Tunbridge Wells News
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Crime & Justice More than 3,000 illicit cigarette packets seized from Paddock Wood shop
Kent Police and Trading Standards executed a joint warrant at a Commercial Road premises in September 2026, arresting a 34-year-old…
16 September 2026 -
Council Updates Kent’s 14 councils, scored: Kent Local News publishes its first full Council Scorecard
Bins, complaints, money, openness and planning, scored from the councils’ own published data and the regulators’ reports. Every council was…
12 September 2026 -
Council Updates Royal Tunbridge Wells shopping centre wins planning approval for Palm Court overhaul
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s planning committee has resolved to grant permission for improvements to Palm Court at Royal Victoria…
11 September 2026 -
Council Updates West Kent “super council” plans on hold after Government pause
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council leader Ben Chapelard has called the Government’s decision to pause Local Government Reorganisation in Kent…
10 September 2026 -
Business & Economy Otham salon in a pod on a smallholding placed second in the UK for best home salon
Karis Petersen runs Karistyle single-handed among the sheep and chickens near Maidstone. Next month she is a finalist in three categories…
10 September 2026 -
Council Updates Tunbridge Wells to join West Kent joint committee as councils prepare for 2028 unitary merger
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s cabinet advisory board considered proposals on 8 September 2026 for the borough to join a new joint…
9 September 2026 -
Council Updates Tunbridge Wells faces £525,000 budget overspend as leisure centre collapse costs council £630,000
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s finances were under pressure at the end of the first quarter of 2026/27, with the collapse of leisure…
8 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Tunbridge Wells man jailed for 10 years and nine months for rape of teenager
Rocco Minafra, 47, of Tonbridge, was convicted at Maidstone Crown Court of rape, three counts of sexual assault and threats to kill…
19 August 2026 -
Council Updates Kent water supply cuts hit hundreds of homes as surge pricing plan draws anger
Kent water supply cuts hit hundreds of homes as surge pricing plan draws anger South East Water left up to 833 homes in Charing, Challock…
17 August 2026 - Crime & Justice
Burglar jailed after raiding three shops across Medway and west Kent
Aaron Stillwell, 41, was sentenced to three years in prison after he and accomplice Stephen Liddell pleaded guilty to burglaries in…
16 August 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Tuesday, 11 August 2026 6 stories · 3-minute read Smoke warning lifted after garage fire near Salisbury Avenue…
11 August 2026 -
Council Updates Badsell Road junction in Paddock Wood to be upgraded as 1,000 new homes arrive
Kent County Council has awarded the contract for a junction overhaul at Badsell Road and Maidstone Road to Breheny Civil Engineering Ltd…
10 August 2026