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Hundreds celebrate final day of town’s Pride

Hundreds celebrate final day of town’s Pride

17 August 2024

Hundreds of people wearing bright colours marched through a high street waving flags for a town’s final Pride celebrations.

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'Our farm shop is falling down so we need to build a new one'

'Our farm shop is falling down so we need to build a new one'

17 August 2024

A family who sold their own home to buy a farm shop are now planning to replace it and add a new cafe.

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Police step in as pro- and anti-immigration groups clash

Police step in as pro- and anti-immigration groups clash

17 August 2024

Police were forced to step in as protesters surrounded a small group of anti-immigration demonstrators and started chanting “fascist scum”..

Dramatic pictures show aftermath of plane crash

Dramatic pictures show aftermath of plane crash

17 August 2024

New images show the wreckage of a light aircraft buried within trees after a crash landing.

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Circus sells 1,000 tickets for show - but has no venue

Circus sells 1,000 tickets for show - but has no venue

17 August 2024

A family circus looking for somewhere new to pitch its big top after having to leave its home of 12 years is advertising a new “mystery show”.

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Doomed pub ‘should be reopened’ and called ‘The White Elephant’

Doomed pub ‘should be reopened’ and called ‘The White Elephant’

17 August 2024

Five years after KCC bought a pub to make room for a new junction that’s not happened it’s been suggested it be renamed “The White Elephant”.

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MasterChef finalist and wife take on tiny seaside spot once home to ‘Kent’s best restaurant’

MasterChef finalist and wife take on tiny seaside spot once home to ‘Kent’s best restaurant’

17 August 2024

A couple have taken over a seaside spot once home to a Michelin-star restaurant – promising guests an experience “like a dinner party at our house”.

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Casualty taken to hospital after prison incident

Casualty taken to hospital after prison incident

16 August 2024

Several incident response units were called to a prison where a person was in need of medical attention.

Murder arrest after uncle stabbed in chest

Murder arrest after uncle stabbed in chest

16 August 2024

A 64-year-old man at the centre of a murder probe died from stab wounds to the chest, a coroner has heard.

Four arrests and machete found after serious incident which shut road

Four arrests and machete found after serious incident which shut road

16 August 2024

Two men were taken to hospital – including one with stab wounds – after a disturbance which prompted a major police response.

Lion in ‘shell-shocked’ state completes 1,400-mile trip and arrives in Kent

Lion in ‘shell-shocked’ state completes 1,400-mile trip and arrives in Kent

16 August 2024

A lion with “psychological issues” is now a Kent resident and will be one of five big cats to be rescued from the war-torn country of Ukraine.

‘It’s a myth that men don’t want to talk about being dads’

‘It’s a myth that men don’t want to talk about being dads’

16 August 2024

A support group for dads is set to expand across Kent after being awarded a grant from KCC.

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Stones to kick-off charity shop’s relaunch

Stones to kick-off charity shop’s relaunch

16 August 2024

People are invited to meet a town’s football club’s players at the opening of a charity shop’s extension next week.

Charity to open ‘one of its biggest shops yet’

Charity to open ‘one of its biggest shops yet’

16 August 2024

A town’s redevelopment plans means a charity has had to move its retail distribution centre where it will soon be opening one of its largest shops.

Mass water quality tests will help ‘fight for real change’

Mass water quality tests will help ‘fight for real change’

16 August 2024

A town’s residents are being urged to take part in a citizens’ science project to test the quality of rivers and streams.

Travellers pitch up near children’s play park

Travellers pitch up near children’s play park

16 August 2024

A local authority says it is following the legal process to move an unauthorised caravan pitch in part of a town park.

Dramatic photo shows graveyard engulfed in flames

Dramatic photo shows graveyard engulfed in flames

16 August 2024

Firefighters were called after a blaze was spotted in a church graveyard.

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Changes to station parking postponed after passenger backlash

Changes to station parking postponed after passenger backlash

16 August 2024

A controversial change to the way commuters pay for parking at railway stations across Kent has been pushed back after feedback from customers.

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Kent Police ‘to be sued’ by victims over investigation into abuse at children's home

Kent Police ‘to be sued’ by victims over investigation into abuse at children's home

16 August 2024

Victims who suffered horrific physical and sexual abuse at a children’s home are to sue Kent Police, it has been reported.

Bosses insist Indian restaurant still town’s best despite ‘significant risk to public health’

Bosses insist Indian restaurant still town’s best despite ‘significant risk to public health’

16 August 2024

Bosses at an Indian restaurant cleaned up their act after inspectors found a “risk to public health”, but say they’re still the town’s best offering.

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