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30th April 2021MOTE PARK: Council in government probe over £400K sewer collapse silence
GOVERNMENT commissioners are investigating Maidstone Borough Council’s silence over a £400k sewer collapse in Mote Park. The cave-in during constructionof the Adventure Zone cost ...
26th April 2021ELECTION: Indie Kate Hammond defends criticism by Lib Dem council leader
THE independent candidate in the fight for East ward at elections to Maidstone Borough Council on May 6 has defended herself after comments by her Liberal Democrat rival. Leader of MBC, Lib Dem ...
ELECTION: Churchman encourages residents to get out and vote on May 6
A LEADING local churchman has urged residents to use their vote at the local elections on May 6. Rev David Jones, writing in West Farleigh's Lifeline parish magazine, made his plea after the ...
POLITICS: Green Party and Lib Dems in row over election leaflet colour
THE Green Party has attacked a polticial rival over its attempts to "steal" itscolours. Its activitists have accused the Liberal Democrats in a key ward in the centre of Maidstone of ...
Sainsbury's HGV drives illegally through lorry ban village
SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury's has come under fire for allowing one of its HGVs to illegally drive through a village with a lorry ban. A Daily Downs Mail reader was driving towards the A20 on the ...
POLL RESULT: Green issues are important at election on May 6
GREEN issues will inform the way people vote at the election on May 6, according to a Daily Downs Mail poll. We asked readers if concerns for the environment will make a difference to their voting ...
POLICE ELECTION: Who will you vote for to be Kent's commissioner?
JUST three candidates have put themselves forward for the role of Kent Police and Crime Commissioner on May 6, the same day as the local council elections. Current PCCMatthew Scott will be ...
M20 LATEST: Operation Brock to be lifted from motorway this weekend
OPERATION Brock, the post-Brexit contraflow system on the M20, is to be be lifted this weekend. Highways England staff are due to remove the barrier between Junctions 9 and 8 London-bound ...
READER POLL: Will green issues inform the way you vote on May 6?
DOWNS Mail has launched a reader poll to gauge whether green and environmental issues will affect the way electors vote on May 6. The borough is undergoing huge change with housebuilding quotas ...
HOUSING POLL: Results show house-building WILL inform voting on May 6
HOUSEBUILDING in Maidstone is a massive factor in influencing how people will vote at the borough council election on May 6. More than 80% of the 527 respondents said the issue will inform the way ...