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Memories of 'cultured and knowledgable" walking group chairwoman

08 January 2021
Memories of 'cultured and knowledgable" walking group chairwoman

Tributes have been made in memory of a former Pfizer worker who led two branches of The Ramblers and co-founded the White Cliffs Walking Festival

Writer's thriller launches as audiobook on podcast app

07 January 2021
Writer's thriller launches as audiobook on podcast app

A Kent author's latest thriller focuses on an unsolved crime in the 1960s

Christmas Tree chipping service supports RNLI fundraising

06 January 2021
Christmas Tree chipping service supports RNLI fundraising

People are invited to drop off their Christmas trees at a lifeboat station to get them chipped in exchange for a donation to the RNLI

Museum asks: 'Are you in Basil's snaps?'

04 January 2021
Museum asks: 'Are you in Basil's snaps?'

A museum is digitising the photo collection of a celebrated newspaper photographer and selling the pictures to pay for the conservation of his work

New guidance on school closures expected in just days

03 January 2021
New guidance on school closures expected in just days

A new decision on which schools should open for the new term could be made in days, an MP has said after a day of uncertainty

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Road closure: Woman injured as car overturned

03 January 2021
Road closure: Woman injured as car overturned

Police were called after a car overturned in a collision this morning

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Schools closures: So what do we do now?

03 January 2021
Schools closures: So what do we do now?

Parents are vowing they'll keep their kids off school after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there is 'no doubt' a return to the classroom is safe

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Living in the shadow of Brexit's customs clearance sites

31 December 2020
Living in the shadow of Brexit's customs clearance sites

In weeks their glorious sunsets will be eclipsed by hundreds of lorries. We met the country folk who'll be living beside Kent's inland border points

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Mum and daughter's lockdown diary helps kids mental health charity

29 December 2020
Mum and daughter's lockdown diary helps kids mental health charity

A mum and daughter found their lockdown project enabled them to bond - now they want their work to help youngsters with mental health troubles

Stranded truckers loved Jill's Knockers

29 December 2020
Stranded truckers loved Jill's Knockers

An award winning pastry cook made a bumper batch of savoury treats and handed them to drivers queuing at the Port of Dover on Christmas Eve

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Christmas dinner's cancelled - sorry we didn't tell you

24 December 2020
Christmas dinner's cancelled - sorry we didn't tell you

M&S shoppers heading to Dover to get their Christmas dinner are warned to contact the store first - because it may not be there...

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Dover's big clear-up as port chaos starts to ease

24 December 2020
Dover's big clear-up as port chaos starts to ease

The bins and streets around Dover port have been just as jammed as the roads, but as the stacked traffic starts to clear, cleaning begins.

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New life for old toys fixed by 'Dolls' Hosital'

24 December 2020
New life for old toys fixed by 'Dolls' Hosital'

It's like a sprinkling of Christmas magic has fallen upon thousands of old toys, bringing them to life ready for their new owners to unwrap tomorrow

High Street car ban to go on until February

23 December 2020
High Street car ban to go on until February

Measures to allow for continued social distancing in a busy High Street will go on until February

Drivers clash with police and blockade port

23 December 2020
Drivers clash with police and blockade port

Drivers in Dover clashed with police before testing was eventually introduced for those who had been sat in the town for days.

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Get snappy-happy with your pooch

23 December 2020
Get snappy-happy with your pooch

A cash-strapped dog rehoming organisation is determined to end 2020 on a high and has launched an online dog show to rake in money

Nutritious donation to food bank

22 December 2020
Nutritious donation to food bank

Tasty Christmas feasts will be enjoyed by hard up families thanks to donations of cash and vegetables from businesses at a science park

Community rallies to help stranded truckers

22 December 2020
Community rallies to help stranded truckers

Free tea making facilities and wifi are among the measures doled out to fatigued lorry drivers waiting at Dover for France to reopen its borders

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Extraordinary scenes at Port of Dover amid border closure

22 December 2020
Extraordinary scenes at Port of Dover amid border closure

Dover is again choked with lorries whose drivers are frustrated by extended queuing with no food, drink or toilet facilities.

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'BT are Scrooges for refusing to fix phonebox light'

19 December 2020
'BT are Scrooges for refusing to fix phonebox light'

It was a step back into the Victorian era when Mr Scrooge tried to make a call in a public phone box, only to find he'd been 'out-scrooged' by BT.

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