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Birchington councillors say plans for 1,600 homes would 'destroy' village
'There is no evidence that suggests there is a requirement for this many houses'
Katie Boyden
I'm a print content editor for the Dover Express, Folkestone Herald, Sevenoaks Chronicle, Kent and Sussex Courier and Isle of Thanet Gazette.
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End of an era for Attwells in Minster as it closes its doors after 69 years
'please support what village businesses you have left otherwise you will lose them'
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Thanet musician recovering at home after being treated for coronavirus at QEQM
'It is the scariest, scariest thing I have ever had in my life – and I have had prostate cancer and a few other things but battled through.'
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Thanet dealer found with £50k of drugs is jailed
He was arrested in Minster, and in a van he was driving officers found more than 3,000 deals of heroin and cocaine, as well as around nine hundred grams of amphetamine.
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Two Westwood Cross shops announced as closing - but another is set to expand
'Once lockdown restrictions lift, we expect non-essential shops to open again, however as with all Outfit stores, the one at Westwood Cross will not be reopening.'
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200 wraps of heroin and cocaine found after drugs bust on The Leas
Two men have been arrested
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Thanet council could bail out Margate Winter Gardens operators following failed fundraising attempt
'The financial impact of Covid-19 on the leisure and entertainment industry has been profound. If the council doesn’t act now we could be faced with the prospect of many local services having to cease operation'
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Birchington councillors will 'work together' to make the best of 1,650 homes on village outskirts
'The council does not support this aspect of the Local Plan and does not accept this many homes are sustainable or necessary to meet the future needs of Birchington'
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These are some of the major sites which could become housing under the new Dover Local Plan
Currently central Government has set the council a target of building 596 new homes per annum or 3,192 homes over the five-year period from 2020 to 2025.
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Popular Frog and Orange pub set to go under the hammer
'We anticipate interest from bidders who will have a variety of plans.'
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Ramsgate man will spend a decade in prison after stabbing a woman
Luckily, her wounds avoided any vital organs
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I had an asymptomatic coronavirus test at Folkestone Library and this is what happened
Kent has a population of around 1.85 million, which means fewer than one per cent of the county's residents have been tested. But the more people are tested, the more accurate a picture health bosses can paint of how many people in the county have coronavirus.