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A council’s entire housing budget is under “severe pressure” due to a scheme providing laundry and overnight support losing £200k.
Thousands of drivers have been slapped with £70 fines after cameras were installed to enforce bus gates in a “rat run” road.
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Plans have been unveiled for apartments and new homes where a former leisure centre once stood.
A council has overspent by almost a million pounds in the past year as it can’t recruit enough planning professionals.
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Local democracy reporter Daniel Esson looks at the changing political landscape, with new and future MPs more likely to operate online than in person.
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A shop that sold vodka to a child who later required hospital care has been granted a fresh licence — despite strong opposition from police.
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Charity shop workers have revealed a “constant battle” against thieves has led them to close fitting rooms and hide shoes in a bid to tackle crime.
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People have been left living in fear as their town is increasingly plagued by violent and anti-social youths branded “wannabe gangsters”.
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Campaigners are urging university bosses to ditch plans for 2,000 homes on rural land and instead create a “biopark”.
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KCC’s new leadership has requested a four-month extension to an “almost impossible” deadline for the reorganisation of local government.
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Reform UK’s chairman and the man probing KCC’s spending have both quit days after visiting County Hall - but what does it all mean for Kent?
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An “unscrupulous” Indian restaurant has been stripped of its licence after using illegal workers like “slaves” and ignoring £120,000 of fines.
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Multi-million pound plans to convert a building into 10 new council homes are set to be approved.
A pub has avoided losing its licence after a barmaid was overheard warning customers to ditch drugs moments before police arrived with sniffer dogs.
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Divisive plans for a music venue opposite a retirement complex have been rejected amid claims it will “bring public nuisance into people’s homes”.
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Residents cheered as a nightclub’s bid for a premises licence was rejected - but its defiant boss says he will open this weekend anyway.
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Furious residents in an iconic tower block claim they are being hit with “extortionate” service charges because the building has been “left to rot”.
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A top Indian restaurant could have its licence stripped after a decade of hiring illegal workers on little to no pay.
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Fed-up residents who are looking to kick a management firm off their estate say they’re being charged “more and more for less”.
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Plans for a new McDonald’s have been approved despite residents claims there is “no need” for one.
