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18th June 2019PLAYERS WANTED: Weavering Warriors RFC looking to recruit new members
A RUGBY team has been promoted to the Shepard Neame Kent leagues and are looking for some new members. Weavering Warriors RFC will be recruiting new members who are looking to get back into rugby ...
14th June 2019WINNER: Leeds school boy comes in first place at World Crazy Golf Championships
A LEEDS school boy claimed first place at the first ever junior World Crazy Golf Championships. Nine-year-old Cameron Fincher attended the 12-hole tournament on Friday, June 7 at Hastings ...
Tories call on Lib Dem council leader to 'come clean' over Lenham homes plan
THE Liberal Democrat leader of Madistone Borough Council has been urged to "come clean" about a 2,500 - 5,000 house development at Lenham Heath as the authority was accused of ...
EXCLUSIVE: Mental hospital near schools' site under investigation after assaults
A PRIVATE hospital opened to treat mentally ill criminals in Maidstone is under investigation after a “disproportionate” number of patient on patient assaults, we can ...
HOUSING: First images of of Bicknor Wood are cold comfort to villagers
THIS is how the massive housing development in Otham will look when it is finished. Locals fear that these and hundreds of other luxury dwellings are set to change the village forever, putting ...
WARNING: Mote Park warns public not to feed the water birds bread
MOTE Park members have urged the public not to feed bread to the water birds. A spokesman for Mote Park said: "It's the time of year we see a build up on bread on the lake; a clue ...
GUILTY: Care home boss Susan McIntosh threw OAP medication in the bin - sentence
THE head of care at a residential home for the elderly near Maidstone narrowly cheated jail today after she admitted "wilful neglect" of 14 residents. Magistrates heard how Susan ...
Maidstone Borough Council pay-out order over disabled man's housing injustice
MAIDSTONE Borough Council has been hauled over the coals for refusing a disabled man’s application to join the housing register meaning he and his family were condemned to unsuitable ...
SCHOOLS: Council resists public protests and passes M20 application
AFTER months of public protest against the building to two new schools near the M20 at junction seven, the council's planning committee last night approved the scheme. Despite 600 letters of ...
RELIEF ROAD: KCC study complete & onto next stage, says campaigner Gary Cooke
STUDIES into the viability of a Leeds-Langley relief road have progressed to the next stage, Daily Downs Mail has learnt. Surveys conducted in recent months by Kent County Council have been ...