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Chimney blaze prompts warning

29 November 2015
Chimney blaze prompts warning

Firefighters used a fog spike to extinguish flames in a house's chimney.

Fire scare at hospital

29 November 2015
Fire scare at hospital

Part of the Tunbridge Wells Hospital was evacuated last night.

Car crash man trapped

28 November 2015
Car crash man trapped

Firefighters had to cut a man from the wreckage of his car after a crash this morning.

Car plunges into tree

28 November 2015
Car plunges into tree

A man had to be cut free by firefighters after his vehicle hit a tree.

Elderly pedestrian killed in road crash named

28 November 2015
Elderly pedestrian killed in road crash named

Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in which a pedestrian was killed yesterday.

Protest to save care homes

19 November 2015
Protest to save care homes

Around 50 protesters gathered outside County Hall this morning in an attempt to persuade KCC to keep open four threatened care homes.

Tunbridge Wells decides to go it alone

19 November 2015
Tunbridge Wells decides to go it alone

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has decided it is well worth £150,000 to pull out of a joint planning service with Swale and Maidstone councils.

Best music museum in the country set to close

12 November 2015
Best music museum in the country set to close

The owners of the Finchcocks Music Museum in Goudhurst have decided to call it a day after more than 40 years.

War memorial given upgraded listing

11 November 2015
War memorial given upgraded listing

It's an honour to have a Lutyens memorial in the borough, said Maidstone Cllr David Pickett.

Harrietsham leads the way with transparency

10 November 2015
Harrietsham leads the way with transparency

Harrietsham Parish Council is set to become the first in Kent to video its meetings for the public.

Borough recalls its debt to the fallen

07 November 2015
Borough recalls its debt to the fallen

Remembrance services and parades will take place across the county tomorrow, find your local one here.

Landscape apparently of no local value

05 November 2015
Landscape apparently of no local value

A planning inspector has sanctioned more housing building on a greenfield site next to a conservation area.

Council figures were wrong

28 October 2015
Council figures were wrong

Maidstone council has admitted that figures presented to a committee examining the cost of the town's late night economy were wrong.

Appeal after brutal robbery

27 October 2015
Appeal after brutal robbery

This young man needed plates in his broken jaw after a brutal robbery which left him unconscious.

Park and Ride will close in the New Year

26 October 2015
Park and Ride will close in the New Year

Maidstone will be down to just two Park and Ride sites when the Sittingbourne Road service stops in February.

Walkers tour valley for Children In Need

26 October 2015
Walkers tour valley for Children In Need

The lure of sunshine, tea and cakes led to a good turn-out for a charity walk on Sunday.

Pizza chain's new base

25 October 2015
Pizza chain's new base

A 60-seat Domino's restaurant and takeaway could be created under plans submitted to councillors.

Concert sounds fanfare for music festival

20 October 2015
Concert sounds fanfare for music festival

Concert-goers were treated to a varied programme of music in a foretaste of this year's annual Maidstone Music Festival

Developer wins woodland homes appeal

20 October 2015
Developer wins woodland homes appeal

Croudace has won permission for 500 homes despite potential damage to an ancient woodland.

House builder tries again for farm

15 October 2015
House builder tries again for farm

Developers are consulting residents about a new housing proposal on agricultural land.

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