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'All you know is you are helping someone somewhere'

10 March 2023
'All you know is you are helping someone somewhere'

An emergency service run entirely by volunteers has helped the air ambulance save countess lives over the past 10 years.

Station to get new footbridge and lifts

10 March 2023
Station to get new footbridge and lifts

A new footbridge with lifts is due to be installed at a railway station to improve access for people with mobility problems.

'Losing our post office will be a disaster'

10 March 2023
'Losing our post office will be a disaster'

Villagers say they are worried about the future of their two post offices.

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Derelict fisherman's lodge to become holiday lets

09 March 2023
Derelict fisherman's lodge to become holiday lets

Holiday-makers will be able to catch lakeside accommodation in an old fisherman's lodge after plans were approved by an inspector.

'We are doing everything we can to avoid closure'

09 March 2023
'We are doing everything we can to avoid closure'

A charity's staff have been warned about redundancies but the chairman of its trustees says all hope is not lost.

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Launch of new children's hospice services

09 March 2023
Launch of new children's hospice services

Families caring for a child with a terminal illness will now be able to seek support as a hospice extends its services.

School's bid to replace sloping sports pitch

08 March 2023
School's bid to replace sloping sports pitch

Schoolchildren will get the chance to play on a level playing field with a new 3G surface after years of battling up and down hill.

Why M25 will become 'highway to hell'

08 March 2023
Why M25 will become 'highway to hell'

Motorists are facing even more disruption as motorway maintenance workers consider strike action.

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Last bolt added to new health centre

08 March 2023
Last bolt added to new health centre

Progress is being made on a new £13.5m health centre due to open this autumn.

Pioneering woman honoured on stage

08 March 2023
Pioneering woman honoured on stage

A new play remembers the first woman to win a Nobel prize.

'Why don't they answer my calls?'

07 March 2023
'Why don't they answer my calls?'

Councillors have been ticked off by a resident for not answering her calls or emails.

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Need for voter ID 'could skew the results'

07 March 2023
Need for voter ID 'could skew the results'

More than 5,000 people in one borough alone may find themselves refused a ballot paper in this May's elections.

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Look out for beasts and monster doughnuts

07 March 2023
Look out for beasts and monster doughnuts

A town is writing a new chapter with the launch of its first book festival.

Teacher asked ex-pupil about her period and invited her to do drugs

06 March 2023
Teacher asked ex-pupil about her period and invited her to do drugs

A maths teacher has been banned from the profession over inappropriate relationships with former pupils.

'The timing of the hearings is appalling'

06 March 2023
'The timing of the hearings is appalling'

People have one final chance to influence a government planning inspector over proposals to build thousands of homes.

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Petition to save village post office 'evicted' by developers

05 March 2023
Petition to save village post office 'evicted' by developers

A retiring postmaster who runs a Kent village's post office has set up a petition calling for a new one to be opened when his closes.

'No street is without a pothole or patchwork – it's knocked down my house price'

05 March 2023
'No street is without a pothole or patchwork – it's knocked down my house price'

A woman who has compiled a dossier of 100 photos of potholes in her area says the price of her home has dipped by up to £10k as a result.

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Mobile phone mast planned for opposite Morrisons

03 March 2023
Mobile phone mast planned for opposite Morrisons

Residents have given only a few days left if they wish to object to proposals for a new 20 metre phone mast near their homes.

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Allotments move plan that divided village is dropped

03 March 2023
Allotments move plan that divided village is dropped

Allotment holders say they are "relieved but not victorious" after a controversial parish council project that split opinion was dropped.

School shuts its doors for good

02 March 2023
School shuts its doors for good

A independent preparatory school has shut its doors for good after running into financial hardship.

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