Vegan festival announces new Kent location
The festival will bring around 60 stalls selling plant-based food and drink and ethical fashion brands to the county this summer.
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‘Heads must roll’: Council leader issues ultimatum to water bosses
The leader of KCC has demanded that a water firm take ‘immediate action’ to restore confidence in its management.
‘If you thought the Conservatives were bad, Reform are much worse’
In his latest column, MP Mike Martin takes aim at Reform UK’s running of KCC.
Christmas tree farmer wants to branch out into burials
Part of a Christmas tree plantation could be converted to a natural burial ground as a farmer seeks to diversify.
‘She will be able to walk on grass for the first time in her life’
A lynx could “see grass for the first time” as a mission to rescue her from war-torn Ukraine edges closer.
Fresh blow to hopes of saving town’s much-loved library building
Hopes of saving a town’s library building were dealt a fresh blow this morning - and the site may proceed to an auction sale next month.
‘It’s a perfect storm’: Concerns grow as hospital declares critical incident
Worried patients and visitors have described conditions at a struggling A&E as “hopeless” after hospital bosses declared a critical incident.
Cash-strapped council sells business park for nearly £7m
A prestige business park has been sold by a local authority as it looks to offload assets and plug a gap in its finances.
Disruption on major route amid police incident
A police incident sparked traffic disruption along a major route this afternoon.
Vehicle repair fraudster jailed after more than 100 complaints led to investigation
A fraudster who ran a shoddy vehicle repair company connected to a “complex web of illegal activity” has been jailed.
Trial begins for police officer accused of molesting two female colleagues
A “touchy-feely" Kent Police officer accused of inappropriately touching colleagues put his behaviour down to "messing around", a jury has heard.
‘We continue with the Reform UK experiment - it’s not working for the people of Kent’
Folkestone and Hythe’s Labour MP Tony Vaughan says the Reform UK “experiment” at Kent County Council “isn’t working” for residents.
‘We refuse to play politics with the lives of Kent’s residents’
In her first column of the year, KCC leader Linden Kemkaran reflects on a Draft Budget she claims will stabilise the council’s finances.
CCTV image released after cash stolen during bar break-in
A CCTV image of a man has been released after a bar was burgled in the early hours.
Motorists lost £3.6m in unused Dart Charge payments - with government pocketing it
Drivers have lost millions of pounds in unused payments for the Dartford Crossing over the past two years, new figures have revealed.
Revealed: More details on plans to scale back hated Op Brock
More details have emerged about plans to scale back the hated Operation Brock system on the M20.
Full English calzones on the menu at new Anglo-Italian pizzeria
Black pudding pizza and Full English calzones will be on the menu of a new Anglo-Italian pizzeria set to open in a town centre.
‘It’s heartbreaking’: Shock rise in child drug treatment as primary school-age children suspended
The number of children being treated for alcohol and drug-related issues across Kent has increase significantly, new data has revealed.
Pedestrian taken to hospital after crash
A woman has been taken to hospital after collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.
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