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Dean Kilpatrick
Local Democracy Reporter

A taxpayer-funded magazine sent to every household in the Ashford borough is set to become a permanent fixture.

Council leader Gerry Clarkson said a year's trial of the Ashford For You magazine had proved to be "hugely successful".

"It's going through the door of every house in the borough. It's been very well received."

Ashford Borough Council has previously acknowledged other authorities have ditched paper-based publications as a result of the costs involved, as well the change in how people engage with local government.

Some 56,000 magazines are distributed each quarter through their letterbox.

Caitlin Webb
Local Democracy Reporter

Councillors have raised fears the effect of building "huge numbers" of new homes will have on flooding, due to increased demands on the sewer system.

At a scrutiny committee meeting at Kent County Council, Councillor Tony Hills, said: "Climate change is undeniably having the effect of increasing the threat of flooding at the same time as major housing developments are taking place in Kent and the South East.

Chairman of the scrutiny committee Councillor Andy Booth praised the report but also raised his concerns about the effect of housing.

He said: "There are extraordinary levels of pressure put on both county and districts for building houses and homes - these are huge numbers that we are talking about and contemplating."

"This affects the delivery of water services and the management of flood risk."

Caitlin Webb
Local Democracy Reporter

Kent County Council have outlined their plans of action to ensure disadvantaged children are not missing out at school.

Parents on universal credit earning up to £7,500 per year are entitled to extra funding for their child's education, called pupil premium.

However the report revealed awareness of the funding available is a key reason why an estimated 21% of eligible primary school children are missing out on the benefits.

Councillors spent more than eight months gathering evidence of how funds are being spent to help school children from poor families.

This comes as there are fears money allocated for disadvantaged children is being used to keep schools afloat rather than help the children most at need.

Following the report from the cross-party select committee, the directorate for children, young people and education plans to reform how pupil premium is handled by schools.

To encourage take up of the scheme, KCC is running a series of focus groups with schools and is producing a toolkit for schools to use this feedback.

The company owned by KCC, The Education People, is being tasked with sharing the best practice for pupil premium children with schools across the county.

Caitlin Webb
Local Democracy Reporter

Villagers in Kent are calling for police to patrol their streets as motorists are ignoring a driving ban.

Motorists are continuing to use Detling as a rat run despite there being a prohibition order on their main roads during rush hour.

Kent County Council placed a driving restriction between 7am to 9.30am from Monday to Friday for the length of Pilgrims Way and The Street following a public consultation in May 2016.

However, Detling is popular for motorists as it is in a prime spot to avoid traffic on the A249 and the M20.

Parish councillor John Clayton told villagers on Tuesday how he had got in touch with policing inspector, Jody Gagan-Cook, from the Maidstone community safety unit to increase police presence. He said: "What we have found is that if police arrive, the traffic turn around.

"The police cars and the florescent jackets are a deterrent, we can use this with a PCSO to start issuing turn around notices."

He added PCSOs do not have the power to fine people but can issue a warning, which is still effective.

Kent Police has offered to assign a volunteer police officer for the village twice a week. Additionally councillor Clayton added there is the option of introducing a volunteer speed watch into the village for £600 to cover the price of training.

Brett Gilham, 31, crashed into a barrier before running across both sides of the carriageway.

Vladimir Ivanov admits attacking the man with a kitchen knife while out running, a court hears.

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Seven men, thought to be Iranian, sought help while in a dinghy near Dover in the early hours.

Police are investigating after a man used a stool to smash three fruit machines at a betting shop in Eastbourne.

Officers released images of a man they would like to speak to about the alleged criminal damage, which took place at Paddy Power in Terminus Road on 26 October.

Image source, Sussex Police

Newport County ease past Metropolitan Police, who have Louis Birch sent off, to reach the FA Cup second round.

A man appears in court accused of killing George Barker who was fatally stabbed outside a London gym.

A 23-year-old man has been seriously assaulted in Littlehampton, police have said.

The victim suffered head injuries in the attack in High Street between 03:00 and 03:30 GMT on Sunday 4 November.

He is being treated in the Royal Sussex County Hospital.

A 26-year-old man has been charged in connection with what happened and bailed to appear before Worthing magistrates on Tuesday 11 December.

Caitlin Webb
Local Democracy Reporter

Residents say their Kent village is being used by commuters as an unofficial park and ride.

They say cars line the pavements of Detling as drivers attempt to save money on parking in nearby Maidstone.

They claim motorists drive separately to the village then share lifts for their onward journeys, blocking half of the road that leads to a busy route into Maidstone.

Detling is a popular parking spot for motorists as there are few restrictions and it is in a prime spot between the A249 and the M20, within ten minutes' drive from Maidstone.

This weekend marks 100 years since the end of World War One.

BBC Sussex asked people across the county to record three verses of the poem "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon to help pay tribute to those who fought and died.

Children from Upper Beeding Primary School, Sussex Police and members of Eastbourne RNLI were among the contributors.

A 27-year-old man from Surrey died after being found with a stab wound on a road in Crowthorne.

Detectives are investigating a suspected catapult attack near Dover which left a man in a serious condition.

The victim was with another man in a car parked near Sweetbriar Lane, Elvington, when the window was reportedly smashed at around 15:00 GMT on 28 October.

The victim, who is in his mid-20s, was hit in the head with a small object thought to have been hurled from a catapult a short distance away.

A 21-year-old man from Elvington has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm, criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon. He has been freed pending further investigation.

Brighton boss Chris Hughton is "angry" over an offside claim in the build-up to Sol Bamba's last-minute winner for Cardiff.

Karen Dunn
Local Democracy Reporter

Outline planning permission has been given for five new homes in a West Sussex hamlet.

The application, for land at the Great Ventors development site, in Monks Gate, was approved on the chairman's deciding vote after Horsham District Council's planning committee was divided.

The site, south of Nuthurst Road, was split into two parcels by the applicant, who was given outline planning permission to build 10 homes in the western part in 2016.

There were vehement objections to the first application, and the opposition did not fade for the second, with 60 letters being received by the council.

One major concern revolved around the Nuthurst Parish Neighbourhood Plan, which had set aside the land for 9 to 12 homes, not the 15 the two applications would bring.

Of the four speakers who addressed the meeting to oppose the application, one said that "failure to support neighbourhood plans" could be seen as a "betrayal of the communities who worked so hard to put them together".

Another said Nuthurst had been "mis-sold the idea that a parish plan would protect it from overdevelopment".

Huw Oxburgh
Local Democracy Reporter

Controversial proposals for a major housing development in Polegate have been given the go ahead by Wealden planners.

On Thursday, Wealden District Council's planning committee granted a reserved matters application to build 40 dwellings on a site to the west of Greenleaf Gardens on the northern edge of the town.

While the scheme had already been granted outline planning permission, meaning the principle of developing the site was already agreed, it had proven controversial among Polegate residents.

In all, planners received 27 letters of objection from residents as well as further objections from Polegate Town Council and local members.

Addressing some of these concerns at the meeting, ward councillor Angela Snell (Con. - Polegate North) said: "I just want to point out that this is a reserved matters application so we have to bear in mind that planning permission has already been granted.

"I remember sitting on the committee and arguing against the original application as the local ward member for Polegate North, but we are where we are.

"I think we need to look at what reserved matters was designed to do and look at the outline and the design."

To this end, councillor Snell raised concerns about the potential for parking and traffic pressures during construction due to the site's proximity to Polegate School.

To mitigate this councillor Snell called for a 'very robust' construction management plan, taking the school run into account, and asked for it to be strictly enforced.

David Watts (Con. - Chiddingly and East Hoathly) supported councillor Snell's request for a construction management plan, but raised concerns about how closely it could be enforced.

He said: "There has been some deliberation around the enforcement of certain conditions and as you know I have mentioned enforcement issues at this committee on numerous occasions.