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‘There are 51 traveller caravans in this single postcode’

28 July 2023
‘There are 51 traveller caravans in this single postcode’

A gypsy site has been approved despite calls by a parish council for a rethink.

‘Are we serious about stopping this planet from dying?”

28 July 2023
‘Are we serious about stopping this planet from dying?”

Councillors have declared they must “stop playing” in their response to the climate emergency and add more solar panels to a housing development.

Plans for police hub in troubled gardens approved

27 July 2023
Plans for police hub in troubled gardens approved

A public park described as “grim, menacing and dystopian” is to get its own police office.

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Phone box where just 52 calls were made in a year could be removed

26 July 2023
Phone box where just 52 calls were made in a year could be removed

A payphone is under threat of being removed by BT after being used on average only once a week.

New £1.6m church and community centre set to open

25 July 2023
New £1.6m church and community centre set to open

A new church centre that has been 10 years in the making will host its first service this weekend.

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Proposed veterans’ centre would offer vital training

25 July 2023
Proposed veterans’ centre would offer vital training

A double amputee and PTSD sufferer are seeking permission to create a drop-in centre for fellow ex-servicemen.

Drummer uses pile-driving ‘thumps’ to create a ‘banger’

25 July 2023
Drummer uses pile-driving ‘thumps’ to create a ‘banger’

A drummer has composed a piece on his snare drum to accompany the sound of a building site pile-driver that’s been driving him and his neighbours mad.

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Dog-walking paddock proposed

24 July 2023
Dog-walking paddock proposed

Land-owner plans to charge dog owners for walking their pets in a field divided into two paddocks.

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Splat! Rotting food waste falls from lorry

24 July 2023
Splat! Rotting food waste falls from lorry

Rotting food has been spread over a main road after a side door on a waste lorry opened as it went around a roundabout.

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Post offices could be saved

24 July 2023
Post offices could be saved

Villagers worried about post offices closing have been told there are applicants coming forward.

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Greyhound kennels could become housing

22 July 2023
Greyhound kennels could become housing

A decades-old centre used to train and house racing greyhounds could be replaced by new homes.

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New flats planned for town centre shops

20 July 2023
New flats planned for town centre shops

Two town centre commercial premises could be converted into flats.

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‘Tour company left us in the lurch after terrifying holiday robbery’

20 July 2023
‘Tour company left us in the lurch after terrifying holiday robbery’

A holiday couple woke up in their hotel bedroom to find a man leaning over them – who then made off with their watches, jewellery, wallets.

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New swimming pool to open at school

20 July 2023
New swimming pool to open at school

A swimming club will share a school’s new swimming pool in exchange for giving pupils lessons.

Removal of trees for housing ‘wanton destruction’

19 July 2023
Removal of trees for housing ‘wanton destruction’

Trees have been felled to make way for a 250-home development.

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‘Fairytale’ woodland wedding venue could expand

19 July 2023
‘Fairytale’ woodland wedding venue could expand

Bosses of a woodland wedding venue are seeking permission to run unlimited events in the warmer months.

Popular nursery faces closure threat amid council lease row

19 July 2023
Popular nursery faces closure threat amid council lease row

A charity-run village pre-school could lose its home after a parish council doubled its rent and may not renew its lease.

Borough landed with another council tax hike

18 July 2023
Borough landed with another council tax hike

Residents of one Kent borough have already learned they’ll face another council tax hike next year.

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‘Net zero bid is pie in the sky – we don’t even have recycling bins’

18 July 2023
‘Net zero bid is pie in the sky – we don’t even have recycling bins’

A council aiming for zero carbon by 2030 is yet to put recycling bins in its own offices four years after declaring a climate emergency.

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Homeless soldiers given more help

17 July 2023
Homeless soldiers given more help

RBLI will be able to expand its services to help homeless ex-servicemen after a big donation was received.

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