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Food bank boss says online hate campaign triggered violent attack and arson attempt
10 August 2024A foreign-born charity worker says an online hate campaign led to a violent assault on her and an attempted arson attack at her food bank.
Cathedral bosses 'would consider' phone mast to solve city's signal misery
08 August 2024Bosses at one of the UK’s most iconic landmarks say they would consider allowing a phone mast to be built on the Grade I-listed building.
MP who was close to death recalls his battle with sepsis
07 August 2024Craig Mackinlay, the ex-MP who lost his hands and feet after contracting sepsis, has spoken of his near-death experience and the future of the Tories.
‘It had something for everyone - we just can’t believe it’s gone’
07 August 2024We trace the history of one of Kent's best-loved leisure centres as its sudden closure leaves 144 staff without a job.
'People use it as a race track, the road needs to be safer'
03 August 2024Concerns have been raised over bad parking, speeding drivers and lack of pedestrian crossings on a busy town centre road some treat ‘like race track’.
The yob town where even youth workers wear body-worn cameras
29 July 2024A Kent town has been scarred by bad behavior for years but now action might be about to be taken to tackle it.
‘The town’s outclassed itself’: The Kent seaside hotspot with just two fish and chip shops left
27 July 2024Just two fish and chip shops remain in arguably Kent’s most popular coastal town, and we went to find out why...
Bin workers set to strike amid collections crisis
26 July 2024Bin workers could vote to strike over pay just days after it was revealed there have been 36,000 complaints about their company’s performance.
‘People are being priced out’: Where £1m home sales in Kent have boomed
23 July 2024Exclusive: Figures reveal where sales of luxury homes in Kent have tripled amid an influx of cash-rich Londoners - sparking fears of gentrification.
No buses, no shops, and now the pub's closing… life in one of Kent’s tiniest villages
20 July 2024We spoke to locals about life in Kent’s second-smallest village, where there have been no new building developments for 64 years.
‘There’s too much focus on going to uni - there is another way’
16 July 2024Apprenticeships have long been a way into skilled professions - so why are numbers dwindling so dramatically?
Pictures capture ecstasy and agony of Kent’s England fans over the decades
14 July 2024We look back at some of the highs and lows of being an England fan - perfectly captured in our archive pictures from across the county.
The once-stunning Kent pier head now cut off and left to rot
14 July 2024There are “no plans to demolish” a derelict pier head 50 years after it was cut off from land – despite pictures showing it looking worse for wear.
Secrets unearthed at huge ancient burial ground in Kent
12 July 2024Archaeologists are finding out more about prehistoric life in Kent at one of the country’s largest burial grounds even older than Stonehenge.
‘People were sceptical but it has been a massive success’
11 July 2024An ambitious multi-million-pound regeneration scheme is drawing to a close after more than a decade in the works but has it lived up to its promise?
Politics student, 18, quits uni to run village pub
11 July 2024Rather than whiling away his time swigging pints at the pub, this student has dropped out of uni to run a village inn.
What new government could mean for huge housing projects planned on Kent's green belt
10 July 2024Labour want to see homes built on the ‘grey belt’, as well as more onshore wind farms. So what could it mean for the ‘Garden of England’?
1,400 homes from four new-build estates in 1.5 square miles
09 July 2024Residents say housebuilding has spiralled so out of control in their neighbourhood they are now fearful of walking outside their homes.
‘People assume they’re troublesome - but they’re just children who need a home’
09 July 2024We visited two children’s homes to see first-hand what life is really like for the young people there and the staff working to rebuild their lives.
‘It’s better than being on the street’: Kent’s first ‘homeless pods’ set to launch
08 July 2024Homeless people are set to move into new accommodation pods on a flood-hit car park later this year as the cost of temporary accommodation soars.
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