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Walking thewar WALK back in time and celebrate the part Maidstone people played duringWordWar One. That is the invitation for active
fans of history taking on two com- memorative walks in town track- ing the lives of everyday people in the GreatWar. Starting at the Kent History and
Library Centre in JamesWhatman Way, download your map at www. k e n tww1 . c om/ 1 0 0 - miles/maidstone-trail/
Cricketing wait COUNTY cricket is unlikely to re- turn toMote Park any time soon. Kent last played a competitive
match in the county town in 2005, when a poor pitch meant a points deduction for the county side. A county spokesman said: “We
offered a 2nd XI match to Maid- stone last year and they felt the groundwas not ready.”
Suffrage chat FIND out how the campaign for women’s suffrage was fought in Kent with an illustrated talk at Maidstone Museum on Saturday, March 3. The talk starts at 11am. Tickets
are £5.
Mondeomanrampage onM20 ends inprison
AMANwho stole a car inHolling- bourne, stole petrol inMaidstone and then drove dangerously along the M20 has been jailed for 14 months. MichaelWard, who is fromTem-
plar Drive, Thamesmead, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, taking a carwithout consent, drivingwhile banned and making off without payment in the incidents on De- cember 18, 2017. Ward stole the car, right, fromEy-
horne Street in Hollingbourne at around 1pm, taking the opportunity to take the FordMondeowhichwas parkedwith the keys in the ignition while its ownerwas distracted. The 35-year-old then drove to a
petrol station on Ashford Road, Maidstone, and attempted to pay for £20 of fuelwith a bank card that was declined, before telling the cashier he would get another card from the car, but instead drove awaywithout paying. The car was then spotted by offi- cers on the London-bound carriage-
way of theM20 and they used their blue lights and sirens to tell him to stop, butWard refused to pull over and moved to the hard shoulder, travelling at speeds of up to 80mph. Thevehicle thenleft themotorway
at junction 4 and headed towards Kings Hill, and then turned against the flowof traffic at a roundabout, at which point therewas a collision be- tweenthepolice car andtheMondeo as officers attempted to stop the ve- hicle to protect other road users. TheMondeo then turned back to-
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wards the M20, leaving the police patrol unable to continue, but a member of the public gave one of the police officers a lift to the mo- torway, where Ward had stopped the car at the bottom of the slip road and was walking towards the officer. He was subsequently arrested on
suspicion of theft and failing to stop. PC William Purse said: “Ward is
anopportunist criminalwhodidnot hesitate to steal the vehicle and then risk the safety of other road users.”
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