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Council submits £20m bid to government's levelling-up fund

28 July 2022
Council submits £20m bid to government's levelling-up fund

A Kent council has submitted a £20m bid to the government's levelling-up fund but plans for a new swimming pool have been ditched.

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Water volunteers 'fined for parking'

28 July 2022
Water volunteers 'fined for parking'

Volunteers who gave up their time to distribute bottled water during an emergency said to have been sent £100 parking fines.

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Southern Water offers cash to Island

27 July 2022
Southern Water offers cash to Island

A community left without water for days is being offered cash to support local charities and groups.

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Kent bus firm drafted in for Commonwealth Games

27 July 2022
Kent bus firm drafted in for Commonwealth Games

A Kent coach company is helping ferry sports fans to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in a bid to beat the rail strikes.

Village's charity music festival raises the roof

25 July 2022
Village's charity music festival raises the roof

A stage roof drama was watched by nearly 3,000 music lovers at a village rock festival when a freak gust of wind struck.

Staff shortages 'blamed' for increasing prison violence

21 July 2022
Staff shortages 'blamed' for increasing prison violence

A damning report into one of Kent's largest prisons has blamed an 'acute' shortage of staff on increased inmate violence.

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10cc pull out of Kent music festival

20 July 2022
10cc pull out of Kent music festival

Seventies band 10cc will no longer be headlining a music festival in the county because of 'contractual issues'.

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Blaze sparked by model airshow reignites

20 July 2022
Blaze sparked by model airshow reignites

Firefighters have been called to another blaze at the site of a fire sparked by a model airshow at the weekend.

Mum creates a stink about muck-spreaders

20 July 2022
Mum creates a stink about muck-spreaders

A fuming mum has complained of a pong as farmers began muck-spreading on the hottest day of the year.

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MP demands second water pipe for Island

20 July 2022
MP demands second water pipe for Island

A Kent MP has demanded a top level meeting with water bosses after hearing they ignored advice to build a second supply pipe onto Sheppey years ago.

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Canal embankment on fire

18 July 2022
Canal embankment on fire

Firefighters are trying to get a grass fire along a canal bank under control.

'Sewage in sea' was false alarm

17 July 2022
'Sewage in sea' was false alarm

'Sewage' floating in the sea turned out to a harmless 'bloom' of algae and seaweed.

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Comic slams Boris in cathedral speech

17 July 2022
Comic slams Boris in cathedral speech

Boris Johnson should be 'horse-whipped every week of the year' according to a top comedian during a graduation ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral.

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Town without water after pipe burst

17 July 2022
Town without water after pipe burst

Residents have been left without water after a pipe burst on one of the hottest days of the year so far.

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Fireworks finale at model aircraft display sparks huge blaze

17 July 2022
Fireworks finale at model aircraft display sparks huge blaze

A fireworks display at the end of a model aeroplane exhibition is being blamed for a huge fire on tinder-dry grass.

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Drug arrests after street disturbance

16 July 2022
Drug arrests after street disturbance

Four men have been arrested for suspected burglary and drug offences after neighbours reported a late night street disturbance.

Man injured in shed and car fire

16 July 2022
Man injured in shed and car fire

A man was treated for burns in the early hours when fire broke out in a shed.

Police called to 'pub fight'

16 July 2022
Police called to 'pub fight'

A pub was cordoned off and two men taken to hospital after an early evening brawl.

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Engineering works stop train service

16 July 2022
Engineering works stop train service

Train services between Sittingbourne and Sheerness have been stopped because of engineering works.

'Don't travel' warning as temperatures near 40C

16 July 2022
'Don't travel' warning as temperatures near 40C

People are being warned of travel disruption as the county prepares for record temperatures next week.

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