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‘We are confident punters will be pleased’: Wetherspoons pub to reopen after £190k refit

‘We are confident punters will be pleased’: Wetherspoons pub to reopen after £190k refit

12 August 2024

Bosses of a popular town centre pub are preparing to welcome back customers after shutting to undergo a revamp.

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First electric buses to hit the streets

First electric buses to hit the streets

12 August 2024

The first of 28 new electric buses have arrived in Kent in a move the county council hopes will drastically cut carbon emissions.

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Pensioner ‘scratched’ by two men in house robbery

Pensioner ‘scratched’ by two men in house robbery

12 August 2024

CCTV images have been released of two people detectives would like to talk to after a pensioner had his watch and cash stolen from his home.

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Major milestone reached for hospice’s new multi-million-pound wing

Major milestone reached for hospice’s new multi-million-pound wing

12 August 2024

Volunteers and staff celebrated as the last roof tile was placed on their hospice’s new wellbeing wing.

Second dyslexia-focused school to open after mum’s ‘flexi’ success

Second dyslexia-focused school to open after mum’s ‘flexi’ success

11 August 2024

A mum who set up Kent's first dyslexic school after watching her daughter struggle in a mainstream setting is now opening her second facility.

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‘Teething problems’ see bus trial hit by delays and timetable issues

‘Teething problems’ see bus trial hit by delays and timetable issues

10 August 2024

A bus service trial impacted by roadworks and timetable mishaps has been branded a “disaster” less than two weeks since its launch.

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Teenagers’ off-road bikes seized after driving dangerously in town

Teenagers’ off-road bikes seized after driving dangerously in town

09 August 2024

Teenagers reportedly almost hit pedestrians walking around a town by driving off-road bikes dangerously.

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Daredevil 91-year-old takes on country's longest zip line

Daredevil 91-year-old takes on country's longest zip line

07 August 2024

A gran has proven age is just a number after fulfilling a bucket list wish and whizzing down England’s longest zip line.

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‘Traffic mayhem’ as two roads closed over burst water mains

‘Traffic mayhem’ as two roads closed over burst water mains

06 August 2024

Main roads in a town centre are closed to allow for repairs following burst water mains.

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Major beauty retailer to open first store in Kent

Major beauty retailer to open first store in Kent

06 August 2024

A multinational beauty retailer is set to open its first store at Kent’s largest shopping centre.

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Fears firm’s ‘industrial’ proposal could set cyclists and children on ‘collision course with lorries’

Fears firm’s ‘industrial’ proposal could set cyclists and children on ‘collision course with lorries’

06 August 2024

Concerns have been raised over a drainage firm’s plans to convert a rural plant nursery which residents claim is an “accident waiting to happen”.

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More than 44,000 illegal cigarettes found hidden in shop walls

More than 44,000 illegal cigarettes found hidden in shop walls

06 August 2024

Thousands of untaxed cigarettes and hundreds of illegal vapes have been uncovered behind false walls and other hiding places in several town shops.

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MP calls to scrap plans for asylum-seeking children to use care home

MP calls to scrap plans for asylum-seeking children to use care home

04 August 2024

A Kent MP is calling for plans to convert a former care home into a facility for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to be reversed.

Women deny kicking and punching pensioner, 89, in their care

Women deny kicking and punching pensioner, 89, in their care

04 August 2024

Two women accused of punching and kicking an elderly woman in their care denied a charge of ill-treating the pensioner.

‘It should be great for the town’: Highly-rated escape room business expands further afield

‘It should be great for the town’: Highly-rated escape room business expands further afield

04 August 2024

Escape room entrepreneurs are opening in a new location after seeing a growing demand for their puzzle-filled entertainment elsewhere.

‘It is not a group you want to be part of - but I am’

‘It is not a group you want to be part of - but I am’

03 August 2024

A mum who lost her five-year-old daughter to an aggressive brain tumour has shared how a group of bereaved parents have helped each other.

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Image released after horse rider ‘flashed at’ in woods

Image released after horse rider ‘flashed at’ in woods

02 August 2024

A man is said to have exposed himself to a woman while she was riding her horse through woodland.

‘New housing’ rumours quashed as diggers move in at park

‘New housing’ rumours quashed as diggers move in at park

01 August 2024

Rumours work has started on a field in preparation for houses has been shut down by a council which has explained the real reasons behind the works.

‘Local legends’ honoured in documentary-style movies

‘Local legends’ honoured in documentary-style movies

31 July 2024

Films sharing the stories of community pioneers were screened during a celebration to mark South Asian Heritage Month.

‘Brazen’ thieves caught on camera ransacking plumbers’ merchant

‘Brazen’ thieves caught on camera ransacking plumbers’ merchant

31 July 2024

Bosses of a plumbing and heating supplier say they have lost around £10,000 after two men allegedly broke into their shop.

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