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City’s food festival to go ahead despite neighbours’ commercialisation fears

24 August 2023
City’s food festival to go ahead despite neighbours’ commercialisation fears

A food festival in a city centre park which could host thousands has been given the go-ahead - despite neighbours’ fears of “commercialisation”.

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Bid to force park and ride rethink falters

23 August 2023
Bid to force park and ride rethink falters

Hopes to block the reopening of a park and ride site have been dealt a blow, as a university and business group gave their support.

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New town council ‘could cost residents extra £80 a year’

23 August 2023
New town council ‘could cost residents extra £80 a year’

A coastal town could soon be headed up by its own council - potentially costing households an extra £80 a year.

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Bin strikes to continue until October after workers reject pay offer

23 August 2023
Bin strikes to continue until October after workers reject pay offer

Bin strikes are set to continue until October after workers rejected a “final” pay offer for the second time today.

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Decision date set for city centre festival amid fears park is becoming like a ‘nightclub’

21 August 2023
Decision date set for city centre festival amid fears park is becoming like a ‘nightclub’

Plans to host a food festival in a city centre park have sparked concerns the spot is becoming “a nightclub”.

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Modern redevelopment of seafront pub ‘will stick out like sore thumb’

17 August 2023
Modern redevelopment of seafront pub ‘will stick out like sore thumb’

The design of a modern seafront development was called into question as the plans were given the green light last night.

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Club which hosted Fleetwood Mac and The Who to reopen as music bar

16 August 2023
Club which hosted Fleetwood Mac and The Who to reopen as music bar

A former nightclub, which once hosted The Who and Black Sabbath, is set to reopen as a music cafe and bar.

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Bid to block 'wasteful' reopening of Park and Ride

15 August 2023
Bid to block 'wasteful' reopening of Park and Ride

Plans to reopen a Park and Ride service could hit a fresh stumbling block ahead of crunch meetings this week.

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‘We’re not very popular - until people want their food!’

08 August 2023
‘We’re not very popular - until people want their food!’

A takeaway delivery rider admits some workers “drive like lunatics” amid claims they are turning a Kent high street into the “wild west”.

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Costa backs special school’s innovative train café bid

07 August 2023
Costa backs special school’s innovative train café bid

Big businesses are lending their support to a scheme which hopes to transform an old train carriage into a community café.

Council buying 42 homes on new housing estate to cut waiting list

06 August 2023
Council buying 42 homes on new housing estate to cut waiting list

A Kent council has agreed to buy 42 homes on a new estate in a bid to cut the number of people waiting for social housing in the district.

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Bin strikes stalemate goes on as recycling sent to landfill

02 August 2023
Bin strikes stalemate goes on as recycling sent to landfill

After almost a month of bin strikes and recycling being sent to landfill to keep up with collections, workers and the authority remain at a stalemate.

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Reopening of disused Park and Ride site rubberstamped

02 August 2023
Reopening of disused Park and Ride site rubberstamped

A Kent council has approved plans to reopen a disused Park and Ride site in the face of accusations it is “gambling with residents’ money”.

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Plans for 5G mast revealed

02 August 2023
Plans for 5G mast revealed

People have submitted objections to plans for a 5G mast over health fears.

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Council sells off 77-home site to private developer

31 July 2023
Council sells off 77-home site to private developer

A council has sold off a former brickworks site earmarked for the 77 homes, despite the project being in the pipeline for years.

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Council to renew order that bans public drinking and begging

31 July 2023
Council to renew order that bans public drinking and begging

A council has been accused of “punishing poverty” after planning to renew an order for the town centre.

Council considers pause for larger new home developments

31 July 2023
Council considers pause for larger new home developments

Proposals to put a temporary pause on major housebuilding across a district is being discussed amid fears the local infrastructure is “overwhelmed”.

Council warned against ‘gambling the house on reopening park and ride’

27 July 2023
Council warned against ‘gambling the house on reopening park and ride’

Councillors have clashed over proposals bring back a park and ride site, previously mothballed by the last administration.

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Proposal to up councillors by 25% agreed

27 July 2023
Proposal to up councillors by 25% agreed

A council could increase in size by 25% at the next election despite concerns it will cost taxpayers an extra £100,000 per year.

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Bus-first plan to replace ‘city zones’ in bid to cut congestion

27 July 2023
Bus-first plan to replace ‘city zones’ in bid to cut congestion

Council chiefs will scrap controversial plans to divide a city’s traffic into zones to make way for a new “bus-first strategy”.

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