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Town mourns its Mayor

04 March 2020
Town mourns its Mayor

Phil Mummery, a mainstay of community life in Cranbrook, has passed away.

Stationer seeks to balance its books

03 March 2020
Stationer seeks to balance its books

A poor half year's trading has put jobs at risk, WHSmith staff are told.

Goat sanctuary is saved

02 March 2020
Goat sanctuary is saved

A much-loved goat sanctuary is safe after a wrangle over a planning technicality.

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Hospital's 18 Leap Year babies

01 March 2020
Hospital's 18 Leap Year babies

Midwives were kept busy yesterday as the Leap Day delivered a maternity ward full of new arrivals.

Leap Day wedding for Tim and Melanie

01 March 2020
Leap Day wedding for Tim and Melanie

One happy couple have no excuse for forgetting the date of their wedding anniversary - it's February 29.

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Will you marry me?

01 March 2020
Will you marry me?

A hospital support worker leapt at the chance to ask her partner to marry her.

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Victim's hand slashed with knife

01 March 2020
Victim's hand slashed with knife

Three men in balaclavas carried out a violent robbery of a delivery driver in the street.

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Extra funding for Kent Police

01 March 2020
Extra funding for Kent Police

Offenders may get a shock if they try to mess with our police in future - as the force gets 150 more tasers.

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Angling for success - The Polygons

01 March 2020
Angling for success - The Polygons

Four teenagers have already made a mark in the music world - and three of them are still at school.

Hospital unit open again after coronavirus scare

01 March 2020
Hospital unit open again after coronavirus scare

Don't go to hospital or your GP, people who think they have coronavirus are being told, after a hospital unit was closed temporarily.

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Injured bird may have been a victim of the storm

01 March 2020
Injured bird may have been a victim of the storm

Billy Casper, the hero of A Kestrel For a Knave, would be proud of the actions of a pair who rescued an injured bird of prey.

'It's so frustrating!'

29 February 2020
'It's so frustrating!'

Villagers are being urged to back their parish council's Neighbourhood Plan, despite the looming threat of a garden village.

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Here we go again

29 February 2020
Here we go again

There could be flooding this afternoon from Yalding through to Allington.

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Traffic misery now easing

29 February 2020
Traffic misery now easing

It has been a morning of frustration and delay for motorists trying to use the A249 today.

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Minute's silence for Wendy

29 February 2020
Minute's silence for Wendy

It was love at first sight for council's "best double act," grieving colleagues are told.

Enforcement orders on caravan park avoided - for now

28 February 2020
Enforcement orders on caravan park avoided - for now

A councillor said it was unfair to leave residents at Pilgrims Retreat with a sword of Damocles over their heads.

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Waking up £30,000 better off

28 February 2020
Waking up £30,000 better off

It's all about location, location, location as the People's Postcode Lottery announces its latest winner.

Council tax to rise

27 February 2020
Council tax to rise

A borough council has set a budget increase "in line with inflation."

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'Stick to our Neighbourhood Plan'

26 February 2020
'Stick to our Neighbourhood Plan'

A meeting about housing development in Staplehurst drew a large audience.

Council avoids planning sanctions

24 February 2020
Council avoids planning sanctions

The Government's Homes Delivery Test has shown that Maidstone has built 935 more homes that was necessary over the past three years.

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