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00:00, 11 July 2013

updated: 09:45, 11 July 2013

Kentish Gazette
Kentish Gazette

Our exclusive story about a satellite grammar school and what it means to Canterbury takes the lead in the Kentish Gazette this week, with the idea backed by the council's chief executive.

Inside we reveal if councillors decided to give the go-ahead for a lap dancing club in Canterbury, why a school in the city is being forced to shed staff and bring you the latest from court, where a nurse is accused of a sex attack on a 70-year-old woman with MS.

We also explain why the east Kent health trust was forced into a public apology, tell the story of a teacher who lost her baby and reveal details of plans for Kent's biggest solar panel farm.

For parents looking for ways to keep their young ones entertianed this summer, there's also a bumper Fun Club pull-out and family tickets to Thorpe Park to be won.

Whitstable Gazette
Whitstable Gazette

In the Whitstable Gazette our front page story tells the sad tale of Little Rascals pre-school, which has been forced to close.

Inside we reveal the effect Andy Murray's Wimbledon win is having on the town's tennis scene, why the fight to save Whitstable post office is being stepped up and which national championships is returning to the town.

There's also a picture special of Hutstock and a chat with the man who runs two of Whitstable's best-known pubs.

Herne Bay Gazette
Herne Bay Gazette

In the Herne Bay Gazette we lead with a pensioner's arrest for allegedly threatening a neighbour with a gun.

There's more news and pictures inside, as we bring you the tale of a dog rescued from mud as the tide came in, a suspected drink driver who flipped his car on the Old Thanet Way and what the town's new UKIP councillors want to spend £100,000 on.

We also reveal reaction to the new beach hut village on the pier and how Novak Djokovic helped a dog find a home in Herne Bay.

Faversham News
Faversham News

Plans for a new hotel, care home and houses behind a secondary school are laid out in our lead story in the Faversham News.

The long-running saga of whether a Limes Place office would be turned into a fast food joint took another twist, at the same time as Domino's revealed it still wants to come to the town.

Elsewhere we bring you the latest on Faversham's minor injuries unit, reveal which town children's centre is facing the chop and report the latest on the trial of a man accused of murdering his girlfriend's son.

Pick up your Gazette or Faversham News every Thursday.

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