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18th February 2019CLOSURE: Road closed to carry out level crossing works near Maidstone
THERE is a road closure in Barming. Farleigh Lane will close from February 15 (23:00) to February 24 (04:00) in the vicinity of the level crossing. This is to enable Network Rail to carry out ...
18th February 2019CRIME: Bikes seized after reports of 100 antisocial youths in Maidstone
FOUR bikes were seized after reports of antisocial behaviour in Maidstone Town Centre. The incident involved around 100 youths on bikes on February 9. A spokesman for Kent Police said: ...
Maidstone council tax set to rise by almost twice inflation
MAIDSTONE Borough Council is poised to hike taxation for residents by almost twice the rate of inflation. The local authority wants to levy a 3% increase on households, even though CPI inflation, ...
GAS LEAK: Road shut for SIX DAYS for urgent repairs
A GAS leak has shut a road in a village near Maidstone for six days. Emergency repair workers were drafted in yesterday (Feb 14) to fix the problem. The SGN operatives are working on the escape ...
Protests as Maidstone Hospital is named as new stroke unit
HEALTH bosses have earmarked Maidstone Hospital as a site for one of the county’s three new hyper acute stroke units. In a decision announced yesterday, the NHS said Hermitage Lane would ...
MOTORWAY DELAYS: Highways England's weekly warning to motorists - full details
HIGHWAYS England has just issued its weekly summary of roadworks likely to cause delays and disruption to journeys in the coming seven days. It affects the two main motorways in Kent and ...
A Kalashnikov, 170 firearms and 4,000 rounds - what householders kept at home
RESIDENTShanded inmore than 170 firearms and nearly 4,000 rounds of ammunition during Kent Police’s firearms surrender. Theinitiative, which ran between Monday 21 January ...
JAILED: Darren Sheller sentenced to six years for Maidstone 'armed' robbery
ATHIEF who claimed he was carrying a gun during a robbery at a Maidstone bookmaker has been sentenced to six years in prison. Darren Sheller loaded a bag with stolen cash after threatening a ...
Homeless Jack Reader charged with knife-point robbery of Maidstone business
A HOMELESS man has been charged with robbery of a business near Maidstone. Kent Police officers werecalled to the premises at Chart Corner, Chart Sutton,on January 21after a man with a ...
Neighbourhood Watch under threat
A CRIME fighting charity could “collapse” if it fails to secure new blood, members have warned. Maidstone and District Neighbourhood Watch Association is operating with a ...