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Village set to lose another pub

Village set to lose another pub

Planning officers are recommending councillors agree to the conversion of a village pub to housing, even though it is listed as a community asset.

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Snow falls in Kent as yellow weather warning for ice issued

Snow falls in Kent as yellow weather warning for ice issued

Snow has settled in parts of Kent and yellow weather warning for ice has been issued as temperatures are expected to plunge to -3C overnight.

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Woman taken to hospital after six-vehicle pile-up on Thanet Way

Woman taken to hospital after six-vehicle pile-up on Thanet Way

A major route was closed after a crash involving multiple vehicles, which left one woman needing hospital treatment.

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‘You pray for the night they sleep through – then can’t stop checking on them’

‘You pray for the night they sleep through – then can’t stop checking on them’

Your child’s first night in their own room is nerve-wracking, as our columnist has been discovering.

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Dad attacked by vicious thugs in front of screaming daughter

Dad attacked by vicious thugs in front of screaming daughter

Two men left a dad with a fractured cheekbone in a "gratuitous" attack witnessed by his screaming three-year-old daughter outside her home.

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‘I love it when a plan comes together’

‘I love it when a plan comes together’

Secret Drinker joins the A-Team at a pub that’s ditched being posh and pricey.

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Parking permit ‘blunder’ leaves street stranded after 20 years

Parking permit ‘blunder’ leaves street stranded after 20 years

A pensioner says he has been left stranded by a council’s clampdown on street parking due to a ‘human error’ they only realised 20 years later.

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‘What on earth’s going on with our post?’

‘What on earth’s going on with our post?’

Missed appointments, cards going AWOL and a Gills season ticket arriving three months late – we lift the lid on Royal Mail delays.

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Why we gave up high-flying jobs to launch board game cafe

Why we gave up high-flying jobs to launch board game cafe

A couple admits ditching their well-paid roles to open a new board game cafe is a risk but one worth taking.

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Woman ‘lucky to be alive’ after car fleeing police smashes into her Mercedes

Woman ‘lucky to be alive’ after car fleeing police smashes into her Mercedes

A woman injured after a driver fleeing police in a high-speed chase crashed into her car says she feels lucky to be alive.

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‘I would rather eat my own eyes than stay at Camber Pontins’

‘I would rather eat my own eyes than stay at Camber Pontins’

A former guest says they would rather “eat their own eyes” than return to a holiday park set to close unexpectedly.

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Set back over calls for nuclear future in Kent

Set back over calls for nuclear future in Kent

Councillors have been accused of “ambushing” calls for a future in nuclear energy at a former power plant site in Kent.

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The child-killing lovers who blamed each other for murder

The child-killing lovers who blamed each other for murder

We look at the story behind the heartless couple who killed a traumatised child after trying to convince the world he was “clumsy”.

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Shock as Camber Sands Pontins to shut with 'immediate effect'

Shock as Camber Sands Pontins to shut with 'immediate effect'

A budget seaside holiday park is closing with immediate effect

‘No food and toilets blocked’ as Eurostar train stranded in Kent for hours

‘No food and toilets blocked’ as Eurostar train stranded in Kent for hours

Passengers travelling on a Eurostar train were left stranded for more than seven hours with no electricity, food or working toilets.

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Is Prime Minister winning battle to curb small boat crossings?

Is Prime Minister winning battle to curb small boat crossings?

Rishi Sunak has made it one of his key pledges – but is he winning in the battle to curb the number of small boats crossing the Channel?

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Kent has first smattering of snow as temperatures drop

Kent has first smattering of snow as temperatures drop

Snow fell in parts of the county today as temperatures dropped below freezing.

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One of Kent’s oldest pubs reopens after huge refurb

One of Kent’s oldest pubs reopens after huge refurb

A historic village pub which first opened 600 years ago has undergone a stunning transformation.

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Cuts to youth services to go ahead despite protests

Cuts to youth services to go ahead despite protests

Thousands of children could be left with nowhere to go after funding was pulled from dozens of youth clubs across the county.

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‘This has been the hardest school to run’

‘This has been the hardest school to run’

The boss of a troubled school has explained why it was the hardest to run as teachers continue to strike over children’s bad behaviour.

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Mum and ex-boyfriend guilty of toddler’s ‘wicked and torturous’ murder

Mum and ex-boyfriend guilty of toddler’s ‘wicked and torturous’ murder

A mum and her ex-boyfriend have been found guilty of murdering her toddler son in a “wicked and torturous attack”

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Rail workers accept deal to end long-running pay dispute

Rail workers accept deal to end long-running pay dispute

Members of the biggest rail workers’ union have voted overwhelmingly to accept a deal to end their long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

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Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan dies aged 65

Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan dies aged 65

The Pogues frontman, who was born in Kent, has died at the age of 65 after being diagnosed with encephalitis.

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Trampoline and inflatables park ‘biggest of its kind’ to open in former Debenhams

Trampoline and inflatables park ‘biggest of its kind’ to open in former Debenhams

A trampoline and inflatables park with laser tag is set to open at a shopping centre next year.

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New route for popular seafront walkway as work continues

New route for popular seafront walkway as work continues

A popular seafront walkway currently being upgraded will follow a slightly tweaked route when it reopens next month.

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Is this Kent’s most festive house?

Is this Kent’s most festive house?

With more than 80,000 lights, 3,000 ornaments and a snow machine, this Kent home’s incredible Christmas display draws visitors from across the county.

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Car badly damaged in lamppost crash

Car badly damaged in lamppost crash

Police were called to a junction after a car left the road and smashed into a lamppost.

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Five more high street bank branches to close in Kent

Five more high street bank branches to close in Kent

Lloyds is shutting another 45 branches across its network amid the ongoing shift away from high street banking – including five sites in Kent.

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The criminals locked up in November

The criminals locked up in November

Abusers, drug-dealers, killers, thugs and perverts are just some of the Kent criminals who were locked up in Kent this month.

Circus will have to find new field after noise criticism

Circus will have to find new field after noise criticism

A popular circus will have to find a new field when it returns to a town after ‘making a mess’ of the site and ‘intolerable’ noise.

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