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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.

‘It’s gutting’: Business blasts ‘no relief’ budget as it calls time on fried chicken venture

04 November 2024
‘It’s gutting’: Business blasts ‘no relief’ budget as it calls time on fried chicken venture

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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‘Plumbers charged my elderly relatives £8,560 but settled on £765 when challenged’

04 November 2024
‘Plumbers charged my elderly relatives £8,560 but settled on £765 when challenged’

An elderly couple were charged more than £8,000 for emergency plumbing work before a relative intervened.

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‘It’s cheaper than a night on the town’: The return of the backstreet boozer

03 November 2024
‘It’s cheaper than a night on the town’: The return of the backstreet boozer

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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Anger as quad bikers trash football pitch on eve of ‘football’s return to remote village’

29 October 2024
Anger as quad bikers trash football pitch on eve of ‘football’s return to remote village’

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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‘We all now have this special bond’: Village rallies to save girl after field collapse

28 October 2024
‘We all now have this special bond’: Village rallies to save girl after field collapse

Villagers, friends and emergency service workers joined forces to give lifesaving treatment to a teenage girl who collapsed in a cardiac arrest.

Former town centre art gallery to be transformed

22 October 2024
Former town centre art gallery to be transformed

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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Fears neighbouring roads will bear ‘brunt of congestion’ if school ‘traffic-free zone’ approved

22 October 2024
Fears neighbouring roads will bear ‘brunt of congestion’ if school ‘traffic-free zone’ approved

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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Animal rescue charity warns of closure risk

16 October 2024
Animal rescue charity warns of closure risk

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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Double deal sees McDonald’s move into prime shopping centre location

15 October 2024
Double deal sees McDonald’s move into prime shopping centre location

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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Chilled ‘wine-bar’ vision as pair take over troubled country pub

14 October 2024
Chilled ‘wine-bar’ vision as pair take over troubled country pub

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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Care worker jailed for sexually abusing severely disabled patient

09 October 2024
Care worker jailed for sexually abusing severely disabled patient

A 69-year-old has been jailed for committing “abhorrent acts” against a vulnerable person.

Landmark town centre pub building set to become luxury flats

08 October 2024
Landmark town centre pub building set to become luxury flats

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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‘Please help me find my best friend a home before I die’

06 October 2024
‘Please help me find my best friend a home before I die’

A gran suffering from terminal cancer has a heartfelt dying wish before it’s too late - ‘look after my friend of 30 years.

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‘Our salvaged pier could be a music venue or a seasonal market’

05 October 2024
‘Our salvaged pier could be a music venue or a seasonal market’

Volunteers who have undertaken a painstaking project to restore an historic pier are now after ideas on what to do with it once it’s finished.

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Village pub owners ‘name their asking price’ as fight to salvage site rages on

03 October 2024
Village pub owners ‘name their asking price’ as fight to salvage site rages on

Campaigners trying to get a pub at the “heart of a village” reopened have been told they will have to stump up a considerable sum to seal the deal.

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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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