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Family’s help for home schoolers in lockdown

02 February 2021
Family’s help for home schoolers in lockdown

A mother and daughter have set out to help children who may be less fortunate during the third national lockdown.

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Parish council: Junction consultation was flawed

02 February 2021
Parish council: Junction consultation was flawed

A parish council has ‘major concerns’ about multi-million pound changes to the A249.

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'Stay at home' confusion cleared up as testing to start

02 February 2021
'Stay at home' confusion cleared up as testing to start

Teams of workers testing for a new coronavirus variant are due to go door-to-door in parts of Maidstone today.

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Covid testing centre scaled back

29 January 2021
Covid testing centre scaled back

An asymptomatic testing site for coronavirus is to keep running for a further two weeks, but with reduced hours.

'Please Boris, stop my neighbourhood falling off cliff'

29 January 2021
'Please Boris, stop my neighbourhood falling off cliff'

A resident trying to save his home from plunging over a cliff edge has written to the Prime Minister calling for action.

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All town's care home residents receive Covid jab

28 January 2021
All town's care home residents receive Covid jab

All care home residents and staff in one part of Kent have now received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

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High Street to close overnight for resurfacing works

28 January 2021
High Street to close overnight for resurfacing works

Overnight works will close part of a High Street for up to five nights next week.

Police seek driver after cyclist hurt in crash

27 January 2021
Police seek driver after cyclist hurt in crash

Police are searching for the driver of a Ford Fiesta who did not stop after a cyclist was injured in a collision.

MP demands action on Covid vaccine shortages

26 January 2021
MP demands action on Covid vaccine shortages

An MP has called on the Health Secretary to ensure his constituency gets enough Covid vaccines after it emerged a lot of over-80s were still waiting.

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Soft play centre reopens as nursery

24 January 2021
Soft play centre reopens as nursery

A popular soft play centre that converted into a nursery so it could survive the coronavirus pandemic has opened its doors.

‘We’d have lasted just weeks without funding’

24 January 2021
‘We’d have lasted just weeks without funding’

A village pre-school facing imminent closure has been saved due to a funding U-turn.

Movement after landslip results in more rail disruption

22 January 2021
Movement after landslip results in more rail disruption

Further movement in an embankment near a train line has caused disruption to rail services for another day.

Highways agency schedules motorway closure

20 January 2021
Highways agency schedules motorway closure

Part of the M2 is scheduled to shut overnight for carriageway works for about three weeks.

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'I've lost 18ft of my garden. I'm praying the rain stops'

20 January 2021
'I've lost 18ft of my garden. I'm praying the rain stops'

A cliff-top resident says his home is getting closer to the edge every day due to persistent rain and is calling on authorities for help.

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Relief in town as Covid vaccines finally arrive

19 January 2021
Relief in town as Covid vaccines finally arrive

People are finally being vaccinated against coronavirus in a part of Kent that has had high infection rates for weeks.

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Walk-through testing site set up on Island

18 January 2021
Walk-through testing site set up on Island

A new walk-through testing facility for people with coronavirus symptoms has opened on the Island.

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Still time to have say on £38m road changes

16 January 2021
Still time to have say on £38m road changes

There is still time for people to have their say on multi-million pound changes to two of Kent's congestion hotspots.

Village hall evacuated after flooding

14 January 2021
Village hall evacuated after flooding

A village hall had to be evacuated of nursery school children after it was left under 18 inches of water following persistent downpours.

Two people and a dog rescued from flood water

14 January 2021
Two people and a dog rescued from flood water

A van stuck in flood water saw two people and a dog need rescuing on a road that could be closed for "some time".

New vaccine centre for healthcare staff opens

13 January 2021
New vaccine centre for healthcare staff opens

More healthcare workers have started to receive the Covid-19 jab as a second vaccination centre has opened in one part of Kent.

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