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Battle for the village green continues with ‘tea and cakes’

06 October 2023
Battle for the village green continues with ‘tea and cakes’

Campaigners seeking to have an area of farmland declared a village green are holding a community day to drum up support.

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‘It’s quality not quantity’: Parish council seeks to cut its numbers

05 October 2023
‘It’s quality not quantity’: Parish council seeks to cut its numbers

A parish council has taken the unusual step of asking to have its number of councillors reduced rather than fill vacant slots.

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Mum stole £2.4k from nightclub till to fund drug habit

05 October 2023
Mum stole £2.4k from nightclub till to fund drug habit

A mum who stole cash from the nightclub where she worked to buy drugs has been given a second chance as she battles breast cancer.

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‘Isn’t it overcrowding?’

04 October 2023
‘Isn’t it overcrowding?’

Neighbours are upset about an application for a nine-bed HMO with no parking.

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Group honouring war heroes folds

04 October 2023
Group honouring war heroes folds

A Royal British Legion branch has put its standard in the safe-keeping of the local church as aging members call it a day.

Vulnerable residents offered help as homeless hostels close

03 October 2023
Vulnerable residents offered help as homeless hostels close

A return to the streets has been postponed for residents of three homeless shelters as a charity closes its doors.

Rival councillors join forces

03 October 2023
Rival councillors join forces

Two councillors, formerly from rival parties, have found it best to work together.

‘New 5,000-home garden village must have railway station’

03 October 2023
‘New 5,000-home garden village must have railway station’

A proposed garden village of 5,000 homes must also include a railway station from the start, insists a government inspector.

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Sporting Lioness to be honoured despite objections

02 October 2023
Sporting Lioness to be honoured despite objections

Lioness Alessia Russo will be granted the Freedom of the Borough in her home town, but not everyone is in favour.

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Pay rise for councillors

29 September 2023
Pay rise for councillors

A council has voted to give its members below-inflation pay rises.

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High-speed chase ends with crash during school-run

28 September 2023
High-speed chase ends with crash during school-run

Villagers were stunned when a high-speed police chase at school pick-up time ended in a crash.

Car fire closes motorway

28 September 2023
Car fire closes motorway

Smoke from a car fire drifting across the carriageway closed a section of the M20.

Road closed as fire engulfs barn

28 September 2023
Road closed as fire engulfs barn

Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a farm where two barns and a haystack are thought to be alight – the third such fire in Kent in just four days.

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Warning of ‘significant disruption’ as tunnels to shut

28 September 2023
Warning of ‘significant disruption’ as tunnels to shut

Motorists have been warned there are likely to be lengthy delays at the weekend as work at the Dartford Crossing will reduce capacity by 75%.

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Royal British Legion granted high honour

28 September 2023
Royal British Legion granted high honour

The outstanding work of the Royal British Legion in caring for ex-servicemen over the past 100 years has been recognised.

Railway ale and cider festival steams ahead

28 September 2023
Railway ale and cider festival steams ahead

Real ales, ciders and steam trains will feature at a festival next month – what’s not to like?

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Village youth club returns

28 September 2023
Village youth club returns

A new community hub has allowed a village to re-open its youth club after a nine-year absence.

Plan to cut village speed limit

28 September 2023
Plan to cut village speed limit

People are being asked for their views on plans to extend a 30mph limit.

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Missing soldier’s grave discovered

28 September 2023
Missing soldier’s grave discovered

Eighty years after they were listed as missing in action, the graves of three British soldiers have been found.

Further changes to controversial town centre one-way system

28 September 2023
Further changes to controversial town centre one-way system

Kent Highways wants to know if tweaks to a controversial one-way system have worked.

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