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Plus new Folkestone outlet joins Kent's indie news wave, upcoming Kent events, news in brief, and more
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Steven Keevil
Map wars intensify in Kent reorganisation
Plus slogan blurs council neutrality line, what's going on at KCC this week, awful person has a point, news in brief, and more
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Ed Jennings
“I was interested in creativity, it is my God as it were”
What we asked Dave McKean, comic creator, artist, musician and filmmaker
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Steven Keevil
When in doubt, secede
Plus new donations for Kent MPs, politicking through the summer lull, Kent's favourite baby names, news in brief, and more
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Ed Jennings
Rural festival brings poetry and music together
Plus satirising Faversham, third toilet visits Rochester, Kent author kickstarts new book, upcoming Kent events, and more
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Ed Jennings
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Steven Keevil
Can Thanet really police bad language?
Plus former Gravesham MP jumps to Reform, news in brief, and more
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Ed Jennings

July 2025

“I think there's a lot gone wrong with politics, not just in Kent”
What we asked Linden Kemkaran, the new Reform leader of Kent County Council
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Steven Keevil
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Kent edges toward a three-way split
Plus the latest from KCC, a 'national protest' in Dover, latest MP interest declarations, news in brief, and more
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Ed Jennings
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Iain Dale on Margaret Thatcher
Plus a Kent chicken hotel, a pilgrimage along the River Medway, upcoming Kent events, and more
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Steven Keevil
3
Paper anniversary
Paul Francis on the highs and lows of Labour's first year in government
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Paul Francis
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“Culture's never an accident”
What we asked Ed Perry and Rosie Brown, the brother and sister co-CEO's of COOK.
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Steven Keevil
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Culture wars and cost-cutting set tone at KCC
Plus what else has happened at KCC this week, the padel fightback begins, news in brief, and more
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Ed Jennings
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