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Children’s picnic protest over plans to use green for car park

20 April 2024
Children’s picnic protest over plans to use green for car park

Around 100 youngsters and their parents showed their feelings over plans to grab their green space for a car park expansion.

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Bid to trace stolen car used in crime

20 April 2024
Bid to trace stolen car used in crime

Police are looking for stolen car believed to have been used by an armed man in the early hours.

Teen arrested on suspicion of drug-driving

20 April 2024
Teen arrested on suspicion of drug-driving

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of driving offences after police pulled over a car in the early hours.

Plan for 1,300-home village ‘must be rejected’

20 April 2024
Plan for 1,300-home village ‘must be rejected’

People turned out in force to oppose plans for a 1,300-home village with access onto one of an area’s already most congested roads.

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Costa drive-thru would create ‘unofficial motorway services’

19 April 2024
Costa drive-thru would create ‘unofficial motorway services’

Plans for a Costa Coffee drive-thru have been held up over concerns about litter, pollution and noise.

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Picnic protest over car park extension plans

18 April 2024
Picnic protest over car park extension plans

Children and parents are to take part in a protest with a difference in a fight against plans to extend a car park onto a green space.

Rebel councillors join calls for rethink over parking changes

17 April 2024
Rebel councillors join calls for rethink over parking changes

A decision to introduce parking fees across parts of a borough have been “called in” by councillors who hope to see the plan dropped.

Pub becomes a plastic-free champion

16 April 2024
Pub becomes a plastic-free champion

A pub has become the first business to win a Plastic Free Champion Award after making three small changes.

Conservatives only group to field candidate for every seat in local elections

14 April 2024
Conservatives only group to field candidate for every seat in local elections

More than 160 candidates from eight parties will be looking for your vote in May’s local elections.

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Plan to extend car park by castle branded ‘bonkers’

12 April 2024
Plan to extend car park by castle branded ‘bonkers’

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a u-turn over a decision to extend a town centre car park near a castle.

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1,300-home plan would have ‘devastating impact’

11 April 2024
1,300-home plan would have ‘devastating impact’

A parish council is urging people to attend a public meeting after a “huge amount of concern” was raised over plans for 1,300 homes on farmland.

Prominent mansion’s price tag drops £3.5m

11 April 2024
Prominent mansion’s price tag drops £3.5m

The asking price of one of Kent’s most prominent historic homes has dropped by £3.5m - with an option to buy just the house and 20 acres for £12m.

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Boundary changes ‘confusing’ for voters

11 April 2024
Boundary changes ‘confusing’ for voters

Recent boundary changes have left voters confused after they’ve found themselves in two places at once.

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Retirement home proposed for parkland

10 April 2024
Retirement home proposed for parkland

A specialist developer of retirement homes is planning a new 50-home complex.

Lioness inspires new girls’ football team

10 April 2024
Lioness inspires new girls’ football team

A girls under 10s team who’ve been playing competitive football for the first time say they have been inspired by Kent-born footballer Alessia Russo.

Parking charges to be introduced despite huge opposition

09 April 2024
Parking charges to be introduced despite huge opposition

A council has gone ahead with introducing new parking charges across a borough despite thousands of people opposing the plans.

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10-year battle with landowner over dumping ground delayed again

09 April 2024
10-year battle with landowner over dumping ground delayed again

A judge has given a landowner “one final chance” to get legal representation before he is sentenced in a long-running planning dispute with a council.

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‘My 11-year-old daughter will leave home at 7am and not get home till 5pm’

08 April 2024
‘My 11-year-old daughter will leave home at 7am and not get home till 5pm’

Parents have set up a petition calling for a new non-selective school to save their children spending two hours on the bus each day.

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Flood alerts issued for large parts of county

07 April 2024
Flood alerts issued for large parts of county

Spring tides bring a risk of coastal flooding from mid-morning tomorrow with some rivers affected too.

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‘It’s meant to be a beautiful urban oasis but it’s a polluted eyesore’

07 April 2024
‘It’s meant to be a beautiful urban oasis but it’s a polluted eyesore’

Fishing tackle, syringes, traffic cones, soiled underwear and drink bottles and cans were just some of the things found in a litter-strewn millpond.

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