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1st June 2020OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN YOUR AREA
Many local businesses are now re-opening or still open. At these difficult coronavirus times we invite readers to support local businesses when ever possible. They can tell you what ...
29th May 2020LATEST: New date set for World Custard Pie Championships
A NEW date for the World Custard Pie Championships.in Coxheath has been set for next year. The next event will take place on Saturday, June 12 2021. The championships beganin 1967 to ...
EXCLUSIVE: Council's secret plans for £15m taxpayer-funded new HQ
MAIDSTONE Borough Council is planning to spend £15m of tax-payers’ money moving into a brand new ‘civic centre’ to be shared with Kent County Council, Daily Downs Mail can ...
LATEST: Water use rockets in Kent
HOT temperatures and dry weather this monthsaw water use soar in Kent. South East Water says it pumpedan extra 140 million litres of water into the water network on Bank Holiday Monday ...
URGENT APPEAL: Buttercups 'must close in six weeks' due to lack of funds
BUTTERCUPS Sanctuary for Goats has launched an urgent appeal for funds. The charity has just six weeks worth of emergency funding left to keep its doors open, with day to day costs rising. The ...
MP HELEN WHATELY: Lockdown restrictions eased
BY MP HELEN WHATELY Summer BBQs are back on! Not seeing friends and family has been tough, particularly for people on their own. But from Monday the guidance is changing so that up to ...
PICTURES: Disposable barbecue sparks skip blaze in Aylesford
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a skip fire believed to be caused by a disposable barbecue in Aylesford last night. Three fire engines and a height vehicle attended the scene off Hall Road just after 8pm on ...
WARNING: 21 day closure near Maidstone - full details
THERE is a road closure in Hollingbourne. Eyhorne Street, Upper Street andHollingbourne Hill will shut from June 1 for up to 21 days between the junctions of All Saints’ Church to ...
BREAKING: Maidstone Planning Committee vote against 421 houses in Otham
Members of Maidstone Council’s Planning Committee tonight voted against the Bellway plan to build 421 houses in Otham countryside off Church Road and next door to Grade One listed Otham Church, ...
LATEST: Several police cars spotted outside Boots in Maidstone
A MAIDSTONE man remains in custody after he allegedly stole designer sunglasses and sun cream from Boots. Police were called to the Kings Streetbranch in Maidstone at around 1.20pm ...