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More homes on the way

11 February 2022
More homes on the way

The latest phase of housing development on a former Kent airfield has begun.

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New wards will shape town's political future

11 February 2022
New wards will shape town's political future

People are being asked for their views on new voting arrangements in the County Town.

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New step in campaign to stop garden village plan

11 February 2022
New step in campaign to stop garden village plan

Villagers have launched an online petition to persuade a borough council to do a U-turn.

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Cancer mum lobbies Health Secretary Sajid Javid

10 February 2022
Cancer mum lobbies Health Secretary Sajid Javid

A mum is campaigning for a life-saving cancer vaccine to me made available on the NHS, after her son had to travel to New York for treatment.

Car crashes into front of railway station

10 February 2022
Car crashes into front of railway station

A witness has spoken of a woman's lucky escape as an SUV came close to running her over.

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Residents' anger at 18m phone mast

10 February 2022
Residents' anger at 18m phone mast

Villagers are upset at 'inadequate consultation" over plans to erect a phone mast by their busy crossroads.

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Good news for electric car drivers

10 February 2022
Good news for electric car drivers

A council is to install electric charging points in six of its car parks this spring.

Kent areas rated on tackling climate change

10 February 2022
Kent areas rated on tackling climate change

One area in Kent has been given a zero score for its plans to tackle climate change, by an environmental pressure group.

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950-home plan will more than double size of village

09 February 2022
950-home plan will more than double size of village

Villagers fear their community will be swamped by a massive new development and they have just a couple of weeks to make their feelings known.

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Would-be thieves 'drove at victim'

08 February 2022
Would-be thieves 'drove at victim'

A man suspected of attempting to steal a trailer has been arrested in a town eight miles away from where the incident took place.

Suspected shoplifter fled to London

08 February 2022
Suspected shoplifter fled to London

Police are looking to thank members of the public who helped arrest a suspect.

Quarry to be transformed into lakeside 'later living' village

08 February 2022
Quarry to be transformed into lakeside 'later living' village

More than 400 homes for older people could be built on a huge plot that has been a quarry for more than 100 years.

MP's dismay at sentence for 'bullet to the head' tweet

07 February 2022
MP's dismay at sentence for 'bullet to the head' tweet

A politician who was the subject of a menacing message by an ex-Brexit Party candidate says he should have received a harsher punishment.

Prime Minister visits Kent hospital amid NHS back-log row

07 February 2022
Prime Minister visits Kent hospital amid NHS back-log row

Boris Johnson has set out government plans to get the NHS back on track after the pandemic, as he made a surprise visit to a Kent hospital.

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Man accused of killing missing mum faces second murder charge

04 February 2022
Man accused of killing missing mum faces second murder charge

A man accused of killing a mum-of-two missing since November has pleaded not guilty but faces a second murder charge.

Teenager charged after string of sex attacks on girls

04 February 2022
Teenager charged after string of sex attacks on girls

An 18-year-old will appear in court today to answer five charges of sexual assault on girls.

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Stowaway gecko travels 4,800 miles from China

04 February 2022
Stowaway gecko travels 4,800 miles from China

Staff at musical instrument importing company found a surprise visitor in their delivery, a tiny gecko which had travelled 4,800 miles from China.

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Crash on Blue Bell Hill

03 February 2022
Crash on Blue Bell Hill

People travelling to work in Maidstone are facing long delays this morning.

Tiny dog thrown from truck at 50mph

03 February 2022
Tiny dog thrown from truck at 50mph

A tiny dog which was hurled from a flatbed truck at 50mph was lucky to survive.

School's time capsule vanishes

03 February 2022
School's time capsule vanishes

As work takes place to demolish a village school, a bid to find and save its 26-year-old time capsule has failed.

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