A family have hit out at Royal Mail after going four weeks without any post. Damien McArdle is yet to receive a single card for his birthday on October 13, but the delays have now gone from being irritating to potentially costly, as they are now affecting his work. Damien …
Read More »Frustrated dad pursued by bailiffs for £500 over £70 parking penalty he had ‘no knowledge of’ after family day out in Rochester
A furious dad says he was wrongly hounded by bailiffs out of hundreds of pounds over a parking fine he had no knowledge of. But after Wilson Chowdhry took the matter to court to prove that was the case and recover sums owed to him by Medway Council, who had …
Read More »Major plans to regenerate Royal Mail sorting office in Maidstone into 180 flats and dozens of shops approved
A town is to undergo a major regeneration project with the construction of 180 apartments, shops and a new public park. Plans for the redevelopment of the former Royal Mail Sorting office site near Maidstone East Station in the county town were finally approved nine years after the scheme was …
Read More »Opinion: Royal Mail is upping the price of first class stamps to £1.65
‘What’s a pen pal’ queried one of my offspring this week – peering over the top of a school book. Born into a world of email, text and other online messaging – the concept of writing regular letters to people you may have never have met was somewhat intriguing. Royal …
Read More »Plans for former Royal Mail sorting office in Sandling Road, Maidstone changed as demolition continues
Plans for flats on the site of a former sorting office which is being demolished have been changed after being criticised by councillors. Maidstone council owns the old Royal Mail buildings off Sandling Road after buying the 19,607 sq m plot for £2.5 million in 2022. The demolition is expected …
Read More »Royal Mail investigating after postboxes in Dartford repainted as chocolate wrappers
Postboxes have been vandalised again just six months after they were spray-painted to look like Mr Blobby and a Cadbury’s Creme Egg. The pillar boxes in Temple Hill, Dartford, have been given a fresh lick of paint — but it’s not the traditional Royal Mail red you might expect. A …
Read More »Inside Denton Caravan Site off Dering Way and Shamrock Road in Gravesend
To passers-by, the tucked-away land off Dering Way and Shamrock Road could be anything. But just down from a small industrial estate sits Denton Caravan site, run by Gravesham Borough Council and home to eight Roma and Traveller families. Denton Caravan site off Dering Way and Shamrock Road in Gravesend …
Read More »Banksy wannabe who targeted Dartford postboxes caught on camera
A video of a masked Banksy wannabe spraypainting a postbox gold has emerged. Danny Whiskin pleaded guilty to several criminal damage charges after he vandalised 38 postboxes across the Dartford area earlier this year. Danny Whiskin, 33, was recorded vandalising postboxes in Dartford earlier this year. Picture: CPS In the …
Read More »Banksy wannabe Danny Whiskin from Dartford painted almost 40 postboxes including in Cadbury Creme Egg and Mr Blobby colours spared jail
A Banksy wannabe who painted almost 40 postboxes in a range of different colours and patterns has narrowly avoided jail. Danny Whiskin, from Dartford, turned a total of 38 traditional red postboxes into various designs including one painted pink and yellow in tribute to Mr Blobby, another in the Cadbury’s …
Read More »Flats plan for Royal Mail sorting centre in Maidstone deferred over fears they would be ‘building slums’
A council has been sent to rework plans for its own development after councillors feared they would be “building a slum.” Maidstone Borough Council submitted plans in October for the redevelopment of the former Royal Mail sorting office on Sandling Road into three blocks of flats. CGIs of the former …
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