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Major route reopens after emergency repairs cause long tailbacks
A major route has reopened after emergency repairs caused long tailbacks and heavy congestion.
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Footage shows how Kent countryside is being transformed to kick-start housebuilding
Huge new drainage ditches are appearing across the Kent countryside - to kick-start progress on thousands of previously blocked new homes.
‘It’s what people want’: Town’s first outdoor padel courts set for sports club
A town’s first outdoor padel courts will be built on a dilapidated site at a popular club amid increased demand for the sport.
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Main road closed after two-car crash
Police, paramedics and firefighters were called after a collision between two cars on an A-road.
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.
Part of major A-road closed due to emergency manhole cover repairs
Drivers may face delays as part of an A-road is shut following damage to a manhole cover.
‘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.
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.
Primark to open in huge empty Debenhams at shopping centre
A Kent town will welcome its first ever Primark – which is taking over a huge former Debenhams store.
Is this Kent’s cutest bus shelter? Stunning makeover wows villagers
Most bus shelters have little merit in terms of style and charm - but residents in one Kent village have transformed theirs into something special.
10 Tunbridge Wells roads set to become 20mph with last few days left of consultation
There is still some time to give your views on the proposals
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
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.
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.
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