‘Drinkers at new bar won’t be urinating in street - we already have that at Wetherspoons’
A new town-centre bar has won permission to open until the early hours – despite fears late-night drinkers will cause a nuisance as they leave.
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The Saturday Social - the weekend’s hardest online quiz is back
Feeling smart? There are 13 questions to answer in our super tough general knowledge quiz. How many can you get right?
Bus driver cleared of death by dangerous driving after fatal crash
A bus driver whose single-decker crashed into a shelter, trapping a man underneath, has been cleared of blame for the fatal collision.
‘You won’t recognise it!’: Smokehouse to open in long-empty unit next week
Owners of a popular Asian-Texas smokehouse say customers “won’t recognise” the long-empty unit it is preparing to open in.
‘It sounded like a bomb’: Bus passenger fright as services come under catapult siege
Two buses were damaged and services delayed after a group of teenagers targeted passing vehicles in a “deliberate” catapult attack.
Prolific and ‘violent’ shoplifter banned from every Tesco
A 31-year-old man has been handed a community behaviour order after he was caught shoplifting from a supermarket and attacking a shop worker.
Voyeurism suspect arrested after mobile phone held above toilet cubicles
A man in his 20s has been arrested after a mobile phone was seen being used suspiciously in a block of public toilets.
Couple banned from keeping animals after elderly cat found with large abscess
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: A couple who failed to seek treatment for their cat who had an abscess on his head have been banned from keeping animals.
‘Vile’ paedophile jailed after breaching Snapchat ban and contacting potential victims
A 22-year-old man previously convicted of making indecent images of children has been jailed for indulging his “vile behaviour” with further offences.
Man arrested as six cars set alight in early hours
A man has been arrested following a number of suspicious car fires in the early hours.
Man stabbed victim multiple times in park ‘set-up’
A knife-wielding drug addict stabbed a man repeatedly in the buttocks and thighs in revenge for a friend's gold being stolen and pawned.
'It would be silly not to': Garden centre to make way for homes for 'growing families'
Plans to demolish a garden centre and redevelop the site into 12 homes to help ease an area’s housing problems have been approved.
‘Moan about DFLs, but there are plenty of places which need them’
Our columnist sticks up for the long-derided ‘down from London’ crowd, saying the gentrification they bring helps more than it hurts.
Superdrug to close and be replaced by Skechers
A leading shoe retailer is in line to move into a huge shopping centre after Superdrug confirmed it will shut next month.
‘We want to bring criminals to justice - government shake-up will help do that’
We speak to a police chief about what the government’s plans to shake up policing will mean for Kent.
Emergency services called to Dover Castle
Several emergency vehicles have been spotted at a historic Kent landmark.
Woman’s bid to revitalise ‘quiet’ Kent high street rejected over privacy concerns
Plans put forward by a young business owner to revitalise part of a high street that “doesn’t really offer anything” have been refused.
‘What are we meant to do?’: Parents scrambling for childcare after nursery’s sudden closure
A mum has spoken of her “distress” at trying to find childcare for her son following the “shock” closure of a village nursery over “safety fears”.
‘There was sauce all over the ground’: Woman’s upset after McDonald’s rubbish is tipped into garden
One woman returned home from a weekend away to find McDonald’s sauce, napkins and bags in her garden in a “shocking” act caught on video.
Polling expert has say on what will happen in local elections
A top polling company boss has told the Kent Politics Podcast what he thinks could happen with the KCC elections.