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5th December 2019VOTE NOW: Should Lib Dem council suspend house-building programme?
MORE than 1,300 people have responded to our survey to assess the impact Maidstone Borough Council's (MBC) massive housing programme is having on residents and their communities. We have posed ...
4th December 2019RETAIL: Sainsbury's planning to build new superstore near Maidstone
SAINSBURY'S is planning to open a new store near Maidstone, it has emerged. The superstore chain is planning four new stores in the next 12 months and Staplehurst is reportedly number one on the ...
ALERT: Gritters ready to tackle main roads across Kent
KENT Highways have announced they will be treating all primary routes tonight. Main roads and primary routes will treated to help prevent the formation of ice and frost on road surfaces. The ...
RESIGNED: Bearsted parish councillor walks out in budget row - full details
A BEARSTED parish councillor resigned at full council last night in a disagreement over the budget. Cllr Frank Jagger walked out after voting against the authority's decision to include ...
TRAFFIC: Congestion all over Maidstone this morning - details
TRAFFIC is choked up all over Maidstone this morning. It seems to be connected, in part, to a broken down lorry on the M20. Ther are problems on the A20, A229, A249 and ...
ELECTION: Helen Grant targeted in 'Tories kill the poor' vandalism slur
A CONSERVATIVE general election hoarding has been vandalised with a crude message scibbled in dripping red spray paint. The site near Staplehurst, in support of the Maidstone ...
SURVEY: SHOULD MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL SUSPEND ITS HOUSE-BUILDING PROGRAMME?
THE number of votes cast in our poll to gauge public feeling about Maidstone Borough Council's house-building programme is approaching 1,000. Local people are becoming increasingly worried ...
M20 ROADWORKS: Diversions, delays and disruption continues - full details
THE M20's upgrade to a SMART motorway will cause headaches for drivers next week. A statement from Highways England and the contractors says: Work to reduce ...
Respected councillor Gordon Newton in hospital after heart attack
RESPECTED borough councillor Gordon Newton is recovering in hospital from a major heart attack. The Independent Maidstone member Cllr Newton, who is in his 70s and a stonemason by trade, was taken ...
POLL: SHOULD MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL SUSPEND ITS HOUSE-BUILDING PROGRAMME?
WITH the recent announcement of a mass rally to protest at Maidstone Borough Council's house-building programme, Daily Downs Mail haslaunched a poll to gauge public feeling. Residents ...