Maidstone News
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Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Thursday, 10 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Thursday, 10 September 2026 6 stories · 3-minute read 1967: Gibraltar’s people voted overwhelmingly to remain a…
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Business & Economy Otham salon in a pod on a smallholding placed second in the UK for best home salon
Karis Petersen runs Karistyle single-handed among the sheep and chickens near Maidstone. Next month she is a finalist in three categories…
10 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone council leader speaks out after government halts reorganisation plans
Maidstone Borough Council leader Stuart Jeffery has responded publicly to the government’s decision to pause its national Local Government…
9 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone cabinet rejects catapult PSPO and commits £1.7m to replace Vinters Park cremators
Maidstone Borough Council’s cabinet met on 22 July 2026 and decided against introducing a Public Space Protection Order for catapult…
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Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Wednesday, 9 September 2026 10 stories · 3-minute read 2015: Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch in…
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Kent Football Maidstone United 1-0 Tonbridge Angels: National League – South match report
Maidstone United won 1-0 away to Tonbridge Angels in the National League – South.
8 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone Council sets out what happens to land submitted through Call for Sites
Maidstone Borough Council has clarified that land submitted through its Call for Sites process is assessed as planning evidence only — not…
8 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Gravesend drug dealer jailed for three years and four months after cocaine find and fake ID
Vilson Rexhep, 29, was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on 26 August 2026 after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of class…
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Crime & Justice Man dies after stabbing at Maidstone home as two arrested
Kent Police have launched a murder investigation after a man in his 40s died at a property in Knightrider Street, Maidstone, on the evening…
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Daily Briefing Kent Morning Briefing — Tuesday, 8 September 2026
Kent Morning Briefing Tuesday, 8 September 2026 6 stories · 3-minute read 2022: Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle after a 70-year…
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Council Updates Maidstone Council asks residents and landowners to put forward sites for its new borough plan
Maidstone Borough Council has opened a formal process asking anyone with an interest in land across the borough to suggest sites for…
7 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone residents asked to have their say on future of Lockmeadow market and riverside site
Maidstone Borough Council is consulting residents on how Lockmeadow — the riverside entertainment, market and community site on Barker Road…
7 September 2026