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- Kent's debts now exceed
- 08th March 2010
- Kent have announced losses of more than £800,000, an increase of £110,000 on the previous year, but insist the playing budget will not be cut. The figures for the 12 months up to 31 October 2009 show two pop concerts staged at the St Lawrence ...
- Final plea over Lydd airport expansion plan
- 26th February 2010
- An environmental charity has made a final appeal to prevent the expansion of a Kent airport. Protect Kent has urged Shepway District Council to vote against the plans for Lydd airport when they attend a planning hearing on 3 March. Campaigners fear exten...
- Kent Police Authority vote for council tax increase
- 11th February 2010
- The body responsible for overseeing policing in Kent is to increase its share of the council tax by almost 3%. It will mean a rise of £4 a year for the average band D taxpayer, bringing the total of the force's share of the tax to £138. Kent ...
- Inspector backs fewer bedsits plan for Cliftonville
- 05th February 2010
- Plans to cut the number of bedsits in a Kent seaside town have been given the go-ahead by an independent planning inspector. Thanet District Council has spent two years coming up with a plan for the future of Cliftonville, near Margate. It wants to incre...
- Archaeologists unearth Iron Age settlement in Kent
- 01st February 2010
- The remains of an Iron Age settlement have been unearthed by archaeologists working along the route of a new £1. 3m water pipeline in Kent. Evidence of a dwelling, postholes, pits, ancient hearths and pieces of pottery were found on land in Pembury....
- Untaxed cars seized in crackdown
- 22nd January 2010
- A number of vehicles have been seized in Kent following a crackdown on untaxed and abandoned cars. Operation Cubit led to the seizure of 19 vehicles between 11 and 15 January using patrols and static road checks. Ten cars were removed from the Isle of Sh...
- Kent coach Paul Farbrace plans split-season approach
- 18th December 2009
- Kent are searching for two overseas cricketers to play half the season each - a fast bowler for the start of 2010 and a spinner for the second half. Coach Paul Farbrace told BBC Radio Kent: "We are looking to split the season in two. It's how we wan...
- High-speed travel for commuters
- 15th December 2009
- The new high-speed train service operating between Kent and London St Pancras has been officially launched. The Japanese-built Class 395 Javelin trains, run by Southeastern, can reach speeds of up to 140mph. The first of the new weekday services arrived ...
- Airport cuts back expansion plans
- 30th November 2009
- A Kent airport has cut back its 25-year expansion plan because of the effects of the recession on aviation. Kent International Airport, based at Manston, has published the final version of its master plan, which was first set out in October last year. It...
- Forces considering drone aircraft
- 26th November 2009
- Unmanned military-style drones could be used by police forces to help combat illegal immigration and drug smugglers along Britain's coastlines. The Unmanned Autonomous Systems (UAS), have been used by British troops in Afghanistan to monitor enemy action....
- Village water supply contaminated
- 21st November 2009
- More than 70 households in a Kent village have been told to boil their water to kill bacteria, after experts discovered the supply was contaminated. Sevenoaks Council warned people in Eynsford about the contamination after it carried out routine tests on ...
- Seagull-proof bin bags tried out
- 16th November 2009
- Seagull-proof reusable waste bags are to be tested in a Kent seaside town in a bid to prevent birds attacking rubbish put out for collection. Thanet District Council said waste would be put into black bags, and the black bags would be put into the seagull...
- Somalis appeal for pair's release
- 16th November 2009
- Representatives of the Somali community in Britain have appealed to the pirates holding a Kent couple to free them on humanitarian grounds. Messages were recorded for broadcast on the BBC World Service and Eastern TV Network after a meeting in Birmingham....
- Village pub gets 80 new landlords
- 16th June 2009
- Villagers in Kent have clubbed together to buy their local pub after it was abandoned by the previous landlord. The Farriers Arms in Mersham, which was put up for sale three months ago, has been bought for £615,000 by a consortium of 80 sharehold...
- £4.5m boost for NHS dental care
- 16th June 2009
- Investment of £4.5m will pay for more NHS dentists in east Kent. The funding boost will go towards dental care in Deal, Dover, Chestfield, Whitstable, Faversham, Broadstairs, Cliftonville, Sheppey and Hawkinge. NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent sai...
- Seventh swine flu case diagnosed
- 16th June 2009
- The seventh swine flu case in Kent has been confirmed by health officials in a woman from the west of the county. She had recently travelled to Kent from Australia and is being treated at home with antiviral medication, a NHS West Kent spokesperson sai...
- Artist's mythical stamps issued
- 16th June 2009
- Creatures from British folklore created by a Kent artist have been published as a set of stamps. Dave McKean, an illustrator from the Isle of Oxney, was commissioned by the Royal Mail to design the Mythical Creatures stamps and presentation pack. Th...
- Kent hopeful over Parnell return
- 16th June 2009
- Kent are hoping South African fast bowler Wayne Parnell will re-join the county after the ICC World Twenty20. The 19-year-old left-arm paceman arrived in April but left when he received his international call-up. He has been one of the stars of the ...
- Cavaday happy ahead of Wimbledon
- 16th June 2009
- Kent's Naomi Cavaday insists she has not peaked too soon, despite playing some of the best tennis of her career in the lead up to Wimbledon. The 20-year-old beat 2008 Wimbledon quarter-finalist Tamarine Tanasugarn on her way to the third round of the A...