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The Liberal Democrats have taken full control of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, winning 22 of the 39 seats after governing in coalition with other parties for the past two years. The new council has been slimmed down from 48 to 39 members and is now made up of:Lib Dems 22 (was 17 in old council)Conservatives …
Continue reading Lib Dems Win in Southborough and Take Full Control of Borough
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council elections take place on Thursday - and the podcast "West Kent Talking" has just been released containing frank interviews with leaders of the key parties to help voters make their choice. The Liberal Democrats currently have effective control of most council decisions thanks to a coalition deal with the Tunbridge Wells …
The Green Party in Tonbridge has endorsed the demolition of the Angel leisure centre but wants Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council to specify where replacement leisure facilities for residents should be built. Mark Hood, who is the Green councillor for Judd ward, (pictured below) said: "We believe it is the right decision to demolish the …
Continue reading Tonbridge Green Party Backs Angel Centre Demolition
A meeting of key members of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council on 5th December decided that the town's Angel Leisure Centre no longer meets modern standards and it needs to be demolished. New leisure facilities will be built for residents, but no decision has been made on where that’ll be. The Angel centre was only …
Members of the public have been given extra time to have their say about Gatwick’s expansion plans, which could double the airport’s size. Gatwick wants to spend £ 2.2 billion to upgrade an existing backup runway, which would allow many more daytime flights. The Airport says night flights would not increase. Campaigners against the Gatwick's …
Members of the public have just a few hours left to have their say about Gatwick's expansion plans, which could double the airport's size. Gatwick wants to spend £ 2.2 billion to upgrade an existing backup runway, which would allow many more daytime flights. The Airport says night flights would not increase. Although the planning …
Continue reading More Gatwick Planes: Consultation Deadline Today
BBC journalists in Tunbridge Wells are on strike in protest at management plans to axe around half the locally made programming at BBC Radio Kent. A 48-hour strike began yesterday (Wed 7 June) and ends on Thursday night. Staff are also still "working to rule". Speaking from the picket line outside BBC South East studios …
The newly re-elected leader of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has said that air quality is improving in the town thanks to the controversial new traffic rules that have led to thousands of fines for local motorists. Ben Chapelard from the Liberal Democrats said that the number of cars per day wrongly driving past the War …
Continue reading TWBC Leader Defends Fines for Driving Past Town Hall
A campaign to prevent people in High Brooms having their votes subsumed into a proposed new Borough council ward area dominated by voters in Tunbridge Wells has been successful. The initial proposals from the Local Government Boundary Commission had ignored the fact that the district of "Southborough and High Brooms" has historically been a separate …
Continue reading Victory for High Brooms in Council Ward Battle
The two Borough Council seats up for grabs in the Southborough area have been won by John Francis of Labour and Joe Opara of the Liberal Democrats. Sixteen seats were being contested in the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council of 48 seats. The results are unlikely to alter the leadership of the council overall, which is …
Continue reading Victory for Labour and Lib Dems in Southborough & High Brooms Area
