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Police hunt two women after cash stolen from pensioner’s handbag as she paid for parking

Police are trying to trace two women after money was stolen from a pensioner while she paid for parking in Maidstone

Evening Standard

Spooky secret crypt and tunnels from 800 years ago found underneath vape shop

Vape shop worker Sam Jessop, 40, discovered the secret hidden world in Maidstone, Kent, when he went through a trapdoor into the basement to take a gas reading

Daily Mirror

Wimbledon star missed out on England debut when his passport was stuck in the post

Born in Maidstone to Moroccan parents, AFC Wimbledon's EFL Young Player of the Month says his dual nationality of Three Lions and Atlas Lions has been a "win-win" following the World Cup

Daily Mirror

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Nottingham Post

Lorry driver's left furious after Costa Coffee worker refuses Scottish banknote

Jonathan Owens accused the branch in Maidstone, Kent of 'ostracising an entire country' by refusing the banknote and described the attitude of staff at the outlet as 'racist'

Daily Mirror

Costa staff branded ‘racist’ after refusing to accept Scottish bank note from lorry driver

Jonathan Owens was left “extremely embarrassed” as he attempted to pay for two bottles of coke at a branch in Maidstone, Kent, on Thursday.

Daily Record

Worker smashes up hotel causing £100,000 damage to 'teach owners a lesson'

Edward Woods told the court he was angry about the way he was treated at work and "lost it" so smashed up the Larkfield Priory hotel in Maidstone, Kent, leaving the owners with a massive £94,000 repair bill

Daily Mirror

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Female prisoners being trained in sheep shearing to help land jobs when released

HMP East Sutton Park is set in 84 acres of countryside near Maidstone, Kent and is now offering training in sheep shearing to female lags to help them get jobs

Daily Mirror

Teenage girls go feral in McDonald's lobbing drink on pregnant woman and hitting staff

The screaming teenagers shouted at McDonald's staff in Maidstone, Kent, accused the team of pulling their hair and threw water over a pregnant woman and her toddler

Daily Mirror

Teen severely burned after being hit by 'exploding aerosol can' at Reading Festival

WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS. Leone Cook, from Maidstone, Kent, was left screaming in pain after what is thought to be an aerosol can exploded in front of the 18-year-old as Reading Festival descended into chaos with tents being set alight

Daily Mirror

Fraudsters stole £12,500 by fishing bank cards from letterboxes with fly swatters

Constantin Barbuc toured Maidstone’s “richest areas” targeting up to 10 victims in four months as he applied for cards in his victims' names then grabbed the cards using fly swappers covered in double-sided sticky tape

Daily Mirror

Two people in hospital after several boats ablaze in huge UK marina fire

A massive blaze broke out at the Hampstead Marina, near Maidstone, with two people rushed to hospital after multiple boats caught fire and several were completely gutted

Daily Mirror

Man hailed 'legend' for sitting on top of his car to block police speed check van

Motorist Dennis Richardson filmed the man casually sitting on the roof of a grey Nissan and waving at passing cars as he blocked the camera in Maidstone, Kent on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Son of British MP in Ukraine ‘filmed destroying Russian armoured vehicle’

Ben Grant is the son of of former minister Helen Grant, Conservative MP for Maidstone and The Weald

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‘How did I let her go there?’: mother laments daughter’s private hospital death

Caroline Sharp wonders why her daughter Emma Pring, who died at the Cygnet in Maidstone, couldn’t have been treated by the NHS

Daily Mirror

Autistic brothers strapped to chairs by school win £80,000 and given apology

Five Acre Wood, a special school in Maidstone, Kent, has admitted to breaking its own policies and government guidelines by repeatedly strapping two autistic twins, Samuel and Jacob Montague, into chairs to restrict their movement

The Guardian - UK

Death of sexual assault survivor in therapy preventable, inquest finds

Emma Pring, 29, who had PTSD and depression, killed herself after insufficient observation in Maidstone hospital, jury concludes

Evening Standard

CCTV images released after men injured in Maidstone brawl

Police have released four CCTV images of men they would like to speak to following a brawl in Kent.

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Woman allergic to her own sweat or tears is left in agony if she gets caught in the rain

Abbie Plummer, 19, from Maidstone in Kent, breaks out with hives whenever her skin touches water - so she has to avoid the liquid at all costs and limits showers to no longer than 10 minutes

Daily Mirror

Mum, 26, dies from breast cancer after lump was mistaken for blocked milk duct

Sophie Collins, from Maidstone in Kent, went to her GP after finding a lump on her breast - but her doctor sent her away, saying it must be a blocked milk duct related to her pregnancy

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