Local News
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Council Updates Four Canterbury groups win wildlife grants — including the district’s first funding for adder habitat
Canterbury City Council has awarded biodiversity grants totalling £9,264 to four local organisations, with two further projects backed by…
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Council Updates Whitstable Harbour gets £1.6m quay rebuild to cut flood risk
An 85-metre stretch of Whitstable Harbour’s east quay wall, corroded after more than 60 years in seawater, is being replaced in a £1.6…
17 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Cannabis parcel delivered to Gillingham home sparks police witness appeal
Kent Police are investigating after a parcel containing several bags of cannabis was delivered to a house in Livingstone Road, Gillingham…
17 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone council projects broadly balanced budget for 2026/27 but flags Lockmeadow and planning appeals overspends
A first-quarter finance update presented to Maidstone Borough Council’s cabinet on 16 September 2026 showed an overall underspend of…
17 September 2026 -
Council Updates Tenterden vicarage site earmarked for 15 homes considered by Ashford planners
Ashford Borough Council’s planning committee considered a proposal by the Canterbury Diocesan Board of Finance to build 15 dwellings on…
17 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Dover man jailed after cannabis farm fills five rooms across three floors
Florjan Prengezaj, 40, was sentenced to eight months in prison after pleading guilty at Folkestone magistrates to producing 141 cannabis…
16 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice More than 3,000 illicit cigarette packets seized from Paddock Wood shop
Kent Police and Trading Standards executed a joint warrant at a Commercial Road premises in September 2026, arresting a 34-year-old…
16 September 2026 -
Crime & Justice Kent Police appeal for witnesses after late-night robbery in Wye
A woman in her 40s was struck with an unknown object and had two bank cards stolen at the junction of Canterbury Road and Harville Road in…
16 September 2026 -
Council Updates Sevenoaks residents have until 17 September to comment on plan for 17,460 new homes
Sevenoaks District Council’s final public consultation on its updated Local Plan closes on 17 September 2026, giving residents their last…
16 September 2026 -
Local News Maidstone rolls out living-roof bus shelters, Cool Zones and Eco Hubs in climate push
Maidstone Borough Council has unveiled a package of environmental measures including biodiversity-boosting bus shelters, heat-relief Cool…
16 September 2026 -
Council Updates Maidstone to reopen housing revenue account in bid to build 1,000 affordable homes
Maidstone Borough Council’s housing committee considered a proposal on 15 September 2026 to reopen its Housing Revenue Account for the…
16 September 2026 -
Council Updates Scrutiny committee considers how to set up Betteshanger Country Park task and finish group
Dover District Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee met on 14 September 2026 to work through the practical and constitutional…
15 September 2026