* We’ve got an eight page special on school nativities.
* The move of Maidstone’s CCTV operation to Medway could be a step closer as Maidstone council cabinet member John A Wilson considers a report recommending it be approved, subject to consultation with police and other interested parties.
* Oak Trees Community School in Maidstone is one of the most improved schools in the country, according to SATs results, out this week.
* The family of crash victim Felicity Austin, who died after her car was in collision with an unmarked police car on the A21 last May, have said they are devastated after the officer involved in the incident was cleared of any wrong doing.
* Pervert Mark Furness, from Beaver Road, Allington, who built up a library of sickening images of child abuse has been jailed for three years three months.
Three members of the same Treeby family _ Billy Jnr, George and Charity - start prison terms for the murder of father-of-five Jack Treeby in Quarry Road, Maidstone, last December.
The show goes on for stars of the panto Beauty and the Beast at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone, despite a burst water pipe during a show.
There are tough times ahead, say council bosses, who have started grappling with the spending cuts over the next two years across Maidstone, Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells boroughs.
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