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23rd December 2021DOWNS MAIL APPEAL: Can you support us?
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23rd December 2021BREAKING: Man arrested for 'following lone females' in Maidstone - details
A MAN has been approaching lone women in Maidstone town centre. Police say several females have been followed and spoken to inappropriately in recent weeks. On December 21, police were called ...
LATEST: Post office to shut in Maidstone next week
GRAFTY Green Post Office is set to shut on December 29. The Headcorn Road branch will be temporarily moved to the village hall in Church Road. A Post Office spokesman said: “Grafty Green ...
SHUT: Marks and Spencer's store to permanently close after Christmas
A MARKS and Spencer's store will shut just after Christmas after 100 years of trading in Maidstone. The Week Street branch announced in October that its doors will close just one year ...
Lions launch defib push for schools to prevent deaths
Maidstone Lions Club islaunching a project that they hope will result in every school in the area having at least one defibrillator. A recent survey showed one third do not have a ...
AYLESFORD: DHL first to sign up at former newsprint site
A COUNCIL leader has broadly welcomed plans for a massive logistics company to become the first tenants to sign up for the old Aylesford Newsprint site. DHL has emerged as the first to sign up to ...
KCC: Action call after rise in blue badge abuse
THE number of blue badge misuse offences has risen during the pandemic, it has emerged. Kent County Council’s (KCC) audit and governance committee met last month and was told there had been ...
Housing provider offers Christmas gift of counselling
A SOCIAL housing provider is to provide support to its tenants over the festive period into the new year. Golding Homes is offering a Tenant Support and Wellbeing Service as a Christmas gift to ...
BEARSTED: Raw sewage spills into village road close to new development
HUMAN waste, brown water and used toilet tissue from a blocked drain leaked into a village road close to a development of 100 new homes in Bearsted. Residents claim raw sewage has spilled down ...
BREAKING: Spectator seriously injured at boxing event in Maidstone
A SPECTATOR was seriously injured at a boxing event in Maidstone. The victim is reported to have been repeatedly punched and kicked by a number of unknown men, as he attended an organised boxing ...