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A gym is to close next month and be turned into a children’s centre, offering maternity and antenatal classes, and a community kitchen.
A vicious killer who sexually assaulted and murdered a dinner lady at her family home is up for parole ahead of the 25th anniversary of her death.
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An education boss, who left school without an A-level and worked as a hospital cleaner to fund her teaching training, has received an OBE.
Plans to build almost 300 flats in a rundown part of a historic town are set to be approved, despite objections from conservationists.
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Hundreds have signed a petition to keep a traditional pie and mash van outside a village boozer, amid uncertainty over the pub’s impending takeover.
Pie shop owners have welcomed a move to get the traditional Cockney pie and mash the same protected status as the Cornish pasty.
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A D-Day hero, who met King Charles and appeared on national television as part of the 80th anniversary commemorations, has died.
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A village football side’s inaugural match went ahead despite vandals trashing their new turf just days before.
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A restaurant which opened during Covid and battled “against the odds” through lockdown to become a staple eatery in the high street is closing.
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An elderly couple were charged more than £8,000 for emergency plumbing work before a relative intervened.
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A traditional pub which shut last year after 168 years of pulling pints has reopened its doors again to capitalise on a returning “socialising” trend.
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The return of the beautiful game to a remote village has been thrown in doubt after vandals took it upon themselves to trash the pitches.
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Villagers, friends and emergency service workers joined forces to give lifesaving treatment to a teenage girl who collapsed in a cardiac arrest.
A former high-class art gallery and gift shop in the town is set to become a cafe and “a hub for dining and entertainment” after a renovation project.
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Residents are fuming over plans to create a traffic-free zone outside a school which would impact their already congested road.
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An animal rescue service which has helped reunite thousands of pets with their owners over the last decade could soon close due to a lack of funds.
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A shopping centre has exclusively revealed to KentOnline details of two major deals which will see a chain relocate and the fast food giant move in.
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Pub licensees who oversaw the reversal in fortunes of a town’s backstreet boozer have now been tasked with working their magic on another hostelry.
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A 69-year-old has been jailed for committing “abhorrent acts” against a vulnerable person.
A long-running saga into what will happen to a historic town pub has taken another twist with plans announced to turn it into high-end apartments.
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