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6th December 2019LATEST: Police launch investigation following 'child-snatching' incident
KENT Police have now launched an investigation into a 'suspicious incident' at a shopping centre in Maidstone. Officers recieved a report today about an alleged child-snatching incident ...
6th December 2019PANTO REVIEW: Mother Goose at the Marlowe Theatre
Mother Goose, The Marlowe Review: Lesley Finlay Picture: Pamela Raith Photography There is something missing in the pantomime Mother Goose. Love interest. So it ...
M20 ROADWORKS: more disruption in the next seven days
MOTORISTS face more misery in the next seven days as work on the M20 continues. The upgrade to SMART status will mean full closures, speed limits and diversions. A statement from the ...
ELECTION: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn in Maidstone today - details
THERE is heavy security this morning at the Maidstone Studios in the lead up to the Boris Johnson Vs Jeremy Corbyn election debate. Police are in place on site before the debate this evening on ...
'CHILD SNATCH': Police say no reports of alleged abduction in Maidstone
KENT Police have confirmed this morning there have been no reports of an alleged child-snatching incident at The Mall shopping centre in Maidstone. Online reports suggested there was an attempt to ...
BLAZE: Person injured in tumble dryer fire in Maidstone
FIREFIGHTERS were called to reports of a tumble dryer fire in Maidstone. Two fire engines attended the scene in Calder Road and crews wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel jet to put the ...
VOTE NOW: Should Lib Dem council suspend house-building programme?
MORE than 1,300 people have responded to our survey to assess the impact Maidstone Borough Council's (MBC) massive housing programme is having on residents and their communities. We have posed ...
SURVEY: Find out how your MP rates in a new study
KENT has among the best and the worst rated members of parliament in the country, according to a new survey. Chatham and Aylesford’s Tracey Crouch was placed fifth but the three other MPs in ...
LATEST: Busy road to shut for 10 nights in Maidstone
UPPER Stone Street will close for 10 nights. The road will close from December 12between the junctions with A249 Mote Road and Old Tovil Road. This is to allow for resurfacing works by KCC ...
CHARGED: Two men remain in custody over multiple car key burglaries in Maidstone
TWOmen have been arrested and charged on suspicion ofcarrying out multiple car key burglaries in Maidstone. Between November 21 2019 and December 2 2019 Kent Police received reports of ...