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17th January 2020CASHLESS COUNCIL: Maidstone BC has not finalised PayPoint contract - details
MAIDSTONE Borough Council will allow residents to use the cash payment service, PayPoint, at shops after the Link paying-in machines are scrapped in April. Tax-payers will have 55 outlets in the ...
17th January 2020HOUSING: Historic East Farleigh must be kept special - campaigner
A CONSERVATIVE candidate in May's borough council elections has backed residents in East Farleigh in their fight to protect the village from over-development. If permitted by Maidstone Borough ...
CLOSED: Busy country lane near Maidstone shut for three days to fix potholes
A POTHOLED country lane used as a rat run near Maidstoneis to be closed for three days for urgent repairs. Burberry Lane, which runs from Leeds to Langley and isa ...
ROADS: County council set to start work on two Maidstone roundabouts
AN ambitious multi-million pound scheme to ease congestion on the often gridlocked A249 has progressed after Kent County Council applied for permission to extend it. The £11m A249 Bearsted ...
EXCLUSIVE: Maidstone Borough Council is now 'officer-led' claims - full details
LEADERS of three of the four main groupings at Maidstone Borough Council were left in the dark over a decision to scrap tax-payers’ right to pay their bills in cash, we can reveal. The ...
M20 MISERY: Op Brock lifted from Monday - but for how long?
THE controversial contraflow system on the M20 known as Operation Brock is to be lifted from Monday. With the departure of the UK from the EU on January 31 it is felt that it will no longer be ...
CANCELLED: M20 SMART motorway works - full details
THE contractors carrying out the much-criticised "SMART" motorway work in the M20 say that overnight closures for the rest of the week have been CANCELLED. A statement from Kier, the ...
OPERATION BROCK: MPs call for M20 contraflow to be lifted
MPs from Kent have pressed the transport minister to drop M20 Operation Brock contraflow as soon as possible. Tory MPs met with Chris Heaton-Harris yesterday to press for a return to three-lanes ...
FLYTIPPING SCOURGE: Illegal dumping returns to hotspot with burnt-out vehicle
ANOTHER burnt-out vehicle has been dumped in a notorious flytipping hotspot. The charred shell of a 4x4 style vehicle was discarded on January 4 or 5 in Burberry Lane, near Langley. Despite ...
Borough council appoints director to 'develop' 5,000 Lenham homes scheme
A SENIOR director at Maidstone Brough Council (MBC) has been appointed to take personal charge of the authority's plans for 5,000 houses at Lenham Heath...sparking fears it has inched closer to ...