Voters across Sevenoaks borough will head to the polls on Thursday (May 1) to elect six councillors to represent them on Kent County Council Residents in Sevenoaks as well as surrounding towns and villages such as Swanley have the chance to use their vote to influence policies on issues such as roads Sevenoaks borough has 30 candidates standing across six wards with each ward electing one councillor to county hall the six Sevenoaks seats are held by five Conservatives and one Lib Dem councillor 425 candidates are standing for your votes in 72 wards across the 12 boroughs and districts that make up the Kent County Council region Medway Council does not have elections scheduled in 2025 Kent County Council currently has a Conservative majority with the Lib Dems as the next largest party on six Labour and the Green Party hold five seats each three members for Reform and one each for the Heritage Party and the Swale Independents Elections in Kent are going ahead this year despite the ongoing devolution process that is set to see the county’s current councils abolished to be replaced with a smaller number of unitary authorities A full list of candidates for all of the Sevenoaks borough seats in the 2025 Kent County Council elections are listed below: For a full list of candidates standing in ever area of Kent in the 2025 Local Elections click here. For a detailed list of Ashford candidates click here For a detailed list of Canterbury candidates click here For a detailed list of Dartford candidates click here For a detailed list of Dover candidates click here For a detailed list of Folkestone and Hythe candidates click here For a detailed list of Gravesham candidates click here For a detailed list of Maidstone candidates click here For a detailed list of Swale candidates click here For a detailed list of Thanet candidates click here For a detailed list of Tonbridge and Malling candidates click here For a detailed list of Tunbridge Wells candidates click here Story SavedYou can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Between Tuesday, April 29 and Friday, May 2, the A20 eastbound will shut nightly from Crittalls Corner to Swanley Interchange for resurfacing These closures will take place between 10pm to 5.30am from Tuesday to Thursday Meanwhile, tunnel maintenance continues at the Dartford Crossing and the east tunnel will shut each night from Tuesday to Thursday there will be no access through the Dartford Tunnels for vehicles over 4.8m as northbound traffic will be diverted via the west tunnel Vehicles in excess of this height will instead be diverted via the M25 clockwise The west tunnel will then shut on Friday and Saturday night followed by another closure of the east tunnel from Sunday night into Monday morning KentLive has rounded up all the works impacting travel on the county’s vital motorways and A-roads this week. You can find more details of roadworks on the One.Network site The A20 westbound Courtwood entry slip will shut from 8pm to 6am for maintenance The A20 eastbound will close between Crittalls Corner and Swanley Interchange from 10pm to 5.30am for resurfacing The eastbound Crittalls Corner to Swanley Interchange exit slip road will shut during this time also The A21 northbound will shut between Morleys Road and the A25 Westerham from 8pm to 6am for sign works The A21 southbound Pembury Road exit slip will close from 8pm to 6am for electrical works The A282 northbound east tunnel of the Dartford Crossing will shut between 10pm and 5.30am for tunnel works There will be no access for vehicles over 4.8m tall Vehicles between 4.8m (15‘-9”) and 5.0m (16’-6”) high will be diverted via M25 clockwise The M2 westbound Junction 4 entry and exit slip will close between 8pm and 6am for electrical works The M20 eastbound Junction 5 distributor road between the exit and entry slips will close from 8pm to 6am for barrier works The M25 clockwise Junction 5 exit slip will be shut from 10pm to 5.30am for NEAR Ms4 installation works The A2 westbound Tollgate exit slip road will shut from 8pm to 6am for maintenance The A282 southbound Junction 2 exit slip will close from 10pm to 5am for electrical works The M2 eastbound Junction 4 entry and exit slip will close between 8pm and 6am for electrical works The M2 westbound Junction 6 exit slip will shut from 8pm to 6am for maintenance The M20 westbound Junction entry slip will close between 8pm and 6am for barrier repairs The M25 anti-clockwise and its entry slip road will shut between Junction 6 and Junction 5 from 10pm to 5.30am for SVD works The A20 eastbound will close between Crittalls Corner and Swanley Interchange from 11pm to 6am for resurfacing The A282 northbound west tunnel of the Dartford Crossing will close between 11pm and 5.30am for maintenance The A282 northbound Junction 1A entry slip will close from 11pm to 5.30am for maintenance The M20 eastbound Junction 5 exit slip will close between 8pm and 6am for barrier works The M25 clockwise Junction 5 exit slip will shut from 11pm to 6am for NEAR Ms4 installation works The A282 northbound west tunnel of the Dartford Crossing will close between 10pm and 5am for maintenance The A2 westbound Darenth Interchange to the M25 clockwise Junction 2 link road will close between 10.30pm and 5.30am for emergency carriageway repairs The A282 northbound east tunnel of the Dartford Crossing will shut between 10pm and 5am for tunnel works The M25 clockwise Junction 2 entry slip will shut between 10.30pm and 5.30am for emergency carriageway repairs Never get stuck in a jam again with our FREE traffic and travel email for KentLive readers. 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Story SavedYou can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. has announced the sale of Swanley Pharmacy in Kent Built around You.Your expert business property advisers Swanley Pharmacy is a standard-hours community pharmacy that dispenses an average of 10,000 items per month It is located in Swanley Shopping Centre in the heart of the Kent town of Swanley The pharmacy has been owned by Allcures Plc since 2015 and was brought to market as part of a strategic divestment Following a confidential sales process with Mark Page at Christie & Co While they already own a part-share in another pharmacy in South London this is their first solo pharmacy purchase The pair plans to improve the business’s services offering and increase the over-the-counter products available “The sale of this busy community pharmacy demonstrates the demand from the independent market for corporate disposals We received multiple offers for this volume pharmacy which saw increased item numbers due to the recent closure of the neighbouring Boots Chemist in 2023 Mr and Mrs Patel are buying this growing pharmacy at an ideal time and I’m sure they will add their personal touch I wish them all the very best in their new venture.” Swanley Pharmacy was sold for an undisclosed price Visit Christie & Co’s Business Search page to find out more about current medical listings. Keep up-to-date with our latest listings and more… © Christie & Co 2024 | A member of Christie Group I’ve put my head about the parapet and am scribing this week’s event report – I do like an event report write-up although it does take me longer than doing the actual parkrun I am theming this week’s report courtesy of the number 2 Tutu Day evidently had a draw for participants this week as eighty-five of you joined in and took part the most here at Swanley since New Year's Day And should you volunteer as well as participate that’d be TWO things (multi-tasking at its finest – Another two in there!) dotted around the course from start to finish TWO of note: the parkwalkers and also Luke at the U-Turn down the trail having headed away from the park and the railway line to then head back again As mentioned before event #165 was boosted in numbers and in part the twenty-four first timers certainly were a key contributor to that and I am going to name and shame as we had a participant participating in a parkrun first and the tenuous link to the number 2 was particularly apt as Daniel even finished in position 22 registered a time of 21:22 whilst Alfie Peake was the only participant to finish in the 22nd minute – AND Kelly Bailey was doing her 22nd parkrun - Are links to 22 being stretched a bit here… did entice some from afar to test out the course who was just showing off holding and using his Go-Pro (or similar device) recording his parkrun throughout as he went around the course as these recordings give great insight to future attendance Jamie is doing the Brighton marathon pretty soon so I would like to take this opportunity to wish him luck Parkrun is not only all inclusive to all abilities and styles of participating – It’s not about running despite the name; you can walk parkruns has tailwalkers who will always see you home and someone can always be there close by to help you – Another shout out to our hi-viz heroes but it is open to all ages: Kenneth Grist showing that age is just a number representing the VM80-84 category Evelyn Simpson and Jane Sivyer represented the VW65-69 age group At the other end of the scale we had two under 10s so a shout out to Zachary Burgum (JM10) and Lily Sharpe (JW10) We did have two participants registered as ‘unknown’ Perhaps a good reminder to not forget your barcode there are apps out there with it as a QR code I have seen some have it printed on their running attire and perhaps a little extreme Well done to EVERYONE who attended and took part whether as a participant volunteer or a by-stander cheering us all on “toot toot” (I promise you that is my last reference!) © parkrun Limited (Company Number: 07289574) No part of this site may be reproduced in whole or in part in any manner without the permission of the copyright owner Kent Police were first called to the scene shortly before 10pm last night (March 21) All emergency services worked at the scene and the road remained closed throughout the night The road remained closed clockwise until around 9.20am this morning (March 22) while two lanes of three were also shut anti-clockwise Officers now want to hear from any witnesses or anyone who has dash cam footage that will help their investigation A spokesperson for Kent Police said: "A silver BMW Z4 was being driven towards Sevenoaks when it is reported to have left the motorway on the nearside before returning to stop on the carriageway "The vehicle was then involved in a collision with a blue Nissan Note that had been travelling in the same direction Emergency services attended the scene where the driver of the BMW An investigation into the circumstances is underway "Anyone who saw what happened or who may have dashcam footage of the vehicles prior to the incident should contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit Call on 01622 798538 quoting reference KH/JM/019/25 "Alternatively email sciu.td@kent.police.uk. 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This weekend we had 30 first-timers to Swanley with three people joining us for their first-ever parkrun Australia and Swanley regular Jennie reached her 10th stint as volunteer Harry and Hayley celebrated their 10th and 50th parkruns respectively with Jane who was running her 100th and shares her story below I first noticed parkrun when my son sent a picture of himself at Auckland parkrun event during his yearlong stay in New Zealand in 2015 It looked fun and I fancied a bit of that myself I was still tempted so I bought some trainers and kidded myself I could have a go Then Christmas Eve 2016 I had my arm twisted into doing Dartford Park parkrun by said son and my youngest son's fiancée It took forever and I could hardly walk for 3 days afterwards having not really enjoyed the whole experience but I got the running bug and did the Couch to 5k then running 5k 3 times per week on my own for the next few years mostly if we were away in our caravan and I enjoyed a bit of tourism Not that I knew that was a thing as I wasn't really noticing what parkrun was doing I still didn't really like running with so many people and got despondent if I was way back there having been inspired to run by my running journey was really enjoying parkrun and I was envious Running kept me sane through the Covid years while working in the NHS as a Community Mental Health Nurse (but that's another story) I was mentally and physically exhausted so decided something needed to change and maybe I could learn to love parkrun I was still gathering my resolve so didn’t get to the first 3 but I've been a fairly consistent runner there ever since I went from a strong dislike to a love of all things parkrun Thank you to the amazing Swanley volunteers A dad is convinced he spotted a 1.5m "lynx or jaguar" on the school run. Leandro Santos, 37, heard a yowling sound and noticed the birds were animated as he walked his daughter, seven, past a wooded area in Orpington on Tuesday (October 15) The dad-of-two peered through the trees beside the school and says he saw a patterned big cat He rushed his daughter to school before returning and watching the creature for around five minutes "It was massive - I'd say 80 centimetres off the ground "I'm originally from Brazil and if I saw this there I'd say it was a jaguar At one point it looked directly at me - that was very frightening "It was trying to get in to a birds nest but they were flying at it to keep it off Some other birds joined in and I thought it would be safest to leave." Get more news from KentLive straight to your inbox for free HERE. 12 MAR 2025BookmarkThere are delays on the M25 (Image: Motorway Cameras/ Highways England)A 'serious crash' forced a partial closure of the M25 on Wednesday morning (March 12) The clockwise exit slip road to the M20 coastbound was partially blocked following the incident It caused long delays at junction 3 for the M20 (Swanley Interchange) according to traffic monitoring site Inrix There was congestion for two miles before junction 30 for the A13 Lakeside KentLive approached emergency services for further information See our blog below for the latest updates as we had them Never get stuck in a jam again with our FREE traffic and travel email for KentLive readers. Find out more here. 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