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The terraced house that was home to town’s ‘smallest cinema’

27 August 2024
The terraced house that was home to town’s ‘smallest cinema’

In the 1930s a film fan created a cinema in the front room of his father’s house that could seat just eight people.

M&S to close cafe at out-of-town branch

27 August 2024
M&S to close cafe at out-of-town branch

M&S is to close its cafe operation at a key out-of-town store and has acknowledged it will be “disappointing news” for some customers.

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Housing expansion requires water main upgrade

27 August 2024
Housing expansion requires water main upgrade

A village faces a four-month road closures while a new water main is installed to cope with increased demand.

Morrisons to overhaul petrol station and install EV charging points

27 August 2024
Morrisons to overhaul petrol station and install EV charging points

Morrisons has plans to extend its garage forecourt shop and install new jetwash bays and EV charging points.

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Bus company announces timetable change for new school year

26 August 2024
Bus company announces timetable change for new school year

Bus company Nu Venture has warned people to keep an eye on their timetables as it makes changes to certain services.

Final plans for nearly 200 homes at major ‘homes and link road’ project revealed

26 August 2024
Final plans for nearly 200 homes at major ‘homes and link road’ project revealed

Details have been released of the third and final phase of a major project to deliver 840 new homes including a link road between two local routes.

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Aerial photo shows building continues at estate that's been 30 years in the making

25 August 2024
Aerial photo shows building continues at estate that's been 30 years in the making

A “village estate” on a disused airfield is still expanding with 542 new homes in the pipeline 30 years after its foundation.

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‘I’ve parked here for 30 years - why have I got a ticket?’

25 August 2024
‘I’ve parked here for 30 years - why have I got a ticket?’

A pensioner received a ticket for the first time after parking in the same spot for 30 years - only for it to be wrongly overturned.

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Second attempt to convert HMO back into single-family home

24 August 2024
Second attempt to convert HMO back into single-family home

While many homes are being converted into houses of multiple occupation, one property owner is trying to go the other way.

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HMO plan ‘human equivalent of battery hen farming’

23 August 2024
HMO plan ‘human equivalent of battery hen farming’

Councillors have gone against planning officers’ advice and rejected plans for another town centre house in multiple occupation.

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Map of how village looked more than 270 years ago unveiled

22 August 2024
Map of how village looked more than 270 years ago unveiled

A detailed map showing a Kent village as it was in 1752 has been unveiled.

Hair salon could become pizza restaurant

22 August 2024
Hair salon could become pizza restaurant

An application has been made to convert a hair salon into a pizza restaurant and takeway.

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HMO plan for terraced street branded ‘insanity’ and ‘ludicrous’

22 August 2024
HMO plan for terraced street branded ‘insanity’ and ‘ludicrous’

Plans for yet another house in multiple occupation in a street where one in 10 are already HMOs have been criticised by ward councillors.

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The abandoned Kent prison sitting empty despite overcrowding crisis

20 August 2024
The abandoned Kent prison sitting empty despite overcrowding crisis

Defendants are being kept in police cells to help with a shortage of prison space while one jail in Kent has sat empty for six years.

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Manager ‘immensely proud’ as care home improves from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’

19 August 2024
Manager ‘immensely proud’ as care home improves from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’

A care home has dramatically improved its standards and has been rated “good” in every category.

Love Island star opens new expanded Bluewater beauty store

19 August 2024
Love Island star opens new expanded Bluewater beauty store

Love Island's Sophie Piper was pictured donning a bucket hat as she helped unveil Superdrug’s brand new store based at Kent’s largest shopping centre.

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Former dance studio could become vets’ surgery

19 August 2024
Former dance studio could become vets’ surgery

A vet says his new surgery will cater for cats and dogs but will also have a specialist service for exotic animals.

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Doomed pub ‘should be reopened’ and called ‘The White Elephant’

17 August 2024
Doomed pub ‘should be reopened’ and called ‘The White Elephant’

Five years after KCC bought a pub to make room for a new junction that’s not happened it’s been suggested it be renamed “The White Elephant”.

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‘It’s a myth that men don’t want to talk about being dads’

16 August 2024
‘It’s a myth that men don’t want to talk about being dads’

A support group for dads is set to expand across Kent after being awarded a grant from KCC.

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Stones to kick-off charity shop’s relaunch

16 August 2024
Stones to kick-off charity shop’s relaunch

People are invited to meet a town’s football club’s players at the opening of a charity shop’s extension next week.

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