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18th December 2018EXCLUSIVE: Maidstone council's High Court battle over relief road cash goes on
PAPERWORK for the next round of taxpayer-funded legal action by Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) against Kent County Council (KCC) has been lodged with the High Court in London, Daily Downs Mail has ...
18th December 2018PANTO: Hazlitt steps in to help disappointed Snow White ticket holders
MAIDSTONE'S family entertainment theatre, the Hazlitt, is offering a special pantomime performance to people who have lost out after the town's other Christmas production folded half way ...
CLOSED: Three day road closure in Aylesford
THERE is a road closure in place for tomorrow for up to 3 days. Rochester Road in Aylesford is closed from December 19 to allow for South East Water works to install a water pipe. The road will ...
MOST WANTED: Police search for Sara Farmer after serious assault in Maidstone
KENT Police have issued a new ‘most wanted’ imageto help in their search for a woman suspected of a "serious" assault. Sara Farmer (31,) is wanted in connection with an ...
Housing association hands out hampers for the lonely
CHRISTMAS arrived early for a Maidstone charity this week thanks to a donation of food hampers. Each year Golding Vision donates hampers to a local charity voted for by the housing ...
Hazlitt Theatre to put on extra perfomance after rival panto is cancelled
THE Hazlitt Theatre has announced it will be putting on extra showsof the Aladdin pantomime, amid anger and disappointment following the cancellation of Maidstone Panto group's Snow ...
Panto at Aylesford Friars folds amid claims of lack of support - local anger
A PANTO being staged in a marquee at Aylesford Friars has folded with organisers blaming a lack of support. Just halfway through its month long run, Maidstone Panto issued a lengthy Facebook ...
Burst water pipe in Maidstone causes disruption and delays
THERE were reports last night of a burst water main at the junction of Fountain Lane in Tonbridge Road. South East Water attended to carry out emergency repairs. The road was reopened this ...
Arrests after Class A drugs seized outside Mote Park in Maidstone
TWO men have been arrested in connection with the supply of Class A drugs after a suspicious car was searched by officers on patrol in Maidstone. At around 12:05am on Monday, December 17 police ...
DARTFORD CROSSING: 150,000 foreign truckers fail to pay the online charge
FOREIGN lorry drivers are flouting the Dart Charge in vast numbers, according to Kent Liberal Democrats. They claim that more than 150,000 foreign-registered lorries failed to pay the ...