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Southborough SOS wins community group of the year award

Local charity Compaid has announced the closure of its transport and training services by December 17 due to financial pressures

Three new “pocket parks” have been created in Maidstone town centre.

Local government elections will now go ahead in Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, and Sevenoaks next May.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has announced plans to transform the Royal Victoria Place are progressing.

David Bowie had interesting connections with Tunbridge Wells and Southborough, as revealed by local author Peter Carpenter in his travelogue entitled ‘Bowieland’.

The popular Bradbourne Lakes area in Sevenoaks is set to receive a significant makeover.

Sevenoaks Town Council has launched an appeal for pledges to help acquire the Stag Theatre as a future community asset.

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Lizzie Penman-Green spoke to Chris Makey about her project and the dementia café based in Southborough.

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Berry & Lamberts’ Simeon Blewett joins Alex Hakes to discuss the upcoming changes to Unfair Dismissal laws.

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What happens when people come together to create positive change?

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Perhaps "there's nothing to do" can sometimes mean: I don't know what's available I can't afford it I can't get there I don't know where to start. John Butt is joined on Lunch Break by Laura Toop and Liz from The Amelia to explore possibilities

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Mona Channet and Registered Veterinary Nurse & Animal Behaviourist Joanna Sutherland explore some of the seasonal hazards every pet owner should know about.

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Mona Channet is joined by Dr. Nadia Ramjohn to talk about the silent benefits of HRT — from menopause symptoms to heart, bone and brain health.

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Chris Makey was joined by Steve Woods to talk about his Vox Pop Choirs.

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John Butt was joined by Matt Adamson who is a career and burn out coach.

A "Reclaim the Night" walk took place along two routes in Tunbridge Wells on Tuesday 25th November 2025.

The Kent Relief charity is continuing to support communities affected by the war in Ukraine.

Anne Whitley has been organising yoga and pilates classes at the Boundes Studio in Bidborough since 2006.

It's six months since Reform UK were voted in to run Kent County Council, so do their claimed budget savings stack up?

Linden Kemkaren has often been in the headlines during her first six months running Kent County Council, but how did her BBC and freelance career lead her to Kent's top job?

The Folly Wildlife Rescue Trust has launched a new fund raising venture.

The MP for Tunbridge Wells, Mike Martin, has said the forced resignation of the deputy Prime Minister for not paying enough tax, was another "hammer blow" to public trust in politicians.

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The leader of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council has said he will "fight very hard" any attempt by the government to house asylum seekers in local hotels.