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Main road reopens following multi-vehicle crash

05 August 2024
Main road reopens following multi-vehicle crash

Police were called to a crash thought to involve multiple vehicles.

Huge plumes of smoke seen as firefighters tackle wildfire

05 August 2024
Huge plumes of smoke seen as firefighters tackle wildfire

A wildfire spread in a corn field as crews battled to put out the blaze.

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Woman taken to hospital after crash between car and pedestrian

05 August 2024
Woman taken to hospital after crash between car and pedestrian

The emergency services were called after a car collided a parked vehicle, pedestrian and shopfront.

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Suspect fled after being challenged following alleged sexual assault

05 August 2024
Suspect fled after being challenged following alleged sexual assault

A CCTV image has been released of a man detectives want to speak to following a reported sexual assault.

‘It should be great for the town’: Highly-rated escape room business expands further afield

04 August 2024
‘It should be great for the town’: Highly-rated escape room business expands further afield

Escape room entrepreneurs are opening in a new location after seeing a growing demand for their puzzle-filled entertainment elsewhere.

‘It is not a group you want to be part of - but I am’

03 August 2024
‘It is not a group you want to be part of - but I am’

A mum who lost her five-year-old daughter to an aggressive brain tumour has shared how a group of bereaved parents have helped each other.

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150 jobs created as global firm throws doors open for business in Kent

03 August 2024
150 jobs created as global firm throws doors open for business in Kent

Almost 150 jobs are set to be created as a global clean energy-tech company opens a headquarters in the county.

Image released after horse rider ‘flashed at’ in woods

02 August 2024
Image released after horse rider ‘flashed at’ in woods

A man is said to have exposed himself to a woman while she was riding her horse through woodland.

Police found man fatally stabbed after friend raised alarm

02 August 2024
Police found man fatally stabbed after friend raised alarm

Police officers found a suspected murder victim in his flat with a “knife between his shoulder blades”, an inquest heard.

‘New housing’ rumours quashed as diggers move in at park

01 August 2024
‘New housing’ rumours quashed as diggers move in at park

Rumours work has started on a field in preparation for houses has been shut down by a council which has explained the real reasons behind the works.

Play park reopens following £150k pirate-themed refurb

01 August 2024
Play park reopens following £150k pirate-themed refurb

A playground, which was closed for six weeks, has reopened following a huge, pirate-themed overhaul.

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Kent model to star in latest series of Celebrity Race Across the World

31 July 2024
Kent model to star in latest series of Celebrity Race Across the World

A Kent model and presenter will be racing in an epic 12,500km journey across South America in a hit TV show.

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Further flats planned for former NatWest offices

31 July 2024
Further flats planned for former NatWest offices

Plans to convert a former office block into almost 70 flats have been drawn up.

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‘Brazen’ thieves caught on camera ransacking plumbers’ merchant

31 July 2024
‘Brazen’ thieves caught on camera ransacking plumbers’ merchant

Bosses of a plumbing and heating supplier say they have lost around £10,000 after two men allegedly broke into their shop.

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More police patrols to crackdown on town’s street drinking and anti-social behaviour

30 July 2024
More police patrols to crackdown on town’s street drinking and anti-social behaviour

A new campaign has been launched to tackle problems residents and businesses say are the biggest issues facing their town.

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Missing teenager, 14, found safe

30 July 2024
Missing teenager, 14, found safe

Police officers were asking the public to call 999 if they saw a missing 14-year-old.

Lower Thames Crossing funding to go ahead

29 July 2024
Lower Thames Crossing funding to go ahead

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has spared the £9 billion Lower Thames Crossing from a series of sweeping cuts to national infrastructure schemes.

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Flat plan for vacant Chinese approved at third time of asking

27 July 2024
Flat plan for vacant Chinese approved at third time of asking

A once popular Chinese restaurant, which was repossessed two years ago, has been given permission to be turned into flats.

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Firm ‘disappointed’ as plans for huge solar farm refused

27 July 2024
Firm ‘disappointed’ as plans for huge solar farm refused

Plans to build one of the biggest solar farms in the county have been turned down due to the development being on green belt land.

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‘It will totally tip the balance’: Scores protest plans to house asylum-seeking children

26 July 2024
‘It will totally tip the balance’: Scores protest plans to house asylum-seeking children

Residents are protesting proposals to house unaccompanied asylum seeker children in their street but charities say they provide a vital “safe space’.

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