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22nd January 2021OUT NOW! Pick up the latest edition or read online
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26th November 2020NEW BUSINESS PARK: Woodcut Farm 'to create 1,000 jobs'
THIS is the first image of how the new business park to be built at Woodcut Farm is likely to look. The scheme, near junction eight of the M20, is designed to attract hundreds of jobs to the site ...
SAVE THE HAZLITT: Passionate plea by arts worker as 7,000 sign petition
A PETITION with more than 7,000 signatures of residents dismayed at Maidstone Borough Council's plan to shut the Hazlitt Theatre has been sent to councillors ahead of a crunch meeting ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Now MP Helen Grant wades in ahead of crunch council meeting
COUNCILLORS seeking to reverse Maidstone Borough Council's decision to shut the Hazlitt Theatre should be given the option to defer the matter until the New Year, says MP Helen Grant. She has ...
SAVE THE HAZLITT: Secret 'closure' documents revealed - exclusive
MAIDSTONE Borough Council (MBC) considered four possible options before deciding to shut the Hazlitt Theatre and sack the operator, Parkwood Theatres. Confidential documents seen by Daily Downs ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Manager attacks council's 'lack of communication'
THE general manager of the Hazlitt Theatre has written to council top brass to complain about their lack of communication over the popular venue's closure and warned Earl Street will become ...
M20 DELAYS: Schedule of works for coming week is revealed
CONTRACTORS Kier and Highways England are advising of delays and disruption in the coming week. A statement says: Work to reduce congestion and improve journey times continues this ...
HOUSING CRISIS: Marden escapes the bulldozers - but for how long?
THE threat of a 2,000 home “garden village” in Marden is off the table - for now. Marden, to be developed by Countryside Properties, was one of four sites for huge housing schemes as ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Russell Grant backs 'save' campaign as gloom for future grows
TV ASTROLOGER and "national treasure" Russell Grant is the latest celebrity to throw his weight behind Daily Downs Mail's SAVE THE HAZLITT campaign. Hard-up Maidstone Borough Council, ...
ELECTION 2021: Tories choose education expert Simon Webb as candidate
SIMON Webb, of Hunton, will represent the Conservatives for Maidstone Rural West at next spring’s Kent County Councilelections bywinning the toss of coin after a dead heat in the ...