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Missing Swanley Girl Found Safe
A 15-year-old girl reported missing from Swanley since Wednesday 30 September has been safely located, Kent Police confirmed on Thursday morning.
Sevenoaks Wants Ideas for What to Do With the Old Greatness Pavilion
With Sevenoaks Town FC settled into its brand-new clubhouse, the pavilion it used to call home is sitting empty at Greatness Recreation Ground - and the Town Council is asking anyone with an idea for its future to come forward by the end of the year.
Maidstone Council Debated Its Water-Supply Housebuilding Motion Last Night - Result Not Yet Published
Maidstone's full Council met as scheduled on 30 September and debated the 'Halt the Houses' motion, which asks the Government to review the borough's housing target and pause building until water companies can guarantee supply - but the vote's outcome isn't in the council's published minutes yet.
Sevenoaks Hits £100,000 Fundraising Target to Help Buy the Stag's Freehold
More than 600 people pledged over £117,000 - comfortably clearing the £100,000 target - to help Sevenoaks Town Council buy the freehold of the Stag Theatre and Cinema, the council confirmed on 1 October, the fundraiser's deadline day.
Sevenoaks Scoops Three Golds at South & South East in Bloom, With an Attenborough Twist
Sevenoaks in Bloom won three Gold awards at the South & South East in Bloom ceremony at RHS Garden Wisley, with the Town Council's youth café House in the Basement also rated 'Outstanding' - this year's entries were themed around Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday.
Who Gets to Decide How £20m Is Spent in Park Wood, Senacre, Shepway and Mangravet?
Maidstone Borough Council has appointed the 13-strong Neighbourhood Board that will steer how up to £20 million of Government funding is spent in Park Wood, Senacre, Shepway and Mangravet over the next decade, under the Pride in Place programme.
£260,000 Grant Will Link Sevenoaks Station, Bus Station and High Street With New Signs
Sevenoaks Town Council has secured a £260,000 Kent County Council grant for a new network of wayfinding signs connecting the railway station, bus station and town centre, with routes extending to Bat & Ball and Knole Park.
Woodland Walk Benches Back After Being Stripped for Their Bolts and Plaques
Benches along Tonbridge's Woodland Walk, left unsafe after thieves stole their bolts and commemorative plaques earlier this year, have been repaired and refurbished by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, which is now looking at CCTV to stop it happening again.
Council's Patience 'Run Out' as Rose and Crown Served a Second Enforcement Notice
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council has served the Rose and Crown Hotel's owners with a fresh Section 77 safety notice over rainwater damage to its portico and beams, months after the owners publicly pledged to take back control of the Grade II* listed building and carry out repairs.