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New Burger King branch given worst hygiene rating within first few weeks of opening

04 October 2024
New Burger King branch given worst hygiene rating within first few weeks of opening

A fast-food joint received a one-star food hygiene rating just weeks after opening after using “dirty and greasy” equipment.

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Why huge Kent projects and thousands of new homes could finally be built

03 October 2024
Why huge Kent projects and thousands of new homes could finally be built

Council bosses believe they have finally found a solution to a long-running environmental issue preventing thousands of new homes from being built.

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Fines overturned for cigarette littering - because planters ‘look like ashtrays’

03 October 2024
Fines overturned for cigarette littering - because planters ‘look like ashtrays’

People hit with fixed penalty notices for dropping cigarette butts in high street planters that “look like ashtrays” have had the fines rescinded.

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Why Kent MP won't trigger by-election despite quitting party

02 October 2024
Why Kent MP won't trigger by-election despite quitting party

Some constituents and activists are calling for a by-election after a Kent MP resigned from Labour - but she has explained why she won’t stand down.

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Kitesurfers ‘devastated’ at beauty spot ban after ‘birds disturbed’

30 September 2024
Kitesurfers ‘devastated’ at beauty spot ban after ‘birds disturbed’

Devastated kitesurfers have been banned from a coastal Kent beauty spot they had used for more than 20 years after “disturbing birds”.

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Plans revealed for solar park the size of 78 football pitches on farmland

30 September 2024
Plans revealed for solar park the size of 78 football pitches on farmland

Plans are in the works for a solar farm the size of 78 football pitches near a Kent village.

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Is town’s Netflix dream dead?

28 September 2024
Is town’s Netflix dream dead?

An ambitious film studios development linked to Netflix has been thrown into doubt as bosses have failed to secure an operator to run the site.

‘What kind of world do we live in if we can’t stroll along the seafront at night?’

28 September 2024
‘What kind of world do we live in if we can’t stroll along the seafront at night?’

The severity of crime has escalated in a seaside town branded a ‘hotspot’ for violence by police.

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‘No-swim warning would be cataclysmic for us’

25 September 2024
‘No-swim warning would be cataclysmic for us’

A coastal spot is waiting with dread to see if it’s hit with a no-swim warning, which would ‘decimate businesses’.

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Green energy battery storage site can remain despite fears of ‘threat to life’

24 September 2024
Green energy battery storage site can remain despite fears of ‘threat to life’

An energy storage facility has been given the green light despite fears it could “threaten the lives and health of residents”.

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‘It's money in the bin!': Empty buses on the Park & Ride losing £30k a month

23 September 2024
‘It's money in the bin!': Empty buses on the Park & Ride losing £30k a month

A mothballed Park & Ride site reopened to much opposition is causing more pollution than it prevents and losing almost £30,000 a month.

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Historic bandstand which hosted The Libertines to reopen after major revamp

19 September 2024
Historic bandstand which hosted The Libertines to reopen after major revamp

A historic bandstand and amphitheatre where the Libertines played to rapturous fans will soon be open to the public following an overhaul.

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Luxury gym gets green light - but new McDonald’s ‘not viable’

18 September 2024
Luxury gym gets green light - but new McDonald’s ‘not viable’

A town will no longer get its first McDonald’s as plans for a luxury gym on the same site have been approved instead.

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Corner shop loses licence after ‘wine thief held captive and hit with metal pole’

17 September 2024
Corner shop loses licence after ‘wine thief held captive and hit with metal pole’

Police say they have “lost faith” in a newsagent after repeated licence violations culminated in staff allegedly beating a shoplifter with a pole.

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Village homes finally approved after four-year saga

17 September 2024
Village homes finally approved after four-year saga

Plans for an 80-home estate have been approved after the previous developers behind the scheme went bust.

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'We're not worried about huge new luxury gym - it's a completely different clientele'

17 September 2024
'We're not worried about huge new luxury gym - it's a completely different clientele'

Plans for a new luxury gym are set to be approved by councillors tonight - but rival operators insist they are not worried.

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96-home estate gets green light despite flooding and sewage fears

16 September 2024
96-home estate gets green light despite flooding and sewage fears

Plans for almost 100 new homes have been approved despite “genuine concerns” about flooding and whether the sewer system will be able to cope.

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Finish date for major city centre project pushed back to 2026

11 September 2024
Finish date for major city centre project pushed back to 2026

A scheme that includes reopening a castle and creating a public square will now be complete by the start of 2026, a council expects.

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‘We don’t want mourners faced with trucks’

09 September 2024
‘We don’t want mourners faced with trucks’

A cemetery is locked in a dispute with a local council over plans for a new road to avoid mourners being faced with builders accessing the site.

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Corner shop faces licence review after ‘shoplifter hit with bar and barricaded in’

06 September 2024
Corner shop faces licence review after ‘shoplifter hit with bar and barricaded in’

A corner shop is having its licence reviewed after bosses failed to supply CCTV of an incident involving an alleged shoplifter being hit with a pole.

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