High street family business in Ashford still going strong after 80 years
Surrounded by turntables, amplifiers and speakers, Geoff Mathews is still behind the counter of the family shop he…
Golf simulators revealed for Ashford’s Elwick Place leisure complex as council steps up revamp following Matches Sports Bar closure
The first step has been taken as part of a council’s masterplan to create a new town centre…
Primark to open in former Debenhams and Select units at Ashford’s County Square shopping centre
A Kent town will welcome its first ever Primark which will take over a huge former Debenhams store.…
Bosses at Silcocks Farm Shop and Cafe near Tenterden launch expansion plans amid growing demand
Check the latest public notices in your area – planning, roads and licensing Bosses behind a farm shop…
The Label Yard opens at Ashford Designer Outlet and becomes Kent’s only store
A clothing shop has opened its first ever Kent store at the Ashford Designer Outlet – with another…
‘They need to weed out deadwood’: East Kent Hospitals Trust staff offered chance to resign as part of cuts
Health campaigners say Kent’s largest hospital trust “needs to weed out deadwood” after bosses confirmed they are inviting…
Ashford Designer Outlet to add new mini golf course while Diesel also set to return
A popular shopping centre will add a “new dimension” to its offering with the launch of a mini…
Gregg Wallace planning on selling ‘enourmous’ home in Biddenden
Former MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace has revealed he is planning on selling his “enormous” Kent home as he…
Jools Holland, Roger Daltrey and Pete Waterman attend grand opening of Ashford International Model Railway Education Centre
Music legends and train buffs came together to celebrate the official opening of a model railway museum. Icon…
Actor Tom Burke on why he is campaigning for Ashford town centre amid Park Mall demolition and Elwick Place revamp
Tom Burke is best known for playing a troubled private detective haunted by his past in hit crime…
Cheetah brothers Mo and Bolt depart The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden, near Ashford, as part of breeding programme
A pair of cheetah brothers described as “firm favourites” with visitors and keepers have bid goodbye to a…
The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden, near Ashford, welcomes new mobile CT scanner and clouded leopard, tiger and cheetah benefit
Keepers at a Kent animal park say the use of a new mobile CT scanner has led to…