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5th December 2019VOTE NOW: Should Lib Dem council suspend house-building programme?
MORE than 1,300 people have responded to our survey to assess the impact Maidstone Borough Council's (MBC) massive housing programme is having on residents and their communities. We have posed ...
3rd December 2019ROYAL VISIT: Princess Anne to visit Maidstone Hospital
PRINCESS Anne, the Princess Royal, visits Maidstone Hospitalon December 11. She will be there to officially open the new helicopter landing pad to be used by the air ambulance and to thanks ...
SURVEY: SHOULD MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL SUSPEND ITS HOUSE-BUILDING PROGRAMME?
THE number of votes cast in our poll to gauge public feeling about Maidstone Borough Council's house-building programme is approaching 1,000. Local people are becoming increasingly worried ...
POLL: SHOULD MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL SUSPEND ITS HOUSE-BUILDING PROGRAMME?
WITH the recent announcement of a mass rally to protest at Maidstone Borough Council's house-building programme, Daily Downs Mail haslaunched a poll to gauge public feeling. Residents ...
XMAS: Maidstone charity invite elderly and emergency services to free lunch
DON’T be lonely this Christmas - that’s the message from a big-hearted volunteer group who are inviting the elderly and emergency service crews to lunch. Nikki Gough, founder of ...
999 APPEAL: Woman, 80, 'seriously injured' following collision near Maidstone
INVESTIGATORS are appealing for information after a serious collision inLangley, Maidstone. On Monday, November 25 at 4.45pm a beige Skoda Octavia travelling from the direction ofHeath ...
BREAKING: Distressed woman in Maidstone sparks 999 rescue dash - details
THREE police cars were called to Maidstone town centre this morning amid concerns for a distressed woman. Police officers were seen in Mill Street, near the Archbishop's Palace,after ...
MAIDSTONE SCHOOLS: Electric blue fence replaced by green one
AN eyesore blue fence around two new Maidstone schools is being replaced with a green one. Local residents and councillorswere outraged by the brightness of the metal perimeter structure ...
KILLING: Will Cygnet take part in full inquiry called by judge?
A PRIVATEmental hospital in Maidstone has refused to confirm if it will co-operate with an inquiry demanded by a crown court judge into how a patient was released a month early only to kill his ...
HEALTH: Homeless drop in clinics extended after Maidstone success
Homeless people have been treated for diabetes, lung disease, pregnancy, infected wounds and skin conditions at drop-in clinics in Maidstone. They are being run by Kent Community Health NHS ...