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Injured seal pup rescued from beach
20 December 2023A seal pup, which is only a few days old, has been rescued from a beach after being discovered with a damaged flipper and ulcerated eye.
Spooky Christmas trail opens at country park
20 December 2023The Nightmare Before Christmas trail puts a scary spin on the festive season with ghosts, ghouls and twisted elves.
Crisis-hit hospital trust 'must make immediate improvements'
20 December 2023A hospital trust has been ordered to make “immediate improvements” with staff shortages and “overcrowded” A&E departments leading to safety concerns.
Stagecoach extends £2 single fare cap
19 December 2023A bus company has announced it will extend its maximum fare scheme for another six months after seeing higher take-up.
Driving instructor found asleep at wheel after drinking session
18 December 2023A former police officer found snoring at the wheel after a drinking session was reported to the police by his ex-wife.
Here’s food for thought - a pub that puts drinkers first!
15 December 2023Secret Drinker visits a pub bucking the trend by putting its drinkers before diners
Only rubble left as ageing shopping centre torn down
14 December 2023Diggers have demolished a rundown outlet centre which closed earlier this year due to rising costs, leaving 25 members of staff without a job.
Major route blocked after three-vehicle smash
14 December 2023A major route has been blocked after two cars and a motorbike crashed on a roundabout leaving one person injured.
‘The leak is so bad I’ve had to get out the paddling pool’
13 December 2023A fuming mum-of-six has been forced to put a paddling pool in her children’s bedroom to catch rainwater after the ceiling fell in.
‘I’m running the pub I grew up in, and it’s great to be back’
12 December 2023A man has taken over the pub his parents used to run, and says it’s fantastic to be back in a place with such “special memories”.
‘We’ll have year’s worth of bottles filled with urine at the roadside’
11 December 2023Roadside verges will pile up with litter and urine-filled bottles for a year following a council’s decision to skip a six-monthly clean, it is feared.
Fire at derelict building ‘started deliberately’
11 December 2023A blaze at a derelict building is believed to have been started on purpose, with firefighters rushing to the scene.
Tragedy as death of man pulled from sea confirmed
11 December 2023A man pulled from the sea yesterday following a search and rescue mission was pronounced dead shortly after, police have confirmed.
‘My wheelchair gets stuck - why isn’t King’s coastal path more accessible?’
11 December 2023Wheelchair users are calling for vital upgrades to a 3km stretch of the King Charles III Coastal Path which they say is “completely inaccessible”.
‘Person pulled from sea’ after major search and rescue mission
10 December 2023A person is understood to have been pulled from the sea following a search by rescue crews.
'People keep crashing in our street - we need to slow traffic down’
09 December 2023Worried residents say traffic-calming measures are needed in their small but busy street as speeding drivers have become a “menace”.
A sublime seaside pub where you park on the pebbles
08 December 2023The pub was having a paintjob, but nothing could knock the gloss off Secret’s Drinker’s lunch at a shabby chic seaside haven
Hand-reared lion cubs move from mansion to public enclosure
07 December 2023Two adorable lion cubs hand-reared by Kent animal park owner Damian Aspinall have moved to a public enclosure for the first time.
More disruption on A2 as further closures announced
07 December 2023New details have been revealed of continued works and closures on the A2, which continue beyond the New Year.
Bid to dash future development by turning park into nature reserve
06 December 2023A campaign to save a country park from future development has been launched, despite bosses insisting they will protect wildlife at the site.
