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Multicultural Mela celebrates Queen's life

13 September 2022
Multicultural Mela celebrates Queen's life

The organisers of a community mela say the event gave the Queen's subjects the opportunity to come together and share their sadness at her death.

Schoolboy stabbed outside academy

13 September 2022
Schoolboy stabbed outside academy

Police are appealing for information following an attack on a teenage boy.

Drink drive arrest over garden centre crash

12 September 2022
Drink drive arrest over garden centre crash

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a car crashed into a garden centre, ending up on its roof.

Right-wing party scores its first ever election victory

11 September 2022
Right-wing party scores its first ever election victory

Mass resignations at a council sparked by huge rows and division have paved the way for a right-wing group to win its first seat in the country.

Stamp collecting? - they have it licked!

10 September 2022
Stamp collecting? - they have it licked!

Members of a philately society give a unique insight into their 80 years of collecting.

Books of condolences, vigils and flowers laid across County Town for The Queen

09 September 2022
Books of condolences, vigils and flowers laid across County Town for The Queen

Tributes to HM Queen Elizabeth II, who has died aged 96, are starting to flood in with a series of events, vigils and services planned at the weekend.

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Stabbing victim suffered fatal lung wound

08 September 2022
Stabbing victim suffered fatal lung wound

An inquest has opened into the death of a man found slumped against a wall after being stabbed as two teenagers remain in custody charged with murder.

'Our 4,000 signature petition was filed away and ignored'

07 September 2022
'Our 4,000 signature petition was filed away and ignored'

There has been some harsh criticism of Maidstone council on the first day of its Local Plan hearings.

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Delays on A21

07 September 2022
Delays on A21

Motorists are being delayed this morning due to waterworks.

Historic stable block to be converted to holiday lets

07 September 2022
Historic stable block to be converted to holiday lets

The owners of a listed Victorian mansion are hoping to open holiday lets as part of a major revamp.

Boris thanks British servicemen involved in atomic bomb tests

06 September 2022
Boris thanks British servicemen involved in atomic bomb tests

One of the last acts of the out-going Prime Minister was to a promise a medal for Britain's Nuclear Test veterans.

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Council in trouble over housing supply

06 September 2022
Council in trouble over housing supply

A borough could be facing 'planning by appeal' as a Government inspector seems to accept it does not have a five-year housing supply.

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Local Plan could be scuppered by concerns over the brown trout

05 September 2022
Local Plan could be scuppered by concerns over the brown trout

Anglers are joining residents groups lining up to contest housing plans as a public inquiry gets under way.

Villagers without buses for five months due to road closure

03 September 2022
Villagers without buses for five months due to road closure

Water main replacement works have closed the bus route to a rural village.

Bus drivers on strike at several depots

02 September 2022
Bus drivers on strike at several depots

There will be no Arriva buses on several days throughout the month after drivers at garages across Kent voted to go on strike.

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'I returned from charity ride to find best friend in a coma'

31 August 2022
'I returned from charity ride to find best friend in a coma'

A fundraiser grieving a friend who died after being punched is to give the money raised that day to medics who tried to save his life.

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'We paid £450 for a ticket but there's no bus to get on'

31 August 2022
'We paid £450 for a ticket but there's no bus to get on'

Changes to bus services have left children in a village with no means to get to school and parents say they have been ignored by Kent County Council.

Bikers making residents' lives 'miserable'

31 August 2022
Bikers making residents' lives 'miserable'

Residents are angry at off-road bikes tearing around a recreation field who are making their lives "miserable".

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'He was one of the nicest people ever'

30 August 2022
'He was one of the nicest people ever'

The man who provided the sound system for hundreds of community events has died.

Cold shower 'like a thousand electric shocks'

29 August 2022
Cold shower 'like a thousand electric shocks'

A woman with multiple sclerosis and contamination obsessive compulsive disorder has been left "in tears" as she waits for her boiler to be fixed.

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