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'Eyesore' apartment plan approved

23 December 2020
'Eyesore' apartment plan approved

A controversial housing scheme has been nodded through by district planners despite objections from concerned residents.

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11ft bronze statues brought to scrap yard

22 December 2020
11ft bronze statues brought to scrap yard

Four huge statues have been collected and brought into a scrap yard to be demolished.

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Airfield primed to hold thousands of lorries

21 December 2020
Airfield primed to hold thousands of lorries

Preparations have been taking place at an airfield to allow it to be used to hold up to 4,000 lorries stranded due to disruption at Kent's ports.

Iconic amusement park sold

21 December 2020
Iconic amusement park sold

A council has sold an iconic amusement park to secure a long-term and viable future.

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'I came out, fell in love - and got given a death sentence'

13 December 2020
'I came out, fell in love - and got given a death sentence'

An ex-air stewardess has recalled her extraordinary yet heartbreaking year in which she has come out and fallen in love, only to be told she is dying.

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Residents of 'unsafe' care home at risk of catching Covid

11 December 2020
Residents of 'unsafe' care home at risk of catching Covid

A damning report into a care home for vulnerable people warns residents are at risk of catching Covid and are not safe.

Girl, 9, battling cancer switches on 'Northern Lights'

11 December 2020
Girl, 9, battling cancer switches on 'Northern Lights'

A nine-year-old girl battling bone cancer has switched on a Christmas lights display at a shopping centre.

Council passes motion to tackle racism

11 December 2020
Council passes motion to tackle racism

Councillors have agreed a motion to help tackle racism and create an anti-racist community.

'Please keep children at home if you can'

11 December 2020
'Please keep children at home if you can'

A head teacher has asked parents to keep pupils home from school if they can due to critical staffing levels.

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Paedophile jailed after police seize computers

10 December 2020
Paedophile jailed after police seize computers

A paedophile has been jailed after thousands of indecent images of children were found on his computers and hard drive.

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Land owner ordered to replant trees

10 December 2020
Land owner ordered to replant trees

A council has told a land owner to replant trees after a woodland was felled without permission.

Mass testing in hardest-hit areas 'within weeks'

07 December 2020
Mass testing in hardest-hit areas 'within weeks'

Mass testing of people showing no symptoms of Covid-19 will be rolled out in two hard-hit areas of Kent within weeks.

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Fury over planned felling of tree for 'unsightly' flats

07 December 2020
Fury over planned felling of tree for 'unsightly' flats

Environmental campaigners have staged a protest to protect a tree which faces being cut down to make way for a block of flats.

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Cliff-top 'destination' restaurant and flats approved

05 December 2020
Cliff-top 'destination' restaurant and flats approved

Plans for a cliff-top restuarant, beach-front café and new flats have been given the green light by council planners.

'It feels like there's a train in my garden'

05 December 2020
'It feels like there's a train in my garden'

A woman whose house backs onto a railway track says she has lost all her privacy after trees blocking the view of the tracks were chopped down.

Covid-19 testing kits found dumped in park

04 December 2020
Covid-19 testing kits found dumped in park

A dog walker found a box full of Covid-19 testing kits addressed to a care home dumped in a park.

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Park devastated at 'shock' death of giraffe

04 December 2020
Park devastated at 'shock' death of giraffe

A wildlife park has announced the sudden and unexpected death of one of its giraffes this morning.

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Could this finally be the end of live exports?

03 December 2020
Could this finally be the end of live exports?

The environment secretary has unveiled plans to ban the "unnecessary and foul" export of live animals.

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Gran bleeding from eye left waiting eight hours in A&E

30 November 2020
Gran bleeding from eye left waiting eight hours in A&E

A 72-year-old was left lying on three chairs while using a Tesco bag for a pillow as she waited all night for a hospital bed.

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Family's joy as schoolgirl, 9, back in remission

30 November 2020
Family's joy as schoolgirl, 9, back in remission

The family of a seriously ill schoolgirl has revealed she is back in remission and a bone marrow donor has been found.

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