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Elf on the Shelf experience to make global debut in Kent

Elf on the Shelf experience to make global debut in Kent

08 November 2024

The immersive Christmas experience is the first of its kind and will include theatrical elements, storytelling and festive challenges.

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Let it shine: The pub with the golden glow

Let it shine: The pub with the golden glow

08 November 2024

Secret Drinker revisits a pub that went from dark and dank to warm and welcoming.

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Oversubscribed primary school on new-build estate to offer more nursery places

Oversubscribed primary school on new-build estate to offer more nursery places

07 November 2024

A highly sought-after school, which was forced to deny nursery places to children living just metres away, is to expand its popular pre-school.

Work to start on sports and leisure hub after ‘vital’ £13m funding pledged

Work to start on sports and leisure hub after ‘vital’ £13m funding pledged

07 November 2024

Work is set to get underway to deliver a new sports and leisure hub at Kent’s garden city development after funding was secured.

‘Pie and mash is not just food, it’s a culture’

‘Pie and mash is not just food, it’s a culture’

07 November 2024

Pie shop owners have welcomed a move to get the traditional Cockney pie and mash the same protected status as the Cornish pasty.

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Haribo announces second Kent store

Haribo announces second Kent store

07 November 2024

A confectionary giant has revealed plans to open its second sweet shop in the county.

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Miles-long queues after A-road crash

Miles-long queues after A-road crash

06 November 2024

An accident on a busy dual carriageway led to tailbacks up to six miles long.

New ‘health hub’ and education centre plans approved

New ‘health hub’ and education centre plans approved

06 November 2024

Long-awaited plans for health and learning facilities at Britain’s newest garden city have been given the green light.

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Woman who attacked mum after school avoids jail

Woman who attacked mum after school avoids jail

06 November 2024

A woman who “lost control” and attacked another mum by kicking, punching and pulling her hair in front of youngsters has narrowly avoided jail.

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Firm appointed to build ‘one of the largest education facilities ever in Kent’

Firm appointed to build ‘one of the largest education facilities ever in Kent’

05 November 2024

The building of a huge £80million education campus, with both a primary and a secondary school, has taken a step closer to completion.

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Shoppers ordered to leave Bluewater for ‘unsuitable’ Halloween costumes

Shoppers ordered to leave Bluewater for ‘unsuitable’ Halloween costumes

05 November 2024

A pair of friends say security officers kicked them out of a shopping centre after arriving dressed as a devil and a vampire.

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How iconic chain’s 10 Kent stores have been transformed since company collapsed

How iconic chain’s 10 Kent stores have been transformed since company collapsed

05 November 2024

Sites in Kent once home to a retail giant have been transformed since the business plunged into administration. Did you ever visit the old stores?

Plan unveiled for enormous battery storage facility ‘among UK’s biggest’

Plan unveiled for enormous battery storage facility ‘among UK’s biggest’

04 November 2024

There are fears for the countryside following plans for one of the country’s biggest energy storage facilities on the edge of a Kent village.

Ambitious plans for shopping centre set to revitalise town

Ambitious plans for shopping centre set to revitalise town

04 November 2024

Businesses have praised plans to create a working hub, community space and pop-up units to bring people back into its shopping centre.

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Dog walker ‘stalked through town’ and mugged by predatory drunk

Dog walker ‘stalked through town’ and mugged by predatory drunk

03 November 2024

A drunken homeless man who followed a woman through a town centre late at night and tried to snatch her handbag before mugging her has been jailed.

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HMO plans approved for historic pub left empty for a decade

HMO plans approved for historic pub left empty for a decade

03 November 2024

Plans have been given the green light to convert a Grade II-listed pub into a five-bedroom HMO after calls to bring the building back into use.

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Beauty retailer reveals opening date of Bluewater store

Beauty retailer reveals opening date of Bluewater store

02 November 2024

A beauty retailer has announced exactly when it will open its first store in Kent at Bluewater.

Kent's lost Topshop stores and what's there now

Kent's lost Topshop stores and what's there now

02 November 2024

We’ve taken a look at what became of the eight units in the county once home to fashion giant Topshop.

Taxi driver refused roadside police drug swipe test as he had ‘bad bowels’

Taxi driver refused roadside police drug swipe test as he had ‘bad bowels’

02 November 2024

A former cabbie refused to do a swipe test when asked as he claimed he couldn’t put anything in his mouth as he suffers from irritable bowel syndrome.

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Dog and owner struck by van during police chase

Dog and owner struck by van during police chase

01 November 2024

A dog has died at a country park after being hit by a vehicle being pursued by the police.

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