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'Delivering 16,000 new homes would be a real challenge'

20 January 2023
'Delivering 16,000 new homes would be a real challenge'

A council leader says he hopes the government will reduce housing targets – as people are asked what they think needs to change in their borough.

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Where does your area stand on the housing ladder?

20 January 2023
Where does your area stand on the housing ladder?

New data has been released which shows how many households in Kent own their homes outright – and the numbers may be surprising.

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Community mourns former postmaster

19 January 2023
Community mourns former postmaster

Tributes have been paid to a respected shopkeeper, who as a boy took his turn at being enemy plane spotter, ringing a school bell to warn of aircraft.

Post Office troubles may be over

19 January 2023
Post Office troubles may be over

A town may finally have found a new permanent home for its Post Office.

'Has anyone seen a cat-box with a chicken in it?'

19 January 2023
'Has anyone seen a cat-box with a chicken in it?'

A homeless couple, who were evicted from emergency accommodation for having pets, have lost both their cat and chicken as they slept on the streets.

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Villagers mobilise against 2,500-home garden village plan

18 January 2023
Villagers mobilise against 2,500-home garden village plan

Residents have begun their fight to stop a a huge garden village – with homes, shops, businesses and a school – being built in the countryside.

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'We may have to start again'

17 January 2023
'We may have to start again'

A football chairman says a blaze which tore through the clubhouse has had a devastating effect – as the exact cause remains unknown.

Parish council faces threat of legal action over absentee councillor

17 January 2023
Parish council faces threat of legal action over absentee councillor

A troubled village has found three new councillors, but had another resign.

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Garden village plans declared 'unsound'

16 January 2023
Garden village plans declared 'unsound'

A government inspector has rejected initial plans for two garden villages, saying a new railway station and better motorway links would be needed.

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‘Let me live with the chicken that saved my life’

14 January 2023
‘Let me live with the chicken that saved my life’

A couple have been evicted from a flat and then a hotel in their fight to stay with their beloved pet chicken.

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Council invites you to give your views at online meeting

13 January 2023
Council invites you to give your views at online meeting

Residents are being offered the chance to speak out on what they want to see happen where they live.

First pictures of clubhouse damaged in overnight fire

13 January 2023
First pictures of clubhouse damaged in overnight fire

Supporters of a football club have begun raising funds to help rebuild a clubhouse after it was destroyed in a fire.

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Teenagers arrested for attempted theft of moped

13 January 2023
Teenagers arrested for attempted theft of moped

Sharp-eyed officers on patrol have frustrated an attempt to steal a moped.

Police hunt motorbike thieves

12 January 2023
Police hunt motorbike thieves

The public are being asked to help trace two suspected motorbike thieves.

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Two arrests by drugs squad

12 January 2023
Two arrests by drugs squad

Two suspected county lines drug dealers have appeared in court.

One in six cops looking to quit force

11 January 2023
One in six cops looking to quit force

Low pay, over-work and verbal and physical abuse are talking their toll on Kent's police officers, a new report shows.

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Safety fears at 'dangerous' National Trust site

10 January 2023
Safety fears at 'dangerous' National Trust site

Neighbours are calling for an 'eyesore' listed barn held up by scaffolding to be fenced off.

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Delays followed three-vehicle collision

10 January 2023
Delays followed three-vehicle collision

A motorcyclist was injured in an accident on the A229 this morning.

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Watch moment meteor shoots through sky above Kent

10 January 2023
Watch moment meteor shoots through sky above Kent

This is the moment a meteor shot through the sky above Kent.

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Traffic moving again on the M20

10 January 2023
Traffic moving again on the M20

Motorists found their early commute interrupted this morning while emergency services attended to a vehicle on fire.

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