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A sleep-deprived resident is overjoyed after a clanging manhole was fixed following a month of torment. Phoebe, who lives on Lower Stone Street in Maidstone, said the noise sounded like “a gun going off” every five seconds. The faulty drain forced her to wear earplugs both day and night as the sound could clearly be heard through her double glazing. It started around six weeks ago and clanged every time a vehicle wheel was driven directly over it. Phoebe has lived in her flat for more than seven years and says the noise was the worst it had ever been. A 20-second video recorded during the rush…