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23rd April 2021APPEAL: Benches to combat loneliness need locations - can you help?
PARK-style benches aimed at tackling loneliness could soon be appearing around Maidstone. Organiser Mark Allan is searching for locations for ten seats, provided by his not-for-profit company. Each ...
23rd April 2021ROAD CLOSURE: Bower Place in Maidstone to shut next week
A BUSY road in Maidstone is due to shut next week for emergency repair works. Bower Place will shut between Tonbridge Road and Bower Lane on April 29. The alternative route is via Tonbridge ...
999: Serious crash blocks main road in Maidstone
A SERIOUS crash has blocked a main road in Maidstone. The incident happened on the A274 Sutton Roadbetween the junctions with Gore Court Road and Wallis Avenue. An ambulance spokesman ...
POLITICS: Green Party and Lib Dems in row over election leaflet colour
THE Green Party has attacked a polticial rival over its attempts to "steal" itscolours. Its activitists have accused the Liberal Democrats in a key ward in the centre of Maidstone of ...
BREAKING: Sinkhole opens in Maidstone Hospital car park
A SINKHOLE has opened up inMaidstone Hospital car park. The landslip appeared just outside the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) in Hermitage Lane. The area has beencordoned off while ...
PICTURES: Attempts to rescue Maidstone seal have failed
ATTEMPTS to rescue the much-loved seal from the River Medway in Maidstone have failed. Volunteers havetried to take the seal back to the sea numerous times this week, but to no ...
Runners raise money for Mid Kent Mind charity
THREE local runners have run a marathon to raise money for Maidstone-based mental health charity Mid Kent Mind. They are Vanessa Hewitt-Griggs (37), of Walderslade Woods, Justin Greenaway ...
Sainsbury's HGV drives illegally through lorry ban village
SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury's has come under fire for allowing one of its HGVs to illegally drive through a village with a lorry ban. A Daily Downs Mail reader was driving towards the A20 on the ...
POLL RESULT: Green issues are important at election on May 6
GREEN issues will inform the way people vote at the election on May 6, according to a Daily Downs Mail poll. We asked readers if concerns for the environment will make a difference to their voting ...
BREAKING: Three fire engines tackle shed fire near Maidstone
THREE fire engines are currently at the scene of a shed fire in Barming. The blaze happened in Springwood Road at around 1.36pm. A KFRS spokesman said: "Kent Fire and Rescue Service ...