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Petition calls for parking bays outside sorting office

Petition calls for parking bays outside sorting office

More than 1,300 people have signed a petition calling for parking spaces to be installed outside a sorting office surrounded by double-yellow lines.

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Man charged over serious station stabbing

Man charged over serious station stabbing

A man is due in court charged over a serious stabbing at a major Kent train station.

Hospital's Covid 'surge hub' will be ready next week

Hospital's Covid 'surge hub' will be ready next week

A temporary Nightingale ward capable of holding up to 100 patients will be completed next week in readiness for increased admissions.

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Dispersal order in town after antisocial behaviour

Dispersal order in town after antisocial behaviour

Police are able to tell people to leave a town centre and arrest them if they return following a spate of antisocial behaviour.

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Head of sixth form banned after sexual relationship with pupil

Head of sixth form banned after sexual relationship with pupil

A teacher whose inappropriate relationship with a pupil led to sexual activity after she left school has been barred from the profession.

'Once they’re gone, they’re gone forever'

'Once they’re gone, they’re gone forever'

Residents are hoping an order to protect ancient trees from being felled will be made permanent after the woodland was targeted by loggers.

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Calls for Brexit minister to visit village blighted by lorries

Calls for Brexit minister to visit village blighted by lorries

A councillor is calling for the new Brexit minister to visit a village after another truck driver got lost trying to find a lorry park.

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Luxury homes approved for abandoned golf course

Luxury homes approved for abandoned golf course

A former golf course will have 10 luxury homes built on it close to where Sarah Everard's body was found in woodland.

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Town's seventh tattoo studio opens in high street

Town's seventh tattoo studio opens in high street

The owner of the latest tattoo studio to open in a town centre promises to bring something new to the high street.

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Bus timetables at risk as staff are sick or isolating

Bus timetables at risk as staff are sick or isolating

A bus operator has warned growing levels of Covid-related absence and an ongoing driver shortage could force it to scale back timetables.

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Work starts on Nightingale 'surge hub' in hospital car park

Work starts on Nightingale 'surge hub' in hospital car park

A hospital car park has been fenced off as work starts on a 'Nightingale' facility capable of holding up to 100 patients with Covid-19.

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Wisson proving pivotal for Ashford

Wisson proving pivotal for Ashford

Josh Wisson believes Ashford have what it takes to win the league - and he’s certainly playing his part.

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Raw sewage spills out from new £18.5m flats

Raw sewage spills out from new £18.5m flats

Part of a ring road next to a new block of flats has been coated in raw sewage after a leak from a flowerbed manhole.

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Hospital to host 'Nightingale' surge hub to tackle wave of admissions

Hospital to host 'Nightingale' surge hub to tackle wave of admissions

A Kent hospital will be the site of the first 'surge hub' in the south east as the NHS gets 'on a war footing' amid rising Omicron infections.

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Teenage jogger attacked by masked men

Teenage jogger attacked by masked men

Two masked men attacked a teenage jogger and demanded his wallet.

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Arson-hit bench replaced thanks to community effort

Arson-hit bench replaced thanks to community effort

A bench in a shopping centre that was destroyed in an arson attack has been replaced thanks to a community effort.

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Relief as historic cottage saved from demolition

Relief as historic cottage saved from demolition

An attempt to ‘de-list’ an historic building at the centre of a planning row has been rebuffed, sparking relief among villagers.

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'We need better community facilities - not more houses'

'We need better community facilities - not more houses'

Campaigners who launched an independent consultation over council plans for a new community centre say affordable housing is not the priority.

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'I wouldn't be surprised if a body was found in there'

'I wouldn't be surprised if a body was found in there'

An eyesore roundabout coated in litter, broken signs and police tape has been compared to a town tip by a resident desperate for it to be cleared up.

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Crash leads to drink drive arrest

Crash leads to drink drive arrest

A driver has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a car was badly damaged in a crash on Boxing Day.

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