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30th November 2020PARCEL THEFT: Two men charge with stealing packages from Maidstone warehouse
TWO men have been charged with the theft of a large quantity of parcels and a van from a warehouse in Maidstone. Staff at the premises reported a burglary on November 26. Later that day, David ...
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 ...
MARDEN HOUSING: 'Garden village victory doesn't mean it's over'
THE threat of a 2,000 home “garden village” in Marden has been avoided to the joy of campaigners who opposed it…but are meeting the latest twist with caution. Marden, to be ...
LATEST: Work finally starts on houses at 'The Bogs' in Bearsted
THREE years after work started to clear fields known to everyone in Bearsted as The Bogs, developers have finally begun to build there. Land where two streams converge will be the site for 50 new ...
LATEST: James collects food to help Maidstone's homeless
A NINE-year-old boy has been collecting essentials to distribute to homeless people in time for Christmas. On his way to school, James Beesley asked his mother if he could donate some food to the ...
M20 CLOSURE: Details of work to be carried out next week
THERE are extensive closures planned on the M20 in the coming days. These are to carry out work aimed at reducing congestion and improve journey times, according to contractor Kier and Highways ...
COMMUNITY: Linda sends Christmas love in a box to orphans
STAPLEHURST village has come together to help a great grandmother create Christmas shoeboxes for a cause close to her heart. When Linda Savage (72) stumbled across a Facebook post about an abused ...
JAMIE SIMMONS MURDER: Kieron Nicholson NOT GUILTY - breaking news
EAST Farleigh man Kieron Nicholson has been found not guilty of murdering devoted father of three Jamie Simmons. The jury took just three hours to reach its verdict at Maidstone Crown Court today to ...
CRASH: Woman injured in three-car collision in Maidstone
EMERGENCY crews were called to a three-car collisionin Maidstone last night. The crash happened in Sutton Road at around 6pm. Crews worked to free a womanwho was trapped in one of ...
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 ...