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21st September 2018Girlguiding event at Leeds Castle
LEEDS Castle is hosting a Girlguiding event. Almost 1,000 Brownies and Rainbows with their leaders will gather at on Saturday, September 22 to get their Girlguiding Challenge ...
13th September 2018HOUSING: Councillors warned to expect 40% MORE housing - but no new roads
MAIDSTONE'S borough councillors have been warned to expect 40% MORE housing on top of the 17,600 they have committed to in the recently-adopted Local Plan. As part of the Local Plan ...
Council admits new house tax will leave infrastructure coffers short by £18m
A CHANCE to significantly boost funding from developers for Maidstone’s flagging infrastructure needs has been missed, it is claimed. With just weeks before the introduction of the ...
Traffic lights knocked over in car smash this morning in Maidstone
A SET of traffic lights was knocked over this morning in an RTC in Maidstone this morning. According to Kent Highways, the lights were levelled in Willington Street at the junction with the ...
TV favourite Clare Balding judges Leeds Castle writing competition for children
TV SPORTS presenter Clare Balding is to be the official judge of a children’s writing competition to celebrate Leeds Castle’s 900th birthday next year. The respected ...
TRAFFIC: Chaos on the roads this morning across Maidstone - full details
A SERIES of accidents and heavy traffic has resulted in severe delays all over Maidstone this morning. A serious accident near the Five Wents junctionon the B2163 in Langley (near Green ...
COXHEATH: Road concerns over 200 home plan for village
CONCERNS have been raised about the level of traffic in Coxheath once a new 210 unit housing development goes through. The community is set to increase in size by 25% once all the new homes are ...
PICTURES: Images of success at GCSE
HERE are a selection of images from around the schools yesterday as students celebrated some amazing results at GCSE. ...
SUCCESS!! Local schools post brilliant GCSE results
LOCAL schools have posted excellent GCSE results. Invicta Grammar School achieved a “superb” set of GCSE results with 65% of all grades are 7 to 9 or A*/A grades; a ...
New Maidstone schools get funding go-ahead, says MP Helen Whately
FUNDING for two new schools in Maidstone - including a Bearsted primary - has been secured, MP Helen Whately has announced. Government has approved the extra capital investment needed for the ...