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Watt to leave Hythe

Watt to leave Hythe

Steve Watt is stepping down as Hythe manager at the end of the season.

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‘Horrendous blocks of flats would have ruined our picturesque town forever'

‘Horrendous blocks of flats would have ruined our picturesque town forever'

Campaigners are celebrating after a developer’s last-ditch bid to build flats which would have changed a town’s skyline “forever” was snubbed.

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Watt glad of helping hand

Watt glad of helping hand

Steve Watt has thanked fellow managers for their support in Hythe’s hour of need.

'If we lose our outdoor seating the business will shut!'

'If we lose our outdoor seating the business will shut!'

Bosses at a hugely popular microbar say they will be forced to shut if they are unable to keep their outdoor seating.

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Boss Watt steps into the unknown

Boss Watt steps into the unknown

Hythe manager Steve Watt is having to contend with a period like never before.

Swimming pool shut after break-in

Swimming pool shut after break-in

A town pool has closed this morning after criminals targeted it overnight.

We need that chip on our shoulder

We need that chip on our shoulder

Steve Watt says Hythe must play with a chip on their shoulder to get the results they are capable of.

Still no arrests 7 weeks after car smashes into barber shop

Still no arrests 7 weeks after car smashes into barber shop

A barber has started trading in his shop after its windows were smashed in more than six weeks ago.

Fire crews save horse from mud

Fire crews save horse from mud

Fire crews spent a morning saving a horse from “seriously thick mud” after the stallion became stuck in its field.

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Flisher holds the fort

Flisher holds the fort

Alex Flisher enjoyed back-to-back wins standing in for Hythe manager Steve Watt.

Critically endangered animals arrive at Kent wildlife park

Critically endangered animals arrive at Kent wildlife park

The safari park is now the only place in Kent where you can see Sumatran orangutans, some of the most endangered primates in the world.

‘The pub’s the best it’s been in 26 years – but it’s time to sell up’

‘The pub’s the best it’s been in 26 years – but it’s time to sell up’

A husband and wife who have owned a pub for more than a quarter of a century are selling up - despite saying the business is doing “better than ever”.

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‘We had no warning our homes would flood - it hasn't been this bad for 22 years’

‘We had no warning our homes would flood - it hasn't been this bad for 22 years’

Furious residents are calling for closer monitoring of water levels after a canal burst its banks and flooded their homes.

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Cannons’ play-off challenge

Cannons’ play-off challenge

Manager Steve Watt believes it would be a bigger achievement for Hythe to make the play-offs again this season.

New plans for abandoned Aldi as vision ‘completely reimagined’

New plans for abandoned Aldi as vision ‘completely reimagined’

Plans to develop a “dangerous” and abandoned high street supermarket have been “completely reimagined” in fresh designs unveiled this month.

‘Tourist attraction’ saved as council forced into another u-turn

‘Tourist attraction’ saved as council forced into another u-turn

Residents are ‘delighted’ after Kent County Council (KCC) reversed a decision to kill-off a town’s ‘amazing tourist attraction’.

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Lorry driver jailed for killing 'bright and considerate' boy in bus stop crash

Lorry driver jailed for killing 'bright and considerate' boy in bus stop crash

A lorry driver has been jailed for seven years after he veered off the road and crashed into a bus stop, killing a 14-year-old boy.

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Double the fun for Cannons

Double the fun for Cannons

Steve Watt has witnessed another first as Hythe Town manager this season.

Hated seafront hoardings to be removed next month

Hated seafront hoardings to be removed next month

Work to remove a stretch of hated seafront hoardings surrounding a now-scrapped development site will begin next month.

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The Dymchurch 10k - in pictures

The Dymchurch 10k - in pictures

KM Group photographer Barry Goodwin has selected his best shots from Sunday’s Dymchurch 10k - did you make it into his gallery?

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