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Nicola Jordan

Nicola Jordan joined the KM Group as a senior reporter in 2012. She was previously news editor of the Medway News.

Parents worried over ‘unethical’ school merger plans

10 March 2025
Parents worried over ‘unethical’ school merger plans

A proposed merger between two education trusts based in different parts of Kent - and with different performance ratings - has sparked a major row.

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‘There’s nothing wrong with her mind’: Kent’s oldest person celebrates 111th birthday

08 March 2025
‘There’s nothing wrong with her mind’: Kent’s oldest person celebrates 111th birthday

Supercentenarian Hilda Luck has celebrated her 111th birthday with cards sent from friends and family all over the world and even from His Majesty.

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‘Overcrowding and treatment in corridors must change at struggling hospital’

05 March 2025
‘Overcrowding and treatment in corridors must change at struggling hospital’

A health watchdog has issued a warning notice to a Kent A&E department after a catalogue of issues - but took a year to publish the damning report.

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Double celebration as nursery is rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted as it marks 25th anniversary

03 March 2025
Double celebration as nursery is rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted as it marks 25th anniversary

A nursery school has scored top marks with an “outstanding” rating from Ofsted in its 25th year in town.

Care home put into special measures after resident found ‘disorientated and injured in a cupboard’

27 February 2025
Care home put into special measures after resident found ‘disorientated and injured in a cupboard’

An urgent investigation is being taken into a care home where inspectors allegedly found nails jutting out the walls and faeces on bedding.

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Coffee chain opens first Kent branch at railway station

21 February 2025
Coffee chain opens first Kent branch at railway station

Thousands of commuters will once again be able to grab a cuppa on their way to work as a new coffee shop opens.

‘Knowing we’re doing something good helps me grieve mum’

19 February 2025
‘Knowing we’re doing something good helps me grieve mum’

The family of a woman who went missing and was found in a river have paid tribute to her and shared their plans to honour her.

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‘Social media helped reunite me with my stolen childhood bike’

18 February 2025
‘Social media helped reunite me with my stolen childhood bike’

A dad has been reunited with a priceless family heirloom stolen from a lock-up garage thanks in large part to the power of social media.

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Evacuations and measles outbreak revealed in school’s 120 year history

15 February 2025
Evacuations and measles outbreak revealed in school’s 120 year history

A head teacher has discovered a suitcase filled with photos and documents from the school’s rich history.

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Fresh flats bid for iconic high street pub just months after blaze

13 February 2025
Fresh flats bid for iconic high street pub just months after blaze

New plans to convert a historic pub into flats have been submitted just months after a blaze destroyed the inside of the building.

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The £20m plan to turn iconic college building into riverview apartments

13 February 2025
The £20m plan to turn iconic college building into riverview apartments

A former college where some of the biggest names in art and fashion trained is to be converted into apartments.

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Boss of homeless charity he founded takes a back seat

08 February 2025
Boss of homeless charity he founded takes a back seat

The head of a charity supporting homeless people has taken a back seat and one of its shops is to switch to a click-and-collect business.

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Hero soldier to have full military funeral at village church

07 February 2025
Hero soldier to have full military funeral at village church

A decorated soldier who went on to run a cab company and was a golf club captain is to be honoured with a full military funeral at a village church.

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The 16-year mystery of what happened to missing Richard

05 February 2025
The 16-year mystery of what happened to missing Richard

In 2009, a 19-year-old left his home in the early hours of the morning and was never seen by his friends or family again.

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Appeal against order to clear industrial-scale scrapyard rejected

30 January 2025
Appeal against order to clear industrial-scale scrapyard rejected

A planning inspector has turned down an appeal by landowners who have been ordered to clear an industrial-scale rubbish tip in the countryside.

Bikers rip up meadow at award-winning country park

30 January 2025
Bikers rip up meadow at award-winning country park

Off-road bikers have carved up a meadow at an award-winning country park used by ramblers, dog walkers and children.

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Makeover for shopping centre ahead of Home Bargains’ arrival

30 January 2025
Makeover for shopping centre ahead of Home Bargains’ arrival

A shopping centre is to receive a facelift ahead of a discount store’s long-awaited move.

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Stray cat’s ears amputated after sun-induced cancer scare

29 January 2025
Stray cat’s ears amputated after sun-induced cancer scare

An appeal has been made for someone to give a home to a stray cat who had both ears amputated after concerns he had sun-induced cancer.

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‘We were woken up by firefighters telling us our garden was alight’

26 January 2025
‘We were woken up by firefighters telling us our garden was alight’

A family slept in their home unaware that just feet away a fire was raging through their back garden.

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Two school trusts eye merger

25 January 2025
Two school trusts eye merger

Plans are underway to merge two education academies to create a super provider covering the county.

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