Kent Messenger Maidstone - 2020-04-23

• Vehicle torched in ‘Covid hate crime’
• Maidstone nurse dies of killer virus
• Delay on lifesaving motorway tech
• Emily, 10, gets virtual party going
• Woman was hit with phone so hard it broke
• ‘Remarkable’ boy, four, helps save grandad’s life
• Virus costs may push councils to the brink
• Spare funeral limos now run free patient shuttles
• A message in a bottle spills its 40-year secret
• Legal review into retirement flats decision granted
• Rustbucket to £200k gem: a job wheel done
• Lockdown sees the number of noise complaints increase
• Parking concerns as pupil roll call is primed to swell
• School expansion support
• Appeal against exam grade estimates denied
• Early reopening rumours denied
• Parents are starting to receive school offers
• Open flats for prisoners’ transition, says report
• Don’t waste efforts to keep our countrysid­e clear of clutter
• Councils’ highest earners revealed in latest rich list
• BEST OF BRITISH AS COMMUNITIE­S REACT People across the county are continuing to step up and help each other through the virus crisis. Here’s a selection of heart-warming acts... MAN SWIMS CHILD’S MESSAGE THE CHANNEL
• LECTURERS LEND A HAND
• Plans for ‘mass’ testing site
• County breakdown for virus deaths
• Staff ‘petrified’ of exposure as colleagues fight for their lives
• ‘If we’re sending people into battle they have to have the right armour’
• MPs told end ‘shambolic’ lack of PPE
• Police issue more than 50 lockdown fines as crime falls
• Pubs to be ‘among the last’ to have restrictio­ns lifted
• Life in lockdown: What you can and can’t go out for...
• Councils are urged to ignore ban on beach dog walking
• BECOME PA
• Dickens had right idea over pandemic
• Celebrate brave workers and remember those who died
• Hoping for a better ‘normal’ after this Build a future for our trusted local news
• Firms facing an ‘economic shock’
• Gastropub proposal placed in peril
• Farmers’ markets go digital to survive
• Wages on Gills’ agenda
• Lee feeling the benefits of yoga during lockdown
• Bring on the Fury!
• Deal pro loses out in decider

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