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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
A local man has been charged with murder after a woman was stabbed to death in Greatstone, near New Romney, Kent on Friday morning (20th November). Paul Fender, also from Greatstone, has been remanded in custody and is to appear at Folkestone Magistrates' Court tomorrow. The woman was identified as Karren Martin by Police yesterday. She was treated by paramedics at the scene in Hardy Road but later...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Sarah-Marie Sage Excited crowds packed Ashford High Street yesterday as a day of festive fun came to the town. Staff from Ashford Hospital radio station (AHBS) lead the jollities for the 2009 Festive Family Fun Day with local musicians, including Britain’s Got Talent contestant Martin Matcham, and auditions for Ashford's Got Talent entertaining families and children. Throughout the day, live...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
A 28-year-old woman who died after being stabbed in Greatstone, New Romney , Kent has been named by Police. Police have now confirmed earlier press reports giving the identity of the woman as Karen Martin. BBC News reports that she died of a single stab wound. Police were called to the scene in Hardy Road, Greatstone, near New Romney just after 10am on Friday morning. A 43-year-old man, who Police...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A woman in her late twenties has died after being stabbed in New Romney. Police were called to the stabbing incident in Hardy Road, Greatstone, New Romney, Kent just after 10.00 am this morning. Ambulance staff treated the 28-year-old woman - reported to be Karon Martin - but she died later at the scene. A Police spokesperson said local man in his 40s has been arrested in connection with incident,...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Blog post by Donald Worsley, Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Folkestone and Hythe. Ed Miliband’s decision to rule out a new Nuclear Power Plant for Dungeness is to be deeply regretted and one with which I fundamentally disagree. A new Plant at Dungeness would have secured more than 4000 jobs for Lydd and surrounding villages. Now their future as viable communities must be very...
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My Kent (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Shepway an area of Kent few people have heard of, a district named after an ancient meeting place that was better known several hundred years earlier than it is today. The name was chosen in the 1970s when the former borough councils amalgamated into a district. The reason for the choice of name has been lost in history; it does not reflect the beauty or historic past of the district. A better name...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Blog post by William Richardson, Kent County Council Member for Romney Marsh, Shepway Cabinet Member for Technical and Environmental Health and Lydd Town Councillor. The government has left out Dungeness on the proposed new sites for a new power station on the Romney Marsh. Shepway and Romney Marsh residents are devastated as Dungeness B puts an estimated £30 million pounds a year into the local...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Traffic chaos is expected in South East Kent this evening - 18th November - after Police implemented phase one of Operation Stack, closing the M20 coastbound between junction 11 (Hythe) and junction 12 (Cheriton) at Folkestone. Operation Stack is implemented when ferries to France are delayed or cancelled and lorries are parked on the coastbound carriageway of the M20 while they wait. The motorway...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Sandgate will now have a market like Capel-le-Ferne Sandgate, near Folkestone in Kent, is to get its own farmers' market. The town joins other local communities and villages including Hythe, Capel-le-Ferne, Burmarsh, Warehorne and Wye to host its own local produce market. Farmers' markets are increasingly popular, allowing local producers to sell their products direct, give consumers access to foods...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Wind and rain have battered SE Kent today - 14th November - as the worst storm of the year moved East across the country. At its peak, wind speeds of nearly 90 miles an hour resulted in cross channel ferry crossings being suspended, delays to train services from Ashford and power cuts to parts of Romney Marsh. Sea France, LD Lines and P & O Ferries all experienced significant delays on their cross...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
A little boy’s dream came true at the Port of Dover recently when, responding to a request from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Port allowed eight-year-old Theo to transform his love of big ships into reality. Theo is recovering from leukaemia and asked the Make-A-Wish charity, which grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses, if they could make his...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The Prime Minster has today said that Dungeness in Kent could still play a part in the country's future nuclear plans. His comments differ to the Government announcement on Monday when Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband ruled Dungeness out of plans for future nuclear plants. Prime Minister Gordon Brown told BBC South East, "the future of nuclear power in this country is a big future...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Police in Ashford are appealing for information after a 25-year-old woman was accosted in Beaver Road on Wednesday. Offices have released a computer-generated image of the man involved and are asking anyone who recognises him to contact them. The incident took place at about 7.45pm on Wednesday 21st October when the local woman was walking along Beaver Road towards Godfrey Walk. As she did so a man...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
A local motorcyclist has died in a collision on the A259 yesterday (9th November 2009) afternoon. The crash between a car and motorbike took place near to the Marlie Farm Holiday Village, on the A259 Romney Marsh, Kent, just after 2pm. A Police spokesperson said the driver of the Honda motorbike, who died at the scene, was a 72-year-old local man. The driver of the car was not injured. Police closed...
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
In the second part of our interview with worldwide James Bond authority and Lydd resident Graham Rye, Kyle Hill finds out about Graham's move to Lydd and how local landmarks found their way into the super sleuth novels. Bond’s Neighbourhood Rye explained he had always desired to own a vintage home in Kent by the sea, a dream he achieved last year when he moved from Surrey to Lydd. Although Rye...
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