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'Absolute joke!' Patient backlash at surgery merger but GP defends move
A GP has defended the merger of two surgeries amid patients’ claims that care has deteriorated following the loss of familiar doctors and nurses.
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First step in application for up to 2000 homes on green belt submitted
Proposals for up to 2000 homes have taken their first step as a request for a screening opinion has been made.
Is this Kent’s cutest bus shelter? Stunning makeover wows villagers
Most bus shelters have little merit in terms of style and charm - but residents in one Kent village have transformed theirs into something special.
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‘It’s the pinkest cafe in Kent, but is the food as good as the decor?’
Our reviewer was careful to take off her rose-tinted glasses when she stepped inside a candy floss-coloured cafe for a girly brunch.
‘Shameful’: Mum’s fury as private school throws hundreds of books into skip
A mum has blasted a private school’s decision to throw away hundreds of “perfectly good" books as “shameful”.
Perfetto! How to master one of the most popular pasta recipes of all time
Recipe of the Week: Spaghettoni alla carbonara from new cookbook, the Italian Table
‘Disappointment’ after 150 ‘flagship’ homes approved for derelict school site
Campaigners expressed disappointment after plans for 150 new homes at what is being described as a “flagship” development were voted through.
‘She was like a mum to us all’: Tributes to former pub landlady dubbed ‘Queen of the town’
Hundreds of customers will be raising a glass in memory of a much-loved former pub landlady dubbed “the Queen” of her seaside town.
70 firefighters called to huge industrial estate blaze
Firefighters remain on the scene of an industrial estate blaze after 100 tonnes of scrap metal went up in flames.
Landmark pub spared from demolition sells at auction
An abandoned pub owned by Kent County Council was among a number of lots sold at auction today.
‘Why I’m backing campaign to stop house building’
The government’s compulsory housing targets will not solve the housing shortage, says a mum turned campaigner.
Two arrests after town centre nail shop raided by immigration officers
A raid on a nail shop has led to a man and a woman being arrested on suspicion of immigration offences.
Castle shuts for safety reasons - and could stay closed for weeks
An historic attraction is set to be shut for more than two weeks after part of a staircase broke away.
Police cordon at Hop Farm after man ‘seriously assaulted at roadside’
A cordon was put up at one of the county’s most well-known venues with police and forensics at the scene after reports of a serious assault.
‘Branches the size of a car came down - they need cutting back before someone is killed’
A resident has accused authorities of passing the buck over responsibility for maintaining “dangerous” trees on an estate.
Funds raised to install two more suicide prevention benches
A new community group has been able to fund two new suicide prevention benches.
Kent's biggest school closed as strike begins over redundancies
Kent’s biggest school is closed today as teachers and staff begin their first of six days of strikes over redundancies.
Three ambulance workers dismissed for ‘unsafe driving’
Ambulance trust bosses have sacked staff for unsafe driving amid efforts to improve standards following the death of a student paramedic in a crash.
‘Dead animals keep appearing in my garden - my pets are on lockdown’
A mum says she has been forced to keep her cats and dogs indoors after discovering what she believes were poisoned animals in her garden.
Water company loses the equivalent of 500m cups of tea in leaks per day
Crisis-hit South East Water is wasting more than 100 million litres a day of supplies through leaks - report.