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Fountain-like leak appears outside vets

Fountain-like leak appears outside vets

Pictures have emerged of a large water leak flowing down a road currently closed for gas works.

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Robot invading football pitches raises a question

Robot invading football pitches raises a question

A council has been forced to defend its use of a £13k robot deployed to give people a helping hand on the football field.

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Kent’s top sports stars past and present

Kent’s top sports stars past and present

As rugby’s Alex Mitchell faces one of the biggest games of his life this weekend, we look back on other Kent sports stars to have risen to the top.

Firearm and knuckleduster among weapons seized in drug gang crackdown

Firearm and knuckleduster among weapons seized in drug gang crackdown

More than 30 people have been arrested following raids by police targeting county lines drugs gangs.

Football fixtures and results

Football fixtures and results

Catch up with all the week’s football fixtures and results.

Sole back in business for Stones

Sole back in business for Stones

Fit-again Liam Sole believes Maidstone are benefiting from the versatility in their ranks.

More traffic cameras? ‘Yes please!’ say councillors

More traffic cameras? ‘Yes please!’ say councillors

There are calls for more ANPR cameras to be rolled out in a town, after plans were revealed to monitor its bus-only streets for the first time.

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Boost for £50m plan to regenerate ex-Royal Mail site

Boost for £50m plan to regenerate ex-Royal Mail site

Plans to replace a derelict sorting office with new homes have been given a cash injection from the government.

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X Factor winner lends helping hand to school

X Factor winner lends helping hand to school

Merchandise signed by one of the winners of The X Factor is one of the prizes up for grabs at a school’s Christmas raffle.

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Hunt to find new tenant for ‘iconic’ town palace

Hunt to find new tenant for ‘iconic’ town palace

Bids are being invited to take over the running of a town’s ‘most iconic building’ with a hotel, wine bar, or a nursery put forward as potential uses.

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‘It’s in their DNA to want to do well’

‘It’s in their DNA to want to do well’

Confidence is flowing through the Maidstone United squad after extending their winning run.

Delays on M20 after crash

Delays on M20 after crash

There were long delays on a section of the M20 after a crash on the coastbound carriageway.

Queen's Gurkha Engineers celebrate 75 years

Queen's Gurkha Engineers celebrate 75 years

Veterans and their families gathered in a garrison town for cake and knife fighting to mark the 75th anniversary of the Queen's Gurkha Engineers.

New nursery opens inside £1.6m community centre

New nursery opens inside £1.6m community centre

A new early years provider has officially opened inside a new multi-purpose community centre built to replace an old church hall.

‘A game played in good spirit’

‘A game played in good spirit’

George Elokobi saw lots of respect between Maidstone and Gillingham in the Kent Senior Cup on Tuesday night.

Mystery catapulters targeting village homes and buses

Mystery catapulters targeting village homes and buses

A woman says she no longer feels safe in her village after her window was hit with a catapult just days before a bus was also targeted.

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Report: Stones beat the Gills again

Report: Stones beat the Gills again

Maidstone have knocked old rivals Gillingham out of the Kent Senior Cup for the third time in five years.

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MPs join forces to oppose quarry expansion

MPs join forces to oppose quarry expansion

Two MPs have teamed up in opposition to plans to extend a ragstone quarry into an area of ancient woodland.

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Busy route to shut for resurfacing

Busy route to shut for resurfacing

A key route linking two towns is being closed overnight for carriageway repairs.

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Suspect charged after woman stabbed multiple times

Suspect charged after woman stabbed multiple times

A 40-year-old woman has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent after an incident in the town centre.

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