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16th November 2020URGENT APPEAL: Series of 'anonymous and cowardly' attacks on family in Maidstone
Police are appealing for information after a series of anonymous assaults on a family inMaidstone. The first attack on September 19 2020 saw paint thrown over vehicles parked at the ...
13th November 2020HAZLITT CLOSURE THREAT: Council considers pulling subsidy as COVID-19 cuts bite
THE future of the Hazlitt Theatre is looking uncertain after Maidstone Borough Council agreed that "all options" must be considered in the face of cutbacks to budgets. Cash-strapped MBC, ...
LATEST: Maidstone PCSOs track down missing dog after pensioner taken ill
A PENSIONER has been reunited with his dog after he was taken ill in Maidstone town centre. The elderly man was being treated by paramedics in King Street but could not recall where he had left ...
WARNING: Slip road to shut for four nights in Aylesford
A SLIP road in Aylesford will close for fournightsto carry out junction improvement works. Kits Coty Slip Northbound Off andKits Coty Slip Southbound Off will shut from November ...
HEALTH: West Malling brother and sister win NHS poster competition
A BROTHER and sister are regional winners of a competition designed to encourage youngsters into the National Health Service (NHS) as a career. Austin Smith (11) and sister Violet (9) of West ...
GALLERY: Queen honours Kent's best
SIR Paul Carter has spoken of his “immense” pride at being knighted in the recent Queen’s Birthday honours’ list. The former Conservative leader of Kent County Council was ...
LATEST: Barming's pea field plan 'must change'
BARMING’S pea field has survived a planning application for 187 houses – but the local residents’ battle must go on. Maidstone Borough Council’s planning committee deferred ...
PICTURES: Can you beat John's prized pumpkin?
AS PUMPKIN season comes to an end, one green-fingered gardener has been admiring his work – a six stone whopper. John Eason (61) of Melville Road, produces everything from onions, leaks, ...
BIRTHDAY: Nanny, 105, celebrates with tea and a hairdo
SHE has seen 26 Prime Ministers and five British monarchs, not to mention two world wars, during her long life. Emeline Booker, who is fondly known to all as Nanny, was born in 1915 when the ...
CORONAVIRUS: Sixth Form 'closed' at The Malling School - reports
A SIXTH form has reportedly closed today after a pupil tested positive for coronavirus. All Year 12 and 13 pupils at the Malling School inEast Mallinghave been sent home to learn ...