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21st January 2022Scandal-hit sewage firm Southern Water pledges to change
SEWAGE company Southern Water has pledged to make “transformational” changes to its local infrastructure to protect Kent’s local environment amid spillage concerns. Kent County ...
18th January 2022Council pays £7m to buy Maidstone House - full details
MAIDSTONE House, the six floor building in King Street, has been bought by the borough council. The authority is currently a tenant but has secured the office space as part of £7.07m ...
PARK & RIDE CLOSURE: Lib Dems launch petition to save it - full story
ALMOST 1,500 people have signed a petition to save the Maidstone Park and Ride (P&R) service. Liberal Democrats have launched theappeal to highlight Conservative-led Maidstone Borough ...
ROAD WORKS: Nine major Maidstone schemes announced this year - full details
KENT County Council has announced projected start dates for nine significant road schemes making up the Maidstone Integrated Transport Package. - A249 Bearsted Road widening from Bearsted ...
CANCELLED: Crunch secret meeting on scrapping of Park & Ride has been shelved
A SECRET meeting to challenge the decision to scrap Maidstone's Park and Ride service has been postponed until the new year. The "call in" by Liberal Democrats and Labour to oppose the ...
Park & Ride: Lib Dems 'call in' decision to scrap Arriva service
AN ATTEMPT to call into question a decision to scrap Maidstone's Park & Ride will be held by the borough council three days before Christmas - in secret. Earlier this month, Maidstone ...
RE-OPENING SOON: Tesco Express shut for weeks is back in business
A BUSY Tesco store shut for a month for maintenance work to be carried out will reopen soon. The Express shop and petrol station on the A20 in Bearsted closed in early November with the aim of ...
BREAKING: Logistics giant DHL signs up for Aylesford Newsprint site development
LOGISTICS giant DHL is the first tenant to sign up for the major hub being planned on the site of the former Aylesford Newsprint site. Developer Panattoni says DHL has signed a 15 year lease at ...
HOUSING CRISIS 2 : Council Local Plan collapses amid a 21% rise in numbers
TONBRIDGE & Malling Borough Council's Local Plan lies in tatters today after government inspectors ordered the authority back to the drawing board. The plan, which sets out its proposals to ...
LOCKMEADOW THEFT: Police want to speak to this man - who is he?
POLICE have released this image of a man who can help them over the theft of a bike. The bicycle had been left in theshelter at Lockmeadow whilst the victim was visiting the cinema between ...