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17th May 2018SINK HOLE: County council asks Southern Water if it is sewer fault
THE Grove Green sink hole may have been caused by a fault in the sewer line, Kent County Council has claimed. The void appeared earlier this week and revealed a two metre long collpase underground ...
3rd May 2018LORRY CRISIS: Anger mounts at Kent Police for 'failing' on B2163 truck ban
ANGER is starting to mount against Kent Police who stand accused to failing to enforce a lorry ban through Leeds and Langley villages which is causing misery for local residents. This picture, ...
EDUCATION: Schools funding agency dumps KMC site near Bearsted
THE governmentagency in charge of funding a new primary school for Bearsted dumped the KMC site at junction seven of the M20as a suitable location nearly two months ago, Daily Downs Mail ...
Patients handed lifeline after GP practice steps into closure crisis
PATIENTS in Allington who feared they would lose access to GP services when two surgeries announced they would shut before the summer have been handed a reprieve. A Maidstone-based practice has ...
Ambulance Trust chairman steps down
THE chairman of the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has stepped down with immediate effect. Richard Foster joined SECAmb in April last year, but has left his role ...
MPs join Tory candidates in call for Leeds-Langley relief road
CONSERVATIVE MPs Helen Whately and Helen Grant have renewed their backing for a Leeds-Langley relief road to ease the worsening traffic situation on Maidstone's roads. They joined Tory ...
Shock as two village doctor's surgeries to shut in May
TWO doctor's surgeries serving Allington are both to shut their doors at the end of May. Allington Park Surgery and Allington Clinic will both no longer be available to patients after May ...
Gym staff honoured for saving man's life
FOUR staff members at a gym in Kings Hill have won an award after saving a man's life. David Lloyd general manager Lauren Mortimer and staff members Beth Alexander, Sarah Dennis and Liviu ...
Bearsted's new schools in jeopardy because of mental health unit - full details
TWO much-needed schools serving Bearsted could be in jeopardy because a mental hospital is being built on thesame site. The privately-run unit at the Kent Medical Campus (KMC) will house men ...
West Malling PPG latest updates
News Update from the West Malling Group Practice Patients Participation Group (PPG) First – a big ‘thank you’ to Trudy Dean, Chair of the West Malling Parish Council, for ...