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Family’s heartbreak after stepping away from beloved high street cafe

Family’s heartbreak after stepping away from beloved high street cafe

A family has announced with “heavy hearts” they will step away from their beloved high street cafe after opening for nine months.

No extra jail time for drug-driver for covering up evidence after fatal crash

No extra jail time for drug-driver for covering up evidence after fatal crash

A drug-driver jailed for 16 years for killing a pregnant woman and her father will not spend more time behind bars for trying to cover up his crime.

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Coach banned after referee threatened during under-16 match

Coach banned after referee threatened during under-16 match

An ill-tempered youth match was abandoned after the referee accused one of the coaches of threatening behaviour - leading to a lengthy ban.

‘I can't just stand by and watch our farmland disappear forever’

‘I can't just stand by and watch our farmland disappear forever’

A county councillor has switched parties following his concerns over housing policy and farmland “disappearing forever”.

Game for Paris

Game for Paris

Middle-distance runner James West insists he is good enough to qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris - after a strong start to the year.

Arrest after crash near high street

Arrest after crash near high street

A motorist involved in a two-car smash-up which saw a main road close has been arrested.

Pub boss promises five more years as auction looms

Pub boss promises five more years as auction looms

A pub landlord has allayed concerns he will shut after his inn was listed to go under the hammer for £600,000.

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Wannabe Kent designers to appear on BBC show with Alan Carr

Wannabe Kent designers to appear on BBC show with Alan Carr

Two contestants from Kent will be battling it out in a popular interior design show.

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Huge Kent firm spends £900k covering roof in solar panels

Huge Kent firm spends £900k covering roof in solar panels

Bosses at the country’s biggest glasshouse grower of fruit and vegetables where millions are produced every year is slashing its energy use.

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Suspect appears in court after man stabbed ‘with pitchfork’

Suspect appears in court after man stabbed ‘with pitchfork’

A suspect has appeared in court charged in connection with a serious assault understood to involve a pitchfork.

The latest Kent council to hike fly-tipping fines to maximum level

The latest Kent council to hike fly-tipping fines to maximum level

Fines for dumping household rubbish and other waste are set to more than double in the battle to tackle fly-tipping.

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Major £30m expansion of A&Es at two hospitals completed

Major £30m expansion of A&Es at two hospitals completed

A huge £30 million expansion of two hospital emergency departments has finally been completed this week after three years.

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‘Council has kicked us out - but we're not moving!’

‘Council has kicked us out - but we're not moving!’

A Caribbean restaurant owner says he will not move despite being evicted amid a rent row with the council.

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Blackman sees red in Gate defeat

Blackman sees red in Gate defeat

Sam Blackman was sent off in relegation-threatened Margate’s latest defeat and Mark Stimson admits he needed his skipper to take more responsibility.

Boy, 8, terrified as pupil held knife to his throat at school

Boy, 8, terrified as pupil held knife to his throat at school

An autistic boy who is “usually happy-go-lucky” was left shaken after another pupil held a knife to his throat in a primary school canteen.

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Work begins to reopen Kent's oldest theatre

Work begins to reopen Kent's oldest theatre

The first steps have been taken in a major project to raise the curtain again at one of the country’s oldest theatres.

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Warren on Ramsgate move

Warren on Ramsgate move

Midfielder Matt Warren has jumped from mid-table into a title fight by joining Ramsgate from Sevenoaks.

Margate post six-figure loss

Margate post six-figure loss

Margate’s accounts show a significant six-figure loss for the past 12 months.

Animal park welcomes critically endangered orangutans

Animal park welcomes critically endangered orangutans

A pair of critically endangered Sumatran orangutans have been moved to a Kent animal park.

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Thug yelled ‘Don’t help, let him die’ after knife attack on residential street

Thug yelled ‘Don’t help, let him die’ after knife attack on residential street

A ferocious thug repeatedly stabbed a man in the street before shouting at those trying to save him “let him die.”

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