deputy head of the De-
The accountant from Sand- LT COL ANTHONY DAVIS (OBE): An OBE goes partment for International Development’s Kabul
wich said: “The work SSAFA to Lt Col Anthony Davies who is already an MBE. office. He was awarded an OBE, and is currently
does is amazing and really makes He was the chief executive of the Union Jack in Afghanistan.
a difference to people’s lives. It is Club, and is current chairman of the Falklands
a privilege to support the volun- Veteran Association. SAMANTHA DARBY (OBE): Ms Darby, from
teers who do so much to assist He said: “The OBE is for my services to the Eynsord, is a policy adviser for domestic violence
serving and ex-service men, Armed Forces. The Veteran Association does cru- at the Home Office and was awarded an OBE.
women and their families who are in need.” cial work.
The military charity provids financial, practi- “We still do vital work helping those that are GLENYS MCDONALD (MBE): Kent resident
cal and emotional assistance to current or past still suffering mental and other stress from their Glenys McDonald is the senior judges’ clerks man-
serving military personnel and their families. time fighting this war.” ager at the Royal Courts of Justice, at the Ministry
of Justice. She said: “It was a surprise, but a great
lift as my husband died in September.”
greenfields Others awards include CBEs for Robert Assirati,
shooting grounds from Tonbridge, former director of Major Projects
Authority in the Cabinet Office; and Canterbury
Professor James Mansell, a professor of learning
disability at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
STAG/HEN PARTIES An MBE goes to Prof Stephen Lambert-Humble,
dental dean of postgraduate dentistry at the NHS
WORK / FAMILY GROUPS
Postgraduate Deanery for Kent, Surrey and Sus-
Save £25.00 per person on normal prices sex. OBEs were given to David Cotterill from Sev-
enoaks, based with the Ministry of Defence; Roy
Min 8 persons £40.00 for 25 shots £45.00 for 50 shots Crouch, former Whitehall Streetscape Project
Min 15 persons £40.00 for 50 shots includes full instructions, manager with the Cabinet Office; and Gerald Wil-
use of guns, ammunition and hearing protection
liams, chairman of the Friends of Bedgebury Pin-
etum. MBEs go to Dartford council leader Jeremy
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01227 713 222 Pamphlett, Inward Visits manager at the Over-
seas Office of the Department of Chamber and
Committee Services, House of Commons; and fi-
nally Bajloor Rashid, an Ashford restaurateur
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NASONS SALE NOW ON
SAVINGS ON EVERYTHING INCLUDING FAMOUS BRANDS SUCH AS GPLAN,
LA-Z-BOY, EKORNES, NOLTE BEDROOMS, SLUMBERLAND AND MANY MORE NOW
UPHOLSTERY UP TO 50% OFF
HAYLEY.UPHOLSTERED IN 100% LEATHER, 3 SEAT SOFA VALENCIA.CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION, 3 SEAT SOFA
USUAL PRICE £1599 SALE PRICE £799 USUAL PRICE £795 SALE PRICE £599
BEDS UP TO 50% OFF DINING AND OCCASIONAL
UP TO 25% OFF
ROYAL OAK.SOLID OILED OAK
TABLE AND 6 CHAIRS
USUAL PRICE £1223
SALE PRICE £899
RELYON ROYAL BATH.
2000 POCKETED SPRING, DRAWER DIVAN SET
150CM WIDE
USUAL PRICE £3499 SALE PRICE £1749
Many clearance items available up to ½ usual price
www.nasons.co.uk
Nasons Furniture & Bed Store
Maynard Road, Wincheap Estate, Canterbury WAhi2ts9ta0ble MAar2g8ate
West Station
01227 463550 AL2on/dMon2
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OpenMonday - Saturday9am - 5.30pm Sundays11am - 4pm
of Canterbury Open New Years Day 10 - 4pm.Plenty of free parking AAsh2fo8rd AD2o0ve5r0

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