• Foal dies in Faversham field despite calls to RSPCA

  By MandyMacklin

  my friend and i phoned the rspca on many occasions, one paticular horse we had to purchase in order...

            

   

  By Faversham Times at 08:00 on 03/02/12

  

  AN EIGHT-month-old foal left to fend for itself died despite a flurry of calls to the RSPCA. Neighbours alerted the animal charity on at least six different occasions after realising the pony, and seven other horses, had been left in a field without food or water. They say the animals, in a field off Straight Hill, Faversham Road, had no water for four days and no food for two. Although an RSPCA inspector visited the site, the foal...

• Times airs Chris Wood's musical picks

  By neiljenkin

  It was a great night at the folk awards for our Kent musicians: Brendan and Tim won "best...

            

   

  By neiljenkin at 17:54 on 04/02/12

  

  As 2012's BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards draws near, The Times' Saturday Review has turned to Faversham's own multiple award-winner, Chris Wood, for his thoughts on folk music in its "six of the best" feature. For those of you who can afford to hop over Mr Murdoch's paywall, you'll find the article – and very good it is! – here. It actually works better on the printed page though, with Chris's words about his six...

• Valentine's ideas

  By neiljenkin

  You can find the Tammay Creations stall at Faversham market this week on Friday, Saturday AND...

            

   

  By neiljenkin at 18:17 on 06/02/12

  

  Note to all you romantics: Valentine's Day is next Tuesday (February 14). Have you sorted out a card? A gift? Here's a few ideas.  Flowers…  Yes, there must be flowers! A last-minute dash for some bedraggled petrol-station leftovers really doesn't cut it, chaps: you need a FLORIST. Fortunately, Faversham has some!  Tammay Creations, Creek Creative, East Street Based at Creek Creative's East Street studio, Tammay...

• New table reveals schools failing to hit exam targets

  By exteacher

  This illustrates 2 problems. The first is that setting a random figure as the benchmark of...

            

   

  By Canterbury Times at 08:00 on 03/02/12

  

  TWO of the districts secondary schools have failed to reach the Government's standards for their GCSE results, new figures show. Both Spires Academy, at Sturry, and Chaucer Technology School, in Canterbury, did not meet the official target of 35 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and maths. Both managed 31 per cent, although this rose to 57 per cent of students gaining at least five GCSEs at...

• Olympic equestrian goes over the jumps

  By Jon_Strange

  There is a short highlight video as well here -

            

   

  By Faversham Times at 08:00 on 27/01/12

  

  AN OLYMPIC show jumper with a reputation for foaling around in the arena delivered a master class at an Ospringe farm at the weekend. More than 100 aspiring horse riders and enthusiasts turned out at Willow Farm Saddlery on Sunday to watch Geoff Billington give a demonstration featuring three horses, plus tips on course walking and how to approach jumps. Geoff, an Olympic 2012 hopeful, was awarded the Horse and Hound Equestrian...

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