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Driver injured after car flipsA man in his 20s suffered injuries to his head, chest and limbs when the car he was driving overturned on Saturday night. Police were called to Blue Bell Hill shortly after 11.30pm and saw that a BMW had rolled on the Chatham-bound carriageway. There were no other cars involved.A crew from South East Coast Ambulance Service and Kent Fire and Rescue Service also attended. The driver was taken to hospital by road ambulance.

M20 delaysA two-car accident caused delays on the London-bound M20 on Monday morning. The accident happened at junction 4 for Leybourne at 6am and queues stretched back to junction 7 for Detling. Traffic cleared by 9.10am and no injuries were reported.

Blaze at flatA third-floor flat caught fire in York Road, Maidstone, on Sunday afternoon. Firefighters were called shortly before 5pm and two fire engines attended. Crews left the scene at 5.15pm after using a hose reel jet and a fan to clear smoke.

IN BRIEF

by Claire McWethycmcwethy@thekmgroup.co.uk@CMcWethyKM

An inspirational mum with ter-minal cancer is being honoured by Maidstone Hospital after rais-ing £10,000 for the ward where she receives her treatment.

Hayley Martin, 30, from Loose Road, is having a room named after her following her tireless charity work, and she will also be leading support sessions for fellow patients there.

Keli Tomlin, chemotherapy day unit manager at the Hermitage Lane hospital, said: “Hayley has been instrumental in the setting up of this room, thanks to her tireless fundraising.

“Over the past year she has donated around £10,000 to us, without which it would not have been possible to create Hayley’s Room.

“We decided to name the room after her as a way of saying thank you and acknowledging all the hard work she has put in.”

The room, in the Charles Dickens ward, will be officially opened on Thursday, Decem- ber 11, and will be used for information sessions and moni-toring patients’ post-treatment and it will be the base of the

It’s good to talk – that’s the advice from the NHS, which is offering free therapies to help people cope with everything from stress to phobias and anger man-agement.

The number of organisations in the NHS West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area that provide talking ther-apies such as counselling and psychotherapy has doubled, and patients can also refer them-selves.

The lead GP for mental health at West Kent CCG, Dr David Chesover, said: “Treatment can include self-help booklets, online sessions, life skills workshops, counselling and employment-related support and therapy.

“Talking therapies really do help people to cope with all sorts of problems and in some cases enable patients to avoid medi-cation.”

Patients may be offered six or more treatment sessions, depend-ing on their needs, and the ther-apy is free for eligible patients.

For more, visit www.liveitwell.org.uk, or call the Live It Well 24-hour Mental Health Matters Helpline on 0800 107 0160; 0300 330 5486 for mobiles.

You can also talk to your GP.

Talking’s the way ahead in free therapy

Hero Hayley honoured at hospital for her efforts

The Maidstone Hospital and, right, Hayley Martin, who has had a room there named after her

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young persons’ support group.Hayley, a L’Oreal technician,

was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2011 and had surgery and six months of chemotherapy.

Despite getting the all-clear she was told in September last year that it had returned and was inoperable – just four months after she gave birth to her son Freddie.

She says she does not want to

know how much time she has left and has instead put her energy into organising everything from golf days and raffles to glitzy black-tie events to raise money for her two causes.

As well as championing the Charles Dickens ward at Maid-stone hospital, she is the ambas-sador for Hair and Beauty Benevolent – a charity that helps members of the beauty

industry in challenging times. Now friends are trying to fund a dream holiday for her and her family in Barbados.

Hayley’s Heroes has been joined by hundreds of support-ers online who have been putting themselves forward for fund-raising challenges and selling branded wristbands and t-shirts.

To donate, visit www.facebook.com/heroesforhayley