A new banking hub is set to open in a “huge boost” to a Kent town following a campaign by its local MP. Rainham will be the latest in Kent to benefit from a banking hub – a shared space where customers can access basic bank services from various providers. …
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More than 2,000 primary school children are homeless in Kent this Christmas and will be hoping Santa will be able to find them in the “freezing cold bedsit or grotty B&B” they are temporarily housed in. Homeless charity Shelter is sounding the alarm after its research found the equivalent of …
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With Christmas now just around the corner, details have been confirmed on the changes to bin collections around Kent over the festive period. Across each of the 13 districts, alterations to waste pickups vary from place to place, so it can be a little confusing knowing when to actually pop …
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A furious dad says he was wrongly hounded by bailiffs out of hundreds of pounds over a parking fine he had no knowledge of. But after Wilson Chowdhry took the matter to court to prove that was the case and recover sums owed to him by Medway Council, who had …
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A Banksy wannabe who painted almost 40 postboxes in a range of different colours and patterns has narrowly avoided jail. Danny Whiskin, from Dartford, turned a total of 38 traditional red postboxes into various designs including one painted pink and yellow in tribute to Mr Blobby, another in the Cadbury’s …
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Christmas is on its way once again, with only 100 days until the big day. And with friends and family sending cards and gifts, Royal Mail is looking to recruit new staff to help with the increasing demand over the period. The company is hiring seasonal mail sorters in Tonbridge …
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Kent has a rich and colourful history, but there are some facts that are absolutely astounding. There is something about Kent that seems to attract people. Whether it is the Romans or the rich and famous, people seem to fall in love with the county. Read more: The fascinating stories …
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A 53-year-old Chathamman has gone on trial after a suspicious package was sent to a Covid-19 vaccine plant in Wrexham. Anthony Collins was arrested following a raid on his home after the device was received at the Wrexham facilityin January. Bomb squad soldiers and police were called to the factory …
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Three Royal Mail staff have tested positive for coronavirus at Medway Mail Centre. The state-of-the-art mail sorting centre in Rochester has since been subject to an ‘enhanced clean’, according to bosses. Colleagues have been notified if they were exposed to the Covid-19-positive staff members in the Knight Road depot, and …
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Royal Mail has carried out enhanced cleaning at the Medway Mail Centre in Strood, after three staff members tested positive for coronavirus. Yesterday KentOnline received information from an anonymous source stating three people at the site had been confirmed as having the virus “within the last three days”, and that …
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