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Alan Smith joined the Kent Messenger as a trainee sub-editor in 1989. In 1998 he switched to a reporting role, chiefly on the Kent Messenger and subsequently on Kent Online.
From papermaking and trams to a forgotten zoo and secret chapel, this village has a history very different to the suburb we know today.
Nine people have appeared at the Old Bailey accused of causing more than £1m worth of damage to a weapons factory in Kent.
Residents have differing views about what a new leisure centre should include, but they all agree on its name.
A local authority says it must allow 8,000 homes to be built in the green belt to meet the government’s housing target.
A Kent council is pushing for two local beauty spots to be given national protection.
Councillors had mixed views on a bid to embed the rights of nature into all council decisions.
A councillor has called for his local authority to promote cultural awareness and celebrate diversity alongside “presenting facts about immigration”.
A council leader has appointed a new cabinet member to tackle climate change and nature recovery.
People have given their backing to a plan to regenerate their town centre.
The first houses on a new 112-home estate could see people moving in in a little over a year, if a council says yes to the detailed plans this week.
Questions are being asked about an ongoing flooding problem at a popular park that no one seems willing to fix.
Proposals to improve safety around schools do not go far enough and new parking restrictions should start earlier, it has been claimed.
Plans for new homes could go ahead even though some residents won’t be able to open their windows due to noise from the neighbouring railway line.
Emergency services have been called after a suspected wartime bomb washed up on a beach.
The future of some areas of open land may now be better protected thanks to a change in one authority’s policy.
Former pupils and work colleagues of a popular head teacher are invited to her funeral service.
A car dealer has opened new premises bringing sales, service and parts departments together under one roof for the first time.
People are being told not to worry if they see falling water levels in a town’s key lake - it’s all part of some important work.
A hospice is being redesigned to make patients feel more at home, and plans go on public display this week.
A small town centre park has seen improvements thanks to cash from developers.
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