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£5m price-tag on former garden centre and rejected housing estate

£5m price-tag on former garden centre and rejected housing estate

16 July 2024

Wasteland once dubbed a “scar on the landscape” deemed unsuitable for a large housing estate has hit the market for £5m.

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Solar farm snub to cost taxpayers dear as council loses appeal

Solar farm snub to cost taxpayers dear as council loses appeal

15 July 2024

A council’s decision to snub proposals for the UK’s biggest solar farm will cost taxpayers “wasted expense,” the government says.

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‘Attacker’ fell onto train tracks during assault at railway station

‘Attacker’ fell onto train tracks during assault at railway station

13 July 2024

A man alleged to have taken part in an attack on two men at a railway station fell onto the tracks as the victims tried to protect themselves.

Secrets unearthed at huge ancient burial ground in Kent

Secrets unearthed at huge ancient burial ground in Kent

12 July 2024

Archaeologists are finding out more about prehistoric life in Kent at one of the country’s largest burial grounds even older than Stonehenge.

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Gridlock ‘carnage’ on major route to continue into next week

Gridlock ‘carnage’ on major route to continue into next week

11 July 2024

A water leak has sparked misery for motorists, with temporary traffic lights set up on a main route into a town.

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Drink-driver jailed over crash which left MP with broken ankle

Drink-driver jailed over crash which left MP with broken ankle

10 July 2024

A man who collided with a Kent MP and her daughters while driving over the limit and on the wrong side of the road has been jailed.

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Two-car crash blocks stretch of motorway

Two-car crash blocks stretch of motorway

10 July 2024

A two-car crash blocked part of a motorway, with police called to the collision.

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

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

09 July 2024

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

Major road shut after car hits wall and overturns

Major road shut after car hits wall and overturns

09 July 2024

A major route was shut while emergency services dealt with the aftermath of a crash in which a car hit a wall and overturned.

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

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

06 July 2024

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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Tory MP retains seat amid red wave across rest of Kent

Tory MP retains seat amid red wave across rest of Kent

04 July 2024

Conservative politician Helen Whately has retained her Faversham and Mid Kent seat but seen her majority slashed by almost 20,000 votes.

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Smash between lorry and car prompted delays on major route

Smash between lorry and car prompted delays on major route

03 July 2024

There were queues after a crash between a lorry and a car at a busy motorway junction

Angle grinder vandals target parking signs in protest over charges

Angle grinder vandals target parking signs in protest over charges

03 July 2024

Vandals wielding an angle grinder destroyed a beauty spot’s parking signs in a suspected illegal protest against fees.

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‘Royal Mail has deprived me of my right to vote’

‘Royal Mail has deprived me of my right to vote’

03 July 2024

A furious voter has blamed Royal Mail for “depriving” him of his voice in the general election after his postal ballot failed to arrive.

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Delays after crash on major route

Delays after crash on major route

02 July 2024

A crash involving a van has caused delays on a major route through the county while another has left the carriageway.

‘My friends take my rubbish home because binmen don’t turn up’

‘My friends take my rubbish home because binmen don’t turn up’

02 July 2024

A pensioner says he has resorted to offloading his rubbish to friends after no collection for three months following a council’s new bins contract.

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Delays after crash on major route

Delays after crash on major route

29 June 2024

Queues are building after a reported accident between two vehicles on a major route.

Residents party in street as huge housing estate snubbed

Residents party in street as huge housing estate snubbed

28 June 2024

Thrilled residents held a street party after winning the battle to stop a "terrible" new 250-home project from going ahead.

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A-road and school route near motorway to shut for two months

A-road and school route near motorway to shut for two months

27 June 2024

A major A-road linking two towns is to shut for around eight weeks in a move likely to bring travel misery this summer.

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Delays on railway after ‘person on tracks’

Delays on railway after ‘person on tracks’

26 June 2024

Emergency services are in attendance and trains have been halted following reports of a person on the railway line.

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