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10 Tunbridge Wells roads set to become 20mph with last few days left of consultation
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Rapist targeted lone teenager as she walked home in Tunbridge Wells in 'horrific attack'
He threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone what had happened
Police cordon at Hop Farm after man ‘seriously assaulted at roadside’
A cordon was put up at one of the county’s most well-known venues with police and forensics at the scene after reports of a serious assault.
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Kent's biggest school closed as strike begins over redundancies
Kent’s biggest school is closed today as teachers and staff begin their first of six days of strikes over redundancies.
Plans for two new youth clubs given green light by government
MPs have welcomed news their constituents will get new youth hubs to tackle unemployment as part of an expanded government scheme.
Five more Kent bank branches to shut in fresh wave of high street closures
Five more bank branches are to depart Kent’s high streets this autumn.
Costa Coffee to pull out of shopping centre after deciding not to renew lease
Costa Coffee is pulling out of a Kent shopping centre this week, it has been confirmed.
Former Kent Police employees in court charged over alleged computer misuse and data breaches
Police employees have appeared in court charged with computer misuse and misconduct in public office offences.
‘It’s a nightmare’: Fears faulty lights could stay for weeks near new Aldi store
Residents fear faulty temporary traffic lights near a new Aldi store could stay in place for weeks amid safety concerns over the new signals.
Stroke services will be relocated to new unit despite uproar
A brand new “state-of-the-art” stroke unit has been given the go-ahead despite health campaigners saying it is being built in the wrong location.
‘Our pub was only getting one or two customers a day - so we’re moving back to Australia’
A couple have closed their Kent pub and are moving back to Australia - as they were only getting one or two customers a day.
See the King’s favourite plants at the UK’s only flower festival of its kind
One of the highlights of the Kent summer opens this weekend with showstopping blooms and a majestic setting.
Plan for 520 homes in Paddock Wood submitted by developer
The homes would be built on a site of 122 acres of fields
Farm shop expansion to start this summer amid growing customer demand
Bosses at a popular farm shop say construction on a new extension could start this summer amid growing customer demand.
Kent town which is developers' magnet is set for new dentist surgery and pharmacy
Residents could soon have a new dentist's surgery and pharmacy in the town centre
Man ‘found dead in suitcase’ four days after alleged murder
The body of a man suspected to have been murdered was found inside a suitcase four days after he was alleged to have been killed, a court has heard.
‘We're fending off housing at every turn - so this is a blessing’
Plans for a new woodland have been described as a ‘blessing’ amid concerns villages are having to ‘fend off housing developments at every turn’.
‘We fear members are being frozen out’
Campaigners are calling for more member oversight of how Benenden Health is run ahead of its AGM.
Map shows cheapest place to buy a home in Kent and where house prices are falling
The cheapest place to buy a home in Kent has been unveiled in the latest available land registry data
Beloved primary school head ‘never left any pupil behind’
A beloved primary school head teacher who left her mark on generations of children will be remembered as someone “who never left any pupil behind”.