How planting a vineyard helped a grieving Kent dad keep his son's memory alive
Gardening can be a balm for people in grief. A memorial garden honors your loved one. Here's how.
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🌟 Top pick (85/100, genuinely heart-warming): How planting a vineyard helped a grieving Kent dad keep his son's memory alive · Kent. 💬 Gardening can be a balm for people in grief. A memorial garden honors your loved one. Here's how. 🏪 Greater London new opening: Wine, laughs and novels: Kent friends turn love of reading into dream book café · Kent. (5 more shop / business stories below.) 🗞️ Plus 24 more feel-good stories below, mostly about community (7), event (5), achievement (4). Grab a brew ☕ and have a scroll. You'll feel a bit brighter for it.
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Work on £42m flood defences to protect 1,870 Kent homes complete
A multi-million-pound flood defence scheme has been completed with new measures to reduce the flood risk for 1,870 homes and 575 businesses.
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Flood defence scheme costing £42m opened
The scheme in west Kent cost £42m and will help protect communities along the River Medway.
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Wine, laughs and novels: Kent friends turn love of reading into dream book café
Two friends have opened a new business where readers can enjoy books alongside coffee, wine and comedy nights.
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Century of memories: Tonbridge’s ‘Royal Grandma’ celebrates 100th birthday
A woman is preparing to celebrate her 100th birthday after spending her whole life in the same town where she was born.
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‘Moving from London to Kent was a bit of a culture shock - but it’s such a wonderful place to live’
A Londoner who relocated to Kent is launching a month-long festival of events to help multicultural communities put down roots in the county.
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Revealed: The £8m plans to transform abandoned Kent garden centre
An abandoned garden centre is set to be transformed into an £8 million residential care centre with a community cafe and hub open to the public.
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Town pledges over £117k in bid to buy Stag Theatre
Sevenoaks mayor says the community's response highlights the venue's significance to the town.
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‘I was blown away by five-star feast at Frederick Maison in Maidstone’
A flight of English wines and modern European dishes were on the menu when our reporter visited the sister restaurant of a town centre favourite.
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Queues form as Ashford’s first Taco Bell opens on growing business park
Queues formed at a brand new Taco Bell restaurant, which has opened close to KFC and Aldi.
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Lord Mayor’s Awards open for nominations
It’s time to get your nominations in for the 2026 Lord Mayor’s Award, which will see unsung heroes from the Canterbury district celebrated for their selfless dedication to helping others. The post Lord Mayor’s Awards …
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Villagers celebrate after divisive bid for new housing estate in Kent rejected
Residents said it would ruin their waterside village in Kent
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Kent grammar school to expand amid ‘unanticipated’ surge in pupil numbers
A grammar school is to expand after an “unanticipated” surge in pupil numbers left it 80 pupils above its current capacity.
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Opening date confirmed for Ashford’s third Aldi store after months of roadworks
Shoppers do not have long to wait for the unveiling of a town’s third Aldi store with an opening date now confirmed.
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Folkestone residents evacuated after Burstin fire allowed to return home 11 days later
Residents evacuated from flats next to the fire-hit Grand Burstin Hotel have been allowed to return home 11 days after the blaze.
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Unwanted clothes being used to help fill potholes in Kent town
An inventor is working with a council to test a pothole repair material made from recycled textiles which could cut waste and maintenance costs.
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Work to begin on Ashford’s first-ever Primark in former Debenhams
Contractors will soon start work to transform a former Debenhams store into a town’s first-ever Primark.
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Domino's wins bid to open new pizza branch beneath highly rated Kent hotel
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Campaign for free parking trial in Kent town centres in bid to save high streets
A campaign has been launched to provide an hour of free parking in town centres in an area of Kent
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Parts of Grand Burstin Hotel to be rebuilt as fire-ravaged building ‘not at risk of collapse’
Parts of The Grand Burstin Hotel are set to be rebuilt after engineers confirmed the building is not at risk of collapse following a huge fire.
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Neighbours evacuated after hotel fire can return
Structural engineers find the Folkestone hotel is not at risk of collapse.
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‘Thanks for the memories’: Closure of 50-year-old Kent boxing club met with outpouring of love
Former coaches and boxers have paid tribute to a club that has coached thousands of youngsters over its almost 50-year history.
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‘It’s part of Ashford’s history’: The 300-year-old site set to become council flats
A long-vacant site with centuries of history is set for a new lease of life under plans for 160 council flats.
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Update on future of Folkestone's Grand Burstin Hotel after fire caused 'considerable damage'
Displaced residents of a nearby block of flats are now able to return home
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Campaign for free parking trial in Medway in bid to save high streets
A petition has been launched urging a council to offer an hour of free parking across its town centres to help increase footfall.
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