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New town council costing residents £75 a year under consideration

04 February 2022
New town council costing residents £75 a year under consideration

Opinion is divided over plans to introduce a new town council for Canterbury, which would cost residents about £75 a year.

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Rock legends to headline huge festival in Kent countryside

04 February 2022
Rock legends to headline huge festival in Kent countryside

Three thousand people are expected to descend on the Kent countryside this summer to enjoy a music and food festival hosted by a luxury hotel.

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Boy punched after being flashed at railway station

03 February 2022
Boy punched after being flashed at railway station

Police have released CCTV images after a teenager who witnessed a man indecently exposing himself was punched in the face as he went to report it.

'For cod's sake!' Anger over bid to open chippy near Cathedral

02 February 2022
'For cod's sake!' Anger over bid to open chippy near Cathedral

A bid to open a chip shop yards from Canterbury Cathedral’s iconic entrance has sparked fears tourists will be hit with the waft of deep-fried fish.

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Animal park defends plan to send elephant herd to Africa

01 February 2022
Animal park defends plan to send elephant herd to Africa

Critics fear 13 elephants will struggle to adapt and potentially die when they are relocated to Africa, but animal park bosses have defended the plan.

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Council admits it'll be hard to enforce new parking charges

01 February 2022
Council admits it'll be hard to enforce new parking charges

Transport bosses say it will be a tough job to enforce a new daily parking charge along a remote section of coast popular with walkers.

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'My parking cost more than my meal!'

30 January 2022
'My parking cost more than my meal!'

Residents have hit out at 'extortionate' parking charges after controversial plans were approved to increase them further.

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Police hunt suspect after £6k painting theft

28 January 2022
Police hunt suspect after £6k painting theft

A CCTV image has been released following the theft of costly painting measuring two metres in length.

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Pub with bad reputation to be sold off

27 January 2022
Pub with bad reputation to be sold off

A pub deemed 'impossible' to operate due to its reputation for crime is to be sold off at auction.

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Anger over parking charge plan for beauty spot

26 January 2022
Anger over parking charge plan for beauty spot

Beach-goers enjoying an 'oasis of freedom' along the Kent coast will stay away if controversial parking fees are introduced, critics fear.

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Police helicopter deployed in search for 'dangerous driver'

26 January 2022
Police helicopter deployed in search for 'dangerous driver'

A helicopter was scrambled last night as police tracked down a driver following a crash on the edge of a town centre.

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One-way system will be 'absolute bedlam'

23 January 2022
One-way system will be 'absolute bedlam'

This summer's transformation of a major Kent route has been labelled 'utterly daft' by those who fear it will simply worsen congestion.

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Open-air public urinals plan to stop people weeing in high street

23 January 2022
Open-air public urinals plan to stop people weeing in high street

Council bosses are to consider installing French-style 'pissoir' toilets to stop people urinating in the high street.

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Rooftop steak restaurant to open at Easter

23 January 2022
Rooftop steak restaurant to open at Easter

A long-awaited rooftop restaurant is poised to open for the first time this Easter after an operator for the prime location was secured.

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Former car dealership of 117 years to get 'new lease of life'

20 January 2022
Former car dealership of 117 years to get 'new lease of life'

A prime high street spot occupied by a car dealership for decades is to have a change of use for the first time in more than a century.

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Sewage leak forces seven-day closure of road

19 January 2022
Sewage leak forces seven-day closure of road

The main route through a village, which is used as a rat-run by hundreds of drivers each day, is currently shut due to a sewage leak.

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Police rule out assault as cause of hit-and-run victim's death

19 January 2022
Police rule out assault as cause of hit-and-run victim's death

Detectives no longer believe a man who died following a hit-and-run was attacked before the collision.

Grand Designs architects' vision for eco-home at country estate

19 January 2022
Grand Designs architects' vision for eco-home at country estate

The family owners of a popular country estate have hired architects from Grand Designs to help create a 'truly outstanding' eco-friendly house.

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Council moving HQ to shopping centre

18 January 2022
Council moving HQ to shopping centre

A district council is planning to turn a floor of a prime retail unit in a shopping complex into its new headquarters.

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'We don't need a new restaurant - our village already has three pubs'

16 January 2022
'We don't need a new restaurant - our village already has three pubs'

Residents say opening a high-class wine restaurant in a village already home to three pubs is a 'ludicrous' idea.

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