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Four-storey apartment and restaurant complex gets go-ahead
31 July 2022Plans to demolish a dated complex and transform it into eight apartments above a shop and restaurant have been rubber-stamped.
Shopping centre’s value falls by £80m since site bought by council
31 July 2022A popular retail site snapped up by a Kent council for £154 million has crashed in value by more than 50%.
Fire crews tackle bedroom blaze
31 July 2022A man in his 20s has been treated for smoke inhalation following a house fire.
Rosie Duffield will stand again after surviving ballot
29 July 2022Rosie Duffield has confirmed her candidacy for the next General Election by winning the majority in a Labour trigger ballot.
Oil spill heading for Kent coast
29 July 2022Agencies are working against the clock to prevent oil slick from impacting the county's shoreline.
High street bakers selling up after 24 years
29 July 2022The popular owners of a town centre bakery that sees hundreds of customers come through its doors each day are hanging up their aprons.
Where to watch the Women's Euros final
29 July 2022Here's where in Kent you can watch Alessia Russo and her fellow Lionesses in the final of the Women's Euros.
Inside Breaking Bad star's family holiday in Kent
27 July 2022Intimate photos show A-list actor Aaron Paul - who starred as Jesse Pinkman in hit show Breaking Bad - enjoying a two-week stay on the Kent coast.
'Our food bill has jumped from £800 to £35k'
27 July 2022A food bank's annual grocery bill has jumped by more than 4,000% as donations fall, prices soar, and demand continues to surge.
'Money launderette' posters stuck on former bank
26 July 2022Posters advertising a money laundering service and mentioning people connected to Vladmir Putin and Pablo Escobar have popped up at a former bank.
The best beach breaks on your doorstep
23 July 2022From camping and caravans to high-end hotels, we’ve got your summer holiday covered right here in Kent.
'Quite simply the best food I’ve been served in a pub'
21 July 2022A lite bite turns into a lunch to love as Secret Drinker finds Sheps' 'best Kent pub'
'Outstanding' school loses rating after 14 years
20 July 2022Parents have leapt to the defence of a school as the "outstanding" Ofsted rating it held for 14 years was downgraded to "requires improvement".
Major road shut for almost three hours after crash
19 July 2022A busy road was closed for almost three hours after a crash involving two vans.
'We can't give locals cheaper parking - there's a climate emergency'
19 July 2022Council bosses say residents will not be getting a reprieve from the priciest parking charges in Kent - as doing so would worsen air quality.
Search for fisherman after boat gets stuck on wind turbine
18 July 2022A search operation was launched to track down a fisherman after his boat became stranded on a turbine off the Kent coast.
'McDonald's would make living here hell'
18 July 2022Developers have defended their plan to open a new McDonald's off the Thanet Way amid fears from residents it will 'make their life hell'.
Top critic puts restaurant in coastal top 10
17 July 2022A restaurant in the county has been named as one of the best in the country to visit this summer when heading to the coast.
Suspected drink-driver overtakes police at 112mph
17 July 2022Police say they smelt alcohol on the breath of a driver who was pulled over after overtaking their unmarked patrol car at 112mph.
Veteran council boss appointed as authority's interim CEO
15 July 2022A veteran local authority boss of 25 years has been appointed as interim chief executive at a council.
