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Who Gets to Decide How £20m Is Spent in Park Wood, Senacre, Shepway and Mangravet?
Maidstone Borough Council has appointed the 13-strong Neighbourhood Board that will steer how up to £20 million of Government funding is spent in Park Wood, Senacre, Shepway and Mangravet over the next decade, under the Pride in Place programme.
Four Teenagers Arrested Over Moped Thefts at Fremlin Walk
Four teenage boys, aged 15 to 17 and from Maidstone, Rochester and Sheerness, have been arrested and bailed after two mopeds were allegedly wheeled away from Fremlin Walk car park in the early hours of Wednesday 23 September; the mopeds and a suspected stolen e-bike have since been recovered.
Maidstone Councillors Refuse Alcohol Licence for Week Street Shop After Failed Age-Check Tests
Maidstone's licensing sub-committee has refused a premises licence to sell alcohol at Homeland on Week Street, after Trading Standards told the hearing the shop had failed two underage-sale test purchases this year. The applicant did not attend.
Temporary Accommodation Down 21% as Maidstone Council Marks First Year of Its 10-Year Strategy
Maidstone Borough Council's first annual review of its 2025-2035 Corporate Strategy reports 167 new affordable homes, a 21% fall in households in temporary accommodation, and a UK-first Citizens' Deliberation on Violence Against Women and Girls backed by £250,000.
Large Numbers of False Chinch Bugs Reported in Fant, Maidstone
Maidstone Borough Council has issued advice after residents in Fant, including Chamberlain Avenue, Pitt Road and Shelley Road, reported large numbers of false chinch bugs around their properties - the insects are a nuisance but don't bite, spread disease or damage buildings.
Maidstone Renews Town Centre and Dog Control Rules for Another Three Years
Maidstone Borough Council has renewed two Public Spaces Protection Orders for a further three years from 29 September - one covering dog control across the borough, the other covering begging and street drinking in the town centre, the latter backed by 93.1% public support in consultation.
Maidstone's Three New Pocket Parks Are Now Open
The three new pocket parks on St Faith's Street, Brewer Street and Union Street in Maidstone town centre - trees, planting and sustainable rain gardens replacing hard paving - are now complete and open, Maidstone Borough Council confirmed on 22 September.
West Kent's Hospital Trust Beats National Average on Waiting Lists, But A&E Still Under Pressure
NHS England's official statistics show Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust outperforming the national average and its Kent neighbours on planned treatment waiting times, with long waits nearly eliminated - but the trust's A&E departments still recorded 272 patients waiting over 12 hours to be admitted in a single month.
Maidstone Dealer Jailed After Trading Drugs for Pokémon Cards
A 26-year-old Maidstone cocaine and cannabis dealer who let some customers settle their debts with collectible Pokémon cards instead of cash has been jailed for three years and four months, with his card collection now seized for good under a Deprivation Order.