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1st October 2021DRUGS SWOOP: Four people from Maidstone accused of £5m drug-smuggling network
An investigation into a £5m drugs trafficking network has led to ten people, four of whom have Maidstone connections,being arrested. Officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime ...
1st October 2021GLOWING REPORT: Holmesdale School gets HM Inspector praise after Ofsted visit
A HEAD teacher who pulled his school out of special measures has been given a glowing report from the top schools' inspector in the country. The Holmesdale School's Glenn Prebble and his ...
HOUSING: Golding Homes' grovelling apology after resident's seven year hell
MAIDSTONE'S social housing provider has been forced to issue an abject apology for allowing a tenant to live in damp, cold and "uninhabitable" conditions for seven years. Golding Homes ...
HOUSING: Council Tories pledge 1,000 affordable homes - details
TORY council leader David Burton has outlined ambitious plans to acquire 1,000 affordable homes for local people. He said it was time to be "bold and to intervene" in a crisis where ...
BIRTHDAY CARD APPEAL: Woman turning 100 receives over 700 birthday cards
AN appeal to make a woman's 100th birthday party extra special led to her being sent more than 700 cards. Barty House Nursing Home initially put out the appeal to surprise resident Ivy Watson ...
M-WAY LATEST: Protesters block junction twice in a day
INSULATE Britain protesters have blocked the same junction of the M25 for the second time today. Eleven activists were arrested after police were called to junction 3, the Swanley Interchange, at ...
M20 CHAOS LATEST: Police arrest 11 climate change campaigners
ELEVEN climate activistshave been arrested after bringing chaos to the motorway system again this morning. There were angry scenes when drivers remonstrated with Insulate Britain campaigners ...
M-WAY CHAOS: Climate change demonstrators cause disruption again this morning
MOTORISTS can expect delays on the county's motorways this morning after climate change protestors glued themselves to a roundabout. Demonstrators from Insulate Britain carried out their ...
LATEST: Ancient finds made at Otham homes site
TWO thousand year old archaeological finds have been unearthed at the site of the controversial housing development at Otham, Downs Mail has learnt. Shards of pottery and at least one animal bone ...
Councils ditch tax-payer funded plans for swanky £50m offices in Maidstone
Controversial proposals to build a £50million headquarters for two councils in Maidstone have been scrapped, writes Ciaran Duggan. Long-standing plans to develop a four-storey civic centre ...