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20th November 2020ELECTION 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 ...
10th November 2020HOUSING: Council backs document in race against time with Government targets
A BLUEPRINT for future building developments in the borough has taken a significant step forward when it was sent onfor public consultation. Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is in a race ...
Council launches £71,000 pot for needy families hit by pandemic
MAIDSTONE Borough Council has followed the county authority this week in handing out cash to needy families. Kent County Council announced on Monday families in most need would receive to feed their ...
FREE SCHOOL MEALS: County council offers £15 per child to avoid half-term hunger
PARENTS will be able to access free meal vouchers this half term, Kent County Council announced this evening. KCC says families most in need will receive £15 foreach eligible child to ...
RICHARD GREENWOOD: Fifty years fighting for Lenham village
IT was the end of an era when 82-year-old Richard Greenwood stood down as chairman of Lenham Parish Council in August. Richard had been chairman since 2015 but is considered one of the more ...
SCHOOLS: Maidstone primary school head moves on
TINA Oakley, headteacher at South Borough Primary School in Maidstone, has moved on to another role after eight years in the role. Mrs Oakley thanked all the staff and children at the Postley Road ...
AWARD: The Malling School achieves special 'kitemark' status
THE Malling School (TMS) has achieved a special award which recognises student development. TMS has been given the ‘Character Education Kitemark’, head teacher John Vennart ...
ETHAN SPARKS: 'I just want to ride my bike'
SPARKS fly upwards. And that’s the direction nine-year-old Ethan Sparks, from Loose, is heading in a quest to become the next Barry Sheene of world championship motorcycle racing. Sheene, ...
BREAKING: Second confirmed Covid-19 case at Maidstone school
A SECOND case of Coronavirus has been confirmed at Maidstone Grammar School. The whole of Year 13 has been ordered to self-isolate for 14 days due to two positive tests. Headmaster Mark Tomkins ...
BREAKING: Coronavirus case confirmed at Maidstone school
A NUMBER of pupils at Maidstone Grammar School have been told to self-isolate after it confirmed a case of Covid-19. The secondary school wrote to parents to say a small group of students are ...