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Shopping centre's food hall company in shock closure

12 January 2022
Shopping centre's food hall company in shock closure

The company behind a food hall in one of Kent's top shopping malls is to be struck off by Companies House.

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Fire crews from two counties rescue car crash victims

10 January 2022
Fire crews from two counties rescue car crash victims

A man and a woman had to be cut free from a two-car crash by three fire crews from Kent and Surrey.

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Private hospital agrees to help with Covid surge

10 January 2022
Private hospital agrees to help with Covid surge

A private Kent hospital is on stand-by to help the NHS as the number of Covid cases continue to rise.

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10cc to play Kent music festival

07 January 2022
10cc to play Kent music festival

Organisers of one of Kent's newest and quirkiest music festivals have signed legendary art rockers 10cc to play in a farmer's field this summer.

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Sudden closure of top pub and restaurant

07 January 2022
Sudden closure of top pub and restaurant

Landlords say they can no longer run a top pub, restaurant and live music venue and have closed it down blaming a new tenancy agreement and Covid.

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Author highlights Kent island in new book

07 January 2022
Author highlights Kent island in new book

Sheppey gets its own chapter in a new book about British islands.

Two men arrested after car-jacking

07 January 2022
Two men arrested after car-jacking

A police chase ended in arrests after a stolen car crashed into wall.

Pickets descend on docks in car dispute

06 January 2022
Pickets descend on docks in car dispute

Strikers formed a picket line outside Kent docks in a bid to disrupt imports of new cars from Germany in a dispute over pay and conditions.

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Funeral of EMU founder

06 January 2022
Funeral of EMU founder

Friends and family attended the funeral at Minster Abbey of David O'Neill who founded the Sheppey Event Marshalling Unit known as the EMUs.

Animal sanctuary used 'wrong type of rubble'

06 January 2022
Animal sanctuary used 'wrong type of rubble'

An animal sanctuary must clean its rubble used for roads to reach its cows and cockerels because it is contaminated with plastic and electrical wires.

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Family's shock as 'fit and healthy' dad, 27, dies of Covid

05 January 2022
Family's shock as 'fit and healthy' dad, 27, dies of Covid

A 'fit and healthy' 27-year-old father has died of Covid after spending six weeks in hospital.

Library and prison men named in Queen's New Year honours list

04 January 2022
Library and prison men named in Queen's New Year honours list

Joe Rook and Darren Smart from Sheppey both named in Queen's New Year's honours list.

Bluetits celebrate New Year with a splash

03 January 2022
Bluetits celebrate New Year with a splash

More than 20 members of the Sheppey Bluetits 'wild' swimming club went for a dip in the sea on New Year's Day.

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Kent Island makes Time Out list of top 10 places

31 December 2021
Kent Island makes Time Out list of top 10 places

The Isle of Sheppey has been included in Time Out's top 10 places to visit in the UK in 2022. Can this be true?

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Football defeat kicks off second half 2021 in review

31 December 2021
Football defeat kicks off second half 2021 in review

We look at July-December which saw planning blunders, the 'busgate' vandalism woe and ended with Santa nearly copping a punch.

Christmas Day car park fight appeal

29 December 2021
Christmas Day car park fight appeal

Police are appealing for witnesses and security footage after six men were arrested following a fight in a car park on Christmas Day.

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Children's nursery 'back where it belongs'

29 December 2021
Children's nursery 'back where it belongs'

Nursery previously rated 'inadequate' is now 'good' with a 'strong and inspiring management'.

'Visionary' plan for town centre unveiled

29 December 2021
'Visionary' plan for town centre unveiled

Hundreds of new homes, a Further Education college and tree-lined streets are part of ambitious plans for the continued regeneration of a town centre.

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How Michael Crawford created classic TV stunt on Sheppey

26 December 2021
How Michael Crawford created classic TV stunt on Sheppey

We learn the secrets behind entertainer Michael Crawford's most daring stunt as Frank Spencer on Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.

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Army of 'elves' ensures children don't go without on big day

25 December 2021
Army of 'elves' ensures children don't go without on big day

Hard-up families given surprise festive treats thanks to a mum-of-two and Rotarians donating hundreds of Christmas stockings.

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