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18th November 2016Man, 73, in hospital after midnight fire at Shepway home
A 73-year-old man was taken to hospital with breathing problems after a house fire in Shepway, Maidstone, last night. The blaze broke out in the pensioner's kitchen at his two-storey home in ...
18th November 2016Young child scrambles free of car crash in Maidstone
A child under the age of ten managed to scramble free from the wreckage of a crashed car last night. Two vehicles collided in Seven MileLane in Mereworth at around 9pm. One of the cars ...
Cars targeted by vandals in West Malling
Police are appealing for information after a number of motorists reported damage to their vehicles parked in the same West Malling street. Officers say the vandalism could be linked to ...
Headcorn station worker raises cash to replace stolen Poppy Appeal funds
RAILWAY passengers have rallied round after the appalling theft of the Poppy Appeal collection tin at Headcronstation, Leon Greenwood, who runsthe refreshment ...
Christmas lights - it's time for Maidstone's big switch-on
Christmas starts in Maidstone today with the big switch-on of the festive lights. The entertainment starts in Fremlin Walk from 4pm today (November 17) where X factor boy band Yes ...
Elderly lady who went missing in Maidstone is found
An 81-year-old woman who went missing from Maidstone Hospital last night has been found safe and well. Police were alerted after Jean Pearce was last seen leaving the hospital in Hermitage Lane at ...
M20 SERVICES: Digging a trench to prevent travellers returning
Workmen using a digger excavate a trench just days after a month-long occupation by travellers ofa patch of grass at the M20 Roadchef service station at junction 8 for Leeds Castle Now days ...
LATEST: Missing teenager Morgan Driscoll has been found
Kent Police have just announced that a missing teenager has been found. Morgan Driscoll, 14, who has close links to Maidstone, is safe and well. Morgan was reported missing from her home in ...
Have your say on how KCC balances the books
THOSE interested in how our money is spent have a week left to have their say on how the county council spends its cash. The closure of the consultation on KCC’s draft budget coincides with ...
Police renew appeal for witnesses and dash cam footage of Maidstone crash
Kent Police have renewed an appeal for witnesses to a crash between a van and a motocylist which left the rider in a London hospital with life-threatening injuries. Officers would like to hear from ...