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‘Customers starting to return’ after cockroach setback

08 February 2024
‘Customers starting to return’ after cockroach setback

A Mexican restaurant owner says a cockroach infestation that forced his business to close is “all sorted” and customers are starting to return.

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Voting open for £5k education competition

07 February 2024
Voting open for £5k education competition

Schools, academies and colleges can win a grant to help support science, technology, engineering and maths learning.

Solar farm the size of 106 football pitches could be built on farmland

05 February 2024
Solar farm the size of 106 football pitches could be built on farmland

Proposals for a 160-acre solar project that could power more than 14,000 homes have been submitted for planning permission.

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‘If I had my way I’d run it again – but with a bar and restaurant’

04 February 2024
‘If I had my way I’d run it again – but with a bar and restaurant’

The former manager of a cinema which shut more than a year ago has spoken of her sadness at seeing the historic building sitting empty.

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Work to start on new A2 roundabout with Roman statue at its centre

04 February 2024
Work to start on new A2 roundabout with Roman statue at its centre

Construction will begin on a new multi-million-pound roundabout which will feature a Roman statue of the sea god Triton that was uncovered nearby.

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‘Unplayable’ tennis courts get £150k makeover

02 February 2024
‘Unplayable’ tennis courts get £150k makeover

Seven tennis courts have been transformed into ‘something to be proud of’ after a six-month refurb.

‘People are going to go hungry if this food bank closes’

02 February 2024
‘People are going to go hungry if this food bank closes’

People will be left hungry and with nowhere to go if a building used by a homeless charity is taken back, its founder says.

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Supermarket expansion plans back on the table

02 February 2024
Supermarket expansion plans back on the table

A discount supermarket wants to expand one of its current stores by knocking down a building next door after five years of planning delays.

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Nine courses could be ‘phased out’ at university facing financial problems

01 February 2024
Nine courses could be ‘phased out’ at university facing financial problems

Nine courses, including journalism and art history, could be phased out at the University of Kent as a consultation is launched.

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Women ‘punched and headbutted’ in nightclub brawl

31 January 2024
Women ‘punched and headbutted’ in nightclub brawl

Five women and a man were allegedly assaulted by the same person in a fight that started in a nightclub and spilled into a street in the early hours.

Flood alert issued for parts of Kent coastline

31 January 2024
Flood alert issued for parts of Kent coastline

An alert has been issued as stretches of the county’s coastline are set to face flooding at high tide.

Dual carriageway verges look like ‘third-world squatter camp’

31 January 2024
Dual carriageway verges look like ‘third-world squatter camp’

Highways bosses have pledged to clean up a dual carriageway next to a £100m junction project which is strewn with “disgraceful” rubbish.

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Body found in search for missing pensioner

31 January 2024
Body found in search for missing pensioner

The search for a 72-year-old man who had been reported missing has been called off after a body was found.

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University to axe 40 staff amid major financial woes

30 January 2024
University to axe 40 staff amid major financial woes

The University of Kent is cutting jobs and scaling back one of its campuses as bosses battle major financial problems.

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Landlord loses licence after three officers attacked

29 January 2024
Landlord loses licence after three officers attacked

The landlord of a pub that allowed underage drinking and crime and disorder has been removed following a licence review leaving him £9k in debt.

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‘You’re ruining our lives by building on fields’

29 January 2024
‘You’re ruining our lives by building on fields’

Taxpayers will have to foot the bill after developers won an appeal to build more than 40 homes on farmland in a ‘tranquil’ community.

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Football family pays tribute to ‘irreplaceable’ league secretary

25 January 2024
Football family pays tribute to ‘irreplaceable’ league secretary

The unexpected death of a football league legend whose dedication to the beautiful game was unrivalled has left a “huge hole” in the lives of many.

Meetings to be held over two-day dance festival staging

25 January 2024
Meetings to be held over two-day dance festival staging

Organisers of a music festival which had to be pulled last year over safety concerns are inviting residents to have their say over a new format.

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'The bridge took the Island from backwater to part of Kent'

23 January 2024
'The bridge took the Island from backwater to part of Kent'

There was only one way on and off the Isle of Sheppey until 2006 when the new bridge opened and took the Island from a “dead end” to a destination.

Plans for 115 homes next to busy roundabout

22 January 2024
Plans for 115 homes next to busy roundabout

Developers say a new estate that will be sandwiched between two main roads and near an expanding roundabout will help meet the area’s housing needs.

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