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Date announced for completion of Tunbridge Wells roadworks at town centre's busy main crossroads
The roadworks have been in place every Sunday since July 5
'Council gagged me and giggled like schoolchildren - people want these answers heard in public'
Councillors have been accused of “gagging” a fellow member’s attempts to scrutinise the authority after his questions were not answered in public.
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Parents demand bus service to new school before ‘a pupil is injured or killed’
Authorities must launch a bus service to a school without any public transport before a pupil is ‘injured, killed or abducted’, campaigners warn.
Mass rally to be staged against fire station closures and job cuts
Firefighters are to stage a mass demo outside the county council’s offices in protest at planned station closures and job cuts.
Rapist jailed for ‘sickening crimes’ against both children and adults
A rapist described as a ‘persistent and remorseless danger to the community’ has been locked up for more than 20 years for his ‘sickening crimes’.
Children's free role play village opens at popular shopping centre
A new role play area for children – home to a vets, garage and building site – has launched at a busy shopping centre in Kent.
Trust to explore takeover amid strike action over proposed redundancies
An academy trust, which runs Kent’s biggest school, is to explore a takeover by another operator but warns proposed redundancies could still go ahead.
‘Beautiful and kind’ woman, 46, who died after Mini crashed into tree named
A woman who died after the car she was travelling in crashed into a tree has been named.
Work finally restarts on town’s abandoned £26m flats project
Work has restarted on a major development of 254 flats after a new contractor was appointed to complete four towering unfinished apartment blocks.
Important update on three months of roadworks on A26 Tunbridge Wells
The roadworks are for gas company SGN
Teenage biker, 18, dies after crash into tree near Tunbridge Wells
He died in hospital a few days after the incident
Tunbridge Wells MOT testing centre set to become indoor golf simulator facility
It would make use of a single-storey building on the industrial estate
Bottled water stations in Tunbridge Wells being set up 'as a precaution' says South East Water
The sight of stations reappearing two days after around 7,000 SEW customers were hit by outages is spreading fear among residents
The Kent resident battling Farage and Count Binface in Clacton by-election
A Kent businessman has put himself in the running against Nigel Farage and dozens others for the upcoming Clacton by-election.
‘It can’t be difficult to get to a high street’: Traders call for better access to new car park
Shopkeepers are demanding better access from a new car park to a high street – fearing the proposed route will make it harder for shoppers.
Kent motorway ranked as England’s best in new nationwide survey
The M20 - home to the hated Operation Brock 50mph contraflow - has been ranked as the best motorway in England.
Explosion heard amid bus fire on key route near primary school
An explosion was heard amid a huge bus fire on a key route.
Driver who ‘travelled wrong way around roundabout’ before crash appears in court
A man who allegedly drove the wrong way around a roundabout before crashing into two cars following an aborted police chase has appeared in court.
Fury after 7,000 homes left without water again in Tunbridge Wells
Bottled water stations were set up, but quickly turned into 'mayhem' locals said after yet another water outage over the weekend