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Benenden's village shop reopens after school steps in
The Benenden community is celebrating after the opening of the much-valued village store and Post Office.The premises, located on The Street, had been on the market for many years and residents feared...
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Unseen Bowie: Never before seen photographs unveiled at...
As the world mourns the loss of David Bowie, an Edenbridge gallery is preparing to unveil previously unseen photographs revealing a different side of the starman.Bowie fans from across the country are...
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Crowborough bands could blow their trumpets after scooping...
OVER the Whitsun weekend in May 1913, people were looking forward to a musical event to be held in Crowborough on Whit Monday – the Southern Counties Band Association's annual festival.The Kent and...
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Leap year 2016: Meet the 2,000,000:1 Tonbridge family
A Tonbridge woman who gave birth on her own birthday shares a rare bond with her son – they are both leap year babies.The odds of Eileen Best delivering her son, Steve, on her birthday were always...
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Southern Railway bosses should be "ashamed" say MPs and...
SOUTHERN Railway bosses have been criticised for their lacklustre performance and warned they are running out of chances.Managers at Govia Thameslink Railway, who run Southern and the dogged...
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Rolvenden house fire sparked by unattended food
EMERGENCY services scrambled to a Rolvenden home, near Cranbrook, last night after a kitchen caught fire.Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) was called to a kitchen fire in Sparks Wood Avenue,...
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Sevenoaks' new grammar to be co-ed from 2018
THE chairman of governors at Weald of Kent has spoken for the first time about plans to open a mixed sixth form grammar in Sevenoaks in 2018.Education Secretary Nicky Morgan briefly set out plans for a...
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Man arrested after East Sussex hit and run found hiding on roof
Two people have now been arrested in connection with a hit and run in East Sussex.A 53-year-old man was left with serious injuries after being hit by a Fiat 500, which didn't stop, on Montague Place,...
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Crash on Staplehurst Road, Marden
Staplehurst Road in Marden was closed this morning from Maidstone Road for half a mile due to a road traffic collision.Police were called at to the incident at 7:29am this morning, January 27.Emergency...
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Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in Tunbridge Wells
Victims of the Holocaust will be remembered in Tunbridge Wells today.At 10.50am people will gather at the War Memorial for a wreath-laying ceremony.The British Legion is organising it and all are welcome.
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Flood alerts issued for west Kent and East Sussex
The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the upper River Medway from Forest Row to Penshurst including Ashurst and for the River Rother including; Crowhurst Bridge, Etchingham,...
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Tax return deadline: What you need to know
Self-employed worked in Kent and Sussex only have a few days left to file their tax returns online.January 31 is the deadline for the 2014-2015 tax year and the penalties for failing to file your tax...
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Southeastern maintains customer satisfaction rating in latest...
Southeastern has maintained a two year high when it comes to customer satisfaction, according to a latest national survey on the rail industry.The latest National Rail Passenger Survey (NRPS) showed an...
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Police close Sandhurst Road in Tunbridge Wells due to incident
SANDHURST Road in Tunbridge Wells was closed this morning due to a police incident.Kent Police was called to the scene at 7:15am to reports of a dispute.fficers attended and spoke to two men involved...
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Watch Hadlow Guinness World Record holding hula hooper show off ...
Guinness World Record holder Laura Lamn from Hadlow is set to get Tunbridge Wells fitness fans in a spin when she brings her popular hooping exercise course to town next month.She has been spinning...
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Kent and Sussex residents give up new year lifestyle goals this...
Kent and Sussex residents are set to ditch their new year's resolutions this week with over a third of people in the south east who pledged to lose weight surrendering by the end of January.According...
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Penshurst author scoops Costa Book of the Year award
A Penshurst children's author scooped a top literary award at a ceremony last night.Frances Hardinge won the Costa Book of the Year award for her novel the Lie Tree.The last children's author to win...
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Southern increases customer satisfaction rating in latest...
The survey, undertaken by the independent transport watchdog Transport Focus, shows an increase in passenger satisfaction from 72 per cent in Spring 2015 to 78 per cent in Autumn 2015.Despite the...
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Revealed: The most expensive addresses according to Zoopla
Homes with certain words in their address are more expensive, according to recent analysis by a property website.Zoopla has looked at the most common street names in the UK and found homes with Warren,...
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Tunbridge Wells pub wins Newcomer of the Year title in 2016...
A popular Bidborough pub has been crowned Newcomer of the Year in the prestigious Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs 2016 national awards.The Kentish Hare, Bidborough, beat tough competition from The...
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