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Trio arrested and released


TWO men and a woman arrested on suspicion ofmurder afterman’s body was found at a flat in Barm- ing have been released pending further investigations. The dead man, in his 40s, was


found at around 10.30pm on No- vember 21 at Eastfield House in Woodford Road. Ambulance, police and forensics


teamswere sent to the address. It is not yet known how the man


died, despite an initial post- mortem having taken place and toxicology results requested. The Independent Police Com-


plaints Commission was also in- formed after Kent Police revealed the victimhad been in contactwith the force before his death. Kent Police said it was standard


procedure to contact the IPCC in these cases. Two men were arrested the fol-


lowing and the woman was re- leased later.


Festive notes


THEMaidstoneWind Symphony’s ‘Family Festive Spectacular’will be held in Mote Hall at the town’s leisure centre at 3.30pmonDecem- ber 17. For more details visit www. maidstonewindsymphony.org.


NewM20 junction ‘to boost local economy’


AMAJOR £104m project to create a new motorway junction on the M20 designed to boost economic growth has been granted develop- ment consent by transport secre- tary ChrisGrayling. Junction 10a at Ashford aims to


improve journeys “by relieving pressure on the existing Junction 10 and helping boost growth and jobs in the area”, according toHighways England. Mr Grayling announced the deci-


sion in a letter to the Planning In- spectorate,who reviewed the plans lastwinter andwork is scheduled to begin early next year. ChrisWelby-Everard, regionalde-


livery director for Highways Eng- land in the South East said: “This major newmotorway junction is the


biggest boost for Ashford since the arrival of international rail services nearly 20 years ago. “Junction 10awill unlock job-cre-


ating developments in the local area and will take pressure off the exist- ing J10. It will bring jobs, better in- frastructure for local services and help maintain the quality of life in and aroundAshford. “Without J10a in place, future


economic growth would have been constrained. (The) news will bring real confidence thatwewill have the road capacity needed to enable a major programme of economic and commercialdevelopment andhouse building. “I amgrateful to all the local au-


thorities and stakeholders in the area who have worked with us to


gain this planning consent, includ- ing the 900 local people who took part in our consultation last year. “Wewill continue towork closely


with our partners going forward, es- pecially people with homes and businesses nearest to the proposed newjunction.” The new junction is part of the


Government’s record £15bn invest- ment inmajor roads. J10awill be constructed about half


a mile south of the existing J10. It will use two bridges and connect to the existingA20 and a newdual car- riageway link road built to the A2070 near Sevington. Work on the improvements will


begin early next year and the new junction is expected to open to traf- fic in 2019.


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