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• Reform UK By-election Victories

  Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says his fledgling party is “going all out” to win seats at the currently Conservative-run Kent County Council next May.

• Traffic Congestion Fears

  A consultation on a Tunbridge Wells Council initiative called “Better Streets” has just two more weeks before public feedback closes.

• Kent Farms "Threatened"

  Changes to inheritance tax rules announced in the autumn budget have sent shock waves through Kent’s farming community.

• Christmas Joy To The Wells

  Christmas lights, decorations, a light show on the Opera House and a festive family trail look set to attract shoppers and visitors into Tunbridge Wells.

• Gas Works Site

  A big new housing estate in Sevenoaks has been approved despite parts of it being likened to a cluster of boils.

• Labour Ministers Step In

  A decision on whether to build a massive “new town” in the north Kent countryside has been taken out of local hands, signalling what could happen in the rest of Kent.

• Pembury may get 99 new homes

  There's concern about traffic gridlock if a development at Hubbles Farm in Pembury goes ahead.

• £20 million hotel investment

  Plans have been drawn up to turn the Groombridge Place moated manor house into a luxury hotel, restaurant and spa.