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Firms team up for ice cream venture

Firms team up for ice cream venture

Two firms, based just 250m apart, are joining forces for a tasty new business venture.

Accountant's bizarre bid to slash his figure

Accountant's bizarre bid to slash his figure

A Kent accountant lost a whopping 30lbs in 50 days on TEN separate diets - so he could find out which worked best.

Rodent ban for woman who neglected 131 guinea pigs

Rodent ban for woman who neglected 131 guinea pigs

A Paddock Wood woman has been banned from keeping rodent for five years after she failing to care for the animals.

For sale - Churchill's blood

For sale - Churchill's blood

A few drops of blood taken from Sir Winston Churchill as he lay in hospital are to be put up for sale.

Incident closes Highgate Hill in Hawkhurst

Incident closes Highgate Hill in Hawkhurst

The A229 Highgate Hill, in Hawkhurst, has been shut near the High Street after a drive fell ill at the wheel.

Cranbrook road closed after accident

Cranbrook road closed after accident

Drivers were urged to avoid the A262 after a collision shut the road in both directions.

Road closed after oil spillage

Road closed after oil spillage

A Horsmonden road has been shut after fuel was spilled on the carriageway.

Village’s link to Abraham Lincoln

Village’s link to Abraham Lincoln

An unlikely link between an assassinated US president and a Kent village has been uncovered.

Knifepoint muggers told to read Bible

Knifepoint muggers told to read Bible

A “remarkable” woman who was robbed at knifepoint by two escaped convicts later pledged her forgiveness and suggested they read a Bible passage.

Foul play! Match abandoned due to dog mess

Foul play! Match abandoned due to dog mess

Players were forced to call off a football match for "health and safety" reasons - due to high levels of dog mess on the field.

Signal comes across loud and clear to phone giants

Signal comes across loud and clear to phone giants

A major meeting involving phone firms, an MP and even a government minister heard how poor signals were causing headaches to communities.

Planning laws getting in the way of signal in rural areas

Planning laws getting in the way of signal in rural areas

A meeting into phone coverage in the Weald has revealed that current planning constraints are getting in the way of progress.

Military helicopters touch down in Marden

Military helicopters touch down in Marden

Four lynx choppers took a detour and landed in the Weald village yesterday.

Row over Parsonage development

Row over Parsonage development

An application to build 23 homes for the elderly has annoyed villagers in Goudhurst.

Car crashes into primary school

Car crashes into primary school

A car careered off the road, flew over a boundary wall and ploughed into a primary school this morning - just before the school run.

Safety campaigners to meet with Police Commissioner

Safety campaigners to meet with Police Commissioner

Representatives for several Weald towns will be lobbying Ann Barnes tomorrow in a bid to make rural road safety made a policing priority.

Two schools to get money to rebuild

Two schools to get money to rebuild

Two schools in Benenden and Cranbrook are to get funds from the government to rebuild.

Crews extinguish dangerous wood burner fire

Crews extinguish dangerous wood burner fire

Firefighters were called to Ranters Lane, Goudhurst, when a wood burner fire got out of control.

Child flown to hospital by air ambulance

Child flown to hospital by air ambulance

A young boy in Cranbrook was flown to hospital with a suspected neurological emergency.

Fire fighters tackling chimney fire

Fire fighters tackling chimney fire

Fire fighters are tackling a chimney fire in Hawkhurst.

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