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Calls for beach lifts to be re-opened

Calls for beach lifts to be re-opened

Campaigners are calling for beach lifts to be re-opened to provide better access for disabled and elderly people, and parents with small children.

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Eleven play areas re-open

Eleven play areas re-open

Eleven play areas will re-open across one district but the remaining 22 will stay shut.

Huge blaze as out-of-control bonfire spreads to garage

Huge blaze as out-of-control bonfire spreads to garage

A person was injured after an out-of-control bonfire spread to a garage.

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Roads shut for social distancing and queuing

Roads shut for social distancing and queuing

Highways chiefs are shutting roads in tourist hotspots to allow for easier social distancing and queuing.

Tiny pub gears up for reopening

Tiny pub gears up for reopening

A pub believed to be the smallest in the UK is getting ready to reopen its doors to punters.

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Troublemakers to be ordered off beaches

Troublemakers to be ordered off beaches

Dispersal orders are being put in place over the weekend after shocking scenes of violence and trouble on the beaches in recent weeks.

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Petition launched to keep 'racist' plaque

Petition launched to keep 'racist' plaque

A petition to keep a plaque commemorating the life of a well-known blackface minstrel has been launched a day after its removal was announced.

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Traffic ban in new 'school street'

Traffic ban in new 'school street'

The county's first 'school street' is being launched which will ban traffic during pick-up and drop-off to keep pupils safe.

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'Are they waiting for people to get sick?'

'Are they waiting for people to get sick?'

Residents have spoken out after fears overflowing communal bins could spread disease and even coronavirus.

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100 years of Dreamland

100 years of Dreamland

It's been a real rollercoaster for the seaside amusement park but Dreamland has managed to make it to its 100th birthday.

A sea of change in 90 years at hospital

A sea of change in 90 years at hospital

Archive pictures look back at the opening of a Kent hospital as it marks its 90th birthday today.

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Dreamland turns 100!

Dreamland turns 100!

Britain's oldest surviving amusement park celebrates its centenary with a special event.

'My 45 years at 90-year-old hospital'

'My 45 years at 90-year-old hospital'

A nurse who has worked at a Kent hospital for 45 years has told of her incredible career and the changes she has witnessed.

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'We can't wait to get those taps turned on'

'We can't wait to get those taps turned on'

Landlords and brewery bosses say many customers are chomping at the bit to finally be able to return to their much-loved boozers.

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Plaque commemorating blackface minstrel to be axed

Plaque commemorating blackface minstrel to be axed

A controversial plaque commemorating the life of a blackface minstrel will be removed from the seafront following pressure from campaigners.

Rides at Dreamland will not run this summer

Rides at Dreamland will not run this summer

Bosses at a popular amusement park have announced rides will not be running this summer as other attractions reopen.

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Teen charged after sisters stabbed to death in park

Teen charged after sisters stabbed to death in park

A teenager has been charged with murder after two sisters were stabbed to death in a park after a socially distanced birthday.

'We're sorry we dyed your son blue'

'We're sorry we dyed your son blue'

An ice lolly maker will change its recipe after a little boy's mouth - and his mum's sofa - turned blue.

Dickens graffiti accused: 'I'm not guilty'

Dickens graffiti accused: 'I'm not guilty'

A former councillor has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of criminal damage following a spate of 'anti-racist' vandalism.

Man charged over high street stabbing

Man charged over high street stabbing

A 32-year-old is due in court after a man was stabbed in a high street.

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