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Long-empty town centre restaurant could become nightclub

06 February 2024
Long-empty town centre restaurant could become nightclub

Bosses determined to open a new club have put forward a third bid for the venue in an empty restaurant previously earmarked for flats.

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Police officer assaulted in high street disturbance

05 February 2024
Police officer assaulted in high street disturbance

A police officer was assaulted while arresting a man during a disturbance in a town centre.

Kent nightclub saved despite nationwide closures

02 February 2024
Kent nightclub saved despite nationwide closures

A town’s only nightclub will not be closing despite its owners plunging into administration, bosses have confirmed.

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Teens, 16, charged after car stolen during burglary

02 February 2024
Teens, 16, charged after car stolen during burglary

Two teenagers – both aged 16 - are due in court after a car, a wallet and two phones were stolen during a burglary.

Road closed for emergency gasworks

02 February 2024
Road closed for emergency gasworks

A road is set to remain shut for seven days while engineers carry out gas escape works.

Why huge £100m bike factory planned for Kent has been delayed again

02 February 2024
Why huge £100m bike factory planned for Kent has been delayed again

Ambitious plans for a multimillion-pound bike factory have been held up again – leaving a question mark hanging over its planned 2027 opening.

Fundraiser for 'cruelly deformed' cat’s life-changing surgery

01 February 2024
Fundraiser for 'cruelly deformed' cat’s life-changing surgery

A three-year-old cat in constant pain from genetic deformities common to her breed needs life-changing surgery in a bid to ease her struggles.

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Council plans to tear roof off closed town centre car park

01 February 2024
Council plans to tear roof off closed town centre car park

The top floor of a closed town centre car park could be torn off in a last-ditch effort to reopen the site, council bosses have revealed.

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Asylum seekers to move into former dyslexia centre

29 January 2024
Asylum seekers to move into former dyslexia centre

A former dyslexia centre is to be turned into a home for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, it has been announced.

Bosses rethink concert hall planned for town centre car park

25 January 2024
Bosses rethink concert hall planned for town centre car park

Ambitious plans for a huge concert hall on a town centre car park have been put on hold while developers “change things slightly”.

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Reality star shares luxury stay in Kent lodge with 2.7million followers

24 January 2024
Reality star shares luxury stay in Kent lodge with 2.7million followers

TV star and singer Megan McKenna and her footballer fiance shared snippets of their stay at a Kent wild animal park loved by celebrities.

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‘My dog was almost hit - drivers must stop mounting pavements'

24 January 2024
‘My dog was almost hit - drivers must stop mounting pavements'

A dog walker whose golden retriever was almost hit by a car says something needs to be done to stop brazen motorists driving down a closed road.

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Traffic lights installed as first residents to move into huge estate

24 January 2024
Traffic lights installed as first residents to move into huge estate

The first residents are set to move into a controversial housing estate by spring – as new traffic lights are switched on next month.

‘We thought phone rules would spark rebellion – but now pupils talk to each other!’

24 January 2024
‘We thought phone rules would spark rebellion – but now pupils talk to each other!’

Even pupils admit life at school has improved after teachers started locking away phones in pouches.

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‘We've been here 40 years, but ram-raid forced us to retire sooner’

20 January 2024
‘We've been here 40 years, but ram-raid forced us to retire sooner’

Newsagents left devastated after ram-raiders stoved in their shopfront say the incident has forced them to retire sooner than planned.

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Driver crashes in Outlet car park after 'over-accelerating'

18 January 2024
Driver crashes in Outlet car park after 'over-accelerating'

Stunned shoppers looked on as a driver mounted the pavement after "over-accelerating" in Ashford Designer Outlet’s car park.

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‘Please don’t throw your poo-covered clothes out the window’

17 January 2024
‘Please don’t throw your poo-covered clothes out the window’

A frustrated woman has urged drivers who toss soiled underwear into the hedge to take their mess home with them.

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Woman arrested after clothes stolen from Sports Direct

17 January 2024
Woman arrested after clothes stolen from Sports Direct

A suspected shoplifter has been arrested after clothes were stolen from a town centre Sports Direct store.

‘We had no idea the council was selling off our community centre!'

17 January 2024
‘We had no idea the council was selling off our community centre!'

Angry residents say they had "no idea" a council was planning to sell off a much-loved community centre partly used by a nursery.

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School forced to close six times as new £350k heat pump system keeps failing

16 January 2024
School forced to close six times as new £350k heat pump system keeps failing

A school has been forced to close six times in three months because its new government-funded air source heat pump system keeps failing.

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