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Kent’s housing market is splitting in two
Rents rise while house prices stall, lingering water outages and the week’s other Kent stories
Ed Jennings
Local news bore. Editor Kent Current and Local Authority.
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How many times can Kent’s water system fail the same test?
South East Water says it planned for the heat. Thousands of Kent households still lost supply.
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Kent’s water failures return with the heat
Plus border queues, a restored synagogue, Dreamland scrutiny and the week’s other Kent stories
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What has gone wrong at East Kent Hospitals?
A hospital trust in trouble, KCC chooses prayers over water, and a very good video about one very broken road
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A flood forced residents out, but the warning signs go back years
A Maidstone tower block evacuation, plus Reform at County Hall, bank holiday traffic and more water woes
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Less scrutiny, but more prayers and singing
Kent’s council chamber gets more performative as Gormley sale raises fresh questions and Kent MPs choose sides over Starmer
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South East Water boss resigns after Kent’s winter water failures
Plus empty car parks, patriotic singalongs, sewage schemes and the rest of the week across Kent
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Tunbridge Wells doubles down on the Lib Dems
A borough once painted blue now looks increasingly orange
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Water restrictions enter second week at Darent Valley Hospital
Plus local elections, utility failures, pollution cases and the rest of the week across Kent
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Alan Cecil already has a council seat. He’d like another.
Reform councillor makes Greenwich run, a costly system upgrade, and the ferry everyone wants but no one will fund
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Whitstable’s sewers have entered their AI era
Southern Water’s latest fix, fire station risk, toxic caterpillars, a delayed Ramsgate Lidl, and bikers head to Margate anyway
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Kent’s cup finals week goes from showcase to shambles
Disorder overshadows two finals as complaints surge at County Hall and Reform drifts back into AI slop