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Coffee shop owner opens second branch

27 September 2024
Coffee shop owner opens second branch

The owner of a coffee shop has opened a second branch in a neighbouring town 15 years after setting up his first.

Grammar school drops international diploma and returns to A-levels

26 September 2024
Grammar school drops international diploma and returns to A-levels

A leading grammar school is dropping International Baccalaureate diploma in favour of A-levels only as of next September.

Poundstretcher to move into empty Wilko store this year

25 September 2024
Poundstretcher to move into empty Wilko store this year

The budget store will take over a massive town centre unit after Wilko’s went into administration.

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Businessman who hid cameras in toilets just for ‘fun’ avoids jail

23 September 2024
Businessman who hid cameras in toilets just for ‘fun’ avoids jail

A former businessman who hid a secret camera in toilets and admitted voyeurism and making indecent pictures of children has avoided prison.

Couple’s quirky retro backyard bar shortlisted for international gong

19 September 2024
Couple’s quirky retro backyard bar shortlisted for international gong

A couple who hand-built a mesmerising retro neon junkyard boozer in their backyard are in the running to have it named the country’s best.

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Schoolchildren left ‘flummoxed and upset’ after Medway Test confusion

18 September 2024
Schoolchildren left ‘flummoxed and upset’ after Medway Test confusion

Thousands of schoolchildren have been left upset and confused after time allotted for a Medway Test paper was less than they had expected.

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'My home is just ruined’: Pensioner’s flat blighted by regular water leaks

18 September 2024
'My home is just ruined’: Pensioner’s flat blighted by regular water leaks

A pensioner has spoken of her “terrible” ordeal trying to live in a rented home which regularly floods and finding herself “ankle-deep in water”.

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Mystery behind mass sale of grass plots revealed

08 September 2024
Mystery behind mass sale of grass plots revealed

An expert has explained why the mystery Mr P has snapped up random plots of land.

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Bid to reunite family with driving licences dating back 90 years

07 September 2024
Bid to reunite family with driving licences dating back 90 years

A hotel manager is trying to trace the family of a motorist after discovering old driving licences dating back to 1935 in a town centre car park.

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Thieves raid football club’s charity donations after breaking into cemetery

05 September 2024
Thieves raid football club’s charity donations after breaking into cemetery

Thieves raided a football club and stole charity donations after snatching personal effects from a cemetery.

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Boost for campaigners trying to save community pub

05 September 2024
Boost for campaigners trying to save community pub

A special order has been issued preventing a community pub from being sold while campaigners raise funds to buy it.

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Travellers converge on site near airport for second time in a month

05 September 2024
Travellers converge on site near airport for second time in a month

A group has descended on land within weeks of an encampment leaving.

Residents’ fears after mystery buyer snaps up eight small plots of land

02 September 2024
Residents’ fears after mystery buyer snaps up eight small plots of land

Residents are worried about a loss of privacy after eight small bits of land have been snapped up by a mystery man.

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Kent’s bike theft hotspot revealed

23 August 2024
Kent’s bike theft hotspot revealed

Bikers are being offered free security devices at a shopping centre amid a massive hike in motorcycle, scooter and moped thefts across the county.

‘Steroid cream for my eczema left me unable to work’

23 August 2024
‘Steroid cream for my eczema left me unable to work’

A gardener had to quit his job after suffering painful and unsightly side effects from coming off eczema steroid cream.

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Travellers return to country park

22 August 2024
Travellers return to country park

An unauthorised encampment of travellers has been spotted at a local beauty spot and haven for wildlife.

'Island life is idyllic - it's like being on holiday all year'

20 August 2024
'Island life is idyllic - it's like being on holiday all year'

We look back at how a once contaminated wasteland slowly transformed into a thriving island community where no resident wants to leave.

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Inside the eerie old school now a haven for 'vandals, squatters and arsonists'

19 August 2024
Inside the eerie old school now a haven for 'vandals, squatters and arsonists'

Renewed calls have been made to do something with a former village school which has sat empty for 20 years - and is now branded dangerous and unsafe.

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Litterbugs cough up £7k in latest crackdown on cigarette butt dropping

12 August 2024
Litterbugs cough up £7k in latest crackdown on cigarette butt dropping

Smokers have had to stump up nearly £7,000 between them after being caught dropping cigarette butts.

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Travellers return to rec ground again

12 August 2024
Travellers return to rec ground again

An unauthorised encampment has converged on popular playing fields again despite calls from fed-up residents for tougher security measures.

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