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‘Not just plants’: How Kent’s garden centres are filling the gaps left on our high streets

15 September 2024
‘Not just plants’: How Kent’s garden centres are filling the gaps left on our high streets

Garden centres across the county are increasingly diversifying to become “destination” shopping locations and compete with online retailers.

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Work officially starts on care home planned on illegally demolished pub site

14 September 2024
Work officially starts on care home planned on illegally demolished pub site

Work to build a new care home on the site of a controversially demolished pub has officially started.

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Bulldozers start knocking down 1950’s council block to make way for £12m development

13 September 2024
Bulldozers start knocking down 1950’s council block to make way for £12m development

Work is underway to knock down outdated council flats dating back to the late 1950s to make way for 46 new homes.

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Theatre to stay closed for another nine months

13 September 2024
Theatre to stay closed for another nine months

A popular theatre will not reopen until after May as contractors continue working to repair the building.

Netflix star visits village café while filming new movie

13 September 2024
Netflix star visits village café while filming new movie

Staff were left stunned after The Gentlemen star Theo James popped in for a coffee at their village café.

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Tributes paid to former councillor who was ‘pillar of the community’

12 September 2024
Tributes paid to former councillor who was ‘pillar of the community’

Tributes have been paid to a former councillor who represented her community for more than three decades.

Bargain three-bed townhouse up for auction - but there’s a catch

12 September 2024
Bargain three-bed townhouse up for auction - but there’s a catch

A mould-covered townhouse in disrepair has been listed for auction.

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Meet the team behind £9bn tunnel proposal

11 September 2024
Meet the team behind £9bn tunnel proposal

Dates have been set for people to meet with the team that will build the Lower Thames Crossing if it is approved.

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'I fell out of a window and was hit by a car - but I'm the luckiest man alive'

11 September 2024
'I fell out of a window and was hit by a car - but I'm the luckiest man alive'

A retired teacher says he is the luckiest man alive after he suffered significant brain injuries from three separate accidents.

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‘This is definitely what should be done’: Builders’ yard sale paves way for £4.6m flats

10 September 2024
‘This is definitely what should be done’: Builders’ yard sale paves way for £4.6m flats

Plans to convert a builders’ yard into a block of flats to provide more social housing have moved forward.

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Former Kent footballer jailed after leaving girl, 2, with life-changing injuries

10 September 2024
Former Kent footballer jailed after leaving girl, 2, with life-changing injuries

The family of a two-year-old who was left with life-changing injuries branded her attacker a “violent coward” after he was sentenced.

Impressive replica of historic Spanish ship docks at town pier

10 September 2024
Impressive replica of historic Spanish ship docks at town pier

A replica of a historic Spanish ship has sailed into the county and docked at a town pier.

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Body found after calls to 999

10 September 2024
Body found after calls to 999

Emergency services were called to a residential street where a man was found dead.

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Developer buys nine-acre plot of land to build 100 homes

09 September 2024
Developer buys nine-acre plot of land to build 100 homes

A housebuilder has revealed it has bought a nine-acre plot to extend an existing development.

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Social housing plans could come to fruition as council eyes up land for £500k

08 September 2024
Social housing plans could come to fruition as council eyes up land for £500k

A council is looking to spend more than £500,000 on an old builders’ yard and take over a project to build a three-storey block of flats.

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Popular fireworks show cancelled again

07 September 2024
Popular fireworks show cancelled again

A popular town centre fireworks display will not be going ahead again after a new sponsor failed to come forward.

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Labour councillor denies encouraging violent disorder at anti-racism protest

06 September 2024
Labour councillor denies encouraging violent disorder at anti-racism protest

A suspended councillor has denied encouraging violent disorder while addressing a London crowd.

‘Clanging manhole cover is like a volley of rifles going off’

06 September 2024
‘Clanging manhole cover is like a volley of rifles going off’

Residents are being tormented by a clanging manhole cover which sounds like a gunshot every time it is driven over.

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Main road reopens after sinkhole forced it to close

06 September 2024
Main road reopens after sinkhole forced it to close

Part of a main road has reopened after it was closed in both directions due to a large sinkhole.

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People shocked by mounds of fly-tipping near leisure centre

05 September 2024
People shocked by mounds of fly-tipping near leisure centre

Black bin bags full of clothing and shoes were dumped alongside loose items and boxes at a recycling point.

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