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Fraudwarning PEOPLE in Coxheath and Loose have been targeted by fraudsters asking for money to fix a computer. The victim is told to go to the post


office and put funds in a bank ac- count. A police spokesman said: “If you


are sceptical of a call, end the con- versation and do not give out your personal information. “Don’t trust a number the caller


gives you, lookupone that isknown to be accurate on an officialwebsite.” Call Action Fraud on 0300 123


2040 or report concerns online at www.actionfraud.police.uk/re- port_fraud, call Kent Police on 101 or Kent Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.


Cygnet injured AYOUNGswan is on the road to re- covery after becoming entangled on fishing line in Maidstone. The bird swallowed line and a


hook at Bartons Lake in Tovil which were removed in an operation. Swampy’s Wildlife Rescue service collected the cygnet which is recov- ering at a sanctuary in Surrey.


Pizza by canoe APIZZA chain is trying a novelway to deliver takeaways – by canoe. Domino’s in Loose is trying river


deliveries to ensure "that residents can order fresh pizza to their door".


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Gyratory work facing delays into New Year


WORK on the Maidstone bridges “gyratory” system will not be fin- ished on time. It is likely to be two months over


its scheduled completion date of mid-November. Business leaderswere told of the


latest development by Kent County Council’s project manager Russell Boorman who set a com- pletion date of January 17. But Mr Boorman assured a net- working meeting at the Gallagher Stadium earlier this month that there would be no disruption over the festive season. The main highways work will be completed on schedule, but ele- ments of the finishing touches will not.


Finishing retaining wall on the


corner of the junction of High Street and BishopsWay and laying new paving stones was hampered by difficulties sourcing suitable slabs from China. Mr Boorman said that despite


the order being placed with the Chinese source immediately the


lanes to allow drivers using the A229 towards Blue Bell Hill and Chatham to avoid the bridge sys- tem.


The plan is that congestion will


be eased in the town centre, with highways bosses hoping the new road layout will shave 74 seconds off journey times along the A20 Broadway and A229 BishopsWay. Highways bosses have done


The gyratory project has hit delays


contract was allocated, there had been delays in delivering the ship- ment. He added that the project had


overcome several other issues, in- cluding the need to move 24 un- derground optical fibre cables. The project will create two new


their best to minimise the disrup- tion caused by the works, which aim to take traffic away from the town centre, by putting lane clo- sure in place outside peak times. When peak time closures were required – particularly between October 3 and 5 – there had been advanced notice and publicity. However, therewas still significant disruption to journeys. The £5.74m project started in


June, amid concerns from busi- nesses that protracted works might cause difficulties for them. Mr Boorman said at the time that


the aim was for “business as usual in Maidstone”.


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