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A new bakery is set to open in a town’s rejuvenated high street next month. Rachel Gasson, a nurse-turned-baker, has swapped the Folkestone Harbour Arm for a permanent home in the town’s Old High Street. The shop is called Rachel Leigh Bakes and first started trading on the Harbour Arm in 2022. Now, the mum-of-four says “business is booming” and has decided to open her first shop in the heart of Folkestone on June 8. “I absolutely loved being a nurse but working through the Covid-19 pandemic forced me to reflect on what I wanted for my own life,” said the 34-year-old. “My work-life balance was…

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