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Four new councils and a lot of unanswered questions
Four authorities, fourteen councils to unwind, and less than two years to build a new system of local government
Ed Jennings
Local news bore. Editor Kent Current and Local Authority.
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Taking apart Kent’s most famous wreck
For 82 years, Kent has mostly dealt with the SS Richard Montgomery by leaving it alone. Now, the masts are coming down.
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How a Kent councillor briefly tried to save Clacton
Plus Kent waits on local government reform, Operation Brock returns, fire cover struggles and a very broken walking app
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The Reform litter pick that edited reality
A routine Facebook post becomes a story about AI in political imagery and whether photographs can still be trusted
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Kent keeps saying yes to homes. So where are they?
Plus a quarry row near Maidstone, Dover border fears, the Goodyear blimp, influencers in a lavender field, and lots more
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The data centre that skipped Dartford
How a contested area of land became part of Britain’s AI infrastructure argument
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Kent found almost £100m of savings. It still overspent by £23m.
Adult social care keeps driving the deficit, as Kent weighs new homes, water restrictions and fire cover
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The road that fell off the map
Three years after Galley Hill collapsed, north Kent may finally have a route back
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Kent faces 37°C heat weeks after the taps ran dry
A red heat alert triggers water worries, plus huge housing plans, far-right disruption, and lots more
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KCC faces transparency questions after damning ICO ruling
Regulator decision on cancelled meetings points to bigger problem with records, scrutiny and accountability
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Kent fire service plans biggest shake-up in more than a decade
Five on-call stations at risk, plus Margate town council plans, storm overflows in Thanet, some very old naming, and custard pies
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Kent’s town centres are searching for a new purpose
Declining retail forces towns to look elsewhere, plus Bluewater facing bus cuts, South East Water payouts and subsidence risks