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Plans to build HMO flats with rooftop garden on land behind beauty salon

Plans to build HMO flats with rooftop garden on land behind beauty salon

Developers want to build a four-storey house in multiple occupation (HMO) on a piece of land in a town centre.

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Baa-rilliant! Shaun the Sheep trail launches

Baa-rilliant! Shaun the Sheep trail launches

More than 100 sculptures of an iconic character have appeared in a town centre as part of an interactive art trail.

Church to expand community services in vicarage used for refugees

Church to expand community services in vicarage used for refugees

A town centre church has won permission to create a new meeting room in the former vicarage which has been used to home Ukrainian refugees.

Former bank to get new life as a community centre

Former bank to get new life as a community centre

A former NatWest bank which has fallen victim to vandals can be turned into a religious-based community centre.

Title contender Noakes ‘giving something back’

Title contender Noakes ‘giving something back’

Maidstone boxer Sean Noakes has secured a shot at the English welterweight title in just his eighth fight.

Mother and three children evacuated after flat fire

Mother and three children evacuated after flat fire

A mother and three children had to be evacuated after a small fire broke out in a flat.

‘I’ve closed my backyard badger bistro but now I’m pals with a fox’

‘I’ve closed my backyard badger bistro but now I’m pals with a fox’

A man who waited on badgers, foxes and neighbourhood cats by opening a backyard restaurant during the pandemic says he’s had to scale things back.

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‘Our village’s services are broken – we cannot take another development’

‘Our village’s services are broken – we cannot take another development’

Plans for a new care home, retirement home, hospice and unit for autistic adults will be built in a village despite overwhelming objections.

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Car meets: Kent’s underground drag racing hotspots fueling safety concerns

Car meets: Kent’s underground drag racing hotspots fueling safety concerns

Nuisance drivers in souped-up cars from outside Kent regularly descend on the county for illegal drag racing.

Police raid suspected brothel in town centre

Police raid suspected brothel in town centre

Officers descended on a town centre property as part of a prostitution investigation.

Dynamite in town for double header

Dynamite in town for double header

The growing sport of wheelchair rugby league comes to Maidstone this weekend.

Suspected drug dealers arrested after being spotted in town centre underpass

Suspected drug dealers arrested after being spotted in town centre underpass

A drugs haul including 84 bags of cocaine and 29 bags of cannabis was found following two arrests.

Stones land midfielder

Stones land midfielder

Maidstone have signed midfielder Arjanit Krasniqi from last season’s play-off rivals Aveley.

Luck of the Irish for Sam

Luck of the Irish for Sam

Sam Bone can hardly believe his luck as he prepares to return to Ireland.

Second sewage leak in park in a week

Second sewage leak in park in a week

An overflowing manhole has been seen leaking waste in a park again, just days after being fixed.

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Huge water leak floods residential road after main bursts

Huge water leak floods residential road after main bursts

A number of homes were left with low water pressure after a huge leak in a residential road.

New courts get the VIP treatment

New courts get the VIP treatment

There was a Wimbledon flavour to Marden Sports Club’s padel courts opening.

‘Our sons still have their dad because of the life-saving actions of a stranger’

‘Our sons still have their dad because of the life-saving actions of a stranger’

A dad who had a heart attack at the wheel says his sons would have been left without a dad if it wasn’t for the fast actions of a kind samaritan.

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Drivers face heavy delays in sweltering heat after multi-vehicle smash on motorway

Drivers face heavy delays in sweltering heat after multi-vehicle smash on motorway

Drivers are expected to face long delays in sweltering heat after a multi-vehicle smash on a motorway in rush hour traffic

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