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Roads closures for civic parade


MOTORISTS will be delayed by the closure of more than a dozen streets in Maidstone for the tradi- tional Civic and Freedom Parade. The borough council has apolo-


gised ahead of the parade and civic service for any inconvenience caused by the road closures, which take place from from 10.30am to 12.30pm, on Saturday, May 20. The historic parade, where some


will march with fixed bayonets, starts in Maidstone town centre at 11.15am, with the Civic Service at All Saints’ Church at noon. Rolling road closures will be used where possible, affecting:  Sandling Road at its junction with the White Rabbit roundabout  Station Road  St Faith’s Street Week Street  High Street  King Street Wyke Manor Road junction with  King Street  Bank Street  Pudding Lane junction with High Street  Lower High Street junction with High Street


 Mill Street  BishopsWay  Knightrider Street  College Road  Old College Horseway road closed from 6am to 1pm  Jubilee Square and Bank Street closed 9am to 5pm The Mill Street car park will also


be closed until 1 pm. The parade will be led by the


Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas and will incorporate the inaugura- tion of the new Mayor of Maid- stone, Cllr Malcolm Greer, who will later ride through the town in a horse drawn carriage. Union Jack flags are to be handed out. A spokesman for Maidstone Council said: “Roads will only be closed to allow the formation and safe passage of the parade, not for the full length of time; because of security implications, parking re- strictions along the route will be tightly enforced. “Residents, visitors and mo-


torists passing through the town centre will be delayed on the morn- ing and the Council apologises for any inconvenience caused.”


News Decades of loyal service


TWOof Downs Mail’s sales team have been celebrating two decades with the business – in the same year the newspaper turned 20 years old. Jo-Anne Brown


and Natasha Bastone both joined Mail Publications Ltd in 2007. To mark their


achievement, company Chairman Claire Procter presented the pair with a bunch of flowers and engraved pens. Jo and Natasha are pictured here on Bearsted Green, just a stone’s throw fromthe Mail Publications Ltd offices.


Aled is back at Leeds Castle


ALED Jones has been lined up to host the Leeds Castle Classical Concert this summer. It is the second year running that he will be presenting the event, this year on Saturday, July 8. Event director Richard Millward said: “He will be acting more as


the event host this year, interacting with the performers on stage and with the audience.” Aled swept to fame in the 80s as one of the world's most success-


ful boy sopranos and for the Christmas hitWalking In TheAir from the cartoon The Snowman. The concert line-up includes Royal Philharmonic Orchestra con- ducted by John Rigby, singing sensations the Patriot Girls, soprano Katie Bird and tenor Anthony Flaum.


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