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23rd April 2021PRISON: Dale Cooper, 57, jailed for punching nurse and racial abuse at guards
A PATIENT at Maidstone Hospital has been jailed for a year for assaulting a nurse and hurling racial abuse at staff. Homeless Dale Cooper (57) puncheda female member of nursing staff in the ...
23rd April 2021999: Serious crash blocks main road in Maidstone
A SERIOUS crash has blocked a main road in Maidstone. The incident happened on the A274 Sutton Roadbetween the junctions with Gore Court Road and Wallis Avenue. An ambulance spokesman ...
Runners raise money for Mid Kent Mind charity
THREE local runners have run a marathon to raise money for Maidstone-based mental health charity Mid Kent Mind. They are Vanessa Hewitt-Griggs (37), of Walderslade Woods, Justin Greenaway ...
DETAILS: Testing sites to close next week across Kent
RESIDENTS can now pick up COVID-19 tests from 322 pharmacies across Kent. Some symptom free testing sites will also be closing at the end of April, but one site in each district will remain open ...
DONATE: Tony Hudgell plans 100-step charity walk on prosthetic legs
A SIX-year-old amputee is getting ready to walk 100 steps without his crutches in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore. Tony Hudgell, from Kings Hill, has only ever walked six steps unaided before but ...
HEALTH: Maidstone Hospital opens new mobile breast cancer screening unit
MAIDSTONE Hospital has a new mobile breast screening unit. The new unit is located at the rear of the hospital in Hermitage Lane, behind the Peggy Wood Breast Care Centre. After a period at ...
LATEST: South East Coast Ambulance Service director retires
SOUTH East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is bidding a fond farewell to its Executive Director of Operations. Joe Garcia, who is retiring after more than 35 years in the ...
READER POLL: Will green issues inform the way you vote on May 6?
DOWNS Mail has launched a reader poll to gauge whether green and environmental issues will affect the way electors vote on May 6. The borough is undergoing huge change with housebuilding quotas ...
HOUSING POLL: Results show house-building WILL inform voting on May 6
HOUSEBUILDING in Maidstone is a massive factor in influencing how people will vote at the borough council election on May 6. More than 80% of the 527 respondents said the issue will inform the way ...
CORONAVIRUS: Maidstone's infection rate plummets
Maidstone’s COVID-19 infection rate has now fallen below 20 per 100,000. At its January peak it was above 800. Kent County Council reveals today the rate is down to 18, a fall of 14.5 ...