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A pub is facing a review of its licence following concerns the landlord has failed to report violent assaults and it has become associated with “serious crime”. Kent Police have requested the removal of the designated premises supervisor (DPS) of the Woodland Tavern, formerly The Canterbury Tales, in Gillingham. In a report to Medway Council’s joint licencing committee with Gravesham Council, the force says two assaults went unreported at the venue in Canterbury Street, including one in which a customer was allegedly punched by a staff member after clapping to get their attention. Police alleg…