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The Olympic Torch travels through Tunbridge Wells

John and Clare are in Tunbridge Wells looking ahead to the Olympic Torch Relay in Kent.

John and Clare are in Tunbridge Wells looking ahead to the Olympic Torch Relay in Kent.

The wait is almost over - people in Kent will get their first glimpse of the Olympic torch today.

It is being carried across Sussex but will spend about half-an-hour in Tunbridge Wells - before returning to the county on Wednesday, where it will stay for three-days.

The estimated arrival time in Mount Ephraim Road is 11.24 and it is scheduled to leave the town for Crowborough at 11.58 (06:07, 07:07, 07:39, 08:07 and 08:53).

A number of areas in Kent still are not getting the ambulance service they should according to information obtained by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Kent. Government targets give a minimum response time for ambulances to get to an emergency and in five out of thirteen Kent areas that is not happening (06:22, 07:22 and 08:22).

It is a subject which has been rarely out of the headlines in recent days - 'Olympic security'.

Kent Police says more than 400 of its officers will be assisting the Met.

However, the force insists it will still have more of its own officers in the county during the Games than usual - having reduced annual leave, postponed training and amended some officers' working arrangements.

We speak to Andy Adams the assistant chief constable at Kent Police (08:39)

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  • Tue 17 Jul 2012 06:00