As part of a national plan to restore pride in local communities, the government has announced a feasibility assessment to clear an estimated 1,500 tonnes of illegally dumped waste at…
Beat officers have spent time meeting with residents during an organised event on Saturday 11 July 2026 when officers from Medway’s Community Safety Unit (CSU) took part in the annual…
Government ministers have decided Kent and Medway will be served by four completely new councils from April 2028. In the biggest shake up of local authority arrangements in 50 years,…
Awaab’s Law, which took effect on October 27, 2025, now mandates that social housing landlords in England take swift and decisive action to fix serious health and safety hazards, such…
Residents in the unparished urban heart of Ashford are being asked to decide whether a new Town Council should be created to protect the local community’s voice ahead of a…
Grab your broomsticks and your history books, folks, because the county town of Maidstone is in an absolute frenzy! Maidstone Borough Council Leader Stuart Jeffery has officially written to Home…
Heartfelt banner messages near the seafront – Photo and words by Ray Duff A third protest was held in Folkestone on Friday evening to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis…
Two men have been charged with drug offences and assault on emergency workers following a police operation in Northfleet. Officers seized a quantity of drugs and related paraphernalia after responding…
Neil Baker, Kent County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport is backing Asphalt Industry Alliance’s call for “a complete change in mindset” in the way Government funds councils to…
Library image The Conservative Group of Dover District Council has called in a decision by the Labour Cabinet to close Tides Leisure Centre in Deal from this April. The call-in…
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