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‘Shame on you’: Go Ape course approved for park despite 650 objections
Plans for a Go Ape at a park have been approved despite concerns over possible animal beheadings and child abduction.
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Opening date for kitchenware store at shopping centre revealed
A cookware retailer has confirmed its opening date as it is set to join new arrivals at a shopping centre.
First step in application for up to 2,000 homes on green belt submitted
Proposals for up to 2,000 homes have taken their first step as a request for a screening opinion has been made.
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Dad encourages others to take free blood pressure tests to identify hidden conditions
A father is encouraging others to take up free blood pressure tests this month after one identified a cause for concern.
Tunnel to be closed all day after ‘arson attack’ sparks double caravan blaze
A busy tunnel is expected to remain closed all day after a suspected arson attack destroyed two caravans.
Decades-old business shuts after ‘running out of cash’
A business owner says there is nothing ‘anyone could have done’ to prevent his decades-old store from closing down.
Dachshunds ‘living life of luxury’ named UK’s most pampered pets
Dogs from Kent who can boast their own wardrobes and visits to the nail salon have been crowned the most pampered pets in the UK.
Five acquitted over £15,000 red paint protest at Kent defence firm site
Five people have been cleared of causing thousands of pounds worth of damage by spraying and daubing red paint at the site of a defence firm.
Missing man last seen two days ago found
Officers are searching for a missing 38-year-old have confirmed he has been located.
‘Hacker's last hurrah brings laughs, nostalgia and a touch of melancholy’
Audiences were treated to an endearing farewell for one of Britain's most beloved political comic creations in I'm Sorry, Prime Minister.
Primark to open in huge empty Debenhams at shopping centre
A Kent town will welcome its first ever Primark – which is taking over a huge former Debenhams store.
Next phase of new multi-million-pound leisure centre to start later this summer
The next set of works to build a new multi-million-pound leisure centre is due to start in two months.
‘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.
'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.
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.
‘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”.
‘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.
‘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.
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
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.