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Roads across Kent remain closed by fallen trees

22 February 2022
Roads across Kent remain closed by fallen trees

Damaged power lines and telephone cables are adding to problems as Kent Highways attempts to clear the storm debris.

Power outage keeps school closed

21 February 2022
Power outage keeps school closed

Students will get a second day of online learning thanks to storm damage.

Shop targeted in early morning raid

21 February 2022
Shop targeted in early morning raid

Cigarettes were stolen from a store in an early hours burglary.

Schoolhouse sells for double asking price

17 February 2022
Schoolhouse sells for double asking price

Villagers are trying to get a former library listed to safeguard it from demolition after an unidentified buyer snapped it up at auction.

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Villagers gain upper hand in fight to save church from developers

13 February 2022
Villagers gain upper hand in fight to save church from developers

A disused church at risk of development has been withdrawn from auction after villagers made their own bid.

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Care centre could take 100-plus residents

12 February 2022
Care centre could take 100-plus residents

A council is considering whether to allow a new care home on a site that does not accord with its Local Plan.

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Golf club plans rejected by inspector

11 February 2022
Golf club plans rejected by inspector

Plans for 374 homes and a new link road across a village golf course have been thrown out.

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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.

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