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7th May 2021LATEST: Maidstone River Festival is OFF - 'too risky' says chairman
THE hugely popular Maidstone River Festival this summer has been cancelled - the latest victim of COVID-19. The organising committee was hopeful of being able to stage the event but a potential ...
6th May 2021HAZLITT THEATRE: The Little Mermaid summer date - tickets limited
Live theatre is back with a splash as The Hazlitt Theatre welcomes the ‘laugh-a-minute’ adaptation of THE LITTLE MERMAID by David Phipps-Davis. It hits Maidstone on August 25 and is ...
EASTER BREAK: Will council be forced to shut Mote park play areas?
MOTE Park's play areas could be shut this Easter after concerns about members of the public not obeying social distancing rules. Three times the number of people were recently reported using ...
HAZLITT THEATRE: Christmas panto is ON this year - full details
THE Hazlitt Theatre pantomime is ON this Christmas, Daily Downs Mail can reveal. There will be more than60 shows at the end of the year but management of the Parkwood Theatres-run playhouse ...
COMING SOON: 4am nightclub and restaurant for Pizza Express site in Maidstone
Licensing approval was given today for a multi-purpose entertainment centre and restaurant across the five floors of the former Pizza Express building in Earl Street , Maidstone. Maidstone ...
PICTURE SPECIAL: New lambs welcomed at Kent Life
YOU know spring is not so far away when the snowdrops have just about died away and the first lambs are born. All over the borough farmers are getting ready for the busy lambing season. And at Kent ...
BREAKING NEWS: The Hazlitt Theatre is saved from closure
THE Hazlitt is SAVED - and that is official. Councillors tonight agreed to retain the contract with Parkwood Leisure, which runs the venue for Maidstone Borough Council, with a review in April. All ...
SAVE THE HAZLITT: Crunch council meeting to decide venue's future TONIGHT
SUPPORTERS of the Hazlitt Theatre will discover this evening if their fight to save the much-loved venue has been successful. Maidstone Borough Council's leisure committee sits tonight and an ...
EXCLUSIVE: The Hazlitt Theatre 'SAVED' after public outcry and Downs Mail fight
THE massive public battle to save the Hazlitt Theatre appears to have been won, after a dramatic U-turn by Maidstone Borough Council. The MBC leadership team wanted to sever the contract with ...
Take part in the Big Garden Birdwatch 2021 - details
PHOTO: RSPB IT IS time to fill up the bird feeders once more and settle in for this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch, from January 29 to 31. Conservation charity RSPB hopes the lockdown will ...