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4th July 2016PICTURE GALLERY: Maidstone Summer Festival
Thousands enjoyed the fun, colour and music of Maidstone Summer Festival at the weekend. Despite an unseasonal downpour early in proceedings, the sun shone for most of the event on ...
1st July 2016MP Helen Grant backs 'PM in waiting' Theresa May
Maidstone and Weald MPHelen Grant has decided to back Home Secretary Theresa Mayfor the leadership of the Conservative Party. The MP said Mrs May is "the Prime Minister in ...
M20 crash between lorry and car causes severe delays
SEVERE delays have been experienced by drivers on the M20 after a collision on the coastbound carriageway. It appears there was a prang between a lorry and car between jhunctions 5 and 6 and ...
Maidstone primary pupils enjoy Invicta Grammar life-saver
Primary school kids in Maidstone have enjoyed learninglife-saving first aid skills as part of a transition programme into secondary school. Around 30 Year 5 students (aged nine to 10 years ...
Stones plough a fortune into the Gallagher Stadium this summer
Maidstone United management isploughing £1m into the Gallagher Stadium as the club gets ready for a place in the highest tier of English non-league football. The new standing terrace, ...
MPs stay tight-lipped on Tory choice for PM
Maidstone MPs Helen Grant and Helen Whately have refused to say who they will back in the Tory leadership battle. Five candidates are in frame - Home Secretary Theresa May, Justice ...
Junction 8 industrial park scheme narrowly rejected
Plans for a massive complex of warehouses off the A20 near junction eight of the M20 has been rejected by the borough council. Development of a large tract of land at Woodcut Farm – more ...
Another arrest over break-in at One Stop store in East Malling
A THIRD man has been arrested over break-ins at an East Malling newsagents. Thieves took cash during two allegedburglaries at the One Stop, inTwisden Road, on4 and 6 April, ...
Maidstone mayor's Medway swan count
The mayor of Maidstone will cruise the Medway on Saturday to carry out the centuries-old tradition of counting his swans. Nine boats will sail downstream to Hawkwood Stone and then upstream to ...
Staplehurst's Tim Withey jailed for sex offences
A STAPLEHURST man who downloaded indecent images of children and sexually assaulted a young boy has been sentenced to four years in prison. Officers from Kent Police’s paedophile ...