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16th February 2018Music on the Green makes a date with Bearsted this August
MUSIC on the Green in Bearsted returnsthis summer with organisers claiming that more than half of the tickets are already sold. The one day music not-for-profit event aims to offer ...
14th February 2018Football club's night matches dictated by bat population
THE plight of moth-eating bats living in woodland near the A274 became the focus of an impassioned planning debate recently. Bearsted Football Club was looking to increase the ...
MGGS former pupil Lizzy Yarnold carries flag for Britain at Winter Olympics
FORMER Maidstone Girls' Grammar School pupil Lizzy Yarnold - a gold medal winning Olympian from 2014 - will carry the Great Britain flag at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in ...
£11K fines for Maidstone library users - full details
LIBRARY users in the borough have racked up more than £11,000 for borrowed items which were never returned. Maidstone’s book lender was owed £8,167, while Coxheath racked up ...
Maidstone companies nominated for Taste of Kent awards
A NUMBER of Maidstone companies have made the shortlist for the Taste of Kent Awards. The annual awards will be handed out at a black-tie event at the Kent Events centre on Thursday March ...
Band hope pivotal gig venue Earls will welcome them after refit
THE final band to play at Maidstone pub Earls before it closed say it is “vital” that bands like themselves are still welcome at the refurbished venue. The Earl Street boozer shut for ...
Peter Andre and Paul Gascoigne set to star at the Hazlitt Theatre
THE HAZLITT Theatre is to stage a series of one-person shows this year - from Peter Andre to Paul Gascoigne. A series ofQ and A sessions are planned for 350-seater theatre in Earl Street, ...
Is Ann Widdecome heading out of the CBB exit door?
FORMER Maidstone MP Ann Widdecombe could have spent her last night in the Celebrity Big Brother house. The 70-year-old is one of five housemates facing eviction in a double elimination in ...
New facilities at Maidstone park
MAIDSTONE Borough Council is to build new play areas at Mote Park as part of a three-year phased development scheme. To be built are a high ropes course, adventure golf course, skate park and ...
Top comic Geoff Norcott heading for the Hazlitt in Maidstone
UP and comingcomic Geoff Norcott will be appearing at the popular Hazlitt Theatre next month. Fresh from a successful TV appearance at the Appollo, Geoff will be treading the Hazlitt boards ...