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New owners for 196-year-old pub

New owners for 196-year-old pub

The new owners of a pub built nearly 200 years ago are giving the venue a £600,000 facelift.

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Fly-tippers fined £9k

Fly-tippers fined £9k

A council which issued no fines for fly-tipping in a year has now issued £9k of tickets in three months.

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Mutiny as elderly have bins removed

Mutiny as elderly have bins removed

Elderly first-floor residents are fuming after a housing association took away their dustbins following fire safety advice.

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Painting the town - blue

Painting the town - blue

A Kent seaside town is getting a new lick of paint for summer - although the time may pass without its clock.

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Desperate efforts to save boy from bridge

Desperate efforts to save boy from bridge

An inquest has heard of the mental health struggles of a transgender teenager and will consider if he got enough help from the NHS.

Three arrested after suspected stabbing

Three arrested after suspected stabbing

A man was taken to hospital with stomach injuries after an incident which happened at a holiday park.

Arrest after woman and children approached

Arrest after woman and children approached

Police are investigating after a man approached a woman and her children in part of Kent.

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Should town centre roads stay closed?

Should town centre roads stay closed?

A council has launched a consultation into whether or not road closures in town centres should be permanent, days after shopkeepers protested.

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Second oil rig leaves Kent

Second oil rig leaves Kent

Watch the moment an oil rig that has been part of the Kent coastline for almost a year is finally moved on.

LGBT+ radio show launches

LGBT+ radio show launches

A Kent Pride organisation has hosted its first new radio show as it looks to offer a space for LGBTQ+ listeners to share their stories.

Guns and machete seized after seafront disturbance

Guns and machete seized after seafront disturbance

A man has been arrested after an imitation handgun, air rifle and machete were seized by police.

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Drug dealer who kicked teen in head is jailed

Drug dealer who kicked teen in head is jailed

A thug who was arrested for drug dealing and kicking a teenager in the head before robbing him has been jailed.

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School staff redundancies blasted

School staff redundancies blasted

Proposals for 30 redundancies among support staff in a major shake-up of teaching jobs in Kent have been slammed.

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Why is this woman walking a mile a day in yellow wellies?

Why is this woman walking a mile a day in yellow wellies?

Fundraiser Margaret Flo McEwan is walking a mile every day in May wearing bright yellow RNLI wellies. But why?

'We will not give up fight to save our shops'

'We will not give up fight to save our shops'

Fed-up shopkeepers say they will not give up after staging a peaceful protest against a town's pedestrianisation scheme.

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Hospitality finally reopens as lockdown eases

Hospitality finally reopens as lockdown eases

People in Swale are making the most of their new found freedoms as England enters the third step in the roadmap out of lockdown.

Shopkeepers to stage protest against town's pedestrianisation scheme

Shopkeepers to stage protest against town's pedestrianisation scheme

Fed-up shopkeepers are preparing to stage a protest against a town's pedestrianisation scheme.

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Women in bras raise nearly £2k for cancer

Women in bras raise nearly £2k for cancer

Six women who took part in a 'moonwalk marathon' have raised more than £1,900 for cancer treatment.

Artist paints portrait of her postie

Artist paints portrait of her postie

An artist has painted a portrait of her postie who continued to deliver mail during the coronavirus lockdown.

When shops were shops

When shops were shops

Memories of bacon slicers, cheese cut with a wire, butter patted into shape with wooden paddles and sugar weighed into blue paper bags.

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