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Thieves steal vital gear from charity during night-time raid

Thieves steal vital gear from charity during night-time raid

24 October 2022

Heartless thieves broke into a charity's base before stealing a caravan filled with vital fundraising equipment.

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Bowling alley and pizza restaurant coming to leisure complex

Bowling alley and pizza restaurant coming to leisure complex

24 October 2022

A 'battle bar' boasting bowling, axe-throwing and table football activities is to open along with a pizza restaurant at a new leisure complex.

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Bus passengers 'being held to ransom'

Bus passengers 'being held to ransom'

24 October 2022

Stagecoach is being forced to scrap planned services at short notice because it does not have the staff, leaving travellers stranded at bus stops.

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Swanky seafront wine bar promised - but now it'll be a hearing aid clinic

Swanky seafront wine bar promised - but now it'll be a hearing aid clinic

22 October 2022

A long-empty seaside unit planned to be turned into a swanky wine bar is now poised to become a hearing aid clinic.

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Shock as 'super head' quits

Shock as 'super head' quits

21 October 2022

A chief executive in charge of 19 schools, together responsible for 12,000 pupils, has left his post with immediate effect.

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Murky water gushes into sea at beauty spot

Murky water gushes into sea at beauty spot

20 October 2022

A "disgusting" video showing murky water gushing into the sea has sparked alarm.

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'Kent's best restaurant' to open second venue this week

'Kent's best restaurant' to open second venue this week

18 October 2022

A burger boss has boasted “one bite is all it will take” for his new restaurant to become a town favourite.

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Video shows the inside of former pole-dancing club

Video shows the inside of former pole-dancing club

15 October 2022

A former pub and pole-dancing venue which hosted mud-wrestling contests and was linked to a notorious robbery could fetch £420k at auction.

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Pictures show sinkhole at railway bridge after road sealed off

Pictures show sinkhole at railway bridge after road sealed off

14 October 2022

Images have captured the extent of a possible sinkhole which has appeared on a railway bridge.

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Secret Drinker almost rumbled by landlady at historic pub

Secret Drinker almost rumbled by landlady at historic pub

14 October 2022

With immaculate toilets and fab food, Secret Drinker discovered a 'gem of a pub' - but almost had his cover blown!

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Railway bridge closed as 'sinkhole' sparks collapse fears

Railway bridge closed as 'sinkhole' sparks collapse fears

13 October 2022

A railway bridge has been shut after a sinkhole appeared, sparking fears it could collapse onto the tracks below.

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3,200-home ‘super estate’ to merge two Kent villages

3,200-home ‘super estate’ to merge two Kent villages

13 October 2022

Plans to build a mammoth housing estate on farmland linking two villages are among proposals unveiled in a council's latest development blueprint.

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School cuts warning as energy bills rocket 400%

School cuts warning as energy bills rocket 400%

13 October 2022

Head teachers expect the price of heating their buildings to leap by as much as 400%, as they forecast having to tighten their belts this winter.

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Man stabbed outside Hungry Horse pub

Man stabbed outside Hungry Horse pub

12 October 2022

Emergency services were called to a pub car park after a punter was stabbed.

Council's radical plan to ban drivers crossing 'neighbourhoods'

Council's radical plan to ban drivers crossing 'neighbourhoods'

12 October 2022

A huge area blighted by traffic could be split into five 'neighbourhoods' - with residents prohibited from driving directly between each.

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McDonald's plan shelved amid 'living hell' fears

McDonald's plan shelved amid 'living hell' fears

10 October 2022

Developers have shelved plans to open a new McDonald's following a barrage of objections from fearful villagers.

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Beach turned into crime scene as 2,000 protest

Beach turned into crime scene as 2,000 protest

09 October 2022

A beach has been turned into a crime scene as part of a protest against sewage releases by Southern Water.

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'District's beaches are cleanest in years’

'District's beaches are cleanest in years’

07 October 2022

Beaches across a Kent district are the cleanest “in years” and long-running waste-collection issues have finally been ironed out, council chiefs say.

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Relief as final phase of hated M2 work complete

Relief as final phase of hated M2 work complete

05 October 2022

Drivers are breathing a sigh of relief at seeing the back of a string of dreaded weekend closures of the M2.

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Much-loved dad crashed into tree after heart attack

Much-loved dad crashed into tree after heart attack

04 October 2022

A popular biker and father of four who died after crashing into a tree had suffered a heart attack moments before, an inquest heard.

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