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Nicola Jordan

Nicola Jordan joined the KM Group as a senior reporter in 2012. She was previously news editor of the Medway News.

Royal appointment joins list of celebs backing heroic historic boat

14 July 2025
Royal appointment joins list of celebs backing heroic historic boat

An historic paddle steamer which played a key role in the war effort rescuing thousands of troops has a new high-profile patron.

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Gran left ‘stranded’ in hospital 250 miles from home after bed shortage

12 July 2025
Gran left ‘stranded’ in hospital 250 miles from home after bed shortage

A gran who broke her hip was left stranded in a hospital for two weeks because there were no beds back home where she requires weekly treatment.

Street to be named in honour of ‘selfless’ former mayor

11 July 2025
Street to be named in honour of ‘selfless’ former mayor

A highly respected politician and former mayor has been honoured by having a road named after him at a new housing development near his home.

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Row erupts over ‘neighbouring’ plan to house homeless on disused car park

09 July 2025
Row erupts over ‘neighbouring’ plan to house homeless on disused car park

A disused commuter car park has been earmarked for a £4.6million housing scheme to help a council cope with the growing demand of homeless families.

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Driver’s warning after being caught out by ‘new’ parking restriction outside country park

09 July 2025
Driver’s warning after being caught out by ‘new’ parking restriction outside country park

A motorist is warning other park users of new “obscured” parking restrictions outside a public green space he was unaware of until being fined.

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‘We must support each other’: Teacher who ‘fixed’ struggling college to takeover troubled trust

07 July 2025
‘We must support each other’: Teacher who ‘fixed’ struggling college to takeover troubled trust

An experienced teacher and Ofsted inspector has been drafted in to lead several schools following months of noise over their future.

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‘We need to keep on top’: Evolving shopping centre’s bid to bring back ‘lazy shoppers’

03 July 2025
‘We need to keep on top’: Evolving shopping centre’s bid to bring back ‘lazy shoppers’

A shopping centre marking its 50th anniversary hopes to see footfall rise to pre-pandemic levels once a multi-million pound health facility opens.

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No ‘areas for improvement’ at ‘impressive’ infant school

01 July 2025
No ‘areas for improvement’ at ‘impressive’ infant school

Pupils and staff at a “continually improving” infants’ school are celebrating another glowing Ofsted report.

Tributes to one of county’s longest-serving journalists with a passion for Kent

25 June 2025
Tributes to one of county’s longest-serving journalists with a passion for Kent

A “kind” and “thoughtful” journalist who spent decades reporting on local politics has died.

Police raid vape shop and seize £45k worth of goods

24 June 2025
Police raid vape shop and seize £45k worth of goods

Police working with trading standards officers to clampdown on the sale of illegal vapes in a town centre have seized a number of items from a store.

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Widow with dementia on way home from France after family’s appeal

23 June 2025
Widow with dementia on way home from France after family’s appeal

Kind-hearted company bosses have stepped in to help repatriate a dementia sufferer stranded in a French care home - 1,000 miles from relatives.

Primary school is rated ‘good’ by Ofsted

20 June 2025
Primary school is rated ‘good’ by Ofsted

Former troubled primary school is rated ‘good’ by Ofsted after undergoing new leadership and an updated curriculum.

Family’s bid to raise £8,000 to get sick widow back from care home in France

20 June 2025
Family’s bid to raise £8,000 to get sick widow back from care home in France

The family of an elderly sick widow have launched a campaign to raise £8k for an ambulance and medics to bring her home from France.

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Lottery grant helps tell town’s untold aviation history

19 June 2025
Lottery grant helps tell town’s untold aviation history

A largely untold story of a town’s pioneering aviation history is to be revealed in an exhibition, thanks to a lottery grant

Jobs at risk at private hospital as hundreds of cuts planned

18 June 2025
Jobs at risk at private hospital as hundreds of cuts planned

Staff at a private hospital are facing redundancy as part of a healthcare company’s nationwide restructuring exercise.

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‘People are really scared’: ‘Mass’ job losses looming for hospital staff

17 June 2025
‘People are really scared’: ‘Mass’ job losses looming for hospital staff

Staff at an NHS trust which runs two hospitals in Kent could lose their jobs as it looks to save money and “improve efficiencies”.

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Former High Sheriff speaks out after husband’s multi-million pound fraud revealed

16 June 2025
Former High Sheriff speaks out after husband’s multi-million pound fraud revealed

A former Kent High Sheriff and national care agency boss says people should look past her husband’s multi-million pound fraud and judge her on merit.

Disgust as vandals lamp lido lighting just weeks after £250k revamp

11 June 2025
Disgust as vandals lamp lido lighting just weeks after £250k revamp

Yobs have struck at one of the county’s most popular summer attractions just weeks after it celebrated a quarter of a million pound facelift.

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‘They promised me a starlift two years ago - now I have to use neighbour’s loo’

11 June 2025
‘They promised me a starlift two years ago - now I have to use neighbour’s loo’

A disabled gran is having to use a neighbour’s downstairs toilet because she’s still waiting for a stairlift two years after it was promised.

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New chapter for iconic art college as £20m luxury housing scheme approved

06 June 2025
New chapter for iconic art college as £20m luxury housing scheme approved

Ambitious plans to transform an empty art college which has been branded as an “ugly” blot on the landscape have been given the green light.

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