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Council Updates Brigade of Gurkhas given Freedom of Kent after cross-party council vote
Kent County Council voted on 17 September 2026 to award the Freedom of the County of Kent to the Brigade of Gurkhas, formally recognising…
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Council Updates Grand Burstin Hotel fire brings 26 engines to Folkestone seafront
Grand Burstin Hotel fire brings 26 engines to Folkestone seafront Firefighters tackled a basement blaze at the Grand Burstin Hotel in…
19 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Suspected hare courser arrested after police pursuit in Faversham
An 18-year-old man from Tonbridge was arrested and bailed after Kent Police used a stinger device to stop a fleeing vehicle on the A2…
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Council Updates Sevenoaks park to close for nine months as Bradbourne Lakes restoration begins in September
Bradbourne Lakes in Sevenoaks will shut to the public from 28 September 2026 until early summer 2027 while the district council carries out…
18 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone Council Objects to Quarry Plan That Could Destroy Ancient Woodland
Maidstone Borough Council has formally objected to Kent County Council’s draft mineral extraction plan, warning that proposed quarrying…
18 September 2026 -
Local News Maidstone Borough Council website: what services and events are available now
From bin collections and Council Tax to a Hollywood costumes exhibition and a leather-making workshop, Maidstone Borough Council’s website…
18 September 2026 -
Council Updates Nearly £179,000 spent upgrading Tonbridge Racecourse Sportsground facilities
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council’s Communities and Environment Scrutiny Select Committee received an update on 17 September 2026 on a…
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Council Updates Heathlands garden community scoping opinion approved with strengthened requirements for water and railway station
Maidstone’s planning committee voted unanimously to issue an environmental scoping opinion for the proposed 5,000-home Heathlands Garden…
18 September 2026 -
Council Updates Dartford board backs council’s position in Green Belt enforcement appeal at Green Street Green Road
Dartford’s Development Control Board voted seven to one at its July meeting to support the council’s approach in defending an enforcement…
18 September 2026 -
Council Updates Dartford board grants permission for three homes on former industrial site at Southfleet
Dartford’s Development Control Board voted unanimously at its July meeting to approve the demolition of light industrial buildings at…
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Council Updates More than one in four new Medway Council staff leave within their first year, workforce report reveals
Medway Council’s annual workforce report showed overall staff turnover fell to 9.7% in 2025/26, but first-year turnover remained high at…
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Local News ‘Predators live in silence’: the Kent care specialist who wants adults to stop whispering about abuse
Lucy Clifford spent more than eight years in a Medway children’s home and five as a deputy head of care. Her memoir, published on 18…
18 September 2026