Your Thanet, Issue 172, January 26, 2011

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THE NEWSPAPER FOR MARGATE, RAMSGATE, BROADSTAIRS AND DISTRICT January 26, 2011
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WHAT’S ON & WATCH (cid:2)BY GARETH ARNOLD
AND MARIJKE COX
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SOUTHEASTERN Trains has
“massaged”performance figures in
an effort to avoid paying angry
commuters compensation, accord-
ing to Thanet MP Roger Gale.
The current contract with Southeastern
runs out in 2012,but is expected to be extend-
ed for two years despite MPs calling for it to be
scrapped following recent criticism over the
company’s performance.
KCC cabinet member for highways Nick
Chard said to be worthy of winning a new
franchise the company had to improve passen-
ger rail information.He also set out objections
to the huge fare increases introduced earlier
this month,where some routes saw a 12.8 per
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ALSO INSIDE Kent by representing the requirements of our
travelling public.Secondly,developing a strate-
gicrail network to help deliver the economic
Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 8 growth we need during the next 30 years.
Yet despite its poor performance,
SCHOOLS . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 10 Southeastern released statistics two weeks
ago showing it had run 82.04 per cent of its
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 11 ACTRESS’ FINAL CALLING trains on time in the past year.
Had the company fallen below the 82 per
. . . . . . . PAGES 13-22 cent target it would have been liable to pay
LEISURE
season ticket commuters compensation of five
. . . . . PAGES 23-29 per cent off fares.The figures are now being
PROPERTY Broadstairs-based producer Frances Patterson, who directed 60s icon Susannah York’s last ever film, challenged by MPs.
. . . . . . . PAGES 39-50 has paid tribute to the legendary actress who died last week. FULL STORY ON PAGE 3 North Thanet MP Roger Gale said he
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Plan to flush airport
water into the sea
THE Environment Agency is holding
a consultation on plans to allow sur-
face water from Manston Airport to
PAYBACK: be discharged into Pegwell Bay.
Offenders Infratil Airports Europe Ltd has
applied for a licence that would allow
are helping to
the run-off from the taxiways,aprons
tidy up areas and runway of the airport to be
of Thanet passed through an interceptor and
flushed into Pegwell Bay.
before the
Representatives from the agency
summer and the airport are meeting with
season members of the public between 10am
and 4pm on Thursday,January 20,at
Offenders help the new Channel Chamber of
Commerce on Ramsgate High Street.
Andrew Ogden,environment man-
ager, said: “We are working with
Infratil to ensure risks to the water
environment from the airport are
considered and managed appropri-
to clean up our ately.
“This drop-in session gives those
with an interest in the water environ-
ment of Thanet an opportunity to
come and find out more about this
application and how we will make
town centres our decisions.
“If granted,the permit will set con-
ditions and we will regulate those to
ensure that we protect the environ-
ment at Pegwell Bay.”
Church raises £1m
CONVICTS have been put (cid:2)BY MARIJKE COX towards buildings
to work in a bid to improve
Thanet’s town centres. Court and waste bins in the town’s A BAPTIST church has raised £1
million in two years for a redevelop-
Offenders forced to take part in High Street have been replaced. ment project.
the Community Payback scheme – Similar work to put in new rub- Queens Road Baptist Church in
the new name for community serv- bish bins in Margate will take place Broadstairs,has funded the scheme
ice – cleared seven tonnes of rub- before the opening of Turner so far through donations,grants,and
bish from land next to the Nayland Contemporary. fundraising events.
Rock Hotel in Margate. In Broadstairs, new seating has The buildings,due to open in a few
Community Payback teams also been installed in High Street,with months,will include a youth centre,
painted the back wall and side walls work now underway in Ramsgate kitchen and café,a chapel,meeting
to smarten up the building High Street. Over the next few rooms,and a main hall.
The projects are part of the coun- months,work will be carried out to A fundraising golf day,lunch and
cil’s wider Environmental Action replace broken fencing along the auction will be held at the North
Programme (EAP), to improve Promenade in Broadstairs. Foreland Golf Club on Friday,
Thanet’s busiest areas, from town Repairs have been carried out to February 25. Call Brian Curtis on
centres to main roads into the dis- the Dolphin lights in Ramsgate and 01843 861079 or impact.curtis@
The King’s School trict,and busy seafront locations. the Sturgeon lights in Margate. lineone.net for more details.
Cllr Martin Wise,cabinet member Lighting in the arches along Royal
Recreation Centre for environmental services, said: Parade has also been repaired. Save money on fuel
“Often,it’s the small things that can Work is also due to start on an
new make the biggest difference, like improved lighting scheme for with carshare site
A you lighting repairs, replacing broken Margate Old Town,which will see
fencing and putting in new seating. floodlights being installed.This is
old prices All these things help to ensure that expected to be completed by spring. MOTORISTS facing January
at everyone feels proud of the area Cllr Wise said: “The team has increases in fuel duty and VAT are
they live in.” been doing a great deal of work being encouraged to visit a website
Repairs to lighting and town cen- across Thanet over the last few which could save them hundreds of
tre improvements in Margate and months. They’ll be working hard pounds a year.
Ramsgate, and new seating in over the next couple of months in Kent Journeyshare is a free service
Up to 50% off membership prices
Broadstairs,are among the fixes. readiness for the opening of Turner that helps people in the county to
throughout January & February 2011 + The planters and basket trees Contemporary in Margate and the share journey costs with others.They
no joining fee, there has never been a that used to be in Margate High start of the main summer season. can either take turns with the driv-
Street have been removed to help Other work planned by the EAP ing, or give someone a lift, in
better time to get into shape! open it up,with new hanging bas- team over the next few months will exchange for a contribution to the
ket trees installed. see a buoy being installed on the fuel costs.
25m Swimming Pool New for 2011 In Ramsgate,refurbishment work verge at the entrance to the Royal To register free, go to www.ken-
Fitness Suite & Studios Additional Fitness Suite has been carried out in Charlotte Harbour Approach Road. tjourneyshare.com
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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE ern and more reliable in bad weather changes to rail services in a bid to
www.kingsrecreation.co.uk believed they had been “massaged” than the “classic”services. improve Southeastern’s substandard
by the inclusion of the high-speed rail “HS1 is, of course, of little or no provision.
service,HS1. value to commuters from most of The Rail Action Plan for Kent looks
Commuters in Thanet argue they East Kent who either cannot use the to make sure the new franchise,due
do not benefit from HS1,because the service or do not wish to travel to St to start in 2014, delivers a service
train did not speed up until Pancras. that meets the needs of the county’s
Ebbsfleet,and instead were left with “I am sure that if the HS1 perform- commuters.
a reduced and overcrowded service. ance figures were removed from the Consultation on the draft plan for
“The figures used by Southeastern, equation we would begin to see the Kent runs until February 28 and
which by a whisker have scraped real,ghastly,figures that describe the amendments will be included before
above the compensation level,appear service used by those commuting to a final version is presented at the
to have included the performance of and from work in London.” Kent Rail Summit on April 19.
the HS1 premium service which, County Hall chiefs have unveiled a It can be viewed at
although not infallible,is more mod- blueprint setting out recommended www.kent.gov.uk/railactionplan.
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Actress York was joy to
watch, says producer
(cid:2)BY MARIJKE COX
A FILMMAKER who
directed 60s icon Susannah
York’s final film has paid
tribute to the legendary
actress.
Jan Dunn,who runs Thanet-based
production company Maeve Films,
told KoS that,despite knowing the
72-year-old was ill, the announce-
ment of her death came as a great
shock.
“It will be a big loss to the film
industry – The Calling was the last
film she did,but she had another one
in her,”said Ms Dunn.
“I think she should have been
awarded a lifetime achievement
award.She should have been recog-
nised by women in film.”
Ms Dunn wrote and directed The
Calling,which also stars Ramsgate-
born actress Brenda Blethyn and
tells the story of a young woman who
wants to become a nun.
It followed the company’s first two
award-winning films,Ruby Blue and
Gypo, and opened the London
Independent Film festival last year.
York, who lived in Clapham, got
involved after a chance meeting at
the Cambridge Film Festival in film was a big coup. ENERGY: Actress Susannah York,
2008,where she and Ms Dunn were
“She had an effect on everybody,” left, and above, with Jan Dunn on
both screening their films.
Oscar-nominated York, who lost she said. “She was very measured the set of The Calling
and thoughtful, but she was quite
her battle with cancer last week,
wild in some of her suggestions.
agreed to be part of the movie which
“Her performances would be melo-
was shot in and around Thanet on a
tight £500,000 budget. dramatic and it was a joy to watch.
Speaking to KoS Media ahead of “Susannah had a real energy.And
The Calling’s release last year,York – that voice – I remember the first
who played a psychotic Mother time I spoke to her on the telephone.”
Superior – said:“I had met Jan about Ms Dunn said York had been ill for
a year before we started filming. quite some time,and throughout the
“I had seen some of her other work production of The Calling.
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Fire-hit council clears backlog
THE benefits backlog caused by the our customers,particularly in council asked people not to call in with PVC-U Conservatories
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fire that destroyed significant parts tax benefits and financial transac- enquiries unless they were urgent.
of the council’s computer network tions,such as e-payments. An electrical engineer was called in People
has been cleared. “Services,such as waste and recy- to determine the cause of the blaze
The blaze started in the server cling, street cleaning and grounds alongside a Kent Fire and Rescue
room at the council’s Cecil Street maintenance,are unaffected by this.” investigator. You deal
office,Margate,at about 10.40am on Most services were back up and A council spokesman said:“Our IT with me
Wednesday,January 19. running by Thursday,with the back- team is working to get our services Paul
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THANET WWII veterans are being urged to
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NEWS IN BRIEF memorative events and trips.
The Big Lottery Fund has extended its
Heroes Return 2 project by another year.
Veterans who saw active service have until
International sea rescue January 31, 2012, to apply for grants of
between £150 and £5,500 to help individuals
and groups make special visits to battle
grounds and remembrance services.
A BROADSTAIRS couple are safely on dry
Application forms can be downloaded from
land in Malaysia after their sinking yacht
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prompted a dramatic UK rescue mission.
Audition for choir places
The British pair,and a Belgian crew mem-
ber,called Falmouth Coastguard in Cornwall
on Tuesday,January 11,asking for medical
GLEE-inspired vocalists are invited to join
assistance after their skipper hurt his arm.
two new choirs launching in Broadstairs.
Their 14-metre vessel was 200 miles east of
Sri Lanka,in the grips of a violent storm. Auditions for the adult and junior Kent
A duty doctor in Portsmouth advised the Show Choirs are being held on Wednesday,
SEA VIEWS: The Turner Contemporary has been built on the spot where Turner used to stay in Margate crew but less than an hour later they called January 26, at St George’s School in
again to say they had lost steerage,and they Broadstairs.Children aged between 8 and 16
Get involved as were taking on water. are invited to try out at 6:30pm while adult
The UK coastguards helped them activate auditions will be held at 7:30pm.
their emergency beacon,called Sri Lankan Rehearsals will take place on Wednesdays
and Indian authorities and sent a distress and choir leaders will give members direc-
broadcast to any ships in the area. tion on voice development and stage per-
Four merchant vessels and a Sri Lankan formance, with concerts already in the
Navy ship helped to safely evacuate the pipeline.
gallery reveals three casualties, who were taken to Port For more information and an application
Klang in Malaysia. pack email [email protected].
opening events
A SERIES of interactive events (cid:2)BY STEVE KNIGHT
has been lined up to celebrate the
opening of the new £17 million
gallery on Sunday,April 23,but it is hoped
Turner Contemporary art gallery the group will stay together after that date.
in Margate. Call Heather Sawney on 01843 577428 for
more information.
The 10-day You Are Here programme, Meanwhile,Willi Dorner is looking for flex-
which starts on April 16,aims to entertain ible volunteers to take part in his Bodies in
visitors with a range of attractions which the Urban Spaces performance.
public are also being invited to participate in. On April 16 and 17 he plans to position his
While the final line-up has not yet been helpers in selected spots around the town –
revealed, the gallery has announced the such as doorways and telephone boxes – to
three big names from the arts world who create striking images and give participants
have already signed up to take part in the a stronger relationship to their neighbour-
festivities. hood.
They are the internationally-renowned Call Sepake Angiama on 01843 233000 for
composer Orlando Gough,West End musical more information.
director Tony Castro,and Austrian choreog- Situated on Margate’s seafront. on the
rapher Willi Dorner. same spot where JMW Turner stayed when
Mr Gough and Mr Castro will collaborate visiting the town,the Turner Contemporary
on The Big Sing project and are appealing for will be the largest exhibition space in the
local singers to come forward and form a new South East,outside London.
modern music choir. The gallery will open on April 16 and is
Weekly rehearsals will start in February expected to be the catalyst for a regeneration
and culminate with a live performance at the of the town.
Five saved from sinking yacht
FIVE people were airlifted to safety before
their yacht sank after running aground on
a sandbank in the Channel.
The 35ft boat got stuck on the Goodwin
Sands at about 1.30pm last Sunday.
Both of Ramsgate RNLI’s lifeboats,the
all-weather Trent class Esme Anderson
and the inshore Atlantic 75 Bob Turnbull,
went to assist the stranded vessel.
Due to the shallow water around the
yacht,it was agreed with the Coastguard
that the best course of action was to await
the next rising tide and attempt to tow the
yacht off the Sands.
As a rescue helicopter had already been
called in from RAF Wattisham,the yacht’s that the yacht was beginning to sink,so
crew were lifted off at 3.40pm and taken the only possible action was to release the
safely ashore. tow line and note the position to report to
At 6.10pm, the inshore lifeboat man- the Coastguard.
aged to get a tow line aboard the yacht It was thought that the yacht’s keel had
and bring it clear of the Sands. been badly damaged in running aground,
However,it was immediately apparent and by the action of the sands.
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It’s time to judge ‘Disappointing’ increase
the county’s finest
CONSUMERS have drawn up a shortlist
menu for the annual Taste of Kent
in most serious crimes
Awards having cast more than 10,000
votes to select finalists for the 12 presti-
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LeTehdes cCoamstpleet.ition is staged by Produced BURGLARIES, robberies and sex (cid:2)BY STEVE KNIGHT
in Kent,which champions the best food and drug offences are on the rise in
and drink producers, retailers, restau- Kent, according to latest Home This includes reductions in violent crime –
rants,dining pubs and farmers’ markets
across the Garden of England. Office statistics. including knife and gun offences – as well as in
criminal damage and offences against vehicles.
See www.tasteofkentawards.co.uk for a The figures for the year October, 2009, to
Mr Pughsley said:“We have seen an overall
full list of shortlisted businesses. September,2010,suggest police are struggling to
reduction in crime over the past four years and
get to grips with some of the most serious crimes
Number plates help these latest crime statistics are encouraging.
affecting the county.
“But they also show us where there is room to
Burglaries increased by 2.3 per cent to 12,700,
continue our hard work and bring more crimi-
police fight crime while robberies went up by six per cent to 936, nals to justice.We will continue to tackle crime
sex offences up by 15.6 per cent to 1,520,and and disorder in Kent,keeping it one of the safest
drug offences by 8.5 per cent to 4,310.The num- places in the UK.”
KENT Police say their Automatic ber of thefts also rose by 3.8 per cent to 27,900. Meanwhile,police have also revealed how one
Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) team Determined in three motorists stopped as part of a month-
removed more than 320 illegal vehicles long Christmas drink-drive campaign either
from the county’s roads during 2010. Deputy Chief Constable Alan Pughsley said: failed or refused a breath test.
Vehicles can be seized if they are unin- “We have seen a continual decrease in burglaries Officers stopped 563 drivers between
sured, the driver is driving without a over a number of years in Kent,so this small December 1 and New Year’s Day,of which 171
valid licence or MOT,or because intelli- increase is disappointing but we are determined were arrested. This compares with 1,397
gence suggests the vehicle is believed or to bring the figures back down. stopped the year before, of which 195 were
known to have been used in crime. “We will continue to relentlessly target those arrested.
ANPR manager Martin Lyddon,said: responsible for burglaries in Kent in the coming Insp Paul Sellwood said:“It’s clear to me that
“These figures should be pleasing and months. The increase in the number of drugs most motorists heeded our warnings not to drive
reassuring for law-abiding motorists,but offences recorded actually highlights our commit- in bad weather.However,the drink drivers chose
worrying for those who use vehicles ment to detecting and dismantling not only organ- to ignore this advice as a third of those routine-
when committing crime because it indi- ised crime groups involved in the cultivation,pro- ly stopped by police were arrested.
cates that it is quite likely that they will duction and trafficking of drugs,but also individu- “Drink-drivers are clearly the motorists taking
be caught.” als who peddle drugs in our communities.” the risks. Kent Police takes a zero-tolerance
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intelligence systems. per cent to a total of 108,000. out the year.” to ‘relentlessly target’ burglars after crime increased
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QTell us a little bit about you. composition analysis.Each week we cover a cate to make little changes for results that
QUESTION & ANSWER different topic,such as why we need to drink last,so the information can be taken home to
AI’m a 30-year-old personal wellness coach water,the importance of fibre,personal pro- make the whole family healthier.
and independent Herbalife distributor, tein requirements etc.Participants can learn
SARAH working part-time around my full time job as to make healthy choices for themselves for QWhy do people get fat?
a service technician. My Herbalife business is long term results and of course for their fami-
into its fourth year, helping people to lose lies too.Plus we have lots of fun,weekly prizes ABusy lifestyles make it too easy to go for
weight, gain weight, maintain a healthy and quizzes in a great community atmosphere
fast food.We’re not as active as we once
MARMONT weight,helping people find more energy and while making great friends.
were and combined with a lack of education,
vitality and of course sports nutrition.
QWhy did you start the challenges? most of my clients believe they are eating
healthily but too much can still be detrimental
QWhat’s the 12 week community weight loss challenge?
to your health. Simply put, we don’t drink
AI decided to run the challenges to be able to
enough water or eat enough healthy sources of
AI started Faversham Arriba Wellness Club help more people with health and nutri-
protein or fruit and vegetables.
in April 2009 to run the 12 week communi- tion.In the past I have concentrated primari-
ty weight loss challenges and extended to the ly on helping clients use Herbalife programmes
Canterbury areas last year. on a one-to-one basis,however,we noticed a QSo what’s the secret to success?
The community weight loss challenge is a gap in the market place as people wanted the
health and nutrition course,at a cost of £39, support and expertise of a Herbalife distribu- AMaking little changes, drinking more
where people can learn how to eat healthily tor, without necessarily purchasing the water and being more active can make all
and lose weight permanently. The biggest Herbalife programmes. the difference to reaching and maintaining a
loser at the end of the challenge can win up to By running the challenges as a non-profit healthy weight.Learning to read and under-
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prize up to £100,dependant on class size. matter how they choose to lose weight.All I
ask is that they learn from the nutritional
QWhat’s different about the challenge? education,this is my way of giving back to the QHow can people get find out more?
community.
AEvery participant has a personal one-to- We are not a weigh and go club,we concen- AIf anyone would like to know more about
one appointment with me so I can help trate on nutritional education and recognise joining a challenge or becoming an Arriba
them identify their weaknesses and put a plan each little step of achievement.Every partici- leader then they can ccall Sara on 01795
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