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20th November 2020HOUSING CRISIS: Marden escapes the bulldozers - but for how long?
THE threat of a 2,000 home “garden village” in Marden is off the table - for now. Marden, to be developed by Countryside Properties, was one of four sites for huge housing schemes as ...
20th November 2020HAZLITT CLOSURE: Russell Grant backs 'save' campaign as gloom for future grows
TV ASTROLOGER and "national treasure" Russell Grant is the latest celebrity to throw his weight behind Daily Downs Mail's SAVE THE HAZLITT campaign. Hard-up Maidstone Borough Council, ...
ELECTION 2021: Tories choose education expert Simon Webb as candidate
SIMON Webb, of Hunton, will represent the Conservatives for Maidstone Rural West at next spring’s Kent County Councilelections bywinning the toss of coin after a dead heat in the ...
IT'S BACK: The Leeds Castle Classical Concert is ON!
THE famous Leeds CastleClassical Concert is back on. Management has announced it hopes to stage the popular event on July 10 2021. A spokesman said: "We were so sad to cancel this ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Theatre drives £5m a year into local economy - report
THE Hazlitt Theatre will shut despite pumping £5m into the local economy each year, official papers conclude. The scale of the potential loss to Maidstone appears in a report prepared by ...
HAZLITT CLOSURE: Theatre lashes back at 'inaccurate' council claims - details
MANAGEMENT atclosure-threatened Hazlitt Theatre have lashed out at 'inaccurate' council claims the venue has been shut since March. As reported in Downs Mail, the theatre reopened to ...
HOUSING: Council backs document in race against time with Government targets
A BLUEPRINT for future building developments in the borough has taken a significant step forward when it was sent onfor public consultation. Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is in a race ...
WOODCUT FARM: First image of business park near Maidstone - full details
THIS is the first image of how the new business park to be built at Woodcut Farm is likely to look. The scheme, near junction eight of the M20, is designed to attract hundreds of jobs to the site ...
PICTURES: Deserted streets of the county town on day two of lockdown
DAY two of lockdown two and the streets of the county town are again virtually deserted. Residents, ordered to stay at home unless they need to go out for work, exercise or food, appeared to be ...
LOCKDOWN: Park for free with a permit - details
OFF-street car parks are now free for local people to use during the lockdown to ease pressure on residential roads. Residents and businesses with valid permits are permitted to use them at all ...