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Residential road closed after sinkhole appears

Residential road closed after sinkhole appears

A street will be shut for nearly a week while emergency repairs are carried out.

Kings turning back the clock with four-team London Tournament

Kings turning back the clock with four-team London Tournament

Kent Kings are expecting a bumper crowd on Sunday for their four-team London Tournament.

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Sittingbourne pass a pre-season test before unwinding in the spa!

Sittingbourne pass a pre-season test before unwinding in the spa!

Sittingbourne passed a test of their credentials in last Thursday’s pre-season outing.

‘I moved to Thailand without my boyfriend - it strengthened our relationship’

‘I moved to Thailand without my boyfriend - it strengthened our relationship’

A former sales executive has fulfilled her dream by moving to Thailand and says it has helped her relationship with her boyfriend.

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Bin staff strike ballot under way

Bin staff strike ballot under way

A union is balloting its members who work for a waste company about potential strike action over pay as a bin crisis looks set to continue.

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‘Raw sewage leaking in our street is disgusting and should not happen’

‘Raw sewage leaking in our street is disgusting and should not happen’

Villagers fear more problems with sewage when almost 300 new homes are connected to a drainage system they say can’t cope as it is.

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Street marshals return for school holidays

Street marshals return for school holidays

Marshals are once again patrolling town centres over the school holidays to deter troublemakers.

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Bin workers set to strike amid collections crisis

Bin workers set to strike amid collections crisis

Bin workers could vote to strike over pay just days after it was revealed there have been 36,000 complaints about their company’s performance.

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Change of plan sees road closures postponed

Change of plan sees road closures postponed

Road closures have been postponed so a temporary route can be created instead as part of efforts to reduce disruption for long-suffering motorists.

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Traffic congestion on M2 now easing after crash

Traffic congestion on M2 now easing after crash

An accident involving at least two vehicles brought traffic to a halt on a busy motorway.

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Roadworks on main route for 23 days

Roadworks on main route for 23 days

Part of a main route which connects an industrial estate to an A-road will be closed for a total of 23 days.

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League Cup success for Kent Kings Speedway

League Cup success for Kent Kings Speedway

Kent Kings swept to an emphatic aggregate success over the Isle of Wight Warriors to claim their first major piece of silverware this season.

Sittingbourne bring in striker after homecoming from the States

Sittingbourne bring in striker after homecoming from the States

Sittingbourne have added to their attacking ranks with the signing of a player who’s back home from the United States.

Plans for 115 homes next to busy roundabout approved

Plans for 115 homes next to busy roundabout approved

A new estate will be sandwiched between two main roads and near an expanding roundabout after the housing proposals were given the go ahead.

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Central Park’s O’Sullivan lands Champion Hurdle

Central Park’s O’Sullivan lands Champion Hurdle

Category One glory was achieved by the finest of margins for one of Kent’s professional greyhound trainers in the Champion Hurdle at nearby Crayford.

Wrong-turn A249 lorries caught on camera reversing up link road

Wrong-turn A249 lorries caught on camera reversing up link road

Out-of-date satnav directions have been blamed after HGVs were seen reversing the wrong way up a link road at a revamped roundabout.

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Dog walker fined after terriers killed in ‘extremely distressing’ attack

Dog walker fined after terriers killed in ‘extremely distressing’ attack

A man has appeared in court after two Yorkshire Terriers were killed in an “extremely distressing” attack.

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Roadworks to shut off major route for 17 days

Roadworks to shut off major route for 17 days

A main route into a village is to shut for a total of 17 days during two closures as work continues on a £32.7 million roundabout revamp.

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Care agency suspended by inspector over safeguarding issues

Care agency suspended by inspector over safeguarding issues

‘Enforcement action’ has been taken against an agency that cares for the elderly following an “inadequate” rating by the CQC.

‘Roadworks are so bad here, I’m thinking of moving 130 miles away’

‘Roadworks are so bad here, I’m thinking of moving 130 miles away’

Congestion in a once-quiet village has got so bad people have to leave home an hour early just to get to appointments down the road.

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