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Maidstone to Monaco rally raises £18,000

07 July 2014
Maidstone to Monaco rally raises £18,000

Parenta Trust's second Maidstone to Monaco rally saw 14 teams battle it out across seven countries, raising £18,000 in the process.

Radio link to CCTV fails five times a day

04 July 2014
Radio link to CCTV fails five times a day

The connection between security radios in Maidstone and the Medway control centre cuts out up to five times a day for periods of five to ten minutes.

Hopes for ladies go down the drain

03 July 2014
Hopes for ladies go down the drain

Proposed women's public toilets scrapped after Maidstone Borough Council announces there is not a great enough need to justify the high cost.

Train delays between Tonbridge and Strood

03 July 2014
Train delays between Tonbridge and Strood

Signalling problems at Wateringbury and Maidstone West have lead to delays of 30 minutes between Tonbridge and Strood.

Swan's life saved by diving firefighter

01 July 2014
Swan's life saved by diving firefighter

A baby swan is recovering well after a brutal dog attack in a Tonbridge park prompted a firefighter to dive off a boat to its rescue.

UKIP at war with foreign plant

27 June 2014
UKIP at war with foreign plant

A UKIP councillor has gone to war with Giant hogweed, an invasive foreign species which has erupted in the area due to warm temperatures.

Maidstone charity opens its first pre-school in Uganda

20 June 2014
Maidstone charity opens its first pre-school in Uganda

Maidstone-based charity, Parenta, has opened its first pre-school in east Africa after the massively successful Maidstone to Monaco rally.

School liaison police officers to be scrapped

12 June 2014
School liaison police officers to be scrapped

A dozen school liaison police officers are to be replaced by PCSOs in the latest round of cuts.

Thieves target cash machines

12 June 2014
Thieves target cash machines

Cash grab devices have been fitted to ATMs in Borough Green

Interview with Britain's Got Talent finalist Lily Vincent-Frankland

11 June 2014
Interview with Britain's Got Talent finalist Lily Vincent-Frankland

The Kent Messenger interviews Maidstone's Lily Vincent-Frankland about her time on Britain's Got Talent with The Addict Initiative.

Death-defying tree surgeon's charity sky-dive

11 June 2014
Death-defying tree surgeon's charity sky-dive

A tree surgeon who survived a 40-foot fall from a cherry picker has thrown himself out of a plane in a charity sky-dive for the Air Ambulance.

Truck becomes wedged in cul-de-sac

05 June 2014
Truck becomes wedged in cul-de-sac

A flatbed truck was stuck for two hours in a cul-de-sac after attempting to navigate a tiny turning circle

Revealed: Kent's most adulterous town

07 April 2014
Revealed: Kent's most adulterous town

Kent's most promiscuous town has been revealed by research on the areas where the highest percentage of people cheat on their partners.

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