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‘Feel free to remove me from office at any time'

27 June 2023
‘Feel free to remove me from office at any time'

A borough council is bringing in a new rule to make it easier to change its leader.

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Around the clock protection against car theft

26 June 2023
Around the clock protection against car theft

Following a rise in car thefts, a tracking company has described how it can trace a stolen vehicle and dispatch a recovery team to bring it back.

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Upset as council to sell green space and car parks for housing

26 June 2023
Upset as council to sell green space and car parks for housing

A borough council has agreed that six town centre car parks and a number of urban green spaces could be sold for housing developments.

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Controversial landlord’s latest plan leads to complaints from residents

25 June 2023
Controversial landlord’s latest plan leads to complaints from residents

Buildings at the heart of a conservation area could have their height increased by two storeys, under plans prepared by property mogul Fergus Wilson.

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New discovery prompts further delays to ‘doomsday wreck’ removal

23 June 2023
New discovery prompts further delays to ‘doomsday wreck’ removal

Measures to remove masts and improve the safety of a wrecked Second World War munitions ship have been delayed due to a new discovery.

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‘Things need to change’: GP surgery’s bid to cut down phone waits

23 June 2023
‘Things need to change’: GP surgery’s bid to cut down phone waits

A doctor’s surgery is to trial a new online booking system in a bid cut down on long telephone waiting times for patients.

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Water company boss blames shortages on ‘people working from home’

23 June 2023
Water company boss blames shortages on ‘people working from home’

Residents hit by water shortages have been further angered by a water company CEO blaming in part soaring demand on a ‘rise in working from home’.

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Man found dead at holiday park shot twice, inquest hears

23 June 2023
Man found dead at holiday park shot twice, inquest hears

An inquest has heard a 35-year-old man who was found dead at a chalet park had two gunshot wounds to his chest.

Constant homes construction ‘driving us nuts’

23 June 2023
Constant homes construction ‘driving us nuts’

Residents say the noise from pile-driving at a new housing estate under construction is ‘unbearable’.

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Village pays tribute to Aussie Spitfire hero

22 June 2023
Village pays tribute to Aussie Spitfire hero

A village will once again commemorate the death of a Second World War fighter pilot who died when his plane crashed in fields in Kent in 1944.

Hunt on for phantom poo spreader

21 June 2023
Hunt on for phantom poo spreader

Police are hunting a vandal who regularly smears excrement over the walls of a public toilet.

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Bus company comes to the rescue of ‘stranded’ passengers

19 June 2023
Bus company comes to the rescue of ‘stranded’ passengers

A private bus company will be stepping in to cover a number of services withdrawn by Arriva.

Anger over FGM video shown to 11-year-olds

19 June 2023
Anger over FGM video shown to 11-year-olds

A school has been criticised for showing a video on female genital mutilation to a class of 11 and 12-year-olds.

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135 homes approved for farmland

18 June 2023
135 homes approved for farmland

A developer has won permission for a controversial housing estate because the council did not have a five-year land supply.

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Everything for the motor fan at car rally

18 June 2023
Everything for the motor fan at car rally

A classic transport rally will feature vehicles that are more than a century old – and hundreds of newer ones.

Blast fears as jet-skis and dinghies seen ‘too close to doomsday wreck’

16 June 2023
Blast fears as jet-skis and dinghies seen ‘too close to doomsday wreck’

Safety fears have been raised after numerous ‘vessels’ were seen breaching a safety exclusion zone around a sunken Second World War munitions ship.

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Rooftop solar panels started fire

15 June 2023
Rooftop solar panels started fire

The fire service has confirmed that faulty solar panels caused a blaze in a block of flats.

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Mum vows to fight ‘school 5G mast plans’ in court

15 June 2023
Mum vows to fight ‘school 5G mast plans’ in court

A concerned mother is launching legal action against a borough council for permitting a 5G phone mast to be placed outside two schools.

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Kelly Brook sells her period home in Kent for £1.45m

15 June 2023
Kelly Brook sells her period home in Kent for £1.45m

Actress and model Kelly Brook has sold her Kentish hall house featuring a swimming pool, extensive gardens and period features for £1.45m.

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‘It’s like a prison’ – life on an unfinished new-build estate

15 June 2023
‘It’s like a prison’ – life on an unfinished new-build estate

Three years after they moved in, residents living on a new housing estate say roads are still unfinished and drainage issues persist.

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