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Is this Kent's most pointless car park?

Is this Kent's most pointless car park?

A tiny patch of land has been turned into a car park – but traders say it won't make a blind bit of difference to parking issues in a town centre.

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Fire station upgrade gets green light

Fire station upgrade gets green light

A new training centre could be built to help firefighters learn new skills and techniques developed following the Grenfell fire tragedy.

Tommy gets his man

Tommy gets his man

Ashford boss Tommy Warrilow’s approach in the transfer market has paid off again.

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Macknade closure sees 27 jobs lost

Macknade closure sees 27 jobs lost

The sudden and 'heartbreaking' closure of an upmarket restaurant and shop has seen 27 people lose their jobs.

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Two more weeks of M20 closures amid traffic chaos

Two more weeks of M20 closures amid traffic chaos

There are a further two weeks of closures planned on the M20 - after roadworks caused chaos over the last two weekends.

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'Town centre bench vandalism was inevitable'

'Town centre bench vandalism was inevitable'

Temporary benches added to a town centre in order to brighten it up were vandalised just weeks before they were due to be removed.

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‘I was scared parents at school would see the videos he secretly took’

‘I was scared parents at school would see the videos he secretly took’

A woman whose controlling ex-boyfriend secretly took videos of them being intimate and threatened to post them online has bravely told of her ordeal.

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Kent FA celebrates county's volunteers

Kent FA celebrates county's volunteers

The winners of the Kent FA Grassroots Workforce Awards have been announced.

Warning after spate of car thefts

Warning after spate of car thefts

A warning has been issued to car owners as police launch an investigation following a series of car thefts within days of each other.

Shock as Macknade closes with 'immediate effect'

Shock as Macknade closes with 'immediate effect'

An upmarket restaurant and shop has closed suddenly blaming Covid and the cost of living crisis for having to scale back operations.

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'Navigating through town is a nightmare!'

'Navigating through town is a nightmare!'

Members of a mobility scooter group say a lack of dropped kerbs, bumpy pavements and e-scooter riders make journeys through a Kent town difficult.

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'Mystery man's life story was hidden under our cupboard'

'Mystery man's life story was hidden under our cupboard'

A couple who discovered pictures and letters from a Second World War pilot hidden in the home hope to reunite the documents with his family.

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'I'm not racist - my step-brother is black'

'I'm not racist - my step-brother is black'

A man who threatened to stab a woman after saying 'it's a white man's world' claims he's not racist because he has relatives of different ethnicities.

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‘Why do our parks keep getting trashed?’

‘Why do our parks keep getting trashed?’

A grandmother has questioned why someone would deliberately vandalise a children's play park, leaving it unsafe to use.

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'It's hard enough to get an appointment, and now they're merging'

'It's hard enough to get an appointment, and now they're merging'

Two doctors surgeries are merging in a bid to improve services, but patients are hitting back at the decision saying it's 'ludicrous'.

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Motorcyclist taken to hospital after crash

Motorcyclist taken to hospital after crash

A biker was taken to hospital following a collision between a car and a motorcycle.

'Five-month car park closure is killing Christmas trade'

'Five-month car park closure is killing Christmas trade'

Traders say the reopening of a multi-storey car park is a huge relief for the town but fear it will be too late to bring in vital Christmas trade.

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Crocked in 30 minutes

Crocked in 30 minutes

Ashford boss Tommy Warrilow couldn’t believe his luck when his new striker suffered a knee injury half an hour after signing.

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Europe's busiest McDonald's to reopen

Europe's busiest McDonald's to reopen

McDonald's bosses have confirmed a popular Kent drive-thru is set to reopen after a month of closures.

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'Thank you for saving our miracle baby'

'Thank you for saving our miracle baby'

A mum has thanked hospital staff who saved the life of her “miracle baby” after he was born weighing less than a bag of sugar.

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