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Maidstone Market to reopen next month

Maidstone Market to reopen next month

Local producers are being offered free pitches at a market which is set to reopen in a few weeks time.

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Kent Cricket back charity challenge

Kent Cricket back charity challenge

Bearsted Cricket Club smash their targets after members and friends walk, run and cycle in support of Brain Tumour Research.

Stones chief keen for Hakan to stay

Stones chief keen for Hakan to stay

Maidstone United co-owner Oliver Ash says that Hakan Hayrettin remains the man for them and names five players who are staying put.

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'To say I was disappointed would be an understatement'

'To say I was disappointed would be an understatement'

A grandmother has spoken out after revisiting a memorial created to mark the year 2000, featuring her two granddaughters' footprints.

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Two arrests after man hospitalised

Two arrests after man hospitalised

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of assault after another man was taken to hospital following an incident.

Popular shop owner dies from Covid-19

Popular shop owner dies from Covid-19

Fond memories have been shared of a "happy, hard-working" woman who ran a village shop alongside her husband.

Midnight garden outhouse fire drama

Midnight garden outhouse fire drama

A garden outhouse was well alight by the time firefighters arrived to tackle the blaze - believed to have been started accidentally.

'I'm disappointed to miss out on in-person lectures'

'I'm disappointed to miss out on in-person lectures'

A student says he found out his uni lectures will be held virtually after a student newspaper published 'a leaked email to senior tutors'.

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Why are aspiring fruit pickers being turned away?

Why are aspiring fruit pickers being turned away?

Thousands of people across the county have been applying for fruit picking and getting no response as farmers tackle the uncertainty of lockdown.

Police called to reports of unexploded wartime device

Police called to reports of unexploded wartime device

The bomb disposal unit was drafted in to assist police this afternoon following reports of an unexploded wartime device.

Plea for urgent help with asylum seekers as Kent services 'engulfed'

Plea for urgent help with asylum seekers as Kent services 'engulfed'

Kent County Council has written to the Home Secretary asking for "immediate help" as children's services "run out of road".

Not all superheroes wear capes, but these ones do

Not all superheroes wear capes, but these ones do

Community heroes have taken to the streets of Kent in fancy dress to put a smile of their neighbour's faces.

Pub chain gets set for reopening

Pub chain gets set for reopening

Plans are being put in place to welcome drinkers back to beer gardens with social distancing measures in operation.

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Man denies attempted murder

Man denies attempted murder

A man is set to stand trial after he denied attempting to murder a woman and making a threat to kill.

'My brother lives on through his baby girl'

'My brother lives on through his baby girl'

The family of a man murdered outside a nightclub after a MoStack gig, say his baby daughter, who he never got to meet, is just like him.

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Fruitless: 'My futile bid to become a strawberry picker'

Fruitless: 'My futile bid to become a strawberry picker'

The government says we need to 'pick for Britain', urging furloughed workers to give harvesting a try - but is it that easy to get a job on a farm?

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'I need to beat Captain Tom'

'I need to beat Captain Tom'

A young lad has raised £1,750 for the NHS after he ran 60 laps around his garden for 20 days.

'Everything I was feeling came out in notes'

'Everything I was feeling came out in notes'

A schoolgirl used her experience of losing a grandparent to write an emotive song which has now been listened to by thousands.

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Resident celebrates 100th birthday in lockdown

Resident celebrates 100th birthday in lockdown

A care home has helped a resident celebrate 100 trips around the sun with a Wimbledon themed party in lockdown.

Pair arrested on suspicion of arson

Pair arrested on suspicion of arson

Two suspects have been released on bail after two cars were torched in a residential road.

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