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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.

‘Let’s get the saucer flying again’: Move to protect historic pub from the bulldozers

08 August 2024
‘Let’s get the saucer flying again’: Move to protect historic pub from the bulldozers

A campaign to save a village pub is gathering pace as hundreds of residents sign a pledge to take it over and get the pints flowing again.

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Teenager, 19, airlifted to hospital after stabbing near KFC

07 August 2024
Teenager, 19, airlifted to hospital after stabbing near KFC

Armed police were called to a busy town centre after a teenager was reportedly stabbed in broad daylight.

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‘Her work has inspired generations’: Fashion icon awarded honorary title

06 August 2024
‘Her work has inspired generations’: Fashion icon awarded honorary title

An international fashion icon from Kent who designed for rock stars and royalty has been awarded an honorary university title.

20 caravans set up camp near airport

05 August 2024
20 caravans set up camp near airport

Police called as up to 20 caravans converged on land near an airport, factory and fire station.

'It’s not just a club, it's a movement’: 100-year-old Scouts group bucks closure trend

04 August 2024
'It’s not just a club, it's a movement’: 100-year-old Scouts group bucks closure trend

While rising costs have forced some youth organisations to fold as people opt for second jobs over volunteering one Scouts group is bucking the trend.

Anger at drive-by ‘egg attacks’ outside gay pub

03 August 2024
Anger at drive-by ‘egg attacks’ outside gay pub

Two pub-goers were left shocked after being egged and verbally abused in a drive-by attack outside one of the oldest LGBTQIA+ pubs in the country.

Hundreds turn out for festival celebrating women and sisterhood

30 July 2024
Hundreds turn out for festival celebrating women and sisterhood

A day filled with traditional Punjabi folk songs and dance honoured women and the power of sisterhood.

New sushi bar hoping to satisfy ‘bubble tea and noodle cravings’

30 July 2024
New sushi bar hoping to satisfy ‘bubble tea and noodle cravings’

Sushi, noodles and bubble tea are on the menu at a new takeaway expanding its eateries across Kent.

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