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1st December 2020OUT NOW! Pick up the latest edition or read online
OUT NOW! Pick up the latest editionfrom your local supermarket or newsagents today. We are taking bookings from advertisers and our newsroom continues to be on standby for your editorial ...
21st October 2020PICTURES: Owners of stolen items recovered in Maidstone urged to come forward
MAIDSTONE residents are being urged to come forward if they recognise their stolen property after three men were arrested in connection with theft offences. The men were detained on September 21, ...
MURDER TRIAL: 'I felt Jamie Simmons' blood on my back after stabbing' - fiancee
THE fiancée of a devoted dad stabbed to death through the heart wept as she relived the final moments of his life this morning. A jury heard how father of three Jamie Simmons (29) ...
DOWNS MAIL FREE OBITUARY SERVICE - DETAILS
DOWNS MAIL FREE OBITUARY SERVICE We are committed to recording all local lives in our obituaries. Downs Mail obituaries are free of charge and can reach the widest newspaper readership in ...
MURDER TRIAL: Trial continues today of man accused of killing Jamie Simmons
THE trial continues today of a man accused of murdering Maidstone devoted dad Jamie Simmons earlier this year. The hearing started yesterday with the prosecution's caseand is due to take ...
SHOP 'CLOSURES': Staff at Bonmarche and Peacocks face uncertainty
STAFF at Bonmarche and Peacocks stores in The Mall Maidstone face an uncertain future as its parent company called in the administrators. The shops, part of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill group of ...
BREAKING: Body of man in his 40s found near Maidstone
A MAN'S body has been found in Paddock Wood. Police have recovered the body, which was found close to the A228 Maidstone Road, on Sunday, October 18. A man in his 40s was declared deceased ...
APPEAL: Kind and caring Maidstone man named as second M26 crash victim
A FUNDRAISING page has been set up in memory of the second man killed in a motorway crash last week. David Boaler, who was in his 40s,died at the scene following a collision on the M26 ...
BREAKING: Lorry fire closes motorway near Maidstone
TRAFFIC is queuing on the M2 as firefighters deal with a lorry fire on the carriageway. The blaze started at around 3pm today on the coastbound side of the motorway betweenJunction 2 ...
JAILED: Maidstone drug dealer hurled burner phone in Medway in police chase
DRUG dealer Leandro Da Silva tried to destroy his 'county lines' mobile phone by hurling it into the River Medway in a police chase. Da Silva (19) had been spotted by plain-clothed officers ...