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Anger as goats ‘chased to deaths’ by out-of-control dogs

20 March 2024
Anger as goats ‘chased to deaths’ by out-of-control dogs

Four goats have died after their herd was chased by dogs at a popular nature reserve.

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Historical ‘hidden gem’ set to reopen after emergency repairs

16 March 2024
Historical ‘hidden gem’ set to reopen after emergency repairs

Part of a historic ‘hidden gem’ is expected to reopen in time for summer.

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Battle to ‘save’ riverside bar and restaurant hit by noise complaints

15 March 2024
Battle to ‘save’ riverside bar and restaurant hit by noise complaints

A petition has been launched to ‘save’ a popular riverside bar and restaurant which is facing complaints about noise and disturbance.

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Huge electric lorry charging park planned for Kent

14 March 2024
Huge electric lorry charging park planned for Kent

A vast Kent lorry park is to be transformed into a super-charging hub for a new generation of electric HGVs.

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Anger as ‘ridiculously timed’ roadworks cause gridlock

13 March 2024
Anger as ‘ridiculously timed’ roadworks cause gridlock

Motorists have hit out at highways bosses over “ridiculously timed” roadworks causing rush-hour gridlock.

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Furniture store to open in former Wilko

12 March 2024
Furniture store to open in former Wilko

A new name on the high street with plans for 14 branches is set to open its first store in the former Wilko in Canterbury.

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Rare Tolkien letter could fetch £10,000 at auction

12 March 2024
Rare Tolkien letter could fetch £10,000 at auction

A rare handwritten letter J R R Tolkien sent to a schoolboy is set to fetch £10,000 at auction.

Anger as huge new recycling plant built without permission

10 March 2024
Anger as huge new recycling plant built without permission

A waste firm has been accused of riding roughshod over planning rules by building a huge recycling plant without permission.

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No re-opening in sight for derelict historic pub – four years after closure

10 March 2024
No re-opening in sight for derelict historic pub – four years after closure

A historic pub boarded up when the toilet floor collapsed remains an eyesore more than four years on.

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Huge Kent firm spends £900k covering roof in solar panels

07 March 2024
Huge Kent firm spends £900k covering roof in solar panels

Bosses at the country’s biggest glasshouse grower of fruit and vegetables where millions are produced every year is slashing its energy use.

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Popular Kent music festival to return after five years

29 February 2024
Popular Kent music festival to return after five years

International stars, local bands and DJs are being lined up for the return of a Kent music festival after an absence of five years.

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Last remnant of tragic pilot’s plane to go on display in Kent

28 February 2024
Last remnant of tragic pilot’s plane to go on display in Kent

A fragment from legendary aviator Amy Johnson’s stricken plane will go on show at a Kent museum after being sold off at auction.

Visit to minor injuries after scooter fall revealed girl, 4, had cancer

22 February 2024
Visit to minor injuries after scooter fall revealed girl, 4, had cancer

A four-year-old girl who underwent routine x-rays after falling off her scooter was found to have cancer.

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Copper thieves blamed for “devastating” oil river spillage

21 February 2024
Copper thieves blamed for “devastating” oil river spillage

Intruders are being blamed for the “devastation” caused after oil leaked from a disused paper mill and into a river, with reports of dead wildlife.

20mph signs sabotaged amid residents’ rage over new road scheme

21 February 2024
20mph signs sabotaged amid residents’ rage over new road scheme

Vandals have targeted numerous newly-erected 20mph signs with spray paint in a spate of criminal damage across a seaside town.

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‘I’m at my wits’ end – but can't bear to put eight puppies down’

17 February 2024
‘I’m at my wits’ end – but can't bear to put eight puppies down’

A woman left with a surprise litter of XL bully puppies says she cannot keep them for much longer as she struggles to save them from being euthanised.

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Residents see red as ‘hideous’ road markings appear overnight

15 February 2024
Residents see red as ‘hideous’ road markings appear overnight

Dazzling road markings branded “ugly and lurid” have left residents seeing red after appearing across a Kent town in the dead of night.

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Rare country home of former Kent MP on market for £2.5m

13 February 2024
Rare country home of former Kent MP on market for £2.5m

An “outstanding and rare” country home once owned by a Kent MP has been put up for sale for the first time in more than 170 years.

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Fears of more homes as farmland next to Aldi put up for sale

11 February 2024
Fears of more homes as farmland next to Aldi put up for sale

The long-running saga regarding a plot of farmland next to an Aldi store - and earmarked for offices - has taken a new turn as it’s put on the market.

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Village with no pavements has plea for 20mph zone rejected

10 February 2024
Village with no pavements has plea for 20mph zone rejected

A plea for a 20mph zone in a village with no pavements has been rejected by Kent Council Council, which says it’s “inappropriate and not feasible”.

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