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Sadness as top-rated pub unexpectedly shuts
08 September 2024A high street pub has shut its doors suddenly after 75 years of trading in a village high street.
Kent man jailed after smuggling 350kg of cocaine on boat
07 September 2024A 56-year-old Kent man has been handed a lengthy prison sentence for his role in a cocaine smuggling plot.
Vans line street in poignant tribute to legendary ice cream man
06 September 2024A convoy of ice cream vans drove through a town in tribute to the owner of an iconic business who served the community for 70 years.
Severe disruption across railway network after multiple incidents
06 September 2024Emergency services are at the scene of an incident near a railway station.
Double tragedy as police probe two deaths on railway
06 September 2024Police are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found on Kent’s railway network today, just hours apart.
Kent Politics Podcast hears from Lord Michael Howard
06 September 2024Lord Michael Howard has revealed he predicted Liz Truss would be an “absolute disaster” as Prime Minister before she landed the top job.
UK’s first school skatepark set to open despite ‘major concerns’
06 September 2024A secondary school is building a skatepark in its grounds in what will be a UK first - despite "major concerns" from neighbours.
Another hotel chain restaurant up for sale
05 September 2024The owner of Premier Inn has put another restaurant on the market as it plans to expand its hotel business.
Drag Race star hopes to put seaside town on the map
05 September 2024A drag queen from Kent stars in the latest series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, and is raring to represent her town.
Volunteer who ‘led exemplary and valuable’ life appears in court after ‘downward spiral’
05 September 2024A woman pestered police with hoax 999 calls within days of being banned from contacting the emergency services unless in genuine need.
‘I hoped the axe I threw at him would cleave his skull in two’
05 September 2024On the 25th anniversary of his death, we look back at one of the most controversial men in politics - who lived in a Kent castle.
Teens arrested after beach huts broken into overnight
04 September 2024Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of burglary after beach huts were broken into overnight.
‘Who’s going to use them?’ Town baffled by bid to bring back phone boxes
04 September 2024Phone boxes might seem like a thing of the past, but plans have been revealed to install seven futuristic touch-screen versions in a town centre.
5 great playgrounds where the kids can run wild
03 September 2024Now the school holidays have wiped out your bank account, why not take the kids for a budget-friendly day out at one of Kent’s play parks?
Fears of swimming ban next summer at one of Kent’s busiest beaches
03 September 2024Anxious traders fear one of Kent’s busiest beaches will soon be hit with a swimming ban following a spike in unsafe levels of bacteria in the sea.
Cars 'could queue in fields' to avoid chaos on Kent roads
02 September 2024Traffic bound for the Channel ports could be “stacked” in fields to avoid chaos on Kent’s roads when new EU border checks come in, reports say.
Mum fighting council to keep daughter’s graveyard memorial intact
02 September 2024A grieving mum is fighting to keep her daughter's memorial intact after being asked by council bosses to remove decorations for grounds maintenance.
Family’s devastation as 11-year-old’s rare cancer returns for third time
01 September 2024The parents of an 11-year-old girl whose rare cancer has returned for a third time say they have been left “devastated”.
Furious developer brands council “short-sighted” after plans for eco-friendly flats refused
01 September 2024A furious developer claims a council is “afraid of change” after plans for an eco-friendly block of flats with ‘living walls’ were rejected.
Mystery surrounds stalled work on multimillion-pound flats
01 September 2024Anxious residents have raised fears over the lack of progress on a huge seafront development site that has sat abandoned for months.
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