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Nurse 'stopped from voting at end of long shift' as Tories told to scrap photo ID rules

Voter ID rules introduced by the Tories meant thousands were turned away at polling stations. Officials in Maidstone in Kent said 137 people arrived without acceptable photo ID

Daily Mirror

Family living in hotel after housing association blame cats for leak that caused hole

Stacey Sell, 39, has been staying at a Premier Inn with her partner Mark Thwaites and her two children for two weeks since the leak caused their ceiling to collapse in Maidstone, Kent

Daily Mirror

SAS troops bawled out for wearing baseball caps, sporting beards and needing haircuts

Troops in Maidstone, Kent, were seen wearing a baseball caps with long hair and beards in a recently shared photo - a breach of the Army's strict dress code

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'Joke' town where locals say no-one can drive in or out - and it's 'absolute hell'

Motorists have spoken out about the traffic chaos in Maidstone, near the Lockmeadow area, with residents complaining they are unable to leave their homes due to the gridlocked roads

Daily Mirror

Mum 'unable to sleep' and at breaking point from seeing 10 mice a day in infested flat

Mum-of-two Cassie Locke, 31, from Maidstone, has told how she is at "breaking point" claiming to see up to ten mice a day in her home while having a phobia of the rodents

Daily Mirror

Blundering armed cops swarm town over 'gun' - but it was teenage girls having water fight

Police, including firearms officers, attended the scene on Week Street in Maidstone and seized two water pistols after they received reports of a person in possession of what looked like a handgun

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Notts County player ratings vs Maidstone as O'Brien hat-trick seals dramatic win

Notts County news from NottinghamshireLive as we rate the Magpies players following their 5-2 win over Maidstone

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Drivers' fury after cars are plastered with 'impossible to remove' leaflets

Furious motorists in Maidstone, Kent were forced to spend ages getting the adverts removed from their windscreens after the flyers to promote a local car wash business became stuck

Daily Mirror

Fury as police force classes rape and sexual assault as 'non-emergency' crimes

Kent Police were criticised after a poster went up at Maidstone police station listing rape and sexual assault as non-emergency crimes alongside anti-social behaviour

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Prime fans form queues outside Sainsbury's as it sells energy drink for the first time

Queues for the Prime energy drink were seen at stores in Maidstone, Birmingham and Torquay, and when the door opened, some shoppers ran to the shelves

Daily Mirror

Bogus policewoman jailed after threatening to arrest OAP if he didn't give up bank cards

Emma Fuggles, 45 and from Maidstone, and an accomplice pretended to be police and housings officers to scam elderly victims out of hundreds of pounds, and has been jailed for two years

Daily Mirror

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

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Meet the Notts window cleaner who cleans road signs for free in his spare time

He has become a popular local figure

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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 Record

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 Mirror

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

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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

The Independent UK

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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