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‘I used to just make the tea – now I teach’

21 July 2023
‘I used to just make the tea – now I teach’

A popular teaching assistant who is retiring from the classroom after more than three decades has looked back on how things have changed.

First look inside £200k revamped pub

20 July 2023
First look inside £200k revamped pub

A grand opening date has been revealed for a popular watering hole after being taken over by new owners and undergoing a massive refurbishment.

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Town’s £20m regeneration project still ‘years off completion’

19 July 2023
Town’s £20m regeneration project still ‘years off completion’

A council will be discussing the future of a major town centre improvement project which has been hit by delays and complications.

Council needs an extra £1m to complete new homes

19 July 2023
Council needs an extra £1m to complete new homes

A local authority has said it will need to pay an extra £1,150,000 to finish its new build programme.

Former CAMRA pub of the year could become HMO

18 July 2023
Former CAMRA pub of the year could become HMO

Plans have been drawn up to turn a former pub, which was once named the nation’s best, into a six-bedroom house of multiple occupation.

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Boy, 4, faces 100-mile round trip to school after mum ticks wrong box

17 July 2023
Boy, 4, faces 100-mile round trip to school after mum ticks wrong box

A mum who mixed up two places with the same name while picking schools for her son thinks KCC could have done more to help resolve the mistake.

Education campus for 2,200 pupils delayed for three years

17 July 2023
Education campus for 2,200 pupils delayed for three years

Developers behind two new schools and a sixth form say they are opening later as there is not enough demand.

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Former piggery up for sale for £225k

16 July 2023
Former piggery up for sale for £225k

A plot of land, which used to be a pig farm, is up for sale after plans to build 13 homes were withdrawn.

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Tributes to ‘adored’ soldier, 22, who died while on exercise abroad

16 July 2023
Tributes to ‘adored’ soldier, 22, who died while on exercise abroad

The wife of a young soldier who died while abroad for an exercise in the Baltics has paid tribute to the ‘kind-hearted’ dad-of-two.

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Is leisure the future of retail? How Bluewater has changed over two decades

15 July 2023
Is leisure the future of retail? How Bluewater has changed over two decades

With Bluewater Shopping Centre adding to its leisure portfolio again, our reporter asks whether the recipe for out of town retail success has changed.

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New parking system to go live in town centre

13 July 2023
New parking system to go live in town centre

A council’s new ANPR cameras are set to go live in a town centre car park in two weeks.

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Garden centre boss: ‘Here’s how I know climate change is real...’

13 July 2023
Garden centre boss: ‘Here’s how I know climate change is real...’

With temperature records being broken across the world, we found out how climate change is being felt here in Kent.

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Town centre shops and pubs to provide ‘safe spaces’

11 July 2023
Town centre shops and pubs to provide ‘safe spaces’

A number of businesses in a town centre have signed up to create a network of ‘safe spaces’ to help combat violence and domestic abuse.

Homeless people to be housed in stackable pods

10 July 2023
Homeless people to be housed in stackable pods

A low-cost housing solution involving stackable pods could be used to house homeless people as a borough looks at new ways to tackle the problem.

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'Year on from my son's death and road he crashed on’s still not fixed'

09 July 2023
'Year on from my son's death and road he crashed on’s still not fixed'

The mum of a 22-year-old who died in a motorbike accident says her son would still be alive if the road had been repaired.

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‘Tyre mountain’ to be removed after almost two years

08 July 2023
‘Tyre mountain’ to be removed after almost two years

Work is set to start to clear up a mountain of illegally dumped tyres which have blocked a coastal path for 21 months.

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Rugby club to host open day

06 July 2023
Rugby club to host open day

A sports club are looking to attract new members as they encourage people to give rugby a try.

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Cheekily-named burgers served behind saloon doors – we’ll take two

06 July 2023
Cheekily-named burgers served behind saloon doors – we’ll take two

Our reporter headed to an independent burger joint serving up juicy patties with imaginative names to see if she too left feeling ‘smug’.

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‘He was totally forgotten those last months – we lost him too soon’

06 July 2023
‘He was totally forgotten those last months – we lost him too soon’

A family has paid tribute to a doting dad and classic car enthusiast who died from cancer shortly after having life-prolonging treatment axed.

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‘Small explosions’ heard as blaze breaks out inside derelict community centre

05 July 2023
‘Small explosions’ heard as blaze breaks out inside derelict community centre

Eight fire engines were called to a blaze at a derelict building in the early hours.

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