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Landlord and villagers clash over outside bar plan

11 May 2021
Landlord and villagers clash over outside bar plan

Plans for an outside bar in a village pub's new "Mediterranean-style" garden have divided opinion.

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Trike rider dies after three-vehicle crash

10 May 2021
Trike rider dies after three-vehicle crash

A 70-year-old man has died in hospital days after a crash involving two other vehicles on a country road.

New secondary school taking shape

09 May 2021
New secondary school taking shape

The first 150 pupils are set to move into a new secondary school next year as work progresses on the construction programme.

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£6m crematorium approved despite traffic fears

08 May 2021
£6m crematorium approved despite traffic fears

Plans for a new crematorium which will hold about 1,000 services a year in the Kent countryside have been given the seal of approval.

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Full results from local elections in Canterbury

07 May 2021
Full results from local elections in Canterbury

Voters have taken to the polls to elect who they want to represent them on the county council.

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Dad left disabled after A&E staff fail to X-ray broken hip

06 May 2021
Dad left disabled after A&E staff fail to X-ray broken hip

A former labourer has been compensated with £80,000 from a health trust after medics failed to X-ray his fractured hip after a 15ft fall.

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Escaped vulture lands in Kent garden

06 May 2021
Escaped vulture lands in Kent garden

It's not every day a large vulture lands in your back garden and peers into your home - but that's exactly what happened in a Kent village.

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Fox trapped in sewage works after falling 30ft

05 May 2021
Fox trapped in sewage works after falling 30ft

A not-so-wily fox got himself stuck after falling 30ft into a storm tank at a sewage plant.

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530-bed student flats block to become summer hotel

05 May 2021
530-bed student flats block to become summer hotel

One of Kent's biggest student complexes has been accused of 'undercutting' local hotels after winning a bid to offer its rooms to summer guests.

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4,000 homes spark 'permanent gridlock' fears at notorious junction

04 May 2021
4,000 homes spark 'permanent gridlock' fears at notorious junction

A Kent MP fears a notoriously busy junction could become 'permanently gridlocked' if a council agrees to set aside land for thousands of homes.

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Late-night bar to open in former Currys

03 May 2021
Late-night bar to open in former Currys

A bid to open a late-night bar in an eyesore shop have been approved - but its planned opening hours have been cut back.

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Council to force residents to pay £200k each for flat repairs

28 April 2021
Council to force residents to pay £200k each for flat repairs

Stunned leaseholders say they are facing financial ruin after a council told them they must pay up to £217,000 each for housing repair bills.

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Woman repeatedly kicked in violent park robbery

26 April 2021
Woman repeatedly kicked in violent park robbery

A woman in her 20s was repeatedly kicked and pushed to ground by an attacker who stole her bank card in an early morning robbery.

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M20 reopens after seven-hour closure

25 April 2021
M20 reopens after seven-hour closure

Bomb disposal teams have left the M20 and the route has reopened following a lengthy closure - but scheduled works mean it will partly shut again.

Family pays tribute to dad killed in M&S car park

25 April 2021
Family pays tribute to dad killed in M&S car park

A man killed in a car park has been remembered by his friends and family as a doting dad who loved scooters

Army on M20 as queues stretch back miles

25 April 2021
Army on M20 as queues stretch back miles

Explosive experts from the Army are on the M20 surveying the security of a vehicle involved in a lengthy police chase.

Major pub garden refurb sees seating boost from 50 to 280

25 April 2021
Major pub garden refurb sees seating boost from 50 to 280

The impressive lockdown redevelopment of a large pub garden boasting a tented cover is going down a treat with diners and drinkers.

M20 reopens after bomb squad inspect vehicle stopped by police

25 April 2021
M20 reopens after bomb squad inspect vehicle stopped by police

A 15-mile stretch of the M20 has reopened - after police stopped a car and army explosives experts were called to the scene.

TV crews find artefacts and treasure on riverbed

25 April 2021
TV crews find artefacts and treasure on riverbed

Archaeologists filming a TV show for Sky, which airs tomorrow, uncovered a haul of artefacts as they scoured a riverbed in Kent.

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Painstaking restoration of 114-year-old boat resembling beer logo

24 April 2021
Painstaking restoration of 114-year-old boat resembling beer logo

Kent brewer Shepherd Neame is helping with the £80,000 restoration of an old fishing boat resembling the logo on one of its most popular beers.

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