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'The signal's so bad we can't even take card payments'

'The signal's so bad we can't even take card payments'

29 September 2022

Frustrated street traders say network coverage is so poor they want to punch their phones as they are forced to abandon card payments.

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Ex-Arsenal goalie donates kit to kids fighting cancer

Ex-Arsenal goalie donates kit to kids fighting cancer

28 September 2022

Premier league footballer and Fulham keeper Bernd Leno has bowled over a children's cancer charity with a string of generous donations.

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Shocking moment man spits at Subway staff caught on camera

Shocking moment man spits at Subway staff caught on camera

28 September 2022

A worker says he felt "sick in my own body" after a man spat at him.

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Man arrested after fleeing scene of crash

Man arrested after fleeing scene of crash

28 September 2022

Police stopped a car on the M20 after the driver fled the scene of a crash.

Meter reading day: Why must homes look at energy meters this week?

Meter reading day: Why must homes look at energy meters this week?

28 September 2022

From October energy prices are changing but why must households look at their gas and electric meters before the switch?

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Popular bakehouse to shut after 10 years

Popular bakehouse to shut after 10 years

28 September 2022

A popular bakehouse has announced its upcoming closure after a decade in the business.

New landlord for pub saved by community

New landlord for pub saved by community

28 September 2022

A historic village pub saved from redevelopment through a community buy-out could now reopen within weeks after a new landlord came forward.

'Economic crisis? None of this is at all unusual'

'Economic crisis? None of this is at all unusual'

28 September 2022

A Kent MP is not linking the Chancellor's mini-budget with the UK's current "financial difficulty", despite the currency's value falling since Friday.

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Work starts on run-down park's £340k upgrade

Work starts on run-down park's £340k upgrade

28 September 2022

A run-down play park which was damaged in Storm Eunice is being upgraded as part of a £1.1m investment.

Plan to turn community centre into shop rejected

Plan to turn community centre into shop rejected

28 September 2022

A proposal to transform an ‘underutilised’ community centre into a shop has been rejected by councillors for the second time.

Who can have a flu or Covid-19 jab?

Who can have a flu or Covid-19 jab?

28 September 2022

Thirty million people are being told to get vaccinated amid fears the UK will be hit hard by Covid-19 and flu - but who can get a jab and how?

Controversial plans for six new homes are approved

Controversial plans for six new homes are approved

28 September 2022

Despite neighbours' claims that the new builds will be “overwhelming and overbearing”, councillors have approved plans for six homes.

Force criticised for failure over responding to information requests

Force criticised for failure over responding to information requests

28 September 2022

Kent's police force has been reprimanded by a watchdog over delays in answering information requests from the public.

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Kent homeowners urged to act now to avoid 'scary' mortgage payments

Kent homeowners urged to act now to avoid 'scary' mortgage payments

28 September 2022

Homeowners are being urged to act now to prevent their monthly mortgage costs rocketing ahead of more predicted increases in interest rates.

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Millions urged to get flu and Covid jabs amid fears of a deadly 'twindemic'

Millions urged to get flu and Covid jabs amid fears of a deadly 'twindemic'

28 September 2022

Millions of people are being encouraged to take up offers of flu and Covid jabs amid fears a winter 'twindemic' is about to hit the UK.

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Homes and businesses left without water supply

Homes and businesses left without water supply

28 September 2022

Residents and businesses have been left without a water supply due to a burst main.

Alleged rapist 'stabbed man 12 times and slit his throat'

Alleged rapist 'stabbed man 12 times and slit his throat'

28 September 2022

A man is on trial accused of attempted murder as a jury was told he raped another man, slit his throat and stabbed him multiple times.

Rat battered to death with baseball bat in infested home

Rat battered to death with baseball bat in infested home

28 September 2022

A woman says 'big fat' rats have taken over her council home, keeping her up at night and making her life hell.

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Hosepipe ban to stay until 2023

Hosepipe ban to stay until 2023

27 September 2022

Parts of Kent are to stay under a hosepipe ban until next year.

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Kent's oldest paper boy has bike stolen

Kent's oldest paper boy has bike stolen

27 September 2022

A bike belonging to Kent's oldest paper boy, 87, has been stolen.

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