Medway Maritime Hospital introduces mandatory face masks in battle against rising flu cases
A second Kent hospital is making patients and staff wear face masks amid rising flu cases, which have…
Walmer beachfront outdoor gym plans take stride forward
Plans have been submitted for a free outdoor gym at a beach which could be built as early…
Royal St George’s in Sandwich submits plans for improvements after being crowned England’s best golf course
A golf club crowned the best in England has lodged plans to upgrade its facilities in a bid…
Savers to shut at Park Mall shopping centre in Ashford, with several traders more to follow before Christmas
A Savers store is the latest chain to leave a soon-to-be demolished shopping centre – with several more…
Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford introduces mandatory masks amid ‘super flu’ surge of mutant virus
A hospital in Kent is making the wearing of face masks mandatory amid a surge of a mutant…
Residents to remain without convenience store on Finberry estate in Ashford after plans for first shop refused
Residents of a huge housing estate built more than a decade ago have been left disappointed again after…
Dartford council agrees to work with NHS to lead and part-fund project to build multi-million-pound Greenhithe Medical Centre
The new cost of a multi-million-pound “super surgery” which will serve tens of thousands of patients has been…
Office S&M takes aim at “generic suburbia” with blue mews block in Kent
Blue fibre cement weatherboarding and porthole windows lend a “coastal character” to Goldsmith Mews, an infill housing block…
ArcelorMittal confirms all jobs at Chatham Docks site are up for redundancy as Peel Waters plan redevelopment
A steel manufacturer is consulting on redundancies for 85 employees. ArcelorMittal Kent Wire, based at Chatham Docks, began…
‘Anxiety-friendly’ Folkestone gym Mind and Muscle Fitness to triple in size amid growing demand
But such is the demand for spaces that he is now expanding into the former Activ Cycles unit…
Strode Park House in Herne Bay put into special measures by Care Quality Commission
A care facility where one resident went three days without food and another “turned blue” while lying flat…
East Kent Hospitals Trust receives £29m from NHS to expand same-day emergency care units at QEQM in Margate and William Harvey, Ashford
Two Kent hospitals have received £29 million for upgrades to tackle waiting times and reduce admissions to overcrowded…