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Christmas food bank usage 'double' pre-pandemic levels

27 December 2021
Christmas food bank usage 'double' pre-pandemic levels

Food banks across the county have warned numbers needing help have doubled this Christmas amid ongoing concerns over work and government support.

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Arsenal star's doorstep surprise for boy with spinal tumour

27 December 2021
Arsenal star's doorstep surprise for boy with spinal tumour

A Premier League footballer made a nine-year-old boy's Christmas after turning up at his house with presents.

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Main road shut due to oil spill

24 December 2021
Main road shut due to oil spill

An oil spill has prompted a two day clean up operation and diversions being put in place along a major route in and out of a busy town centre.

Pub to relaunch as LGBT+ Pride bar

23 December 2021
Pub to relaunch as LGBT+ Pride bar

A popular pub which reopened during the pandemic is set to relaunch in the New Year with a host of new events aimed towards the LGBT+ community.

Parents 'too scared' to let kids walk to school via 'unsafe' street

23 December 2021
Parents 'too scared' to let kids walk to school via 'unsafe' street

Kids are being driven to school rather than have them risk crossing an 'unsafe' road where a ten-year-old girl was killed, a parent has claimed.

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Piano prodigy's busking debut at station

23 December 2021
Piano prodigy's busking debut at station

A 12-year-old piano whiz who was unable to perform for hospice residents due to Covid has raised hundreds after performing at a railway station.

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Fire crews called to car blaze on A2

22 December 2021
Fire crews called to car blaze on A2

Traffic was brought to a halt on a busy stretch of motorway while firefighters attended the scene of a vehicle fire on the hard shoulder.

Station road shut for water leak

20 December 2021
Station road shut for water leak

A busy section of road leading to a town train station has been shut whilst emergency works are carried out to fix a pipe leak.

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Pub forced to shut and axe Christmas bookings

17 December 2021
Pub forced to shut and axe Christmas bookings

A pub has been forced to close at short notice and cancel festive bookings due to staff needing to isolate.

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Plans for Millwall FC training ground in Kent 'progressing well'

17 December 2021
Plans for Millwall FC training ground in Kent 'progressing well'

The boss of a South London-based football club says a planning application for a new training ground in Kent could be submitted soon.

Three arrests over 'noxious' spray attack

17 December 2021
Three arrests over 'noxious' spray attack

A group of men have been arrested after police used a stinger device to stop a vehicle wanted in connection with a suspected 'noxious' spray attack.

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Speed limits reduced to tackle 'accident prone' roads

17 December 2021
Speed limits reduced to tackle 'accident prone' roads

Various speed limits have been reduced on main roads near villages as part of a trial scheme to tackle "accident prone" routes.

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Warning after 'racist stickers' plastered around town

16 December 2021
Warning after 'racist stickers' plastered around town

Police have issued a warning and spoken to residents after reports of offensive 'racially aggravated' stickers left on lampposts and a bus stop.

Thames Freeport 'opens for business'

16 December 2021
Thames Freeport 'opens for business'

A new freeport has opened on the Thames in a move billed as capable of creating thousands of jobs and unlocking new infrastructure projects in Kent.

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Teen arrested over high street robbery

16 December 2021
Teen arrested over high street robbery

A teenager was chased and arrested by police after being recognised by officers as a suspect in an earlier robbery which took place in the town.

First look inside new £32m secondary school

15 December 2021
First look inside new £32m secondary school

Secondary school pupils were invited along for a sneak peek inside new multi-million pound facilities which are scheduled to open next year.

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Hospital food and canteen set for an upgrade

15 December 2021
Hospital food and canteen set for an upgrade

A hospital's restaurant and dining facilities are set for a facelift as part of an overhaul of services – including catering, cleaning and portering.

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'UK’s most expensive biscuit' up for grabs

15 December 2021
'UK’s most expensive biscuit' up for grabs

A luxury take on one of the nation's favourite treats, the chocolate digestive, will be made available for free to several shopping centre visitors.

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Town named Kent's homeless hotspot

14 December 2021
Town named Kent's homeless hotspot

According to new research by Shelter, one in every 172 people are classed as homeless in a Kent town amid fears of a 'rising tide' of evictions.

Booster jab ramp-up plan

14 December 2021
Booster jab ramp-up plan

A GP surgery says it is preparing to "pull out all the stops" to offer hundreds more vaccine slots as part of the ramped-up booster programme.

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