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Historic high street market to return with completely new traders

Historic high street market to return with completely new traders

A historic market will return next week with an entirely new set of traders in, what is claimed, to be a win-win outcome.

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Council snaps up 67 new homes to help reduce waiting list

Council snaps up 67 new homes to help reduce waiting list

Nearly £10m has been spent buying 67 new homes to help cut down a council’s waiting list.

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Blue plaque put up in memory of 'true gent' wandering cat

Blue plaque put up in memory of 'true gent' wandering cat

A blue plaque has been put up in memory of a “true gent” wandering cat who became famous in a village

Former Kent chief to become interim chairman

Former Kent chief to become interim chairman

A former long-serving Kent chief executive is to become the club’s chairman for an interim period.

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Woodley’s honour of a Lifetime

Woodley’s honour of a Lifetime

Canterbury’s Stephen Woodley has been recognised for his dedication to tennis with an LTA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ex-shopkeeper fined after mountain of rubbish left outside store

Ex-shopkeeper fined after mountain of rubbish left outside store

A woman who left piles of rubbish outside her old shop was tracked down by council officers and now ordered to pay hundreds of pounds.

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Man, 22, behind bars after after stabbing victim near train station

Man, 22, behind bars after after stabbing victim near train station

A man has been jailed for six years after stabbing his victim outside a train station in the early hours of the morning.

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Spitfires beaten in rain-shortened match

Spitfires beaten in rain-shortened match

A rain-shortened Vitality T20 Blast game saw Kent Spitfires edged out by South group leaders Surrey at The Kia Oval.

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New homes to be built on garden centre site

New homes to be built on garden centre site

Visitors at a busy garden centre could be in for a distinct change of scenery after bosses won a long-fought tussle to build homes on site.

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‘Devastating’ and ‘dreadful’: Plans for 1,800-home village slammed

‘Devastating’ and ‘dreadful’: Plans for 1,800-home village slammed

Plans years in the making to build a 1,800-home village to help cope with Kent’s soaring housing demand have been labelled dreadful.

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Welcome win for Spitfires

Welcome win for Spitfires

Kent ended a run of five successive Vitality Blast defeats with a rain-affected win at Gloucestershire on Friday.

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Person taken to hospital after collapsing near public toilets

Person taken to hospital after collapsing near public toilets

A person was taken to hospital after collapsing near public toilets.

Billings: Don’t be a lost cause

Billings: Don’t be a lost cause

Kent Spitfires skipper Sam Billings says his team-mates will be ‘a lost cause’ if their Groundhog-Day displays continue in the Vitality Blast.

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Captain Taig: We can’t be complacent

Captain Taig: We can’t be complacent

Captain Jarryd Taig won’t underestimate Bickley Park as Canterbury visit the Kent League Premier Division basement boys this Saturday.

Labour extends seven-year grip on seat with increased majority

Labour extends seven-year grip on seat with increased majority

Labour’s Rosie Duffield has secured her seat with an extended majority.

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Australian joins Kent for T20 Blast run-in

Australian joins Kent for T20 Blast run-in

An Australian bowling all-rounder has signed for Kent Spitfires’ remaining six Vitality T20 Blast South group games.

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Kent model to star on hit Netflix show

Kent model to star on hit Netflix show

A 21-year-old from Kent with “brains and brawn on his side” is set to star in a hit Netflix series.

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Why this Kent pub landlord is Wimbledon’s biggest fan

Why this Kent pub landlord is Wimbledon’s biggest fan

A pub landlord in Kent is Wimbledon’s biggest fan after camping out for a ticket for the past 32 years.

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Teenager arrested for ‘lying across train tracks at busy station’

Teenager arrested for ‘lying across train tracks at busy station’

A teenager who reportedly jumped onto train tracks and refused to move has been arrested after causing delays at a station.

Bid to block £32m project to create 'England's sparkling wine capital' defeated

Bid to block £32m project to create 'England's sparkling wine capital' defeated

Winemakers Chapel Down have secured a win at High Court, after campaigners’ attempt to curtail an ambitious project was thwarted.

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