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‘My dog’s not aggressive anymore – she doesn’t need a muzzle’

26 August 2023
‘My dog’s not aggressive anymore – she doesn’t need a muzzle’

A woman whose dog left a toddler with facial injuries after a nasty attack has overturned a council order to have the animal muzzled.

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Hotel’s theatre and music plans scrapped amid ‘noise nuisance’ fears

25 August 2023
Hotel’s theatre and music plans scrapped amid ‘noise nuisance’ fears

Plans to transform part of a historic hotel into a performing arts venue have been scrapped amid concerns over potential “noise nuisance”.

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‘How are mums supposed to cope without it?’

22 August 2023
‘How are mums supposed to cope without it?’

Pressure is mounting on councillors to abandon a “ludicrous” proposal to shutter children’s centres and colocate services to family hubs.

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Controlling bully blinded girlfriend in one eye in attack with TV remote

19 August 2023
Controlling bully blinded girlfriend in one eye in attack with TV remote

A “cold and calculative bully” who terrorised multiple girlfriends and left one of them half-blind has been sentenced to almost a decade behind bars

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WHSmith manager stole £5k from safe to fund catalogue shopping addiction

17 August 2023
WHSmith manager stole £5k from safe to fund catalogue shopping addiction

A WHSmith store manager stole more than £5,000 from the shop’s safe to fund a spiralling catalogue shopping habit.

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Rough sleepers use needles and defecate in church graveyard

16 August 2023
Rough sleepers use needles and defecate in church graveyard

A church worker spiked by a hypodermic needle while cleaning a graveyard has sounded the alarm about antisocial squatters.

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Pregnant porn star used empty pram to raid supermarket aisles

16 August 2023
Pregnant porn star used empty pram to raid supermarket aisles

A pregnant porn star used an empty pram to raid supermarket aisles and stole a £2,500 ring by replacing it with a £30 fake.

Razorlight rocks luxury hotel’s family food and music festival

14 August 2023
Razorlight rocks luxury hotel’s family food and music festival

Thousands enjoyed music, food and family fun on the grounds of a luxury hotel, where Razorlight headlined the Smoked & Uncut festival.

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Girl injured at carnival after foot caught under float

13 August 2023
Girl injured at carnival after foot caught under float

A girl got her foot trapped under a parade float at a carnival – after running to drop coins into a collection box.

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Man, 20, dies after crashing into ditch

13 August 2023
Man, 20, dies after crashing into ditch

A young driver has died after crashing into a ditch in the early hours, as police launch an appeal for witnesses.

Couple’s music bar bid for club that hosted The Who and Fleetwood Mac

13 August 2023
Couple’s music bar bid for club that hosted The Who and Fleetwood Mac

A couple hoping to open a music cafe in a former nightspot that hosted some of the world’s biggest bands have allayed fears about noise and violence.

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Bin strike march called off as workers consider pay offer

11 August 2023
Bin strike march called off as workers consider pay offer

Striking binmen will no longer march through a city centre today after a Kent council agreed to meet workers' pay demands.

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Bin strikes could rumble on for four more weeks

09 August 2023
Bin strikes could rumble on for four more weeks

Bin workers could strike for a further four weeks as a council says it will accept recycling mixed with general waste.

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Lily Allen and Alan Carr say seaside town has a ‘dark side’

07 August 2023
Lily Allen and Alan Carr say seaside town has a ‘dark side’

A pair of well known celebrities have traded stories about Margate, discussing the town’s “dark side”, after both filmed there.

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Facebook Marketplace fraudster spared jail for fake sheds con

07 August 2023
Facebook Marketplace fraudster spared jail for fake sheds con

A Facebook fraudster conned victims out of hundreds of pounds with fake sales of sheds and garden furniture to fund a cocaine and gambling addiction.

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Drunk dad urinated on Frankie & Benny’s floor in strop over coins

05 August 2023
Drunk dad urinated on Frankie & Benny’s floor in strop over coins

A father-of-two threw a drunken strop and urinated on the floor of a family restaurant after receiving inconvenient change.

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Fears of ‘missed opportunities’ to save baby who choked on food at nursery

04 August 2023
Fears of ‘missed opportunities’ to save baby who choked on food at nursery

A pre-inquest review regarding the death of a nine-month-old boy who died after choking on food at a nursery was held today.

Pharmacy chaos in town as two chemists close

03 August 2023
Pharmacy chaos in town as two chemists close

Pharmacy services are facing huge disruptions with some patients reporting taking hours to collect their prescriptions.

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‘Road closures for new estate have cut our trade in half'

03 August 2023
‘Road closures for new estate have cut our trade in half'

A six-week road closure has wreaked havoc on village businesses – with one warning they may have to lay off staff to stay afloat.

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Celebrity chef to reopen acclaimed restaurant – with new name and ‘high-end’ food

02 August 2023
Celebrity chef to reopen acclaimed restaurant – with new name and ‘high-end’ food

A celebrity chef has announced plans to reopen a restaurant in a coastal town after he was forced to close it down earlier this year.

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