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8th October 2021ECONOMIST: Young people in Kent solution to HGV driver crisis
YOUNG people across the county have been encouraged to take up lorry driver jobs amid recent fuel supply shortages across the country, writes Ciaran Duggan. Queues have formed outside petrol ...
8th October 2021NEW LOOK: Maidstone bus station re-opens - tell us what you think
THE brighter, new-look Maidstone bus station has re-opened. The £1.4m collaborative venture between local councils, bus companies and shopping centre owners was officially unveiled ...
HOUSING CRISIS: Demo planned for town hall at 5.30pm ahead of council meeting
PROTESTORS from two groups opposed to housing developments are to join forces tonight to demonstrate outside the town hall. Maidstone borough councillors meet tonight to discuss the Local Plan ...
Maidstone barristers' chambers merges with larger legal outfit
BARRISTERS in a leading Kent chambers is to merge with a larger body. Maidstone Chambers and Cornwall Street Barristers (based in Birmingham and Oxford) have today joined forces to form a 17-member ...
FARMING: Calls for government support over labour supply shortages
AN INFLEUNTIAL body representing farmers and landowners has called for government action to supportthe agricultural sector over labour supply chain shortages. The countryside body CLA says ...
'PANIC BUYING': Motorists queue to fill up amid reports of fuel shortages
MOTORISTS have been 'panic-buying' petrol and diesel amid fears of shortages. Queues have formed outside the Shell garage in Bearsted while the Tesco/Esso garage across the road has ...
Hundreds of BT customers suffer weeks without phones after cable collapse
MORE than 560 houses and businesses in West Maidstone have been without a telephone line since June 28 and BT says the ‘major’ fault will not be repaired before September 9. Most ...
Maidstone Borough Council 'most complained about' authority in Kent - survey
MAIDSTONE Borough Council (MBC) is the most complained about authority in the county, according to a new independent survey. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman says it carried out 14 ...
ILLEGAL LORRIES: Will planned 200 space truck park ease scourge in Maidstone?
A 200 capacity lorry park is being planned near the M20 - which may ease the scourge of illegal parking by truckers. It would be based at Wrotham off the M26 and would be run by Moto, the company ...
GUILTY: Fraudster Carla Loftus admits £70,000 theft from Maidstone business
A WOMAN who stole almost £70,000 from her employers in Maidstone will be sentenced later a crown court. Carla Loftus, who failed to appear for her appearance on August 3 at Maidstone ...