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How we saved college from brink of closure

28 February 2023
 How we saved college from brink of closure

We speak to the team who helped turn around a specialist flagship college come after a difficult beginning.

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Tributes to popular businessman

27 February 2023
Tributes to popular businessman

Tributes have been paid to a businessman who helped raise thousands of pounds for local charities.

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Mum considers legal action over petrol station 'hostage' ordeal

26 February 2023
Mum considers legal action over petrol station 'hostage' ordeal

A mum who was left crying and shaking after being "held hostage" inside a petrol station for an hour has pledged to seek justice through the courts.

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Reunion chop as hairdresser celebrates 35 years trade

25 February 2023
Reunion chop as hairdresser celebrates 35 years trade

A salon owner who has cut the hair of MPs and TV doctors is celebrating 35 years in business by lopping off the locks of his first customer again.

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'You can't go around treating all your customers like suspected thieves'

25 February 2023
'You can't go around treating all your customers like suspected thieves'

Aldi staff asked to search a shopper's bag of garden waste – the second time he says he's been made to feel like a criminal by the store.

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Cathedral signals solidarity with Ukraine

24 February 2023
Cathedral signals solidarity with Ukraine

A special evening celebrating Ukrainian culture is taking place at Rochester Cathedral a year on from the Russian invasion.

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Charity overwhelmed as customer donates 120 wedding dresses

22 February 2023
Charity overwhelmed as customer donates 120 wedding dresses

Brides-to-be can snap up a bargain after a mystery customer donated more than 100 gowns, worth thousands of pounds, to charity shops.

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Gin and prosecco bar plan for double glazing showroom

22 February 2023
Gin and prosecco bar plan for double glazing showroom

A bar specialising in gin and prosecco could open at a former double glazing showroom in a town centre.

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Council blunder over 'King George III' coronation advert

21 February 2023
Council blunder over 'King George III' coronation advert

Red-faced council officers have apologised for naming 'King George III' in a coronation street party advert instead of King Charles.

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'They told me mum's care home was closing - it wasn't'

20 February 2023
'They told me mum's care home was closing - it wasn't'

A grieving son was told in a voicemail while he was abroad arranging his dad's funeral that his elderly mum's care home was closing.

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Trees felled to make way for town's redevelopment

19 February 2023
Trees felled to make way for town's redevelopment

Mature trees in a town centre have been chopped down to make way for a £2 million landscaping scheme.

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Busker known as 'the Primark Singer' sells out cathedral

16 February 2023
Busker known as 'the Primark Singer' sells out cathedral

A 26-year-old hoping to follow in the footsteps of idol Ed Sheeran has sold out his first big gig – at one of Britain's oldest churches.

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MP weds her long-term partner

15 February 2023
MP weds her long-term partner

MP Tracey Crouch and her radio presenter partner have married on Valentine's Day.

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Care home's standards get worse despite watchdog warning

15 February 2023
Care home's standards get worse despite watchdog warning

Inspectors returned to a problem-hit care home to discover things have got worse despite their earlier instructions.

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Luxury floating lodges snapped up at waterside activity centre

14 February 2023
Luxury floating lodges snapped up at waterside activity centre

Luxury floating lodges are being snapped by holiday-makers at waterfront activity centre – weeks before they are due to arrive.

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First church built in town

14 February 2023
First church built in town

After meeting in schools and a pub, a congregation finally gets new church on a housing estate after waiting 20 years.

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Pub to reopen after £200k makeover

12 February 2023
Pub to reopen after £200k makeover

A popular pub is to reopen under new management a month after closing and having had a £200,000 refurbishment.

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'I'd rather move than walk half-a-mile to multi-storey parking space'

07 February 2023
'I'd rather move than walk half-a-mile to multi-storey parking space'

A tenant is looking to move home after a council shut a car park and offered him a new parking space "half-a-mile away" in a multi-storey.

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Unwanted goods dumped at tips to benefit charity

31 January 2023
Unwanted goods dumped at tips to benefit charity

A charity is to use unwanted items dumped at tips to benefit needy people in a new partnership with a waste contractor and a council.

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Merger could form super provider for eight schools

31 January 2023
Merger could form super provider for eight schools

Plans for a merger of two educational trusts could create a super provider overseeing the management of eight schools.

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