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Prized railway’s future is secured

22 January 2024
Prized railway’s future is secured

A model railway society has been given further guarantees that it is not about to hit the buffers.

Six weeks of diversions for major road closure

22 January 2024
Six weeks of diversions for major road closure

The six-week closure of a town’s key artery is likely to put “enormous pressure” on other routes, it has been warned.

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‘It’s a huge opportunity – but should we build homes and the next 02 Arena there?’

21 January 2024
‘It’s a huge opportunity – but should we build homes and the next 02 Arena there?’

Shoppers in a town sidelined in the debate over controversial plans for 2,500 homes and a 28,000-seater stadium in the green belt have had their say.

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Former village school to be auctioned off

19 January 2024
Former village school to be auctioned off

A former Victorian village school is for sale with planning permission for three homes.

New changes proposed at M2 junction

19 January 2024
New changes proposed at M2 junction

Changes to a motorway junction are included in a new consultation on a borough’s long-term planning blueprint for what can be built and where.

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Children’s home plan rejected

19 January 2024
Children’s home plan rejected

A proposal to convert a house in a residential area into a home for children in care has been rejected.

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‘Hidden’ sauna from 1948 Olympics granted listed status

19 January 2024
‘Hidden’ sauna from 1948 Olympics granted listed status

Britain’s “oldest sauna” has been protected for future generations with the granting of listed status.

Remembering the ‘Cobnut King’

18 January 2024
Remembering the ‘Cobnut King’

There will be a memorial service this weekend for the farmer who saved the Kent cobnut industry from EU interference.

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Eight weeks of road closures for £900k water works

17 January 2024
Eight weeks of road closures for £900k water works

A utility company is to dig up two roads as part of a scheme to upgrade water supplies in a town.

Rule-breaking drivers face £70 fines under plans

17 January 2024
Rule-breaking drivers face £70 fines under plans

The council is looking to install ANPR cameras to catch drivers flouting the rules of the road after gaining new powers.

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‘I grew up in a children’s home - don’t judge them’

17 January 2024
‘I grew up in a children’s home - don’t judge them’

A mother, who lost both her parents when she was 11, is calling on people not to vilify children who could move into a care home next door to them.

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Thousands fined for parking at county’s country parks

14 January 2024
Thousands fined for parking at county’s country parks

More than 6,000 motorists have been hit with fines after being tracked by ANPR cameras at much-loved green spaces.

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Staying on track: Town’s miniature railway saved from demolition

13 January 2024
Staying on track: Town’s miniature railway saved from demolition

A council leader has pledged to keep his town’s miniature railway safe but has committed to pulling down its leisure centre.

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Nuclear blast was ‘a great adventure’

12 January 2024
Nuclear blast was ‘a great adventure’

Three veterans of Britain’s NuclearTest programme of the 1950s have finally received the medals they deserve.

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Tributes to ‘passionate’ and ‘forthright’ former mayor

11 January 2024
Tributes to ‘passionate’ and ‘forthright’ former mayor

A popular former councillor known for her blunt speaking and passion for her ward has died.

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Plan to turn hotel into 14-bed HMO

11 January 2024
Plan to turn hotel into 14-bed HMO

A hotel annexe, previously used to house homeless people, could be turned into a 14-bed property in an area ‘under siege’ from HMOs.

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Solar farm in greenbelt will power 3,700 homes

11 January 2024
Solar farm in greenbelt will power 3,700 homes

A controversial solar farm proposal has been approved by the district council, despite dozens of objections.

‘He did so many things for the village’

11 January 2024
‘He did so many things for the village’

A village is in mourning for a parish councillor of five decades ‘who was always thinking of others’.

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Neighbours unhappy with plans to convert house into child care home

10 January 2024
Neighbours unhappy with plans to convert house into child care home

People living near a five-bedroom house earmarked to be turned into a children's care home fear disruption and intimidation from incoming youngsters.

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MP points the way to village green status

10 January 2024
MP points the way to village green status

A three-year campaign to have redundant farmland declared a village green will be decided soon after a date was set for a public inquiry.

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