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12th October 2021CUSTODY: Cocaine and cannabis seized on Shepway estate
QUANTITIES of suspected cocaine and cannabis were seized on the Shepway estate. Officers stopped a car in Cambridge Crescent at around 12.45pm on Thursday, October 7. Following a search, the ...
12th October 2021URGENT APPEAL: Maidstone grandad wants to track down heroes who saved him
A MAIDSTONE grandad has made a desperate plea to track down the heroes who helped him after he collapsed in town. Robert Rowe, of Upper Road, was walking back from dropping his car off at the ...
CROWD FACES: Maidstone United v Eastbourne Borough in pictures
MAIDSTONE United failed to score in last weekend’s game at The Gallagher Stadium in front of almost 2,400 spectators in glorious autumn sunshine. And most would agree the Stones should have ...
FLORAL TRIBUTES: Four killed in horror crash in Headcorn
FOUR people were killed in a horror crash on a country lane in Headcorn. The men aged 18, 19, 25, and 44, came off the road when their bronze Toyota Hi Lux hit a tree in Lenham Road just before ...
BREAKING: Four killed in Headcorn crash
FOUR people were killed after a car crashed in Headcorn in the early hours of this morning. The victims, aged 18, 19, 25 and 44, were declared deceased at the scene in Lenham Road at ...
ECONOMIST: Young people in Kent solution to HGV driver crisis
YOUNG people across the county have been encouraged to take up lorry driver jobs amid recent fuel supply shortages across the country, writes Ciaran Duggan. Queues have formed outside petrol ...
'Carbon neutral by 2030' part KCC's green pledge to county
A decade-long roadmap to cut carbon emissions on Kent County Council’s (KCC) estate has been unveiled, writes Ciaran Duggan. Maidstone County Hall has ambitiously committed to reach carbon ...
PLANNING: Homes plan in Hollingbourne refused
PERMISSION has been refused for three new houses in Hollingbourne. The application saw Woodside in Firs Lane demolished and the three-bedroom detached homes replacing it. The proposal received ...
AUCTION CANCELLED: Village church saved from developers
A FOLK song has helped to save a much-loved Methodist church from being snapped up by potential developers at auction. The 153-year-old Victorian church, which sits right in the heart of ...
MENTAL HEALTH: More youth services are needed for people hit by pandemic
MORE youth services are needed in Kent to cope with a growing mental health crisis among young people caused by the pandemic, says a councillor, writes Ciaran Duggan. Kent County Council’s ...