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2nd July 2020LATEST: Maidstone fails to meet affordable housing needs
Maidstone is failing to meet the need for affordable housing – a challenge to be considered by Maidstone borough councillors in committee next week. This could lead to a more rigorous ...
1st July 2020LATEST: Covid cases rise again in towns around Maidstone
Concerns grow around Maidstone after news that Coronavirus cases are rising in neighbouring towns. Both Ashford and the Medway Towns are seeing an unwelcome spike in numbers and so is Thanet on ...
Plans for iconic town centre building overlooking River Len
ONE of the best-known Maidstone town centre buildings – Grade 2-Listed Len House, the former Rootes site in Mill Street/Palace Avenue – is set to get planning permission for ...
HOUSING: Tory calls for planning officers' powers to be scaled back
PLANNING officers at the borough council face having their powers severely restricted if a new challenge is passed. The unelected civil servants at Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) face being ...
LATEST: Kent Life to reopen this weekend
KENT Lifehas announced it willreopenon Saturday following a temporary closure due to coronavirus. The popular attraction in Sandling, near Maidstone, was forced to close when the ...
LATEST: Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats reopens
BUTTERCUPS Sanctuary for Goats has reopened. The Boughton Monchelsea based charity is now open every Thursday to Sunday from11am to 4pm. The sanctuary launched an emergency appeal in May ...
CUSTODY: Maidstone men 'entered shopping centre with knives'
TWO suspectedMaidstone drug dealers have been charged. Capri Conteh (19) of Salem Street and Achmed Conteh (22)of the same address weredetained as they entered the Broadway ...
LATEST: New club house for Maidstone Tennis Club
Maidstone Lawn Tennis Club’s application to build a new club house with adjoining patio after demolishing the existing clubhousein Poplar Groveis being recommended for approval by ...
MP HELEN GRANT: Maidstone Hospital getting back to normal business
BY MP HELEN GRANT (MP for Maidstone and The Weald) Being prevented from visiting those we love in hospital has been one of the cruellest aspects of the Coronavirus pandemic. It was ...
Sudden death of a sporting great
Members of The Mote Cricket Club, Maidstone, are mourning the loss of the third cricketer this month with the sudden death of Ben Dance (39). After a time away from the game he had hoped to return to ...