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'What the hell is that?'
10 January 2023Residents has been left baffled by a bizarre vehicle spotted on Kent's roads.
Landlord selling popular pub after 26 years
09 January 2023A popular village pub famous for hog roasts and paella nights is to get new owners for the first time in 26 years.
Popular high street pub goes on market for £700k
05 January 2023A Grade II-listed pub which is highly rated on TripAdvisor has been put on the market for more than half a million pounds.
Kent’s charity runs to sign up for in 2023
04 January 2023Whether you want to hit your fitness goals, beat your PB or raise money for charity, these runs and races are the perfect place to start.
Plans in for 100 beach chalets and water sports centre
01 January 2023Proposals to transform a stretch of shoreline by adding more than 100 beach huts and a water sports centre have taken a step forward.
'Do not swim' warnings brought in for Kent beaches
01 January 2023Swimmers are being advised to avoid the waters along swathes of the Kent coast.
Firm’s bid for 256 solar panels to cope with energy costs
01 January 2023A car parts company facing a four-fold rise in its energy costs wants to invest in its future by installing solar panels.
Bid to save historic railway station destroyed by fire
31 December 2022Residents have launched a campaign to restore a fire-ravaged historic railway station, which has sat derelict for 50 years.
'Extraordinary' Elizabethan shipwreck discovery to feature on TV
31 December 2022An Elizabethan-era shipwreck was discovered in a quarry in Kent while workers were dredging for building minerals earlier this year.
Former mayor dies just month after beloved husband
29 December 2022A former town mayor who gave much of her life to the community died just a month after her husband of more than 50 years.
Southeastern warns of 'severe disruption' next week as strikes continue
28 December 2022Members of two railway unions are set to walk out next week in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions, sparking further disruption.
Van driver suffers head injuries in attack after road rage row
23 December 2022A van driver was taken to hospital with head injuries after a serious assault in a country lane.
Four who died at sea were in 'wholly unsuitable' vessel
23 December 2022Four asylum seekers who died at sea last week were in a dinghy which was "wholly unsuitable" to make the crossing from France to the UK, say police.
Kent hospitals 'like war zone' as 1,300 endure 12-hour corridor waits
21 December 2022A&E departments in Kent have been left resembling "a war zone" as patients wait days to be admitted to overstretched hospitals.
28 years for man who slashed victim's throat in 'frenzied' attack
20 December 2022A man who repeatedly stabbed and slashed his victim during a sexual encounter in a "frenzied, persistent and prolonged' attack has been jailed.
'The dead were left unburied and rubbish piled up on the streets'
16 December 2022As strikes and snow hit Kent, we look back at the Winter of Discontent when both freezing weather and mass industrial action paralysed the country.
Hero fishermen rescue 31 from sinking dinghy
14 December 2022The owner of a scallop boat has described how his crew helped rescue dozens of suspected asylum seekers from a sea tragedy that claimed four lives.
Council could make Airbnb owners pay for own bin collections
08 December 2022A council could make owners of short-term holiday let properties face new charges for services such as waste collection.
Unsafe former care home could be converted into Airbnb
08 December 2022A former residential home shut down after a spate of incidents involving mistreatment of residents could be converted back into a house, or an Airbnb.
M20 to shut as Op Brock returns
07 December 2022Highways bosses are to shut the M20 overnight as contractors prepare for the return of Operation Brock ahead of the Christmas rush.
