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For sale: Coffin (one previous owner)

For sale: Coffin (one previous owner)

A coffin with just one previous owner has been listed in the classified ads - after the seller was banned from flogging it at a boot fair.

Tradesman convicted for stealing from elderly siblings

Tradesman convicted for stealing from elderly siblings

A tradesman who left an elderly brother and sister without heating for four months has been convicted.

Primary school league tables revealed

Primary school league tables revealed

Most schools in Maidstone are performing well above expectations. Find out how they fared here.

Council kicks out cabinet system

Council kicks out cabinet system

Maidstone councillors have voted to abandon their 13-year experiment with cabinet government on the grounds that it is undemocratic.

Car crashes into packed Wetherspoon's pub

Car crashes into packed Wetherspoon's pub

A driver has smashed into a glass-fronted town centre Wetherspoon's pub.

‘I thought it was flu but then I was paralysed’

‘I thought it was flu but then I was paralysed’

Neil Durrant was leading a normal life when he was diagnosed with a rare condition which left him paralysed from the neck down.

Man cut out of car after crash

Man cut out of car after crash

A car crashed into the central reservation of the A249 this morning.

Michael Payne died of natural causes

Michael Payne died of natural causes

Michael Payne, the father of Sarah Payne who was murdered 14 years ago, died of natural causes and an inquest will not take place.

Prolific shoplifter jailed for DVD haul

Prolific shoplifter jailed for DVD haul

Shoplifter took haul of more than £1,600 worth of DVDs from one shop in Maidstone on one day.

Suspect illegal immigrants found in lorry

Suspect illegal immigrants found in lorry

Five men who are believed to be illegal immigrants have been detained after being found in a lorry this morning.

Gay couple's landmark wedding

Gay couple's landmark wedding

A gay couple have become the first in the county to convert their civil partnership to a marriage, after a new law was passed.

M20 lane closed after crash

M20 lane closed after crash

An accident between a car and a lorry closed part of the motorway carriageway.

Road closed after crash between a car and a lorry

Road closed after crash between a car and a lorry

A man had to be cut free from his car after a crash with a lorry on the Sutton Road, Maidstone.

Collins now a nine-time winner

Collins now a nine-time winner

Tom Collins raced to his ninth victory in Maidstone Harriers’ Turkey Run on Sunday.

Family led to safety in electric fire

Family led to safety in electric fire

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus led two children and two adults to safety after an electrical fire smokelogged their home.

Benefit fraudster punished

Benefit fraudster punished

A benefit fraudster has been ordered to pay back close to £3,000 to Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council.

Delivery man forced from car in attempted robbery

Delivery man forced from car in attempted robbery

A delivery man was forced from his car in broad daylight during a brazen attempted robbery.

Lane closed for gas repairs

Lane closed for gas repairs

Part of a Maidstone road has been closed for emergency gas works.

Wings pick up away win

Wings pick up away win

Welling moved nine points clear of the relegation zone in the Vanarama Conference on Tuesday night.

Arrests made during predictive policing focus

Arrests made during predictive policing focus

A number of people have been arrested across the county during a focus on a new type of policing which calculates where crime is likely to take place.

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