A mum of four says she is frustrated and angry at the lack of answers to concerns for her daughters’ health problems. Sarah Johnson, from Meopham, has been paying out for private healthcare in a bid to diagnose and treat her daughters quickly, after being told she’d have to wait...
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A village hall that has served its community for more than 100 years is at threat of closure if volunteers cannot be found to help run it. Meopham Village Hall, in Wrotham Road, Meopham, was built before the First World War by a wealthy consultant surgeon at Guy’s Hospital in...
What better way to spend a summer’s day than in a beautiful Kentish beer garden? With temperatures set to soar this weekend, we’ve got some of Kent’s best pub gardens where you can grab a pint, sit back and soak up the sun… The Bedford Inn, Ramsgate This coastal pub...
A man is trekking the coast around Wales and England in a bid to raise money to stop the country’s hunger and food crisis. Peter Singleton, from Strood, set off on March 19 to walk 3,800 miles around the country’s coastline – starting and finishing in Gravesend – to raise...
A local authority has shut down rumours that its multi-million pound regeneration project has been sold to London boroughs. Leader of Gravesham council, Cllr John Burden, addressed the situation at The Charter development at a council meeting last night. Work at The Charter in Gravesend has stopped KentOnline revealed last...
A local authority has reiterated it is still opposed to the proposed site of the Lower Thames Crossing. Gravesham Borough Council discussed the scheme last night (June 20) at a full council meeting as the official six-month examination into National Highways’ application for a development consent order started. Proposed northern...
A landmark pub which has been closed since March is reopening with a fresh but “traditional” look. The Prince of Orange in Gravesend will be welcoming customers back this weekend after undergoing a makeover of the garden area and front bar. The Prince of Orange in Old Road East, Gravesend,...
There’s only one thing that can make a summer stroll in the Kentish countryside even more picturesque, and that’s rows upon rows of beautiful flowers. Now, in mid-June, is the perfect time to start finding lavender, one of England’s most distinctive summer flowers, growing in fields all over the country....
A daughter has been left heartbroken after a photo frame she made for her late dad’s grave was stolen. Lauren Jeffrey, from Gravesend said she spent almost a whole day creating the West Ham-themed frame for her football-loving dad after he died in an accident at work. Lauren Jeffrey idolised...
Residents are worried it is only a matter of time before another road collapses following a number of water leaks close to the site of a major road landslide. New leaks have appeared less than a mile away from where the cliff subsided in Galley Hill Road in Swanscombe eight...