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17th January 2020CASHLESS COUNCIL: Maidstone BC has not finalised PayPoint contract - details
MAIDSTONE Borough Council will allow residents to use the cash payment service, PayPoint, at shops after the Link paying-in machines are scrapped in April. Tax-payers will have 55 outlets in the ...
16th January 2020POLICE APPEAL: Thieves steal wheels off school mini-buses near Maidstone
THE wheels on the bus are literally not going round and round at The Malling School..after thieves stole them. Kent Police are appealing for witnesses to the theft believed to have happened over ...
ROADS: County council set to start work on two Maidstone roundabouts
AN ambitious multi-million pound scheme to ease congestion on the often gridlocked A249 has progressed after Kent County Council applied for permission to extend it. The £11m A249 Bearsted ...
ONLINE POLL: Are you concerned about over-development in the borough? VOTE NOW
WITH anger and concern mounting about the potential over-development of Maidstone and its borough, we have been conducting a poll to gauge public opinion. So far more than 1,400 have voted in our ...
LORRY CRISIS: Tesco says sorry for HGV driver breaking the law in village
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has apologised to village residents for one of its trucks illegally defying a lorry ban. The large articulated lorry bearing the Tesco livery was spotted in early December ...
OFSTED: The Lenham School praised by education watchdogs following inspection
A SCHOOLhas been praised by education watchdogs following its first inspection since gainingacademy status. Ofsted visited TheLenhamSchool, which originally opened ...
OFSTED: New Line Learning Academy receive first ever 'Good' rating
A MAIDSTONE academy has received a ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted for the first time in 20 years. Ofsted inspectors concluded that New Line Learning Academy had made “significant ...
HOUSING CRISIS: Tories force council to take the case to government
THE fight to save Maidstone from massive over-development took an unforeseen twist last night as councillors agreed to take the issue straight to government. It is hoped pressure can be applied on ...
HOUSING PROTEST: Demo at town hall against 28,000 homes by Lib Dems at council
A DEMONSTRATION at the town hall to protest about Maidstone Borough Council’s massive house-building plans will take place on December 18…just as the political temperature is turned ...
VOTE NOW: Should Lib Dem council suspend house-building programme?
MORE than 1,300 people have responded to our survey to assess the impact Maidstone Borough Council's (MBC) massive housing programme is having on residents and their communities. We have posed ...