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School shut for second day after water leak

School shut for second day after water leak

A secondary school has been forced to shut due to a water leak outside its building.

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‘Abandoned’ charity shop to go to auction

‘Abandoned’ charity shop to go to auction

A charity shop which closed during the pandemic and never reopened despite donations “gathering dust” in the window is to be sold.

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Replacement buses launched as landslide prevention work gets underway on railway

Replacement buses launched as landslide prevention work gets underway on railway

Commuters will have to use a bus replacement service for four days while Network Rail carries out landslide prevention work.

Car snaps telegraph pole in crash

Car snaps telegraph pole in crash

A car smashed into a telegraph pole on a residential street in a late-night crash.

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Former village pub could become an HMO

Former village pub could become an HMO

The upstairs of a former pub dating back to the 1800s could be converted into an HMO for 10 people.

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Trains cancelled due to trespasser on line

Trains cancelled due to trespasser on line

Passengers are experiencing delays after trains were cancelled this evening due to a trespasser on the line.

80 cannabis plants found in flat’s loft

80 cannabis plants found in flat’s loft

Three people are in custody charged with cultivating cannabis.

‘It’s unacceptable’: Footage shows refuse worker tipping food waste into recycling bin

‘It’s unacceptable’: Footage shows refuse worker tipping food waste into recycling bin

The video has sparked outrage but the company behind the bin collection service says it was a “well-intentioned” mistake.

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Top marks for school after third ‘outstanding’ rating in a row

Top marks for school after third ‘outstanding’ rating in a row

The principal of a special needs school that’s been given its third “outstanding” rating in a row says it’s a “fantastic outcome”.

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‘We had so many injuries we had to cancel training’

‘We had so many injuries we had to cancel training’

Bearsted are hopeful an early-season injury crisis that forced them to cancel training is behind them.

Football fixtures and results

Football fixtures and results

Catch up with all the week’s football fixtures and results.

Violent thief attacked and robbed man at bus stop

Violent thief attacked and robbed man at bus stop

A thief who was responsible for a “cowardly assault” after jumping his victim from behind at a bus station has been jailed.

‘Stay put’ policy at tower block hit by blaze

‘Stay put’ policy at tower block hit by blaze

It has emerged that a tower block of flats was only partially evacuated during a recent fire because the building has a “stay-put“ policy.

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Burst pipes leave hundreds without water

Burst pipes leave hundreds without water

Bottled water had to be distributed after 400 homes lost their mains supply when pipes burst.

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Tree trial planted in ‘sledging spot’

Tree trial planted in ‘sledging spot’

Upset over ‘sledging spot’ after tree project appears

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‘Maidstone’s quite famous for it’

‘Maidstone’s quite famous for it’

Tennis coach Adrian Moll says there must be something in the water in Maidstone in light of the town’s sporting success stories over the years.

Double trouble as panto casts two dames

Double trouble as panto casts two dames

Two panto dames will be proving double trouble as one town launches its 10th annual Christmas pantomime.

Roman treasure makes more than £100,000 at auction

Roman treasure makes more than £100,000 at auction

A hoard of coins dating back to Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain that were found in a field in Kent has been sold for five times their value price.

‘Bitter disappointment’ as high court challenge over 2,000-home garden village fails

‘Bitter disappointment’ as high court challenge over 2,000-home garden village fails

A tiny hamlet’s legal challenge to plans to impose a garden village of 2,000 homes on them has failed.

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‘Vandals ransacked my boat and left without flushing the toilet’

‘Vandals ransacked my boat and left without flushing the toilet’

A boat owner who moored up in a town centre returned from a beer festival to find thieves had struck, leaving him stranded.

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