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Pictures: Kent racecourse made ‘emergency’ holding site for 1,000 cars amid border chaos fears
An abandoned Kent racecourse has been earmarked by the government as an emergency holding site for holidaymakers caught in queues this summer.
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Passengers urged to plan ahead as 2 London stations to shut for 3 weeks
Southeastern services will be affected for 22 days this summer
Busy A-road in Tunbridge Wells set for more than 5 weeks of roadworks
Roadworks are popping up everywhere in the town as work is carried out during school holidays
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‘My jaw hit the deck when I was told the price’
There are fishy tales and a seaside shock for Secret Drinker as he heads to a pub on one of Kent’s best beaches.
‘The work of turning around South East Water starts now’: New CEO pledges changes on first day
The new boss of a crisis-hit water firm has pledged to make changes but says the “transformation will not be easy”.
Mobile post office restores vital service to villages after branch closures
A mobile Post Office has begun serving more rural communities across Kent, restoring vital services to villagers.
'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.
'It's destroyed me': Firm fined £90k after dad's forklift fall on unsafe construction site
A firm has been fined £90,000 after a dad was left "physically ruined" when he fell from a forklift tipping bucket at an unsafe construction site.
Six weeks of roadworks in Tunbridge Wells town centre
SGN said it was carrying out the works during the school holidays
‘The way Labour has handled local government reorganisation is appalling’
In her latest KentOnline column, MP Katie Lam takes aim at Labour’s handling of the biggest shake-up of local government in 50 years.
Firefighters to stage mass rally in Maidstone in bid to save station closures and avoid job cuts
The demo will take place ahead of a meeting of the Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority
‘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.
Booming! The Kent area where house prices have risen by £21k in just 12 months
What’s the average cost of a home where you live? Find out in the latest House Price Index figures
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
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.
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.