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‘I didn’t know people were waiting for money’ - Gaming venue’s sudden temporary closure angers parents

04 February 2025
‘I didn’t know people were waiting for money’ - Gaming venue’s sudden temporary closure angers parents

Parents who had planned a Christmas and birthday party for children at a new gaming venue were “devastated” to learn it had closed suddenly.

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Approval of 'mini-hotel HMO' devastates neighbours

01 February 2025
Approval of 'mini-hotel HMO' devastates neighbours

Plans for a seven-bedroom HMO in a terraced street have been approved despite a 60-signature petition and a developer says it’s “brilliant” news.

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Person taken to hospital after van ploughs into bush

31 January 2025
Person taken to hospital after van ploughs into bush

Emergency crews have taken one person to hospital after a van went into a bush.

New-build estate residents slam firm’s internet monopoly

31 January 2025
New-build estate residents slam firm’s internet monopoly

KentOnline’s consumer champion visited a new-build estate where people report being “stuck” with one broadband provider whose service could improve.

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Grieving widow stole £1.3k from law firm employer as ‘way out’ of debt

30 January 2025
Grieving widow stole £1.3k from law firm employer as ‘way out’ of debt

A 61-year-old woman caught stealing thousands of pounds from the solicitors she was employed by initially pretended she’d been hacked.

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Chancellor makes major announcement on Lower Thames Crossing project

29 January 2025
Chancellor makes major announcement on Lower Thames Crossing project

The Chancellor has made a significant announcement on the future of a multi-billion project to build another tunnel linking Kent and Essex.

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Carer ‘must not drive’ after crash saw biker ‘thrown over top of her car’

29 January 2025
Carer ‘must not drive’ after crash saw biker ‘thrown over top of her car’

A court has heard how a unsuspecting motorcyclist was ‘thrown over the top of a car’ after a careless motorist pulled out in front of him.

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Aldi reveals store plans for derelict school site with ‘asbestos danger’

27 January 2025
Aldi reveals store plans for derelict school site with ‘asbestos danger’

A supermarket giant has confirmed it is looking to clear a rundown former secondary school site to make way for another one of its stores.

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‘It’s filling a gap in the market - we’ve had nothing but support’

26 January 2025
‘It’s filling a gap in the market - we’ve had nothing but support’

A brand-new gym has opened on an industrial estate in what its owners hope will be the answer to one community’s wish for “new facilities now”.

Pub boarded up after men suffer ‘appalling knife wounds’ in triple stabbing

25 January 2025
Pub boarded up after men suffer ‘appalling knife wounds’ in triple stabbing

A pub has been boarded up as an investigation continues into a fight that led to three men suffering “appalling knife wounds”.

CCTV images released after spate of motorbike thefts

24 January 2025
CCTV images released after spate of motorbike thefts

Detectives investigating a series of at least 10 motorbike thefts at people’s homes are not ruling out the possibility the events are linked.

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‘It’s time this restaurant was remembered for its food, not the sinkhole nearby’

23 January 2025
‘It’s time this restaurant was remembered for its food, not the sinkhole nearby’

It’s a restaurant known for its unfortunate position more than anything, but our reviewer was there for one reason only - the curry.

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‘I was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer at 35 weeks pregnant’

22 January 2025
‘I was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer at 35 weeks pregnant’

A mum had to have a c-section at 35 weeks pregnant after discovering she had brain cancer.

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Landlord hit with £12k fine for refusing to demolish outbuilding

20 January 2025
Landlord hit with £12k fine for refusing to demolish outbuilding

A landlord who flouted planning laws and refused to knock down an outbuilding in his garden is now thousands of pounds out of pocket.

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‘My phone died so I couldn’t charge my vehicle - then I was hit with a fine’

18 January 2025
‘My phone died so I couldn’t charge my vehicle - then I was hit with a fine’

An electric car owner has been left bemused by a council’s reluctance to accept his reasoning why he shouldn’t be fined for charging his car.

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Handcuffed drug dealer captured on camera trying to run from police

17 January 2025
Handcuffed drug dealer captured on camera trying to run from police

Body-worn footage shows the moment a handcuffed heroin and crack cocaine dealer tried to flee from the police.

Escalating costs force family-run gin makers to shut restaurant with ‘heavy heart’

17 January 2025
Escalating costs force family-run gin makers to shut restaurant with ‘heavy heart’

A family-run distillery has been forced to close their restaurant amid “rising costs” and the impact of the recent government budget.

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Businessman who crashed car into house while six times the limit ‘could have killed a child’

17 January 2025
Businessman who crashed car into house while six times the limit ‘could have killed a child’

A former high-flying business manager who drunkenly crashed his car into the front of a house when a young boy was inside has avoided jail.

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Drug dealer filmed himself delivering and weighing cocaine

17 January 2025
Drug dealer filmed himself delivering and weighing cocaine

A drug dealer who filmed himself delivering and weighing cocaine has been sentenced after police found the footage on his phone.

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Road closed to prevent ‘breach of peace’ during civil enforcement action

17 January 2025
Road closed to prevent ‘breach of peace’ during civil enforcement action

A road has been closed by police while officers help with a civil enforcement action.

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