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Huge Christmas display made entirely of ‘rubbish’

16 December 2024
Huge Christmas display made entirely of ‘rubbish’

Workers at a household waste centre have recycled decorations to cheer up their visitors.

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Women share distressing stories of violence in bid to improve safety for others

16 December 2024
Women share distressing stories of violence in bid to improve safety for others

Female councillors have spoken of their own experiences in a debate on violence against women and girls.

‘It’s quantity over quality’: Bid to convert hotel annexe into HMO returns

15 December 2024
‘It’s quantity over quality’: Bid to convert hotel annexe into HMO returns

A hotelier has resubmitted plans to turn an annexe into an HMO due to a drop in guest numbers, saying “we simply cannot continue like this”.

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Bus driver ‘punched in face’ after altercation with passenger

13 December 2024
Bus driver ‘punched in face’ after altercation with passenger

Police are searching for a man after an Arriva driver was reportedly assaulted at a bus station.

‘Branch came down like a spear - it’s lucky it didn’t hit anyone’

13 December 2024
‘Branch came down like a spear - it’s lucky it didn’t hit anyone’

A retired scientist is calling on the council to cut back trees after a falling bough impaled itself on a verge outside his home.

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Abandoned charity shop could become home

13 December 2024
Abandoned charity shop could become home

Plans have been put forward to turn a branch of Save the Children which was closed more than four years into a house.

‘Put green before greed’: Villagers devastated at countryside home plans approval

12 December 2024
‘Put green before greed’: Villagers devastated at countryside home plans approval

Residents are “devastated” after a council approved plans for 150 homes which opponents say will turn the land into an “ecological desert.”

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RAF Chinook lands at school

11 December 2024
RAF Chinook lands at school

A military helicopter caused a stir when it touched down on a grammar school’s playing field.

‘If we don’t bump up parking fees, we’ll have to hike council tax’

10 December 2024
‘If we don’t bump up parking fees, we’ll have to hike council tax’

A council is looking to bring in £500k by raising parking fees, with charges for one of its parks planned to shoot up by 50%.

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Kent company makes bronze sculptures for memorial park in Alabama

09 December 2024
Kent company makes bronze sculptures for memorial park in Alabama

An innovative casting technique has won a Kent firm an industry award for helping bring an artist’s work to life.

Care company moves to explain potential fees hike

09 December 2024
Care company moves to explain potential fees hike

Existing residents at a former military veterans’ care home have been assured by the new owners their fees will not rise.

School expansion opposed over fears it could put others ‘at risk’

08 December 2024
School expansion opposed over fears it could put others ‘at risk’

Plans to enlarge one village primary have met opposition from some who believe it’s the wrong way to deal with a “temporary increase” in pupils.

Tributes to former pub landlady and ‘formidable’ politician

08 December 2024
Tributes to former pub landlady and ‘formidable’ politician

A former pub landlady and politician has been remembered as a “formidable” woman who cared deeply for the people she represented.

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Cameras to enforce much-abused road signs still months away

08 December 2024
Cameras to enforce much-abused road signs still months away

Motorists are continuing to ignore signs banning them from using a bus-only road, including a learner driver, it’s been claimed.

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‘My son forgot his tie and was bullied all day over what teachers made him wear’

06 December 2024
‘My son forgot his tie and was bullied all day over what teachers made him wear’

A mother says her autistic son was humiliated and bullied after being told to wear a Christmas tie by teachers.

‘No action’s been taken in HMO hotspot in three years, just dozens more conversions’

06 December 2024
‘No action’s been taken in HMO hotspot in three years, just dozens more conversions’

Councillors butted heads over how best to deal with the proliferation of HMOs which has changed the face of one part of a town.

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Third tumble dryer fire in four days prompts warning

05 December 2024
Third tumble dryer fire in four days prompts warning

The county’s fire service has issued a warning about the use of tumble dryers after a third blaze this week.

Long delays on A2 now clearing

05 December 2024
Long delays on A2 now clearing

A crash involving at least two vehicles temporarily blocked lanes on one of the county’s busiest routes tonight.

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‘Dangerous man’ who sexually abused girl jailed

05 December 2024
‘Dangerous man’ who sexually abused girl jailed

A convicted sex offender has had four years added to his sentence after admitting a sexual assault on a young girl.

Firefighters called to bedroom blaze

04 December 2024
Firefighters called to bedroom blaze

Two fire engines were sent to a residential street after reports of a blaze in a bedroom.

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