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'Kitchen theatre' and comedy tent at revived food and drink festival

02 May 2023
'Kitchen theatre' and comedy tent at revived food and drink festival

New organisers of an annual food and drink festival promise to make it even bigger and better when it returns this year.

Celebrity-backed mental health cafe to reopen

01 May 2023
Celebrity-backed mental health cafe to reopen

A mental health cafe is to relaunch in a town centre two years after being evicted following support from the likes of Madness singer Suggs.

Suspected laughing gas dealers arrested

26 April 2023
Suspected laughing gas dealers arrested

Police who stopped a suspicious vehicle found industrial-sized cans of nitrous oxide and other drug paraphenalia.

Clifftop coastguard station turned into home up for sale - with £2.5m price-cut

23 April 2023
Clifftop coastguard station turned into home up for sale - with £2.5m price-cut

A unique and historic clifftop property with "one of the most dramatic views in the country" has hit the market but there is a catch.

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Fears for future as ancient woodland put up for sale

19 April 2023
Fears for future as ancient woodland put up for sale

A fundraising appeal has been launched by a conservation charity to buy ancient woodland it fears could be carved up into small plots.

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'I'm pretty sure it will save a child's life'

15 April 2023
'I'm pretty sure it will save a child's life'

A pedestrian crossing has finally been installed on a "danger" road - more than four years after a child was knocked down and injured.

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Hotel plan revealed for historic derelict pub

13 April 2023
Hotel plan revealed for historic derelict pub

New plans have been lodged to save a historic, long-derelict pub and turn it into a 14-bed hotel.

Dad who lost arm in horror crash: 'I can't forgive driver responsible'

12 April 2023
Dad who lost arm in horror crash: 'I can't forgive driver responsible'

A welder left with one arm following a devastating motorcycle crash has described his ordeal, and says he can never forgive the driver responsible.

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Former Michelin star restaurant on sale for £3m

12 April 2023
Former Michelin star restaurant on sale for £3m

A Georgian manor house which is home to one of Kent's best known restaurants has been put up for sale for £3 million.

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Plans revealed for memorial wall dedicated to lost babies

08 April 2023
Plans revealed for memorial wall dedicated to lost babies

A memorial wall to remember babies who have died could be established in a popular park close to an area where military personnel are commemorated.

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Coffee chain opts to pay the 'real living wage'

06 April 2023
Coffee chain opts to pay the 'real living wage'

Staff wages to rise as the cost of living crisis bites but bosses warn of price increase to come

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Huge £32m winery approved for Kent countryside

05 April 2023
Huge £32m winery approved for Kent countryside

Controversial plans for winemaker Chapel Down to build a £32m winery at a beauty spot in the Kent countryside have been narrowly approved.

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Sadness as 'dedicated' servant to town dies

04 April 2023
Sadness as 'dedicated' servant to town dies

A former mayor who spent her life to supporting her town has died as she is remembered in tributes.

'They said I'd just be another schoolgirl mum who'd end up on benefits'

03 April 2023
'They said I'd just be another schoolgirl mum who'd end up on benefits'

A mum who fell pregnant at 16 hopes her career success story will inspire others in the same situation that it doesn't signal "a life on benefits".

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Fears pedestrians will be 'sucked into road' on danger route

02 April 2023
Fears pedestrians will be 'sucked into road' on danger route

Speeding and reckless overtaking on a hazardous stretch have sparked fears pedestrians walking on the narrow pavement could be "sucked" into the road.

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Long-running bid to turn village pub into home rejected

01 April 2023
Long-running bid to turn village pub into home rejected

A developer has had his plans to turn a long-empty village pub into a home rejected, despite arguing it is no longer viable as a business.

Huge £32m Chapel Down site on prime farmland set for green light

31 March 2023
Huge £32m Chapel Down site on prime farmland set for green light

An ambitious multi-million pound scheme to create a new winery in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty could be approved next week.

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Owners fight council's order to tear woodland buildings down

20 March 2023
Owners fight council's order to tear woodland buildings down

The owners of "illegal" structures built in woodland are appealing against council enforcement notices ordering them to be torn down.

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Former face of BBC South East reveals why she quit role

15 March 2023
Former face of BBC South East reveals why she quit role

A popular BBC South East television newsreader has revealed the reason her presenting career was abruptly ended.

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Police chase ends in burglary and dangerous driving arrests

14 March 2023
Police chase ends in burglary and dangerous driving arrests

Two teenagers have been charged with burglary following a police car chase in which a 'stinger' was deployed.

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