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The County Lines dealers jailed last month

04 November 2021
The County Lines dealers jailed last month

A police operation against drug dealers across the county has resulted in another 28 arrests in one month.

Main road will stay closed another week due to sinkhole

04 November 2021
Main road will stay closed another week due to sinkhole

A 'shocked' councillor has said that businesses and schoolchildren will suffer as the sinkhole closure of a busy road is extended.

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Inside town's new food hall

03 November 2021
Inside town's new food hall

After months of build-up a conversion of the downstairs section of a leisure complex into a food hall, run by independent traders, is complete.

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Is this Kent's most polluted river?

03 November 2021
Is this Kent's most polluted river?

An environmentalist has urged a borough council to improve its watercourses after being confronted with a litter choked river.

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Eat out at town's new Food Hall

02 November 2021
Eat out at town's new Food Hall

A new food hall has opened with eight different food stalls for you to choose from.

Campaign to save school needs to raise £7,000

02 November 2021
Campaign to save school needs to raise £7,000

An MP says 'time is of the essence' to pay for a Judicial Review of a school closure decision taken by her government.

Man died trying to save home from blaze

02 November 2021
Man died trying to save home from blaze

An man who died when his home caught fire had escaped the building once, but chose to go back in to fight the flames.

900-home scheme would push GPs 'to point of no return'

31 October 2021
900-home scheme would push GPs 'to point of no return'

An MP has told health bosses they have a duty to object to a development because GP services are already strained to their limits.

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'Let's look at council's senior directors £1/2m wage bill'

30 October 2021
'Let's look at council's senior directors £1/2m wage bill'

A call from Labour for a review of a borough council's senior executive structure was dismissed by the council leader as "way off the agenda."

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Six weeks to shape the future of the County Town

29 October 2021
Six weeks to shape the future of the County Town

Residents, businesses and community groups are being given one last chance to comment on the development plan for their borough.

A new bench, cream teas and happy memories of a community stalwart

29 October 2021
A new bench, cream teas and happy memories of a community stalwart

The West Country roots of a popular councillor were celebrated as a bench was unveiled in her memory.

Hunt for suspect after seven businesses burgled

28 October 2021
Hunt for suspect after seven businesses burgled

Police have issued an image of a man they want to speak to following a string of break-ins.

'Free Iggy!' Mystery as dinosaur remains locked up

28 October 2021
'Free Iggy!' Mystery as dinosaur remains locked up

Almost two months on from the completion of a station refurbishment project a town's famous dinosaur remains locked up – and no one will say why.

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'Don't go to Maidstone - it's not safe'

28 October 2021
'Don't go to Maidstone - it's not safe'

A 12-year-old girl needed surgery to a broken wrist after she and two friends were attacked by a pack of youths in a town centre park.

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Drug dealer sent to prison for 29 months

28 October 2021
Drug dealer sent to prison for 29 months

Mobile phone records showed that a drug dealer had 20 buyers lined up when he was arrested.

Boys on bikes raise fire alarm

26 October 2021
Boys on bikes raise fire alarm

A group of young lads have been praised for their public-spirited actions after spotting a house fire and alerting the fire service.

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Coroner told who was driving before crash claimed four lives

26 October 2021
Coroner told who was driving before crash claimed four lives

An inquest has heard how four men died when their vehicle went onto the verge and plunged down a gully.

Closing school accused of back-tracking on promises

26 October 2021
Closing school accused of back-tracking on promises

An MP fears an educational trust is breaking pledges made to parents over transferring pupils to another of its schools, as she fights to save it.

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Homes inquiry stalled amid row over lack of consultation

25 October 2021
Homes inquiry stalled amid row over lack of consultation

Campaigners worried about the effect of 75 new homes close to an historic abbey have welcomed a postponement of a planning appeal.

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Town remembers 'kind and lovely' deputy mayor

23 October 2021
Town remembers 'kind and lovely' deputy mayor

Tributes have been paid to a long-serving and popular borough councillor at a service of thanksgiving.

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