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17th January 2020CASHLESS COUNCIL: Maidstone BC has not finalised PayPoint contract - details
MAIDSTONE Borough Council will allow residents to use the cash payment service, PayPoint, at shops after the Link paying-in machines are scrapped in April. Tax-payers will have 55 outlets in the ...
17th January 2020HOUSING: Historic East Farleigh must be kept special - campaigner
A CONSERVATIVE candidate in May's borough council elections has backed residents in East Farleigh in their fight to protect the village from over-development. If permitted by Maidstone Borough ...
ROADS: County council set to start work on two Maidstone roundabouts
AN ambitious multi-million pound scheme to ease congestion on the often gridlocked A249 has progressed after Kent County Council applied for permission to extend it. The £11m A249 Bearsted ...
EXCLUSIVE: Maidstone Borough Council is now 'officer-led' claims - full details
LEADERS of three of the four main groupings at Maidstone Borough Council were left in the dark over a decision to scrap tax-payers’ right to pay their bills in cash, we can reveal. The ...
CANCELLED: M20 SMART motorway works - full details
THE contractors carrying out the much-criticised "SMART" motorway work in the M20 say that overnight closures for the rest of the week have been CANCELLED. A statement from Kier, the ...
Borough council appoints director to 'develop' 5,000 Lenham homes scheme
A SENIOR director at Maidstone Brough Council (MBC) has been appointed to take personal charge of the authority's plans for 5,000 houses at Lenham Heath...sparking fears it has inched closer to ...
ONLINE POLL: Are you concerned about over-development in the borough? VOTE NOW
WITH anger and concern mounting about the potential over-development of Maidstone and its borough, we have been conducting a poll to gauge public opinion. So far more than 1,400 have voted in our ...
LORRY CRISIS: Tesco says sorry for HGV driver breaking the law in village
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has apologised to village residents for one of its trucks illegally defying a lorry ban. The large articulated lorry bearing the Tesco livery was spotted in early December ...
HOUSING CRISIS: Tories force council to take the case to government
THE fight to save Maidstone from massive over-development took an unforeseen twist last night as councillors agreed to take the issue straight to government. It is hoped pressure can be applied on ...
HOUSING PROTEST: Town hall demo, 6pm December 18 - all welcome, say organisers
RESIDENTS angry at Maidstone Borough Council's massive house-building programme will converge on the town hall tomorrow. Everyone unhappy at the Liberal Democrat-run authority's plans to ...