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Cockroaches at luxury Kent hotel ‘for at least a year’, inspectors find

Cockroaches at luxury Kent hotel ‘for at least a year’, inspectors find

Inspectors discovered cockroaches in several basement traps and floating in a pool of water in the kitchen at a four-star hotel.

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‘My world was turned upside down on holiday - singing has given me my life back’

‘My world was turned upside down on holiday - singing has given me my life back’

A woman whose life was turned upside down by a stroke while on holiday has found her way back - thanks to the healing power of music.

The doyen of British business who made huge contribution to prosperity of Kent

The doyen of British business who made huge contribution to prosperity of Kent

A businessman who had a “steely determination” to get things done has died aged 91.

Man removed from industrial estate roof and charged with criminal damage

Man removed from industrial estate roof and charged with criminal damage

A man has been charged with criminal damage after he was removed from a roof on an industrial estate.

Man taken to hospital after stabbing at house

Man taken to hospital after stabbing at house

A man has been taken to hospital for treatment to stab wounds after an attack at a house, which sparked a huge emergency response.

‘In general decline? A no-go zone? Give me a break!’

‘In general decline? A no-go zone? Give me a break!’

After a writer for a national magazine gave a damning assessment of a Kent tourist hotspot, our journalist sets out why the article got it so wrong.

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Moment part of roof at derelict Debenhams building crashes to ground

Moment part of roof at derelict Debenhams building crashes to ground

Part of a roof hanging by a thread from a derelict Debenhams building came crashing down in a city centre this evening.

Person airlifted to London hospital after fall from height at business park

Person airlifted to London hospital after fall from height at business park

A person has been airlifted to a London hospital after falling from a height at a business park.

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Writer’s withering verdict on ‘scruffy and neglected’ city

Writer’s withering verdict on ‘scruffy and neglected’ city

An opinion writer for the Spectator magazine has delivered a withering verdict on Canterbury, describing it as “scruffy and neglected”.

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Kent try to recover after losing five cheap wickets

Kent try to recover after losing five cheap wickets

Kent have plenty of work to do against Glamorgan after a dreadful batting display on day two at Canterbury.

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‘Why do residents need a mammoth TV screen glaring into their homes?’

‘Why do residents need a mammoth TV screen glaring into their homes?’

Plans to install a five-metre-high illuminated billboard outside a petrol station have sparked fears of light glaring into nearby homes.

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Singh makes first-class bow as Kent struggle

Singh makes first-class bow as Kent struggle

Kent toiled in the field on day one of their County Championship Division 2 match against Glamorgan at Canterbury.

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Planners back 300-home estate next to animal park despite hundreds of objections

Planners back 300-home estate next to animal park despite hundreds of objections

Plans for a 300-home estate next to a Kent animal park are being backed by council officers despite hundreds of objections from residents.

‘It will industrialise our beautiful, historic countryside’

‘It will industrialise our beautiful, historic countryside’

Villagers are in uproar over plans to “industrialise” the countryside with a sprawling 250-acre solar and battery farm.

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Man arrested as businesses evacuated on industrial estate

Man arrested as businesses evacuated on industrial estate

A number of commercial buildings have been evacuated amid a large police response to an incident on an industrial estate.

Homework pays off in style for captain

Homework pays off in style for captain

Kent captain Daniel Bell-Drummond didn’t have to go back far to find inspiration for his double hundred at Lord’s.

‘Waterstones is refusing to stock my book - it’s extraordinary!’

‘Waterstones is refusing to stock my book - it’s extraordinary!’

The author of a biography of one of Britain’s most distinguished portrait painters is furious that Waterstones has refused to stock it.

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Huge empty Argos store to finally be taken over

Huge empty Argos store to finally be taken over

A former Argos store that has been left empty for almost three years is finally set to be taken over.

Man arrested after police search through village

Man arrested after police search through village

A strong police response descended on a village amid concerns a suspect had caused criminal damage to a house.

Man faces jail over serious assault on victim aged in his 60s

Man faces jail over serious assault on victim aged in his 60s

​A man faces jail for a late-night assault which left his victim needing hospital treatment.

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