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20th May 2022UKRAINE REFUGEES: Teddy presents for children fleeing war
KNITTED teddy bears have been handed out to Ukrainian children who fled the conflict in their homeland. Officers from the district’s Community Safety Unit attended Tonbridge School on ...
20th May 2022MOTORWAY CLOSES: Maidstone faces disruption and delays - full details
MAIDSTONE residents will again feel the force of a motorway closure this weekend. Cars, vans and lorries from the M2 will be diverted onto the M20 via Operation Brock on a 72 mile diversion. The ...
LENHAM: Housing opponents say consultation will not provide new information
A NEW wave of public consulation on the 5,000 homes at Lenham Heath planned for later this month are unlikely to provide any new information, say opponents. The massive housing scheme, promoted by ...
Tonbridge & Malling council chooses Sue Bell as mayor
TONBRIDGE & Malling Borough Council has selected its new mayor. Cllr Sue Bell takes over from Cllr Roger Roud, for who she has served as deputy for the past year. Cllr Bell represents ...
POLITICS: Liberal Democrats to choose new leader tonight - special report
LOCAL Liberal Democrats will tonight decide who will be the group leader. The position makes the victor the had of the main opposition party at the town hall. It is thought that two of ...
NEW DATES: PR firm Fabrick's new Lenham housing consultation events
UNDER fire Maidstone PR firm Fabrick promoting a new set of public consulation dates into the proposed 5,000 unit "garden village" at Lenham Heath. Earlier this year, the company was ...
LOCAL ELECTIONS: The count begins for Maidstone Borough Council
THE count is underway in the local elections for Maidstone Borough Council. Early indications are that it has been a very low turnout for the 18 seats available. It is the penultimate time MBC ...
2022 ELECTIONS: Who is standing where on May 5 in Maidstone
MAIDSTONE residents go to the polls tomorrow for the borough council elections. Candidates are standing in 18 of the area's 26 wards and the Conservatives have a working overall majority on the ...
BEARSTED ALLOTMENTS: Consultation report published but slammed as 'nonsense'
A CONTROVERSIAL and long-awaited public consultation report on plans to move allotments at Bearsted has been dismissed as a "piece of nonsense" by one critic. Bearsted Parish Council ...
'DEMOLITION' FEAR: Old Rootes building in Maidstone NOT due to be knocked down
FEARS an iconic building in the centre of Maidstone is due to be demolished have been allayed. A sign erected on security fencing outside Len House in Mill Street by Goody Demolition had sparked ...