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We tried the Kent bowling alley branded ‘worst in the UK’
28 January 2024A “health hazard”, “simply dreadful”, “dire” and “an embarrassment” – surely this bowling alley couldn’t be as bad as the Tripadvisor reviews claim.
‘Wet T-shirts and smoking indoors - Kent nights out were different in the 80s and 90s’
28 January 2024There were some “electrifying” nights out in Kent back in the 1980s and 1990s, when people could still smoke indoors and celebrities came to town.
Can trendy new Kent bar really beat a night out in London?
27 January 2024We tried out a trendy new bar aiming to bring a slice of London nightlife to Kent.
How more than 400 Kent breweries disappeared
25 January 2024Kent’s brewing history is a tale of an incessant march towards just a few big names as countless independent breweries were lost.
‘Farage could return’ as party’s support surges in Kent
24 January 2024Polls show the Reform Party is growing in support in most Kent seats – and its leader says: “People are not laughing at us now.”
‘We thought phone rules would spark rebellion – but now pupils talk to each other!’
24 January 2024Even pupils admit life at school has improved after teachers started locking away phones in pouches.
Where is Kent's 'green belt' and will it be built on?
22 January 2024While some districts are 93% green belt land, others have none at all. Here, we explain what it could mean for housebuilding where you live.
‘I lost £50,000 to a scam but I’m stronger now for it’
21 January 2024A successful businesswoman whose livelihood was snatched away in a sophisticated £50,000 scam has lifted the lid on her ordeal.
‘I’m 100, still driving and have no intention of stopping’
21 January 2024A 100-year-old says he still loves driving – even though potholes on Kent’s roads are “worse than ever” and modern-day motorists have “no manners”.
The giant ‘green’ energy station set for Kent and why people are so worried
21 January 2024A new electricity converter station the size of 22 football pitches is aimed at boosting ‘green’ energy. So why are environmentalists up in arms?
'I took my driving test again 30 years after passing and this is what happened'
16 January 2024A lot has changed since reporter Keely Greenwood learnt to drive almost 30 years ago – but has the test got any harder? We sent her to find out.
‘Our kids love wildlife park - but it feels like they’re pushing us out’
16 January 2024Parents of disabled children say they are being “pushed out” by a Kent zoo after new restrictions were placed on carer passes to tackle ticket fraud.
The abandoned 'ghost roads' only used by dog walkers
15 January 2024We visited two roads linking new-build estates that have been closed to traffic for so long that moss has started growing on the tarmac.
Lack of progress at scandal-hit youth prison ‘unacceptable’
13 January 2024A troubled young offenders institution where violence is rife and ‘demoralised’ prison staff are leaving in their droves is under the spotlight again.
Pictures from much-loved Kent pubs that closed in the 2000s
13 January 2024We’ve been looking back at some of Kent boozers we loved and lost in the Noughties, where we’d love to have one last pint.
Nuclear blast was ‘a great adventure’
12 January 2024Three veterans of Britain’s NuclearTest programme of the 1950s have finally received the medals they deserve.
‘They’ve destroyed their own town centre’
12 January 2024A business expert says a council has “destroyed” a town centre by giving the green light to companies to move to a retail park.
How Kent dad went from being PE teacher to Gladiators star
09 January 2024A dad-of-two who was teaching PE at a Kent school just a few years ago has become a primetime TV star on Gladiators.
‘If no new homes are built - how will we ever afford to get on the ladder?’
09 January 2024It is harder than ever to get on the property ladder in Kent. Here, we speak to the young people taking on the county’s so-called ‘Nimbys’.
The Kent sub-postmaster whose life was ruined by the Post Office scandal
07 January 2024A former Kent sub-postmaster’s life was devastated by the false accusations highlighted in ITV’s hit drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office.
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