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23rd February 2021COVID-19 LATEST: Taxi firm offers free 'cabs for jabs' service to teachers
MAIDSTONE taxi firm Express Cabs is offering free rides to vaccination centres for teachers and classroom teaching assistants. The offer ends of March 7 and being funded by the company itself. To ...
8th February 2021New headmaster of Sutton Valence School announced - full details
THE new headmaster at Sutton Valence School is James Thomas who will succeed Bruce Grindlay in September. Father of three Mr Thomas, a Cambridge University theology graduate, is currently head of ...
COVID-19: How pandemic will affect children entering school for first time
CONCERNS have been raised over potential delays to children entering the school system as they catch up with learning lost because of the pandemic. Millions of youngsters have faced major ...
Reopen libraries for families struggling without WiFi in pandemic - plea
CALLS have been made to reopen all of Kent’s 99 libraries to provide internet services for families struggling without WiFi amid the pandemic. Boris Johnson’s Government said libraries ...
Kent County Council helps 31,000 needy families this Christmas with food aid
Kent County Council has issued more than 31,000 food vouchers to needyfamilies ahead of Christmas. KCC set up a scheme last month to provide food vouchers to the families of children who are ...
HOUSING CRISIS: Government to dump controversial new increases today
HOUSING secretary Robert Jenrick will today dump a controversial algorithm which would have massively increased housebuilding in Maidstone. Mr Jenrick announcedEngland’s 20 biggest ...
EDUCATION: Invicta schoolgirl scores top mark in Mensa IQ test
A SCHOOLGIRL has achieved the maximum score in a Mensa IQ test at just 11 years old. Elaina Jinu Paddy, a pupil at Invicta Grammar School, travelled to London for two-and-a-half hours of ...
LENHAM HEATH: Council suggests back seat role to limit financial hit - report
THE massive Lenham Heath housing project proposed by Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) appeared to be in some confusion today as the authority suggested it takes a back seat in the scheme. MBC, the ...
BREXIT 'CHAOS': Boys' grammar school head gives students two more days at home
THE headmaster of Maidstone Boys' Grammar School is to give students an extra two days at home in the new year because he expects chaos caused by Brexit, we have learnt. Mark Tomkins is fearful ...
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 ...