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4th March 2021LITTER MENACE: Council launches pilot camera scheme to catch offenders
A PILOT scheme to bring to book “thousands” of litter louts who hurl mess from cars will be launched next month. “LitterCam” camera devices are to be installed to nail the ...
4th March 2021HAZLITT 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 ...
RUBBISH FURY: Bins 'not collected' for five weeks, say residents
THE "failure" to collect bins by Maidstone Borough Council for more than a month has come under fire by local people. Piles of rubbish was left lying on pavements for nearly five ...
Tory fury over 2% council tax rise 'as residents struggle ' in pandemic
MAIDSTONE Borough Council's budget has been passed but not without a significant rebellion in the opposition ranks. The fiscal strategy, which every local authority must pass by law, went ...
New Mayor of Maidstone named as Fay Gooch
INDEPENDENT councillor and deputy leader of Maidstone Borough Council Cllr Fay Gooch has been chosen to be the next Mayor. She will replace Marion Ring. Cllr Gooch, who became the 'Mayor ...
Fly-tipping in Maidstone borough rockets by 31% - Government figures
THE scourge of fly-tipping has worsened considerably in the borough, according to Government figures. Defra has revealed that in Maidstone the rise is more than 31% in a single year to 2019/2020, ...
GREEN PARTY: Calls for better public transport not free electric parking
PROPOSALS to allow free parking for electric cars has come under fire from the Green Party. Maidstone Borough Council recently indicated its “serious” intent to mitigate rising number of ...
Marden anti-housing campaigner Claudine Russell joins Tories for May elections
ANTI-housing campaigner Claudine Russell is to stand for the Conservatives at the borough council elections on May 6. Mrs Russell, who led the successful crusade to prevent 2,000 homes being built ...
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 ...
Tories pick Simon Webb for Coxheath & Hunton on Keep Our Villages Special ticket
COMMUNITY campaigner Simon Webb has been selected by the Conservatives to fight the borough council seat in the Coxheath and Hunton ward on May 6. Mr Webb, who spent most of his career in teaching ...