Local News
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Economy Biddenden playground maker Everyday Play marks 10 years since starting in a garden office
Founded in Maidstone in 2016 as L&L Creative Spaces, the Biddenden company now designs, builds and installs play spaces for schools, SEN…
29 September 2026 -
Economy The Pig buys the Tunbridge Wells Hotel on the Pantiles
The 20-bedroom Grade II listed hotel, run for the past 13 years by Julian Leefe-Griffiths, is to be refurbished by its new owner, four…
29 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone council’s external auditor finds no significant weaknesses but flags homelessness finance controls
Grant Thornton’s annual report on Maidstone Borough Council’s use of resources for 2025-26 found no significant weaknesses but made one…
29 September 2026 -
Council Updates External auditors make three improvement recommendations to Tonbridge & Malling but find no significant weaknesses
Grant Thornton’s annual audit report for 2025/26, considered by Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council’s Audit Committee on 28 September 2026…
29 September 2026 -
Council Updates Tonbridge & Malling’s local plan remains sole ‘red’ risk after government intervention overrides council vote
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council’s Audit Committee considered a risk register update on 28 September 2026 showing that failure to adopt…
29 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone’s three town-centre pocket parks open after a summer of roadworks
Three pocket parks in St Faith’s Street, Brewer Street and Union Street have been completed, two months after the road closures that built…
26 September 2026 -
Council Updates Dartford cabinet asked to back public survey on town centre masterplan
Dartford Borough Council’s cabinet considered proposals to launch an online public survey on the future of the town centre, with the…
26 September 2026 -
Council Updates Dartford cabinet asked to approve £85-an-hour fees for work on major infrastructure schemes
Dartford Borough Council’s cabinet considered proposals to introduce cost-recovery fees of £85 an hour for council services provided in…
26 September 2026 -
Council Updates Dover repaid £770,000 to government over Right to Buy receipts error, then found it was not owed
Dover District Council paid £505,000 plus £265,000 interest to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in August 2026…
26 September 2026 -
Investigations Have Britons given up on voting? A century of turnout, and what the people who stay at home say
In 1950, 84 in every 100 registered voters cast a ballot. In July 2024 it was fewer than 60, and in Sittingbourne and Sheppey barely half…
26 September 2026 -
Local News Medway Council sets out health and wellbeing support through A Better Medway
Medway Council’s A Better Medway service brings together NHS health checks, stop-smoking support, walking, cycling and a free 12-week…
25 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone council bulletin covers quarry concerns, pocket parks and pothole trial
Maidstone Borough Council’s fortnightly update, issued on 25 September 2026, covers everything from a sustainable pothole-repair trial to…
25 September 2026