Maidstone News
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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 -
Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Friday, 25 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Friday, 25 September 2026 10 stories · 3-minute read 1944: Surviving British 1st Airborne Division troops withdrew…
25 September 2026 - Council Updates
Maidstone council tests pothole repairs made from old clothes at Mote Park and Penenden Heath
Maidstone Borough Council is trialling a pothole repair material made partly from recycled textile waste at two of its parks, in a pilot…
24 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone Family Hub shake-up goes to public consultation
Kent County Council is asking residents to have their say on plans to close the InfoZone hub on Palace Avenue, expand Parkwood into the…
24 September 2026 -
Kent Football Preview: Maidstone Utd vs Truro City — National League – South, National League South – 10
Maidstone United host Truro City on Saturday 26 September. Form, H2H, prediction.
24 September 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Weekend Briefing — Sunday, 20 September 2026
Kent Weekend Briefing Sunday, 20 September 2026 14 stories · 5-minute read 1988: Margaret Thatcher delivered her landmark Bruges speech…
20 September 2026 - Crime & Justice
Maidstone man jailed for dealing cocaine and cannabis — and taking Pokémon cards as payment
Jack Young-Larter, 26, of London Road, Maidstone, was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months at Maidstone Crown Court after pleading guilty to…
19 September 2026 -
Kent Football Maidstone United 1-1 Cray Wanderers: FA Cup match report
Maidstone United drew 1-1 away to Cray Wanderers in the FA Cup.
19 September 2026 -
Health Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells surgeons pass 1,000 robot-assisted operations in under two years
MTW says its surgical team reached full robot-assisted theatre schedules faster than any other hospital in the UK and Ireland in seven…
19 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone cabinet declines scrutiny recommendations and approves Lockmeadow improvements
Cabinet noted but did not agree the scrutiny committee’s call to keep the Tuesday and Saturday market trading separately from the market…
19 September 2026 -
Council Updates Appeal dismissed for 87-apartment conversion of Maidstone office block over fire safety and amenity failings
A planning inspector rejected proposals to convert Medvale House on Mote Road, Maidstone into 87 apartments, citing inadequate outdoor…
19 September 2026 -
Daily Briefing Kent Weekend Briefing — Saturday, 19 September 2026
Kent Weekend Briefing Saturday, 19 September 2026 10 stories · 4-minute read 2022: The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II was held at…
19 September 2026