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Striking footage shows this year’s highest tide hitting Kent

25 November 2023
Striking footage shows this year’s highest tide hitting Kent

Footage shows the dramatic moment this year’s highest tide swept the coast.

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Emergency repairs continue overnight

24 November 2023
Emergency repairs continue overnight

Southern Water has been unable to give any details on why it has had to close a busy route for traffic heading to the M20.

Have your say on parking charges

24 November 2023
Have your say on parking charges

A council plans to bring in charges at three free car parks and to increase fees elsewhere.

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‘The need for a care home is overwhelming‘

24 November 2023
‘The need for a care home is overwhelming‘

A rural village might yet be given an 87-bed care home for the elderly if a planning appeal is successful.

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‘Some trees are now in decline’

24 November 2023
‘Some trees are now in decline’

A council is consulting on its plans for 33 acres of woodland described as a valued community asset.

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Medical practice shut due to water leak

23 November 2023
Medical practice shut due to water leak

Patients face having appointments cancelled or transferred due to a water leak which has shut a doctor’s surgery and the road it’s on.

Mayor joins colourful festival

23 November 2023
Mayor joins colourful festival

A mayor and mayoress took centre-stage at a colourful celebration of Diwali.

Big change for parish council elections

22 November 2023
Big change for parish council elections

Parish council elections will become part of voters’ “Super Thursday” next May after a move to hold them at the same time as the borough poll.

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Sewage leak adds to ‘whiff of decline’ hanging over town

22 November 2023
Sewage leak adds to ‘whiff of decline’ hanging over town

The residents of a new luxury apartment block may find themselves looking out over a “sewage settlement lagoon”.

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‘She’s an extraordinary lady’

22 November 2023
‘She’s an extraordinary lady’

The Inner Wheel has honoured an ‘extraordinary’ 90-year-old who has been a member for 70 years.

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Restaurant to open at winery

21 November 2023
Restaurant to open at winery

A business celebrating a record-breaking year is to open a restaurant marrying its wine with locally-produced food.

U-turn over improving junction for new business park

21 November 2023
U-turn over improving junction for new business park

A developer will be able to build and occupy one third of its business park before implementing a junction improvement previously considered vital.

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£10k donation to keep festival afloat

21 November 2023
£10k donation to keep festival afloat

An awards ceremony for a town’s river festival has kick-started sponsorship for next year.

Teenage victim of war remembered at service

20 November 2023
Teenage victim of war remembered at service

A British serviceman who died in Belgium just 24 days before the end of the First World War has been honoured with a parade and wreath-laying service.

Playgroup’s closure ‘would be a disaster’

20 November 2023
Playgroup’s closure ‘would be a disaster’

A playgroup that has been running for 57 years is at a crisis point and has appealed for help to keep it open.

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‘Residents are already suffering an infrastructure deficit’

20 November 2023
‘Residents are already suffering an infrastructure deficit’

A consultation on revisions to a town’s key planning blueprint has closed, with an MP among the hundreds responding.

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Another HMO planned for ward with more than 100 already

18 November 2023
Another HMO planned for ward with more than 100 already

There are plans for another HMO in a ward which already has more than 115 – the highest in the town.

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Bid to rescue museum project fails

17 November 2023
Bid to rescue museum project fails

Plans to turn two listed buildings into a museum honouring a famed architect are in tatters, after an attempt to stop their sale was defeated.

‘School is a paragon of excellence’

17 November 2023
‘School is a paragon of excellence’

A school run by a trust responsible for thousands of pupils across the county has received another top Ofsted report.

Life-saving plan unveiled for red telephone box

16 November 2023
Life-saving plan unveiled for red telephone box

A village is seeking to install an iconic phone box, but you won’t be able to make calls from it.

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