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Fresh bid for new homes behind petrol station

19 January 2025
Fresh bid for new homes behind petrol station

Fresh plans to demolish workshops and build new homes behind a petrol station have been submitted, months after a previous scheme was thrown out.

Eye-catching ‘family homes’ designed by top architects planned for farmland

19 January 2025
Eye-catching ‘family homes’ designed by top architects planned for farmland

Plans have been submitted for nine “high-quality” properties on a former grazing paddock in a village.

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‘This is a dark day for nature - it’s an ecological treasure’

17 January 2025
‘This is a dark day for nature - it’s an ecological treasure’

A conservation charity has called the approval of plans for a huge bike factory a “dark day for nature”.

‘Unnecessary’ closure of leisure centre to be reviewed after backlash

17 January 2025
‘Unnecessary’ closure of leisure centre to be reviewed after backlash

A “baffling” decision to shut a leisure centre months before a £20m renovation project is to be reviewed following huge backlash.

Plans launched for 120-acre solar farm on edge of village

17 January 2025
Plans launched for 120-acre solar farm on edge of village

The first steps have been taken by a green energy firm for a solar farm the size of 68 football pitches.

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‘We moved here because it’s a lovely area - but catapult kids are spoiling it’

17 January 2025
‘We moved here because it’s a lovely area - but catapult kids are spoiling it’

A furious dad has been left with a hefty bill after catapult-wielding vandals smashed his dining room window.

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Restaurant chain ‘better than Wetherspoons’ reveals Kent venture’s grand opening date

15 January 2025
Restaurant chain ‘better than Wetherspoons’ reveals Kent venture’s grand opening date

Bosses at a bar chain said to be “better than Wetherspoon” will soon cut the ribbon at the grand opening of their latest Kent venture.

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‘I was 44 stone and hadn’t left the house for six years - then everything changed’

12 January 2025
‘I was 44 stone and hadn’t left the house for six years - then everything changed’

A 24-year-old who has battled food addiction and crippling anxiety that kept him housebound is now making huge changes.

Derelict landmark to open as holiday let this year

11 January 2025
Derelict landmark to open as holiday let this year

Plans to turn a historic landmark into a holiday let could be completed early this year, months after thieves struck the site.

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'We walked to all 23 Wetherspoon pubs in Kent - and our local was still the best’

08 January 2025
'We walked to all 23 Wetherspoon pubs in Kent - and our local was still the best’

A group of beer-loving ramblers have completed a series of walks totalling 230 miles as they visited every Wetherspoon pub in Kent on foot.

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‘I loved walking here every day but they’ve turned it into an impassable bog’

07 January 2025
‘I loved walking here every day but they’ve turned it into an impassable bog’

Frustrated residents say a popular countryside footpath has been turned into an impassable bog following dredging work.

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Farmland new-builds approved despite fears houses being ‘crammed’ in

06 January 2025
Farmland new-builds approved despite fears houses being ‘crammed’ in

Sixteen new homes will be built on a plot of farmland despite villagers’ fears the houses are being “crammed” into too small a space.

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'Loss-making' shop at popular nature reserve to shut this month

03 January 2025
'Loss-making' shop at popular nature reserve to shut this month

A gift shop next to a popular nature reserve and walking spot will close after bosses said it was making a loss.

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We visit the incredible Kent church on its own little island

02 January 2025
We visit the incredible Kent church on its own little island

We visit the remote Kent church you need a bridge to access – after finding the key hundreds of yards away.

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Plans approved to turn dilapidated pumping station into new home

28 December 2024
Plans approved to turn dilapidated pumping station into new home

Plans to turn a dilapidated water pumping station deemed “dangerous and structurally unstable” into a new home have been given the green light.

Former family-run garage to be turned into homes

26 December 2024
Former family-run garage to be turned into homes

The former site of a family-run garage, which had been in a town for 53 years, is set to be replaced by a row of terraced houses.

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‘We want to bring Harbour Arm to Canterbury’

26 December 2024
‘We want to bring Harbour Arm to Canterbury’

Brewery bosses have revealed grand plans to roll out an array of market stalls outside to emulate the success of a tourism hot spot.

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Fire crews called to kitchen blaze

25 December 2024
Fire crews called to kitchen blaze

Two fire crews were called to a blaze in a kitchen after an oven caught light.

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Concern growing for missing man

25 December 2024
Concern growing for missing man

Concern is growing for an 85-year-old who went missing earlier today.

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‘Why won’t bin men just shut my gate?’

23 December 2024
‘Why won’t bin men just shut my gate?’

A disabled man is fed-up with bin men leaving his gate open - as it bangs in the wind and rubbish blows into his garden.

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