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Housing survey criticises poor design

09 March 2020
Housing survey criticises poor design

Councils are ignoring poor design under pressure to increase housing numbers, a planning professor has claimed.

Opposition is mounting to plans for 421 new homes

08 March 2020
Opposition is mounting to plans for 421 new homes

Concerns for the Grade I listed St Nicholas Church and increased traffic are behind 280 objections to a planning proposal in Otham.

It's time the borough turned aspiration into achievement

08 March 2020
It's time the borough turned aspiration into achievement

It's time to 'Get it done' urges former councillor David Pickett as he reviews how little has been achieved over the past 13 years.

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A reason for fly-tipping?

08 March 2020
A reason for fly-tipping?

The monthly collection of building rubble at North Farm fell by 195 tonnes after charging was introduced, an FOI has revealed.

Our Nick can teach our MPs how to behave

07 March 2020
Our Nick can teach our MPs how to behave

A Tunbridge Wells Borough Councillor is the only local politician in the running for a national award to reward civility in politics.

Only two objections to Church Farm proposal

05 March 2020
Only two objections to Church Farm proposal

A new developer has found a way to squeeze more homes onto a flood-plain in a detailed application submitted to Tunbridge Wells council.

Are 'leaky dams' the answer?

04 March 2020
Are 'leaky dams' the answer?

Hadlow Estate could teach us a thing or two about flood measures, says the South East Rivers Trust.

Shoppers flock to new bakery

04 March 2020
Shoppers flock to new bakery

A business run by a father and son is bringing fresh bread and cakes to shoppers.

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'It's shocking nothing was done'

04 March 2020
'It's shocking nothing was done'

The dangerous state of a mud-covered carriageway had been reported to Kent Highways a month before a serious accident happened on the road.

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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.

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