A former Hilton hotel is set to be used as a temporary court after a council building was found to have crumbling concrete. Now opened as the Orida Hotel in Maidstone, part of the 146-room site will be used to home the Medway County and Family court. It was thought the Bearsted Road building may have been used as a Nightingale Court when the Maidstone Mercure Hotel near Hollingbourne shuts later this month. But the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has told KentOnline it will instead be used as a “temporary capacity court” Gun Wharf building in Chatham is closed due to reinforced autoclaved aerated co…
