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Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be cosmopolitan sharers or students living in flats.

University towns such as Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh are the main geographical locations for these types, which are also found in places such as Brighton, Plymouth and Dundee.

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Schools

Find out the performance data, locations and contact details of your local schools. All the vital information you need to help make educational decisions for your children.
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Crime

The Kent Police force is responsible for policing the Maidstone Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in Maidstone council is £1,398.00, compared to an average in England of £1,278.93.
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Local news

Delay on condemned Briton appeal

28/11/2009 14:40:14

A Margate man sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo must wait longer to hear if his appeal is successful.
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Police wait to question shot man

28/11/2009 16:53:44

A post-mortem examination is carried out on a woman found dead at a bedsit in Kent after a man was shot by police.
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Airport cuts back expansion plans

28/11/2009 16:29:27

A Kent airport cuts back its 25-year expansion plan because of the effects of the recession on aviation.
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Students flee from kitchen fire

28/11/2009 11:37:14

Firefighters battle their way into smoke-logged student accommodation after a fire breaks out in a kitchen.
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Pair jailed for kebab shop murder

27/11/2009 15:12:06

Two men are jailed for life for the murder of a 21-year-old student who they kicked and punched outside a kebab shop in Ashford.
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Kidnap couple's yacht back in UK

27/11/2009 18:02:56

A yacht belonging to a British couple kidnapped by pirates is returned to the UK on the Navy ship that witnessed their ordeal.
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Sheep wheeled into Asda shop

27/11/2009 18:48:35

The RSPCA hits out at pranksters who put a live sheep in a shopping trolley and wheeled it into a London supermarket.
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Girl leaves hospital after attack

27/11/2009 17:22:29

A 14-year-old girl who suffered a wound to her lower back in an assault in a Kent town leaves hospital.
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Climate camp policing criticised

27/11/2009 12:59:21

Criticisms of police at the Kingsnorth Climate Camp include findings that 6,000 stop and search forms were indecipherable.
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Tell us a story

03/07/2003 11:29:31

Contact the South East BBC News Interactive team
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More news sites

18/10/2004 17:00:09

Links to other local news internet sites in Kent
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Record deal for CJ

25/11/2009 15:36:44

A record producer spots a 14-year-old on YouTube
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Railway Stations

Maidstone West (0.53 miles away), South Eastern Trains

Maidstone Barracks (0.72 miles away), South Eastern Trains

Maidstone East (0.88 miles away), South Eastern Trains

East Farleigh (1.00 miles away), South Eastern Trains

Barming (1.58 miles away), South Eastern Trains

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