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12th May 2021LORRY BAN: Police act for first time in months to stop illegal HGVs
POLICE have been out spotting illegal lorry drivers breaking the law this morning in Leeds village. After months of inactivity and under growing public criticism, officers were at the gates of ...
11th May 2021POLITICS: Tories prepare for power after council election victory
THE Conservatives will officially take control of Maidstone Borough Council later this month after its resounding victory on May 6. The Tories now have a virtually unassailable 29 seat presence on ...
ILLEGAL HGVs: Kent chief constable urged to act after years 'doing nothing'
THE chief constable of Kent Police has been urged to intervene in the growing issue of non-enforcement of HGV bans in two villages in the borough. Critics say years of inaction by the force to deal ...
ELECTION: Polls open tomorrow for borough council seats - candidates
THE electorate goes to the polls tomorrow to decide who will take control of the borough council. Nineteen ward seats are up for grabs and few observers are brave enough to call who might come out ...
POLL RESULT: Conservative will police commissioner's election
THE Conservative candidate in the Kent Police & Crime Commisioner election on May 6 is like to win handsomely, according to a Daily Downs Mail poll. More than 350 respondents took part in the ...
MOTE PARK: Council in government probe over £400K sewer collapse silence
GOVERNMENT commissioners are investigating Maidstone Borough Council’s silence over a £400k sewer collapse in Mote Park. The cave-in during constructionof the Adventure Zone cost ...
ELECTION: Indie Kate Hammond defends criticism by Lib Dem council leader
THE independent candidate in the fight for East ward at elections to Maidstone Borough Council on May 6 has defended herself after comments by her Liberal Democrat rival. Leader of MBC, Lib Dem ...
ELECTION: Churchman encourages residents to get out and vote on May 6
A LEADING local churchman has urged residents to use their vote at the local elections on May 6. Rev David Jones, writing in West Farleigh's Lifeline parish magazine, made his plea after the ...
POLITICS: Green Party and Lib Dems in row over election leaflet colour
THE Green Party has attacked a polticial rival over its attempts to "steal" itscolours. Its activitists have accused the Liberal Democrats in a key ward in the centre of Maidstone of ...
Sainsbury's HGV drives illegally through lorry ban village
SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury's has come under fire for allowing one of its HGVs to illegally drive through a village with a lorry ban. A Daily Downs Mail reader was driving towards the A20 on the ...