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• 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.

• Glass Bottle Banks Vanish

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  Local residents and the UK glass industry have expressed regret over the recent removal of the recycling areas for bottles in the Tonbridge Sainsbury’s car park.

• £20,000 for new theatre

  A pop-up theatre is to open for December in the main shopping centre in Tunbridge Wells.