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‘It should be great for the town’: Highly-rated escape room business expands further afield
04 August 2024Escape room entrepreneurs are opening in a new location after seeing a growing demand for their puzzle-filled entertainment elsewhere.
‘It is not a group you want to be part of - but I am’
03 August 2024A mum who lost her five-year-old daughter to an aggressive brain tumour has shared how a group of bereaved parents have helped each other.
Image released after horse rider ‘flashed at’ in woods
02 August 2024A man is said to have exposed himself to a woman while she was riding her horse through woodland.
‘New housing’ rumours quashed as diggers move in at park
01 August 2024Rumours work has started on a field in preparation for houses has been shut down by a council which has explained the real reasons behind the works.
‘Local legends’ honoured in documentary-style movies
31 July 2024Films sharing the stories of community pioneers were screened during a celebration to mark South Asian Heritage Month.
‘Brazen’ thieves caught on camera ransacking plumbers’ merchant
31 July 2024Bosses of a plumbing and heating supplier say they have lost around £10,000 after two men allegedly broke into their shop.
Kent towns top list of UK’s sunniest places
30 July 2024Two Kent towns have come out on top of a list of the UK’s 10 sunniest spots
Hundreds turn out for festival celebrating women and sisterhood
30 July 2024A day filled with traditional Punjabi folk songs and dance honoured women and the power of sisterhood.
Open air market to be trialled in village dogged by anti-social behaviour
30 July 2024An open-air market is hoping to entice visitors back to a village shopping centre previously plagued by troublesome teens targeting traders.
More police patrols to crackdown on town’s street drinking and anti-social behaviour
30 July 2024A new campaign has been launched to tackle problems residents and businesses say are the biggest issues facing their town.
Missing teenager, 14, found safe
30 July 2024Police officers were asking the public to call 999 if they saw a missing 14-year-old.
Road closed after crash between car and motorbike
30 July 2024A busy road has been closed this morning to allow for emergency services to attend to an accident.
Lower Thames Crossing funding to go ahead
29 July 2024Chancellor Rachel Reeves has spared the £9 billion Lower Thames Crossing from a series of sweeping cuts to national infrastructure schemes.
Churchyard cordoned off for ‘emergency repairs’ after risk of falling bricks uncovered
28 July 2024A historic church described as the “bedrock of the community” has cordoned off part of its churchyard for urgent repair works to take place.
‘It’s not a winery, it’s a vinicultural Disneyland’
28 July 2024A group of residents are gearing up to fight against revised plans for an “enormous” winery they fear will do irreparable harm to the countryside.
‘Visibly unwell’ village peacock rescued after year roaming the streets
28 July 2024A peacock who endeared himself to villagers after spending the best part of a year roaming driveways has been rehomed after concerns over his welfare.
Flat plan for vacant Chinese approved at third time of asking
27 July 2024A once popular Chinese restaurant, which was repossessed two years ago, has been given permission to be turned into flats.
Lower Thames Crossing project could be delayed again
27 July 2024The Chancellor is reported to be considering delaying major road projects, including the Lower Thames Crossing, amid a hug black hole in finances.
Windscreens smashed as yobs run riot through town
27 July 2024Multiple parked vehicles were damaged overnight in a town and police are appealing for help to identify the vandals.
‘It will totally tip the balance’: Scores protest plans to house asylum-seeking children
26 July 2024Residents are protesting proposals to house unaccompanied asylum seeker children in their street but charities say they provide a vital “safe space’.
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‘This rat-run bridge isn’t wide enough - someone will be killed soon’
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Boy, 16, found safe after going missing nine days ago
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Only shop in village to shut this week as ‘devastated’ couple leave Kent
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A-road shut in both directions after water main bursts
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Mum joined teen son in smashing up ex’s family home and car
