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Plans for multi-million pound Brompton bike HQ submitted

Plans for multi-million pound Brompton bike HQ submitted

A huge bike factory promising £100 million of investment in Kent is now one step closer as official plans have been put forward.

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Clarks branch closes permanently

Clarks branch closes permanently

Shoe retailer Clarks has closed its branch inside a Sainsbury's supermarket after just one year of trading.

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Warrilow: Why can't it be us?

Warrilow: Why can't it be us?

Tommy Warrilow sees no reason why Ashford can’t take the bull by the horns in the Isthmian South East promotion race.

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Huge Kent Nike store to finally reopen

Huge Kent Nike store to finally reopen

The county's only Nike store will finally reopen next week following expansion works.

£1 charity shop shuts for good due to ‘health and safety issues’

£1 charity shop shuts for good due to ‘health and safety issues’

A town centre charity shop is to remain closed due to "health and safety issues" – months after launching a permanent sale.

E scooter rider hit by car

E scooter rider hit by car

The rider of an e scooter was taken to hospital after being hit by a car near a town centre.

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Drink drive suspect arrested after demolishing sign

Drink drive suspect arrested after demolishing sign

A suspected drink driver has been arrested after crashing into a road sign.

M20 to shut as Op Brock returns

M20 to shut as Op Brock returns

Highways bosses are to shut the M20 overnight as contractors prepare for the return of Operation Brock ahead of the Christmas rush.

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Trucker stabbed drivers in frenzy after football match

Trucker stabbed drivers in frenzy after football match

A “sick” knife-wielding trucker repeatedly stabbed fellow drivers after a football match in a terrifying ordeal at a lorry park.

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Fire rips through sports pavilion

Fire rips through sports pavilion

Firefighters have been pictured at the scene of a blaze which spread through a cricket club pavilion.

Masked mugger who robbed three women fled after one fought back

Masked mugger who robbed three women fled after one fought back

A 25-year-old mugged three lone women before robbing a man at knifepoint - because he wanted to buy a McDonald's.

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Damaged multi-storey reopens for first time in six months

Damaged multi-storey reopens for first time in six months

A multi-storey car park which was closed for six months after the ceiling fell in has reopened in time for Christmas.

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Club to serve up tennis with a difference

Club to serve up tennis with a difference

Wye Tennis Club are the first LTA club outside of London to install a padel tennis court.

Much-loved furniture store could be turned into flats

Much-loved furniture store could be turned into flats

Plans have emerged to transform a former furniture shop - which was previously and mistakenly raided by police searching for drugs - into flats.

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Race against time to save 300-year-old pub

Race against time to save 300-year-old pub

A community group has just weeks left to raise £300k to save a beloved historic village pub.

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Plenty of positives despite defeat

Plenty of positives despite defeat

Ashford United Ladies can take heart from their Women's FA Cup run, says coach Steve Howard.

Rain water 'gushing like river' on double-decker bus

Rain water 'gushing like river' on double-decker bus

An investigation has been launched after a bus floor resembled a 'river', sparking fears a passenger could slip over.

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Resident's huge fly-tipping fine after paying men in van to dump waste

Resident's huge fly-tipping fine after paying men in van to dump waste

A man has been fined after huge piles of rubbish dumped on farmland were linked back to him.

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'I just want to see a doctor face-to-face'

'I just want to see a doctor face-to-face'

A man has become so fed-up of struggling to get a face-to-face appointment with his GP that he staged a protest in the waiting room.

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Progress clear to see

Progress clear to see

Tommy Warrilow is finally starting to like what he sees from his Ashford side.

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