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Calls to save homelessness service from KCC cuts

01 February 2022
Calls to save homelessness service from KCC cuts

Concerns have been raised about a plan to axe a service for homeless people just as more residents are at risk of losing their home.

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Brexit developments bringing hundreds of jobs

16 January 2022
Brexit developments bringing hundreds of jobs

A recruitment bonanza has opened up as a key Brexit change will see more checks needed on goods and food.

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Extra 100 lorry trips at quarry at peak times

15 January 2022
Extra 100 lorry trips at quarry at peak times

An application to increase the number of lorry movements each day at a busy quarry has been granted.

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Concerns over sinkholes rise to the surface

11 January 2022
Concerns over sinkholes rise to the surface

The technology to detect sinkholes before they occur exists, but Kent County Council says it is unaffordable.

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6,600 secondary school places needed by 2026

10 January 2022
6,600 secondary school places needed by 2026

Thousands more secondary and special school places will be needed in Kent over the next five years.

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£3m earmarked to boost town's schools

24 December 2021
£3m earmarked to boost town's schools

KCC is planning to spend £3m temporarily enlarging three secondary schools to cope with a population boom.

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Thousands owed council tax refunds

19 December 2021
Thousands owed council tax refunds

An investigation has revealed that thousands of Kent residents are owed a share of £5m in council tax refunds.

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10% of Kent court cases held in London amid huge backlog

19 December 2021
10% of Kent court cases held in London amid huge backlog

The police and crime commissioner has warned of a 'catastrophic loss in confidence to victims' if solutions to fix the court backlog aren't found.

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Free bus travel offer for struggling families

11 December 2021
Free bus travel offer for struggling families

Some of the county's poorest families are to be offered free travel to help offset the impact of social isolation on children.

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Same-day booking introduced at two Kent tips

10 December 2021
Same-day booking introduced at two Kent tips

Two of Kent's busiest household waste recycling centres are trialling a same-day online booking system.

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'We need £460m from government for hospital shake up'

07 December 2021
'We need £460m from government for hospital shake up'

Health bosses say they need £460 million from the government to carry out a huge shake up of health care in east Kent.

Abuse of blue badges for parking on the rise

01 December 2021
Abuse of blue badges for parking on the rise

A 48-hour crackdown on abuse of the blue badge scheme for disabled parking has identified the area of Kent with the most offenders.

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Pig farm could become solar park

30 November 2021
Pig farm could become solar park

Plans to build a solar park on an old pig farm have been unveiled by the council.

Could office in northern France hold key to refugee crisis?

26 November 2021
Could office in northern France hold key to refugee crisis?

A politician has urged the government to use offices in northern France to allow refugees to apply for UK visas.

'We're doomed on housing' says former leader

21 November 2021
'We're doomed on housing' says former leader

Former KCC leader Paul Carter has called for reforms to the 'broken system' of house building in towns and villages.

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Youth justice service 'must improve' amid gowning violence concerns

21 November 2021
Youth justice service 'must improve' amid gowning violence concerns

Kent's youth justice service must improve its care of young children as a councillor calls for a "culture change" amid growing violence concerns.

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Kent 'facing teaching assistant shortage'

21 November 2021
Kent 'facing teaching assistant shortage'

A education chief says the county is facing a shortfall of teaching assistants in schools.

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New medical centre for 20,000 patients

17 November 2021
New medical centre for 20,000 patients

The NHS has unveiled plans for a new health hub which will provide capacity for more than 20,000 patients.

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Hackers leak school files in 'highly sophisticated' cyber attack

15 November 2021
Hackers leak school files in 'highly sophisticated' cyber attack

Hackers have leaked private information from some Kent schools onto the dark web in a cyber attack.

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Calls for radical changes to improve access to GPs

15 November 2021
Calls for radical changes to improve access to GPs

Patients are continuing to face problems booking a GP appointment and there have been calls for urgent action to be taken to improve the situation.

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