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Anger over 'scandalous' plans to scrap bowls green for flats

Anger over 'scandalous' plans to scrap bowls green for flats

Residents have slammed proposals to build a new retirement complex on the site of a former bowling green amid a dwindling stock of outdoors space.

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Opening date confirmed for new Sainsbury's 'restaurant hub'

Opening date confirmed for new Sainsbury's 'restaurant hub'

A major supermarket has confirmed a new food court featuring names such as GBK and Slim Chickens is set to open inside one of its stores.

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Plan to turn town's 'second ugliest' building into flats

Plan to turn town's 'second ugliest' building into flats

A '60s office block which dominates a Kent town centre looks set to be partially converted into apartments.

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'Ugly' high street discount store could be turned into shops and flats

'Ugly' high street discount store could be turned into shops and flats

Residents are divided over plans to transform an "ugly" but "well-used" high street building into five new shops and 17 flats.

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Supplies return for 'most' after villages left without water

Supplies return for 'most' after villages left without water

Several villages left without running water yesterday, after important equipment broke, should now be back to normal.

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Mimi misses out on BRIT win – but still makes headlines

Mimi misses out on BRIT win – but still makes headlines

Kent pop star Mimi Webb missed out on an award at the BRITs last night – but made headlines for wearing jewellery said to be worth £1.3m.

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Tumble dryer catches alight overnight and starts house fire

Tumble dryer catches alight overnight and starts house fire

Two fire engines attended a house fire this morning which was caused by a tumble dryer.

AI camera helps stop boy racer problem

AI camera helps stop boy racer problem

A crackdown on nuisance boy racers in one borough has been a success – and could be copied in other parts of Kent.

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Crashes close Kent's roads

Crashes close Kent's roads

Several accidents have closed some of the county's major routes, including a serious crash on the A20.

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Former nightclub on market for £1m set to be turned into flats

Former nightclub on market for £1m set to be turned into flats

A former nightclub, which was subject to an arson attack, is on the market for £1m and is set to be transformed into 29 flats.

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How the Godfather of English wine started a revolution in Kent

How the Godfather of English wine started a revolution in Kent

He planted the first vines at Chapel Down and has left his mark on many of the county's top winemakers - we meet the Godfather of English wine.

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Mum almost stabbed love rival in head through car window

Mum almost stabbed love rival in head through car window

A knife-wielding woman who repeatedly lunged at a love rival through a car window, "missing her head by inches", has avoided jail.

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Pub to reopen after £200k makeover

Pub to reopen after £200k makeover

A popular pub is to reopen under new management a month after closing and having had a £200,000 refurbishment.

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Shoppers blown away by busking mum’s voice

Shoppers blown away by busking mum’s voice

A mother-of-three has been blown away by the response to her first busking performance, with more than 16,000 people watching a video of her singing.

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Three and a half hour mission to save pigeon from chimney

Three and a half hour mission to save pigeon from chimney

Rescuers spent three and a half hours breaking down a chimney to save a wood pigeon which had become trapped.

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Police launch murder probe after man fatally stabbed

Police launch murder probe after man fatally stabbed

Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a Bromley man died in hospital.

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Villages left without water

Villages left without water

Several villages have been left without running water after an important piece of equipment at a treatment works broke.

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Business loses "thousands of pounds" after being targeted by hacker

Business loses "thousands of pounds" after being targeted by hacker

A family entertainment centre have been targeted by a person hacking into their booking system for months.

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Danger route set for transformation after repeated crashes near pub

Danger route set for transformation after repeated crashes near pub

A raft of measures have been unveiled to improve road safety at an accident blackspot.

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Drone pictures reveal how historic school has been completely transformed

Drone pictures reveal how historic school has been completely transformed

Aerial images have captured the ongoing work at a secondary school, which has swapped its original 1930s buildings for a new £25m extension.

Shoplifter downs stolen cider before police can catch her

Shoplifter downs stolen cider before police can catch her

A woman who helped herself to ten cans of cider from a Sainsbury's supermarket had drunk most of it before police could catch up with her.

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Residents in a lather as pranksters turn fountain into giant bubble bath

Residents in a lather as pranksters turn fountain into giant bubble bath

A prank which has left a public fountain swamped by suds has divided opinion among residents.

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Candle left too close to paper sparks living room fire

Candle left too close to paper sparks living room fire

A candle left too close to some paper led to a fire starting in a living room in the early hours of this morning.

'Thief' tries to flee police in car full of paving slabs

'Thief' tries to flee police in car full of paving slabs

A suspected thief tried to drive away from police - despite the car being weighed down by a "large number" of stolen paving slabs.

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Dog found with hole behind eye sent to rescue centre

Dog found with hole behind eye sent to rescue centre

A Jack Russell that was found wandering the streets with a hole behind her eye has finally enjoyed a good night's sleep in some comfy "doggy pyjamas".

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Celebrity chef's new Kent restaurant added to Michelin Guide

Celebrity chef's new Kent restaurant added to Michelin Guide

A new restaurant launched by a celebrity chef has become the latest in the county to be added to the Michelin Guide.

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Busy road closed for week as 'last resort' for work on new-builds

Busy road closed for week as 'last resort' for work on new-builds

Part of a road will be shut for the next week for a new housing development to be connected to a water network.

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'Cosmic Samurai' cocaine supplier ordered to repay £78k

'Cosmic Samurai' cocaine supplier ordered to repay £78k

A cocaine supplier has been told to use some of his assets - including watches and gold coins - to repay some of the money he made through crime.

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A trip to the pictures: Kent's lost cinemas

A trip to the pictures: Kent's lost cinemas

There was a time when going to cinema meant queues, dodgy seats and erratic projectors. Our ageing reporter looks back at times gone-by.

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Drunk woman found face down in street had children with her

Drunk woman found face down in street had children with her

A woman who was found lying face down in a street because she was so drunk had two children in her care at the time.

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