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26th April 2019SCHOOLS: 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 ...
25th April 2019RELIEF 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 ...
WARNING: Council warn public of overflowing dog waste bins across Maidstone
MAIDSTONE Borough Council has issued a warning regarding overflowing dog waste bins in Maidstone. Issues with a contractor has meant the dog waste bins across Maidstonemaintained by ...
MISSING: Police search for Nikola Georgiev in Maidstone
OFFICERS investigating the whereabouts of a missing Maidstone man are renewing their appeal for information. Nikola Georgiev, 39, was last seen in the Upper Stone Street area of the town at about ...
Animal lover ran 13 miles as a cheetah to raise £500 for Cats Protection
AN ANIMAL lover from Maidstone ran the London Landmarks half-marathon as a cheetah to raise over £500 for Cats Protection. Lucy Dugher, of Ringlestone, dressed up as ‘Cheetara’, ...
REPORT: Maidstone Home Care Ltd graded 'good' by inspectors
A SERVICE, which provides home support for the elderly and people at the end of their lives, has been graded “good” by an independent inspector. The government’s Care Quality ...
PICTURES: Hundreds enjoy Holi colour festival in Maidstone
A RELIGIOUS celebration in Maidstone bathed nearly 300 people in clouds of colour. The second Holi Festival of Colours at the Collis Millennium Green, off St Philip’s Avenue, got off to a ...
Maidstone unites to keep Nathaniel, 12, mobile after outgrowing wheelchair
WHEN Nathaniel Hurley (12) outgrew his tricycle wheelchair, he faced immobility – but now Maidstone has united to help him. Nathaniel, of Lombardy Drive, Maidstone, suffers from Quadriplegic ...
CRIME: 15-year-old boy arrested after knife seized by officers in Maidstone
OFFICERS in Maidstone have seized a knife from a 15-year-old boy seen acting suspiciously in Week Street. Town police were on foot patrol when they arrested the teenager on suspicion of ...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Winter Olympics champion Lizzy Yarnold gives birth to baby girl
FORMER Maidstone Girls' Grammar School pupil Lizzy Yarnold - a gold medal winning Olympian from 2014- has given birth to a baby girl. Lizzy (30) tweeted: “A few weeks ago James and I ...