Kent & Sussex Courier
SEW faces £22m fine from Ofwat
OFWAT has revealed it plans to fine South East Water £22 million over water supply failures between 2020 and 2023, which impacted more than 286,000 people. The water regulator said it was consulting over the fine after homes in Kent and Sussex were...
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New plans for legal challenge over camp
A RESIDENTS’ group has said it plans to launch a new High Court legal challenge against the Home Office over plans to use a military training camp as accommodation for asylum seekers, after an initial legal bid was thrown out. Crowborough Shield, a...
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GOLDEN BOY
MATT Weston hated history as a school kid but had no problems creating it on the biggest night of his life, writes Charlie Bennett. The skeleton superstar became the first British double gold medallist at the same Winter Olympics with a performance...
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Reform UK under fire for ‘unsavoury’ Tice T-shirt photo
THE Reform UK leadership at Kent County Council is under fire for appearing to make light of a controversy which plunged the authority into crisis last year. It was sparked after the visit of Richard Tice MP, the national party deputy leader, was...
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‘We’re just furious’
CROWBOROUGH residents have said they are furious Labour is risking the safety of their loved ones by moving migrants into a nearby army camp. In the early hours of Thursday, January 22, the first group of 27 migrants was moved into the Crowborough...
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SEW ‘acting like a bit of a gangster’
AS full water supply is finally restored to Tunbridge Wells, people who work and own businesses in the town have spoken out about the impact of the South East Water crisis. A major incident was declared by Kent County Council last Monday, as 30,000...
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Store set for £4m revamp
M&S Food on the industrial estate in Tunbridge Wells has shut for three months for a “major transformation” which will make the food hall 60 per cent larger. The work at the out-of-town store was described earlier by the company in planning papers as...
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KCC’s £60M budget gap
REFORM UK’s flagship local authority’s debt will increase by tens of millions of pounds, even if it puts up council tax by the maximum possible amount, according to a leaked forecast of next year’s finances. Kent County Council (KCC) was won by Reform...
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BADENOCH ON KCC UNDER REFORM: THEY’RE MAKING A MESS OF IT
CONSERVATIVE Party leader Kemi Badenoch has taken a swipe at the new Reform UK administration at Kent County Council (KCC) claiming it is “making a mess” of it. Mrs Badenoch said Reform at KCC are not united and claiming credit for savings that the...
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Plans for 770 homes on green belt
A PLANNING application has been submitted for a new village of 770 homes and a primary school on green belt near a tight-knit town in Kent. Crest Nicholson’s new settlement near Paddock Wood would also have a three-pitch Gypsy/traveller site, land set...
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KCC BOSS DROPS RETIREMENT PLANS
THE county’s largest local authority chief executive has ditched retirement plans to steer it towards the biggest council reforms in half a century. Amanda Beer was confirmed as the permanent boss after serving in the same role in a fixed-term...
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