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Controversial flats plan on village green belt ‘patch’ approved

11 August 2023
Controversial flats plan on village green belt ‘patch’ approved

Councillors have given the green light to proposals to build eight flats on a patch of village green despite receiving more than 500 objections.

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Girl, 9, misses 110 days of school due to lack of SEN places

11 August 2023
Girl, 9, misses 110 days of school due to lack of SEN places

A mum-of-two has been left heartbroken and frustrated as she fights to get her child into a special educational needs school.

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Work starts to turn rock ’n’ roll pub into restaurant

10 August 2023
Work starts to turn rock ’n’ roll pub into restaurant

Scaffolding has gone up as work starts to change a former boozer into a restaurant.

‘Brazen’ burglar stole £50k of farm equipment

10 August 2023
‘Brazen’ burglar stole £50k of farm equipment

A burglar stole expensive agriculture equipment and sold it on by pretending his uncle had died.

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Statues receive Rolling Stones’ seal of approval

10 August 2023
Statues receive Rolling Stones’ seal of approval

Rock legend Keith Richards has given a thumbs-up to the bronze statues unveiled in his home town.

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Parkland plans for former golf course revealed

10 August 2023
Parkland plans for former golf course revealed

New plans have been revealed to turn a former golf course and sports complex into a parkland.

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Statues of rock legends unveiled in high street

09 August 2023
Statues of rock legends unveiled in high street

Two statues depicting rock legends Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been unveiled.

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‘Our homes are crumbling around us’

09 August 2023
‘Our homes are crumbling around us’

Tenants say they are living in a ‘forgotten block', surrounded by cracked and crumbling walls despite seven years of complaints.

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Victims of A20 crash named

08 August 2023
Victims of A20 crash named

Flowers, cards and candles have been laid at the spot near where two young men died in a car crash.

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Victorian pub will become flats

08 August 2023
Victorian pub will become flats

Plans have been given the green light to convert a pub into two, two-bedroom apartments.

‘We’d just bought our first house - three weeks later I was told I had leukaemia’

06 August 2023
‘We’d just bought our first house - three weeks later I was told I had leukaemia’

A 32-year-old thought he was going to die after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia.

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Council receives £4m funding for new youth centre

04 August 2023
Council receives £4m funding for new youth centre

A sports facility that offers youth services has been awarded more than £4 million from the government to be rebuilt.

Traders vote to continue town centre improvement scheme

03 August 2023
Traders vote to continue town centre improvement scheme

Town centre businesses have decided to continue a scheme which looks to improve the area and footfall.

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Men stopped by officers approaching women on night out

03 August 2023
Men stopped by officers approaching women on night out

Officers arrested two men and stepped in on around 14 occasions while on patrol in a busy high street.

Hundreds of foreign prisoners detained beyond release date

03 August 2023
Hundreds of foreign prisoners detained beyond release date

Hundreds of prisoners are being detained despite being eligible for release due to ongoing processing delays by the Home Office, a new report says.

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Mental health hospitals issued warning over use of sedation

03 August 2023
Mental health hospitals issued warning over use of sedation

A mental health trust has been issued a warning by the health watchdog after concerns were raised over the use of drugs and ‘blanket restrictions’.

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M20 traffic delays after another crash

02 August 2023
M20 traffic delays after another crash

Motorists faced further delays on the M20 this evening following reports of another crash.

Payment deadline for Dart Charge extended amid technical difficulties

01 August 2023
Payment deadline for Dart Charge extended amid technical difficulties

Motorists have been facing difficulties as they attempt to pay for using the crossing due to high demand on the website.

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Two men, aged 19 and 20, killed in crash

01 August 2023
Two men, aged 19 and 20, killed in crash

Police are appealing for information after two men died in a crash between a car and a van.

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Travellers pitch up on playing fields again

31 July 2023
Travellers pitch up on playing fields again

Multiple caravans have been seen pitching up in a green space just weeks after being moved on.

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