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14th July 2021BREAKING: Major fire at Mu Mu in Week Street, Maidstone
A LARGE blaze has broken out at Mu Mu restaurant and nightclubin Maidstone. Fire crews were called to the scene at around 2.30am this morning. Around 15 fire engines were in ...
13th July 2021BLAZE: Fire crews rush to burning building near Maidstone - details
TWO fire engines have been battling a blaze at an address in a village near Maidstone this evening. Crews with a high pressure hose reel jet and wearing breathing apparatus were called at 5.40pm to ...
BEARSTED ALLOTMENTS: Parish council comes face to face with protestors
BEARSTED Parish Council (BPC) tonight came face to face with angry allotment holders who are opposed to proposals to move their plots to another part of the village. BPC has acquired, as a donation, ...
TONIGHT: A20 to shut for water leak repairs in Maidstone
PART of the A20 will shut tonight for water leak repairs. The A20 Terrace Road will close at 7pm (July 13) Expect delays in the surrounding areas. ...
WITNESS APPEAL: Nine police officers attacked and injured during Euro final
A TOTAL of nine police officers were attacked and injured as they worked to control violent fans during the Euro 2020 final in Maidstone. Police have now issued 12 images of people they would like ...
BREAKING: Woman remains in 'critical condition' following lorry crash
TWO women remain in critical condition following a collision with an articulated lorry near Mereworth. The crash happened at around 6.50pm on Monday, July 12. It is reported a white DAF lorry ...
MISSING: Police 'increasingly concerned' for welfare of Maidstone woman
POLICE are urgently trying to find a woman who was reported missing late last night. ElizabethDavison, 27,was last seen in Melville Road at around 5.30pm on Monday, July 12, and ...
MISSING WOMAN: Police send up helicopter in bid to find Maidstone resident
KENT police sent up a search helicopter early this morning after a woman was reported missing late last evening. She went missing from her home last night at around 10pm. Residents in the ...
BEARSTED ALLOTMENTS: Parish council to discuss land scheme tomorrow night
A CONTROVERSIAL land acquisition by Bearsted Parish Council (BPC) is to come up for discussion tomorrow night. A full council meeting is scheduled for 7.45pm (July 13) at the KGV Memorial Hall ...
M20 BLOCKED: Broken down car shuts lane near Maidstone
ONE lane is currently closed due to a broken down car on the M20. The vehicle is on the M20 coastbound from J3M26 to J4 A228 Castle Way (Leybourne / Snodland) Expect delays. ...