[ad_1] 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 postbox in Pilgrim’s Way,…
[ad_1] 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 Each plot consists of…
[ad_1] 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 footage, which was played…
[ad_1] 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 Creme Egg colours and…
[ad_1] 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 Roal Mail sorting centre…
[ad_1] A suspect has been named following reports of several post boxes being damaged. Danny Whiskin, of Chaucer Way, Dartford, will appear at Medway Magistrates’ Court on today (Monday) charged with criminal damage to 37 post boxes in the Temple Hill area. This post box in St Vincent’s Road has been painted to look like…
[ad_1] An abandoned site partly destroyed by fire is still set to be turned into homes after being snapped up by a council. Bosses at Ashford Borough Council have bought the crime-hit Kent Wool Growers plot in Tannery Lane for an undisclosed sum and say their scheme could include flats and houses. The fenced-off site…
[ad_1] A Kent town has been revealed as the most dangerous area in the country for dog attacks on postal workers. There were almost 2,000 incidents across the UK last year – five per day – with 65 posties in Tunbridge Wells being set upon by out of control pets between March 2022 and this…
[ad_1] Royal Mail issues have left people in a Kent town waiting more than two weeks to receive their post. A number of streets in Snodland, near Maidstone, are having to make do with their mail arriving on an almost fortnightly basis with some having to collect their post themselves from the nearby sorting office….
[ad_1] “Ambitious” plans have been put forward to build hundreds of homes and a leisure space on a former Royal Mail sorting office. Maidstone council has developed proposals to regenerate the 3.5-acre site as part of a £50million investment. The former Royal Mail sorting office in Sandling Road, Maidstone, is earmarked for 220 homes. Google…