Your Canterbury, Issue 20, January 23, 2008

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LATE EDITION
TO TACKLE DEBT
(cid:1)BY GARETH ARNOLD
WHAT’S ON & WATCH
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RISING personal debt has prompted
council chiefs to consider launching
its own counselling service.
It comes amid mounting concerns over the
financial quagmire many find themselves in due
to financial concerns.
And it is hoped if an in-house operation goes
live it will be able to identify those on the slippery
slope before it is too late.
Council chiefs have confirmed a scrutiny
review, looking into various issues surrounding
personal debt will be carried out next month.
The aims of the panel are to discover what
resources are already available in the area,and
to examine ways of identifying potential debtors
Wonder at the glory of winter birdlife in and
at a stage when their money issues can still be
around the area on our online TV website
resolved relatively easily.
Advice
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When people likely to fall into debt have been
flagged up,the council aims to provide help and
LEISURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGES 18-29 advice to prevent further problems.
Senior scrutiny and improvement officer Wayne
PROPERTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGES 31-40
Gough said:“As a council we are quite likely to
MOTORING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGES 41-50 come into contact with people who might have
trouble paying their debts.It may be something
JOBS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGES 51-58
as simple as a parking ticket,so maybe we can
SPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 62-63 look at ways of helping them deal with that debt
and manage it.
“What you often hear is that debt problems
HOGGING THE LIMELIGHT do not come to attention until it’s too late.People
go unnoticed,take out more loans to cover other
debts and so on until they are in real trouble.
“One of the purposes of this review is to look at
early warning signs that someone maybe having
This cheeky little chap is the latest addition to the animals at Wildwood in Herne Common – just don’t call
difficulties and put them in touch with someone
him boar-ing. The baby boar is one of a new litter born to parents Boris and Harriet which are winning who can help early.It’s a community service.
the hearts of staff and visitors alike. FULL STORY – SEE PAGE 3 “We are looking at what services are available,
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both locally and nationally,and then
it’s up to members to decide whether
anchor to these are sufficient.
TOP TV CLIPS “Some councils do offer a service.We
don’t at the moment,so we are look-
ing into whether this would be help-
ful.”
The panel will be working with the
Citizens’ Advice Bureau and the
housing service to examine ways of
picking up early warning signs such
as missed payments.
liberate land
The bulk of the research is likely to
be done over February and March.
Consolidation loans are often seen
by debtors as a solution to their prob-
lems,but the Citizens’ Advice Bureau
has warned people to be careful when
considering a provider.
A spokesman said: “Some may
choose a consolidation loan to deal
(cid:1)BY GARETH ARNOLD with their financial situation. In its
simplest term a debt consolidation
loan transfers the monies owed into
THE city’s Sea Cadets are one loan with a monthly repayment.
It’s not that straightforward.
to set sail to a new head-
“People do not get the help and
quarters as council bosses advice they need about the risks and
1 Take a close-up look at the animals at one of the county’s look to free up valuable land the realistic long-term cost.”
leading wildlife parks. See Leisure TV
whose sale would help pay
for the district’s massive
building projects. yourcanterbury
The Canterbury cadets have been NEWS IN BRIEF
based at Puckle Lane for 60 years on
a small but valuable site south of the
city centre.
The 1.28 acres is already being Tickets on sale for
eyed by housing developers,and the
council is relying on the sale of the mayor’s charity ball
land to help pay for its hugely ambi-
tious capital building programme.
Cadet chiefs were first told over a TICKETS for this year’s Lord Mayor
year ago that they would have to of Canterbury’s Charity Banquet and
raise anchor and move on – but Ball are now on sale.
GOODBYE: The Sea Cadets have to leave
earned a temporary reprieve with a The event, at Westgate Hall on
lease until 2009. their current home before March 2009 Friday,April 18,raises funds for the
Now the council executive has Lady Mayoress’ charities,which this
granted them a lease on an alterna- The council has not yet arrived at a year will be the diabetic organisation
tive site at Vauxhall Road. price for the land, and surveys and the Paula Carr Trust and the Save
It is hoped the sale of the Puckle assessments are still being carried Canterbury Cathedral campaign.
Lane site will contribute towards out to determine its true worth Lord Mayor, Cllr Cyril Windsor,
World sidecar champion Tim Reeves explains how he got into large projects such as the Marlowe although officers expect its sale value said:“The evening promises plenty of
2 and the Beaney Institute. to be “significant”. entertainment, and a good time is
pole position. See Sport TV However, the cadets now have a Recent council budget predictions guaranteed.”
new challenge – raising the money to for the next financial year suggest a For tickets call 01227 862080.
build their new home. “very high”risk to Canterbury’s cap-
The council has given them a ital projects.The report states “there Win £2,000 for your
£25,000 relocation grant but thou- are already indications that other
sands of pounds more are still public bodies will not be able to fund school in name game
required. projects on the scale anticipated”.
Challenge Several sites – including Puckle
Lane – have already been earmarked FERRY operators Norfolkline are ask-
In a report to the executive,officers to help alleviate the financial pres- ing for primary school children across
said:“It will be a challenging task for sure. the county to help them name a mas-
the sea cadets to raise,in just over a Commanding officer of Canterbury cot for their fleet of three new ships –
year,the funds necessary to build a Sea Cadets,Dave Sharpe,said of the with a top prize of £2,000 for their
new headquarters. proposed new home:“We can be next school up for grabs.
“But if the council wishes to release to the river and do some of our water The mascots will be on hand to enter-
the value of the land at Puckle Lane sports on site – we are also looking to tain youngsters on the company’s
to invest in projects,it is essential the run a canoe club from the same site Dover to Dunkerque services later this
occupation by the cadets is not for young people in Canterbury who year.To find out how to enter the com-
allowed to continue indefinitely and may not be involved in the sea petition,run by the publishers of this
ceases by March 2009.” cadets.” newspaper,turn to page 15.
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Dawn of a new era for Celebrity boar
Boris is a dad
BORIS the boar is no stranger to the
home grown cheese? spotlight.
As a veteran of TV appearances, the
400lb brute has appeared on the likes of
Richard & Judy,Blue Peter and even co-
starred with Sir David Attenborough on
The Life of Mammals.
But now the magnificent wild boar is
having to step aside as some new
arrivals hog the limelight – his own chil-
Expert mobile dren.
Boris and partner Harriet, who both
live at Wildwood in Herne Common,are
now the proud parents of a litter of boar-
seller wants to lets. And they are in safe hands. The
Wildwood Trust which runs the popular
park is campaigning to save the wild
cousins of Boris and co from being hunt-
ed to extinction.
sniff out tasty
The boarlets are born with stripes and
these help to camouflage them in the
undergrowth.The litter stays in the nest
for about 10 days.The young are suckled
Kent products for about 12 weeks before they are
completely weaned onto food,which they
find while they are rooting around with
their mother.
(cid:1)BY GARETH ARNOLD
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IT’S a cheese-lover’s dream come
true – a classic van-cum-market yourkenttv.co.uk
stall containing a selection of the
LOCAL
most delectable dairy products in
Britain – yet cheese expert Dawn
DELICIOUSDAIRY: Dawn Hackett gives Ashmore pride of place in her van and wants to sell more Kent cheeses
Hackett says her collection remains
incomplete. there’s no reason Kent shouldn’t have a reputa- cheese.We need to challenge the West Country
A familiar sight in Whitstable and tion for cheese too.We need more Kent cheese a bit more.”
Faversham,Mrs Hackett,owner of The Cheese makers.” Mrs Hackett,who runs a home delivery serv-
Box,has been selling cheese from her van for In a call to arms for prospective Kent cheese ice throughout Canterbury and Faversham,
several months, and plans to branch out to makers, Mrs Hackett is championing a Kent insists that it is not just for food snobs.
include other towns later this year.But despite cheese made locally at Lamberhurst Farm in “It’s not an elitist thing aimed at foodies and
the huge choice of British cheeses,her collection Dargate by cheese maker Jane Bowyer. people coming down from London for a taste of
includes just one Kentish cheese. Ashmore – a hard cheese with its origins in the the countryside.People can be put off,like wine,
She said:“Kent is known more for fruit and West Country – takes pride of place in her by thinking they don’t know anything about it.
hops and beer, but in this day and age when cheese selection. “That’s why I have the van instead of a shop.
dairy farmers are struggling,it makes sense to “She bought the name from a family in People have to come right up to it and before Check out the animals at
look at ways of branching out. Devon,” said Mrs Hackett. “It had a rep- they know it they are getting a free taster. Wingham Wildlife Park
“Suffolk is better known for cheeses, but utation in the industry,but it’s a proper Kent “People like to buy and taste local produce.”
Floods drive Gas works set to
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Thousands of People are paying far more
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The AA reported a 48 per cent Why Meridian? DEBT CONSOLIDATION
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years control?
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prompting traffic congestion as The 12 week project – starting on before the works start, on Sunday, Buy-to-Let Property funding CCJ’s
motorists sought alternative Monday,January 28 – will see Broad January 27. Many people are now adding Defaults
routes. Oak Road closed to traffic between The gas works will mean more investment properties to their Low Credit Score
retirement planning and savings Past Bankruptcy
While just south of Petham,parts Kingsmead Road and Farleigh Road, traffic using Sturry Road,Vauxhall portfolios. Meridian have 100’s of
of Stone Street disappeared under but gas company Southern Gas Road and Kingsmead Road as driv- mortgage and finance plans that they
several inches of water. Network say the works will provide ers find alternative routes. can tailor to your needs
A spokesman for motoring organ- a safer and more reliable supply for Southern Gas Networks has asked What additional finance facilities do
isation the AA said: “Drivers decades to come. people to allow more time for jour- Meridian provide?
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New ski machine gets
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you set for the slopes
Harbour board gets new
member for future plan
WHITSTABLE Harbour Board has a new
recruit to help it come up with a plan to
transform the site and protect its future. IN AN anonymous industrial unit (cid:1)BY GARETH ARNOLD years by Mr Showan,and later,Mr Hawkes.
The harbour recently saw three contro- “I wasn’t a skier at all to begin with,”said Mr
deep in the Canterbury country-
versial proposals to redevelop it thrown out Hawkes, who went to Brunel University
after a huge public outcry,but it is widely side lurks an invention its creators ager,explains:“Jonathon had the idea in 1997 before running his own IT business.
accepted that development is essential to say could revolutionise one of the after learning to ski on a dry slope and spend- “Jonathan got me in for my engineering
ensure it generates the money it needs to ing most of the time on his backside. skills.He had worked out the surface and how
survive. most popular winter pastimes. “He thought there must be a better way to to make it go round,but he needed some help
Katrina Brown replaces Christopher Because within its confines sit three learn to ski. to make it go up and down.
Mendoza as an independent member of the machines – each resembling what looks like “You actually learn much faster on these “Initially,we thought we would be able to sell
board. the love-child between a giant treadmill cov- than on a dry slope, as you are not wasting it to gyms – you can burn 500 calories in a half
He is stepping down later this month. ered in white astro turf and a climbing frame. time on chair lifts and getting up all the time. hour session – but they weren’t very interest-
Steam cleaner is stolen But don’t let looks deceive you, as those “It’s an accelerated way of learning the ed.It’s large,and needs specialist training to
behind the project say this could change the basics,and also for experienced skiers to hone use and operate,and they just didn’t go for it.
way people learn to ski. their technique. “So we started looking for another way we
from golf club’s shed
The machines are simulators created by “There’s no other system where an instruc- could use it.Now we intend to sell them to pri-
Jonathan Showan, boss of Showan tor can walk around you and observe you from vate buyers, if you have £50,000 burning a
A STEAM cleaner worth £2,500 has been Hydraulics.And next door,at the site in Out all angles, and even touch and adjust the hole in your pocket.”
stolen from Herne Bay Golf Club. Elmstead Lane,in Barham,is the Realli-Ski points of your skis.” Alternatively, you can book time on the
The thieves broke in to the club off the company. Despite the advantages, it has taken some machines,with adult lessons starting at £27.
Thanet Way sometime between January 3 The concept is simple – you climb on board, time for Realli-Ski to get going,but it has come There are now three simulators in Barham
and 4,stealing the yellow Karcher cleaner and before you know it, you’re learning to a long way from its modest beginnings. and four at the company’s new centre in
from the green keeper’s shed, police said ski… and fast. It started as a pilot scheme, run part-time Watford.For more information on Realli-Ski,
this week. Daniel Hawkes,Realli-Ski operations man- alongside other business interests for seven visit www.realli-ski.com.
Witnesses saw a dirty,white Renault Clio
van near the area,driven by two men.
Anyone with information,or who saw the WATCH OUR
Renault van,can contact PC Rob Goodban
on 01227 868281.
Oyster Festival planning MAN TRYING
nine days of tasty fun
TO REALLI-SKI
THEdates for this year’s Whitstable Oyster
Festival have been announced – the nine
days of summer fun take place from
Saturday,July 19 to Sunday,July 28. DOWN to the sound of snow crunching as you turn, the
Organisers are promising an eclectic mix Realli-Ski simulators provide an incredible skiing sensa-
of events, from traditional pageantry to tion despite their unusual appearance, writes Gareth
numerous arts and community activities, Arnold.
with an increased focus on food and drink. The white surface, much softer than the brutal
Festival co-ordinator,Mair Stratton,said: brushes of a dry slope, makes a pleasing swoosh as you
“I would like to see more local artists and turn, gliding across the slope as if on a bed of air.
organisations involved.” My ski-ing experience is limited to a few dry- slope
lessons as a child, an experience which soured the
Three cautioned after
sport for me despite many of my friends being commit-
ted winter sport fans.
police drugs operations
I didn’t see the point. Skiing slowly down a giant
rough carpet in the rain lacked any appeal whatsoever,
A DRUG operation in Canterbury city cen- and that was the end of that.
tre netted three people this month. But the Realli-Ski simulators do away with all of the
The trio were cautioned for possession of discomfort and irritation of lifts, crashes, rain and fric-
cannabis after being searched, along with tion burn.
16 others,under the Misuse of Drugs Act. There is no real feeling of speed, which allows you to
The operation was part of an ongoing concentrate instead on body positioning and technique.
campaign by officers aimed at disrupting Sounds like an easy option? It is, and there’s nothing
drug use in the city,and deterring dealers wrong with that. With near-constant instruction, and
from peddling their wares. the chance to ski uninterrupted for half an hour at a
Sgt Jon Leslie said:“Our officers will con- time, you quickly pick up the basics.
tinue to work with partners to get the mes- YOU CAN VIEW THIS ENTIRE CLIP@ yourkenttv.co.uk Watch Gareth in action by logging on to our free,
sage across that drug use and dealing will broadband website www.yourkenttv.co.uk.
not be tolerated in Canterbury.”
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P Troops record bedtime
icture PH stories for their children
IL H
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GH SOLDIERS at Canterbury’s Howe Barracks
TON yourcanterbury have recorded special bedtime stories – to be
played to their children when they are sent to
NEWS IN BRIEF Afghanistan later this year on active duty.
The tales read by members of the Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders will be printed on to
a CD and include special family messages.
It is part of a new project,Storytime Soldiers,
ASDA to fine customers organised by the battalion and Canterbury
Sure Start.
who ignore parking rule Sure Start project manager Jo Treharne
said: “The benefits of reading with your
children are widely recognised and this project
DRIVERS who flout the law by parking in is all about building links between children
spaces reserved for disabled drivers will get a and their fathers.”
nasty shock the next time they shop at ASDA
in Sturry Road. Find out how much your
The company has decided to impose a £60
fine on customers that use the spaces who do
silver collection is worth
not have blue badges.
They will also issue fines to people who park
in the spaces reserved for mothers with young AUCTION house Bonhams will be on the
children. hunt for treasure next week.
The parking spaces are normally located The head of its silver department, Rupert
closer to the entrance of the store and are Slingsby, will be in Whitstable on Thursday,
wider so customers can get into their cars January 31,and is urging anyone with interest-
more easily. ing items to come along and have them valued.
The company will initially roll out the fines Christopher Hodgson, from Bonhams in
in its stores in the South East.The scheme Whitstable,said:“This is a chance for people to
will go nationwide in March.ASDA say the find out a little bit more about the silver that
money raised by the fines will help pay for the they own and get a current auction valuation.”
scheme the rest will be donated to charity. To make an appointment to meet one of
A spokesperson for the company said:“This Bonhams’ silver valuers at the event in
may upset some people but it is important Tankerton Road, call Linda Hill on 01227
that our customers can park hassle free.” 275007 or email [email protected].
BABY JOY: Invicta FM presenters Ali Wheeler and Claire Lawson are looking forward to being first-time mums
Invicta duo in
the family way
POPULAR Invicta FM presenter Ali (cid:1)BY PHIL REILLY
Wheeler has revealed she is expect-
ing her first child in the spring.
Ali Wheeler moved up to co-host with
The co-host of the James and Ali breakfast James Heming last year after working on the
show,who lives in Faversham with husband popular morning show since March 2005.
Haydn,revealed she is four months pregnant. And after revealing she was pregnant,the
But the 32-year-old,who writes the regu- DJ’s online blog on the radio station’s web-
lar Ali’s Goss section for our sister paper site was inundated with messages from
Kent on Sunday’s Review magazine, is not well-wishers.
the only Invicta DJ expecting a baby. Now she is just keeping her fingers crossed
There must be something the water at the she doesn’t suffer from morning sickness –
Whitstable-based commercial radio station, she already has to wake up at 4am every
because day time presenter Claire Lawson, weekday morning to host the show – and
29, who lives in Maidstone with boyfriend admits to having a craving for cheese.
Mark,is six months pregnant. One Invicta presenter who has plenty of
Both will begin their maternity leave in parenting experience is Ms Wheeler’s on-air
May. partner – father-of-four James Heming.
Ms Wheeler said: “I am over the moon He said he was thrilled for both of them,
although a little scared.When Haydn and I but was quick to speculate that it may not
found out we were completely overwhelmed have been a total coincidence.
and it still hasn’t really sunk in. Rest He added:“I can only think it comes down
assured I am a very happy mum-to-be, to that short power cut that happened in
although any advice will be gladly received. Kent in September.You know what happens
“Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, when you have no TV or radio.”
Nicole Kidman and now me – I must check An Invicta spokesman said no plans had
my Chinese calendar because 2008 must be been made yet as to who will cover for the
the year of the baby.” pair when they leave in May.
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TODAY’S FORECAST WEEKEND Wildwood squirrels in
HIGH TIDES journey back to nature
Chatham Saturday 2:03pm 6.1m RARE red squirrels bred at
111666 Sunday 2:44pm 6.1m Wildwood celebrated New Year in
the wild after being released on the
Dover Saturday 12:17pm 6.5m
remote North Wales island of
Sunday 12:55pm 6.5m Anglesey.
22111 Dungeness Saturday 12:11pm 7.5m Two of the captive-bred young were trans-
Sunday 12:52pm 7.4m ported to Anglesey just before Christmas after
being raised at the park in Herne Common.
Ramsgate Saturday 12:47pm 5.0m After a period of acclimatisation at their new
home,the young squirrels were set free to fend
Sunday 1:25pm 4.9m
for themselves.
Sheerness Saturday 1:53pm 5.8m Headkeeper Paul Wirdnam said:“It is great
SUNRISE SUNSET to know the two youngsters are now in the
7.46AM 4.29PM Sunday 2:34pm 5.8m wild.It was one of the things that makes this
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MOONRISE MOONSET Whitstable Saturday 2:11pm 5.3m job so fulfilling.”
7.06PM 8.44AM Wildwood is part of a scheme to protect the
Sunday 2:52pm 5.3m red squirrel population in the UK.For many
FIVE-DAY KENT FORECAST years this once common British native has
AROUNDTHE been under threat from the invasion of the
American grey squirrel.
Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon WORLDYESTERDAY Wildwood breeds the red squirrels in special-
Ashford 11°C 12°C 13°C 11°C 8°C Gravesend 12°C 12°C 11°C 12°C 11°C ly created natural enclosures and then after a
period of time learning skills from their mother,
Canterbury 11°C 12°C 10°C 11°C 11°C Maidstone 12°C 11°C 11°C 12°C 11°C Amsterdam 11°C Madrid 12°C they are transported to Wales where they are
Chatham 12°C 11°C 11°C 11°C 10°C Ramsgate 11°C 12°C 10°C 11°C 11°C Athens 14°C NewYork -4°C released in to a grey squirrel-free environment.
Barcelona 13°C Paris 11°C The project leader,Dr Craig Shuttleworth of
Dartford 12°C 12°C 11°C 12°C 11°C Rochester 12°C 11°C 11°C 11°C 10°C Beijing -4°C Rome 10°C the Anglesey Red Squirrel Project, has been
encouraged by the results of the work so far.
Dover 10°C 10°C 10°C 10°C 9°C Sevenoaks 10°C 10°C 10°C 10°C 10°C Bombay 28°C Sydney 22°C He said: “Anglesey may eventually be the
CapeTown 26°C Tenerife 23°C last stand for the red squirrel in Wales and is
Faversham 12°C 11°C 11°C 11°C 10°C Sittingbourne12°C 11°C 11°C 11°C 10°C Cardiff 10°C Tokyo 5°C one of a handful of long-term refuges for the
Folkestone 10°C 10°C 10°C 10°C 9°C Tonbridge 11°C 10°C 12°C 11°C 10°C Gibraltar 16°C Vancouver 6°C red squirrel in Britain as a whole.”
HongKong 19°C Warsaw 8°C The Wildwood youngsters ensure the popu-
Gillingham 12°C 11°C 11°C 11°C 10°C TunWells 11°C 10°C 12°C 11°C 10°C LasPalmas 21°C Wellington 22°C lation in Wales is kept as healthy as possible,
reducing the chance of in breeding.
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QGive us a brief rundown of a typical day for Dominic King... So I’ll often send an email to myself from QDo you have any favourite films, TV shows or books?
home to work,so I don’t forget.
QUESTION & ANSWER
AIs there ever such a thing as a typical day? AI love the Shawshank Redemption,starring
But I must admit I am a creature of habit so QWhat is your passion in life? Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.It is an
DOMINIC when I arrive at the BBC’s studios in Tunbridge amazing film about life in an American prison.
Wells I go and get myself a cup of BBC tea (then AI love music and films but a passion for me On the film’s tenth anniversary I was lucky
I remember it’s awful and nip out to buy one is the countryside. enough to speak to the director Frank
KING with a real teabag in). A good walk is something I really enjoy.You’ll Darrabont,which was a real honour.
I check my emails and then look at what’s often find me wandering around Bedgebury I have a signed publicity poster by him which
happening in Kent and around the world,using Forest near Goudhurst, walking near is one of my prized possessions that would be
the BBC’s news resources. I might start off Dungeness,or along Dover’s promenade.
the next item I would save from a fire.
interviewing guests who will feature in the pro-
I was also a big fan of the West Wing,and I
gramme and clicking onto websites to see what QWhat is your worst habit? loved 24.Not the BBC news channel,but the
people are talking about.
US drama starring Keifer Sutherland, and I
The best bit is seeing what music I’m going to
play and I start to sort through my post to see AOne bad habit is watching all the new currently like Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
what new releases I’ve been sent,or ideas some- movies,before my wife Amanda gets to see and the BBC’s The Tudors.
them,so she says “do you fancy seeing this one”
one has suggested for the programme.
and I annoyingly reply “I’ve seen it”.
Like most jobs I grab some lunch,usually ‘al QWhat is your favourite area of Kent?
I recently watched five films on a plane back
desko’, curse the printer for running out of
from Washington and as they are now being
paper and then look forward to doing the show AEast Kent is my favourite place, because
shown on Satellite TV, I’m again saying “I’ve
and heading home. that is really home.I was born in Dover and
seen that one”.
lived in Folkestone while growing up. The
QHow much daily preparation goes into a radio show? QIf your house was on fire what would be the first Romney Marsh is a place I enjoy walking
around, I love the Royal Military Canal and
material object you’d rescue (and why)?
AIt varies, but for a three-hour radio pro- Dungeness is wonderful.
AI would probably rescue my external hard
gramme,you can expect to add about five
drive, it’s got family photos on and my
hours of preparation, organising guests, and
favourite interviews I have done over the years. QDo you see yourself ever calling anywhere other than
visiting locations across the county recording
Kent home?
interviews.And you know what Kent’s roads
can be like,which is why my day is eight hours QAway from Radio Kent what are your hobbies and ANo never, I am certain about that and
long and not three. interests? although I have worked in London,Kent is
It’s also one of those jobs where ideas pop up AAlong with film and music I like fishing home,why move to another county when you
while you’re out and about or on a day off,espe- from time to time too.But I only occasional- have this one,the best county in Britain?
cially at weekends. ly catch anything. I mean that too.
&
BBCRadio Kent’s Dominic King talks to Rob Livingstone about his passionate love of walking around
the Kent countryside, relaxing in front of the television and how a day in his life is far from average
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Every week, My Last Mistake Coldplay’s Chris Martin loses Businessman Robin Hills Film-maker and youth football Roger de Haan was among
(based in Maidstone) will his cool with Folkestone talks about business success, coach Ernie Brennan wants to those attending the opening
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post a new live performance photographer Jae Donnelly doing National Service and a change parents on the touchline. of Folkestone University this
of one of their songs outside a New York hospital childhood in Ramsgate All parents should watch this month by Michael Howard
Picture GARETH ARNOLD
New recruit Julie
continuing to keep
Kent in the picture
(cid:1)BY GARETH ARNOLD PASTURES NEW:
Former BBC Radio
Kent presenter Julie
SHE is known to much of the
Maddocks has joined
county through her BBC radio
KOS Media and will
programmes and as Invicta
be out and about
FM’s inimitable eye in the sky
with a camera crew
– and now Julie Maddocks
to provide content for
has joined KOS Media to
our ever-growing
continue bringing you the Yourkenttv.co.uk
Kent stories that matter. website (left)
As the new face of KOS Media,Julie
will be out and about with a camera
crew, working across our titles and
providing content for our growing But soon thousands of drivers relied Julie qualified as a pilot during her
websites.And you can see for yourself on Invicta’s groundbreaking eye in the five years reporting from the air – she
what she’s been up to on our free sky – a Cessna light aircraft nicknamed freelanced in front of the TV camera
broadband site www.yourkenttv.co.uk. ‘Jambuster Jerry’ – to provide the latest and guest-presented dozens of BBC
Yet despite being at the centre of the updates on their daily commute. shows until,in 2001,she was offered a
county’s media for more than a But despite her popularity, Julie staff contract and her own slot.
decade,Julie says she never intended didn’t endear herself to everybody on She said: “It was a magazine
to go into broadcasting. the county’s roads. programme that reflected the people
Having begun as a secretary in the Freelanced in Kent.If it was happening in Kent
sales department at the fledgling we would hopefully feature it on the
Invicta Radio in 1985,Julie had done She said: “When they were expand- radio.We covered all sorts of subjects
a few voiceovers, but nothing could ing the A249,near Detling,into a dual during the years.
prepare her for the job she was offered carriageway, it seemed to be taking “I’ll be continuing this sort of thing at
out of the blue one day. ages.It became a bit of a running joke KOS Media,across all the Yourkenttv
She said:“Invicta had this idea for – we’d fly over every morning and say channels.There is nothing like it at a
the ‘eye in the sky’,but had no one to ‘the A249 looks exactly the same’. regional level and it is definitely a fore-
present it.I didn’t want to do the role; “Apparently some of the builders got runner of things to come.I’m sure oth-
I didn’t know anything about the so annoyed about it they spent the ers will follow what we’re doing here.
county’s roads.I didn’t even know how morning spelling out ‘Up yours Julie’ “The people of Kent are passionate
to get to Headcorn airfield. in cones.You could only read it from about what they do and we can provide
“It was an almighty fluke that I the air. Think how much they could a platform. I think Yourkenttv.co.uk
became a broadcaster.I was just in the have got done in that time.” can plug into that spirit in the county.
right place at the right time.” After literally earning her wings – There are so many stories to tell.”
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