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Mum paid £5k after autistic son misses school for 10 months

10 January 2023
Mum paid £5k after autistic son misses school for 10 months

A council has apologised after being ordered to pay thousands to a mother whose autistic son went nearly a year without a formal education.

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Flats plan for former bingo hall

09 January 2023
Flats plan for former bingo hall

Plans have been submitted to develop an old bingo hall into hundreds of new flats and a commercial space.

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Student flats could become HMOs

03 January 2023
Student flats could become HMOs

Accommodation for students of a university which is closing one of its campuses could become Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).

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School ground injuries cost taxpayer £675k

22 December 2022
School ground injuries cost taxpayer £675k

Pay outs to people injured on school grounds across Kent has cost the county's taxpayers £675,000 including one for £70,000 alone.

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'Unhappiness' main reason for police officers quitting

21 December 2022
'Unhappiness' main reason for police officers quitting

More police officers quit in 2022 compared to last year with most saying they were resigning due to being unhappy in their role.

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Residents of 'gulag camp' retirement homes face pet ban

16 December 2022
Residents of 'gulag camp' retirement homes face pet ban

A controversial plan to build retirement homes close to a nesting bird habitat has been approved – but with a ban on cat and dog ownership.

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Nightingale protection fears thwart homes plan

16 December 2022
Nightingale protection fears thwart homes plan

Plans for more than 20 self-build properties in protected countryside home to a protected bird have been rejected.

'I can be very socialist, but I'm joining Tories to serve constituents'

16 December 2022
'I can be very socialist, but I'm joining Tories to serve constituents'

A councillor has announced she has changed parties two months after stepping down from Labour.

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Junction change concerns halts 374 flats decision

16 December 2022
Junction change concerns halts 374 flats decision

A decision has been delayed again on plans to redevelop a riverside site for hundreds of flats over concerns for a busy junction nearby.

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20 homes to become temporary housing in £5.6m trial

14 December 2022
20 homes to become temporary housing in £5.6m trial

Properties are to be snapped up by a council and used to provide temporary accommodation in a £5.6 million trial.

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Council to ask for millions from government for SEN education

14 December 2022
Council to ask for millions from government for SEN education

A local authority facing a £20m budget gap to educate children with special needs says it has been left in an 'awful' position by Whitehall.

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Plans for £2m nature reserve submitted

13 December 2022
Plans for £2m nature reserve submitted

Proposals for a new nature reserve – much of which would be wetlands – that would cost more than £2 million to create have been submitted.

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Plan for flats above high street Poundland

12 December 2022
Plan for flats above high street Poundland

A colourful scheme for 24 flats above a town centre shop have been submitted to a council.

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'Cost of living crisis will leave more vulnerable to modern slavery'

09 December 2022
'Cost of living crisis will leave more vulnerable to modern slavery'

A charity is warning more victims may be exploited in the current economic crisis, as it emerged modern slavery offences rocketed last year.

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Homes plan set for rejection over concern for nightingales

09 December 2022
Homes plan set for rejection over concern for nightingales

A plan for self-build homes near nesting birds looks set to be turned down, despite a suggestion residents could be banned from having cats.

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Long-time campaigner wins by-election

09 December 2022
Long-time campaigner wins by-election

A parish councillor received nearly half of the vote in a by-election held following the sudden death of a community stalwart.

County's cost of policing Queen's funeral revealed

09 December 2022
County's cost of policing Queen's funeral revealed

More than 250 police officers from Kent stepped up to help in the country's biggest ever policing operation as mourners descended on London.

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'Don't buy an e-scooter this Christmas'

07 December 2022
'Don't buy an e-scooter this Christmas'

Kent's Police and Crime Commissioner has warned against buying e-scooters as a Christmas gifts, saying illegal vehicles will be seized.

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GP surgery dropped from 800-home estate plans

07 December 2022
GP surgery dropped from 800-home estate plans

Plans to open a doctors' surgery at a controversial development of hundreds of homes on a greenfield site have been axed.

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Green light given for £40m cement works

07 December 2022
Green light given for £40m cement works

A controversial plan to build the 'most modern cement production plant in Europe' has been approved. It will create 500,000 tonnes of cement a year.

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