Ashford hospital patient first to receive next generation heart monitor implant
‘Like a 24-hour safety net – it’s alleviated my worries.’ That’s the verdict of a Kent shop owner who has become the first patient in the country to receive a…
Quick thinking Kent PCSOs treat semi-conscious cyclist who had fallen from bike with chocolate bar and orange juice
Quick thinking PCSO John Cork on the left and PCSO Lee Fennell on the right The supervisor of two PCSOs who came to the rescue of a man who had…
World’s longest golf hole challenge comes to Kent
David with the Mayor of Gravesham, Councillor Lyn Miller, at Mid Kent Golf Club A charity life-saver is asking people in Kent for help in raising funds for life-saving defibrillators.…
Kent volunteers donate knitted teddies to support traumatised young victims
Members of volunteer group, Sevenoaks Soroptimists, have knitted teddy bears to assist young victims in west Kent. The soft toys will be given to children who visit police stations having…
Drive-through jabs for Kent teenagers
Teenagers who missed routine school immunisations this academic year can catch up at a drive-through school holiday clinic in Thanet on Wednesday, 4 August. This will be the second drive-through…
Royal St George’s golf caddies raise £8,000 for Alzheimers ward at Deal hospital
Caddies at Royal St George’s Golf Club, which is hosting The 149th Open this week, have not only spent the last three years preparing for golf’s original major to return…
Sheppey man to lose his ‘lockdown’ locks raising cash for 6-year-old Maidstone girl with multiple disabilities
Mia May and Bas White Six-year-old Mia May from Maidstone has a genetic disorder which leaves her blind and unable to speak or walk. Retired courier Bas Waite, 63, from…
Recovery Poem to light up Ashford this summer
Photo: Ben Raine How do we commemorate what’s been lost as we start to take tentative steps out of lockdown? What do we want to hold onto and grow? What…
Smoking across the South East costs local government £170 million in social care costs every year
New analyses of authoritative national datasets funded by the public health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) shows that ill health caused by smoking has a substantial impact on…
Register children in Kent now for Free School Meals ahead of summer holidays
Parents and carers whose children may be eligible to receive benefits-related Free School Meals are being urged to apply for them ahead of the upcoming summer school holidays, even if…