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Customers threaten Boots boycott over self-service refit

Customers threaten Boots boycott over self-service refit

Customers have pledged to boycott a Boots store after it swapped manned checkouts for self-service tills.

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Taylor: We’ve got the fuel to go again

Taylor: We’ve got the fuel to go again

Record-breaking Ramsgate striker Joe Taylor is fired up to go one better next season.

Substance find leads to ‘no swim warning’ return for same beach

Substance find leads to ‘no swim warning’ return for same beach

A ban advising beachgoers to stay away from the water on a popular coastal stretch has returned - just a day after precautions were lifted.

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Outrage over council plans to spray insecticide on toxic caterpillars

Outrage over council plans to spray insecticide on toxic caterpillars

A council’s controversial plan to unleash “targeted insecticide treatment” on toxic caterpillars has been labelled “absolutely outrageous”.

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Armed police scrambled to town centre after ‘threats made with weapon’

Armed police scrambled to town centre after ‘threats made with weapon’

Armed police descended on a town centre following reports of a suspect making threats with a weapon.

Court escapee back in dock - with pair who helped him while on the run

Court escapee back in dock - with pair who helped him while on the run

A burglar who fled court was back in the dock this week along with two men who helped him after his escape.

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Beach ban warning lifted after ‘toxic’ fears

Beach ban warning lifted after ‘toxic’ fears

Seaside visitors advised to stay away from popular beaches have now been given the green light to enter the water again.

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Film crews to descend on Kent to shoot hotly anticipated drama

Film crews to descend on Kent to shoot hotly anticipated drama

Film crews will descend on Kent to shoot a hotly anticipated dystopian television drama based on an acclaimed book.

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Footballers’ drugs gang jailed

Footballers’ drugs gang jailed

Six men who threw away promising careers as semi-professional footballers to deal drugs have been jailed for a total of more than 100 years.

Former grammar school property sells at auction

Former grammar school property sells at auction

A former grammar school building has sold at auction.

Suspect arrested after man reportedly raped in children’s playground

Suspect arrested after man reportedly raped in children’s playground

A suspect has been arrested and taken into custody after a man was allegedly raped in a play area.

Abandoned bank hits market for £1.1 million

Abandoned bank hits market for £1.1 million

An abandoned bank has hit the market for more than £1 million – little more than a month after closing for good.

Woman, 66, facing trial after pensioner hit by car

Woman, 66, facing trial after pensioner hit by car

A 66-year-old woman is facing a trial for allegedly knocking down a pedestrian.

New Gate player-boss appointed

New Gate player-boss appointed

Margate have named their new player-boss for the 2024/25 season.

Former Margate manager takes up new role

Former Margate manager takes up new role

Ex-Margate boss Reece Prestedge is back in football after more than six months away from the game.

Large house dating back 300 years going under hammer

Large house dating back 300 years going under hammer

A large house dating back more than 300 years is going under the hammer.

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Man charged after women seriously injured in crash

Man charged after women seriously injured in crash

A man has been charged after two women were seriously injured in a crash following a police chase.

'Tories say our tower block looks like a run-down building in Croydon'

'Tories say our tower block looks like a run-down building in Croydon'

Residents of an iconic Kent building have been left “insulted” after an election leaflet elsewhere in the country used it to represent Croydon.

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Police close play park after reports man has been raped

Police close play park after reports man has been raped

Police have shut off a children’s play area where a man was reportedly raped last night.

And the winner is...

And the winner is...

KentOnline readers have crowned their player of the season – and we’ve been speaking to the winner.

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