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Pub shut for a decade to become five-bedroom home
Planning permission has been granted to turn a pub into a home after its owners’ previous proposal was rejected.
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Building work begins on Kent town’s first Taco Bell and third KFC
Construction has finally begun on a town’s first Taco Bell and third KFC restaurant.
The Kent service helping mums take their babies home – after fearing the worst
Mums who feared their babies would be born too soon returned to a Kent hospital to celebrate a service that helped bring them safely into the world.
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‘Bosses thought I was faking disability - they hired firm to follow and film me’
A warehouse worker has been awarded £30,000 for unfair dismissal after his employers hired private investigators to follow him.
Listener celebrates winning kmfm’s Thousand Pound Friday
A Kent listener is celebrating after winning £1,000 in kmfm’s latest Thousand Pound Friday - landing a cash boost just ahead of the Easter holidays.
Dismay in Tunbridge Wells as adult education courses axed after decades of learning
It marks the end of decades of life enrichment through adult education
Major food manufacturer to cut 12% of staff at Kent factory
A major food manufacturer making some of the country’s biggest household products has announced job cuts at its Kent factory.
‘It’s barking mad’: 600-space shopping centre car park to close
A town centre is to lose one of its major car parks in a move that will see almost 600 spaces lost overnight.
‘Meningitis vaccine must be given to at-risk young people’
In a joint column, MPs Helen Whately and Rosie Duffield are calling on authorities not to be complacent about future meningitis outbreaks.
Revealed: The most and least affordable places to buy a house in Kent
People living in the most affordable part of Kent say they “love it” and others don’t realise how much it has to offer.
South East Water should use £22m fine for Pembury Water Treatment Works upgrade, says MP
The water company was fined by the industry regulator for outages, and for failing to learn lessons
‘I’d rather take difficult decisions to save town than do nothing and watch it decline’
Following criticism over planned town centre changes, the leader of a Kent council is speaking out over why it is important to keep moving forward.
Body found in woodlands amid search for missing woman
Officers searching for a missing 57-year-old woman have recovered a body.
‘It’s worth a visit’: Music legends attend opening of model railway museum
Music legends and train buffs came together to celebrate the official opening of a new model railway museum.
Kent NHS trust to be put in new ‘recovery programme’ by government
The health secretary has announced he is sending in “NHS veterans” to turn around a struggling Kent trust.
Woman, 25, told crisis team where she would take own life on M20
A young woman who died on the M20 told mental health workers where she intended to take her own life just two hours before she tragically did.
10 stunning spring gardens to visit in Kent
Admire some of the county’s most colourful gardens this spring with our guide to must-visit seasonal spots.
MP urges to scrap water company’s ‘paltry’ fine and demands investment in system
An MP wants a water company’s “paltry” fine to be scrapped and replaced with enforcement to drive investment into improving Kent’s water network.
Concern for missing woman, 57, grows as efforts to find her enter fourth day
Police remain concerned for the welfare of a missing woman as efforts to find her enter a fourth day.
Iconic Kent town centre tank could be moved to Dorset
A rare tank which has sat in a Kent town centre for more than a century could be moved to a Dorset museum.