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Tonnes of illegal meat and 54 sheep carcasses seized at port

30 April 2024
Tonnes of illegal meat and 54 sheep carcasses seized at port

Grim images show illegal meat seized at a port including sheep carcasses, pork and cheese dripping with blood. Warning: graphic images.

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Salad factory in jobs boost following expansion with M&S

30 April 2024
Salad factory in jobs boost following expansion with M&S

A firm is on a recruitment drive this spring as part of a team-up with a leading food store chain.

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Vital work to start on protecting one of Britain's most important sites

29 April 2024
Vital work to start on protecting one of Britain's most important sites

A six-figure sum has been awarded to the country’s biggest Napoleonic fortification to help conserve and regenerate it.

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Fight to stop Georgian street becoming ‘another HMO alley’

28 April 2024
Fight to stop Georgian street becoming ‘another HMO alley’

Battle lines have been drawn after campaigners accused developers of trying to turn a historic street into “another HMO alley”.

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Burglar jailed after repeatedly intimidating victim after arrest

26 April 2024
Burglar jailed after repeatedly intimidating victim after arrest

A criminal who repeatedly tried to approach his victim while awaiting court hearings after stealing from his home is now in prison.

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100 new kiosks at terminal to tackle EU border queues

26 April 2024
100 new kiosks at terminal to tackle EU border queues

New space is being created to process biometric border checks for EU-bound passengers with bosses promising only slightly increased waiting times.

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Flats plan in former town centre bank

25 April 2024
Flats plan in former town centre bank

Plans have been unveiled to create flats in a town’s former bank building which shut earlier this year.

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Anger as developer bids to cut all affordable homes from new estate

25 April 2024
Anger as developer bids to cut all affordable homes from new estate

A developer’s bid to axe all affordable housing from a new estate has been branded "disgraceful" by angry neighbours.

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Three arrests in drugs and crime blitz

24 April 2024
Three arrests in drugs and crime blitz

Police lasered in on one area to tackle drugs and other crime arresting three people and searching 16.

Four arrested after five die in Channel tragedy

24 April 2024
Four arrested after five die in Channel tragedy

A total four people were arrested in an investigation into the deaths of five asylum seekers including a child.

D-Day hero who dodged enemy shells dies aged 98

22 April 2024
D-Day hero who dodged enemy shells dies aged 98

A D-Day hero who dodged enemy shells and chronicled the suffering that day has died.

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Kent's first zero-emission bus service to launch with diesel-powered buses!

22 April 2024
Kent's first zero-emission bus service to launch with diesel-powered buses!

The county’s first zero-emission bus route will launch with diesel-powered vehicles - because purpose-built electric models will not be ready in time.

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Carpenter killed as truck’s trailer ‘came loose and rolled into his van’

19 April 2024
Carpenter killed as truck’s trailer ‘came loose and rolled into his van’

A carpenter was killed when a trailer came loose from a truck and rolled into his van, an inquest has heard.

Town pier part closed after abseiling expert checks

17 April 2024
Town pier part closed after abseiling expert checks

Part of a popular town pier has shut temporarily after structural experts abseiled to carry out checks.

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Home Office bids for more parking spots as staff cars spill onto streets

16 April 2024
Home Office bids for more parking spots as staff cars spill onto streets

The Home Office is seeking 60 parking bays for staff dealing with asylum seekers, as their cars are spilling onto nearby streets.

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Four arrests in cash smuggling probe

15 April 2024
Four arrests in cash smuggling probe

Suspects – including a 17-year-old boy – have been arrested in connection with colossal sums of money being smuggled from Kent to the continent.

Council deploys abseiling experts for pier survey

15 April 2024
Council deploys abseiling experts for pier survey

A structural survey of a pier has seen experts abseiling down the structure to examine rust.

‘They can't turn pub into 12-bed HMO - parking's already atrocious!’

15 April 2024
‘They can't turn pub into 12-bed HMO - parking's already atrocious!’

Neighbours fear converting a former pub into a HMO will exacerbate parking chaos in their “already overcrowded” street.

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‘New homes? It looks like a prison!’

14 April 2024
‘New homes? It looks like a prison!’

Frustrated residents have hit out at proposals to overhaul an old garage into flats – claiming fresh designs “look like a prison”.

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Couples can now wed in ‘beautifully’ restored historic building

12 April 2024
Couples can now wed in ‘beautifully’ restored historic building

Couples can now celebrate their big day in style after a Victorian Billiards Room was granted permission to host wedding ceremonies and receptions.

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