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30th November 2020CORONAVIRUS: New testing centre opens up on Maidstone housing estate
A COVID-19 testing centre has opened up in Maidstone. It is located at the Shepway Youth and Community Centre car park in Cumberalnd Ave, Shepway. It is only open to those ...
27th November 2020YOU DECIDE: Young people award £10K to good causes
YOUNG people have been given the opportunity to award more than £10,000 to half a dozen projects aimed at local youngsters. County councillors Gary Cooke and Paul Cooper, organised and ...
NEW BUSINESS PARK: Woodcut Farm 'to create 1,000 jobs'
THIS is the first image of how the new business park to be built at Woodcut Farm is likely to look. The scheme, near junction eight of the M20, is designed to attract hundreds of jobs to the site ...
HAZLITT VICTORY: Councillors overturn plan to shut theatre - for now
THE uncertain future of the Hazlitt Theatre has been given a reprieve after Maidstone Borough Council's plan to shut it andsack the operator was overturned. Councillors reversed the MBC ...
SAVE THE HAZLITT: Listen live to tonight's attempt to reverse closure decision
RESIDENTS anxious about the closure of the Hazlitt Theatre by Maidstone Borough Council can listen in to a committee debate as elected members try overturn the decision this evening. Some ...
SAVE THE HAZLITT: Passionate plea by arts worker as 7,000 sign petition
A PETITION with more than 7,000 signatures of residents dismayed at Maidstone Borough Council's plan to shut the Hazlitt Theatre has been sent to councillors ahead of a crunch meeting ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Now MP Helen Grant wades in ahead of crunch council meeting
COUNCILLORS seeking to reverse Maidstone Borough Council's decision to shut the Hazlitt Theatre should be given the option to defer the matter until the New Year, says MP Helen Grant. She has ...
SAVE THE HAZLITT: Secret 'closure' documents revealed - exclusive
MAIDSTONE Borough Council (MBC) considered four possible options before deciding to shut the Hazlitt Theatre and sack the operator, Parkwood Theatres. Confidential documents seen by Daily Downs ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Youth theatre and dance groups face move to leisure centre
COMMUNITY groups and the Hazlitt Youth Theatre may be moved out of the Earl Street venue and housed elsewhere under Maidstone Borough Council's closure programme. MBC, in need of saving money ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Manager attacks council's 'lack of communication'
THE general manager of the Hazlitt Theatre has written to council top brass to complain about their lack of communication over the popular venue's closure and warned Earl Street will become ...