By Ewan Murray West Ham United continue their preparations for the 2024/25 season when they take on Dagenham & Redbridge in a friendly this Saturday. New manager Julen Lopetegui took charge of his first match as Hammers boss last Monday, leading his si…
QPR vs Tottenham: Preview, predictions and lineups
By Ewan Murray Tottenham continue their pre-season preparations when they face Queens Park Rangers in a friendly on Saturday afternoon. The Lilywhites hammered Cambridge United 7-2 behind closed doors before travelling to Edinburgh to face Hearts on We…
High Wych man recognised for lifelong learning at ACL Essex awards ceremony
A High Wych man described his experience on an adult learning course as “eye-opening” after receiving an award. Cornelius Keating won the Lifelong Learning award as ACL Essex celebrated its learners, staff and apprentices at a ceremony at Central Bapti…
Historic graffiti at Dover Castle, Canterbury Cathedral and Westwood Cross is valued now so are today’s vandals doing us a service?
When does engraving your name or initials into a building stop being vandalism and morph into historic importance? For example, in one of the car parks at Westwood Cross there is the last remaining bit of wall that once formed the hospital which occupi…
Sawbridgeworth Evangelical Congregational Church launches ‘make lunch’ sessions for families during summer holidays
A church is restarting its Make Lunch sessions during the summer holidays, giving families the chance to join together for a hot meal and enjoy fun and games and craft making. The free initiative at Sawbridgeworth Evangelical Congregational Church (SEC…
Plans for 298 homes in Frognal Lane, Teynham, approved
The next phase of a 298-home development has been approved despite claims developers are simply “plonking boxes down.” Plans for the sprawling estate on Frognal Lane, Teynham, include more than £4 million for local infrastructure and an expansion of th…
Thief shoplifting from Tesco in Margate and Waitrose in Ramsgate ‘to live’ after leaving prison with ‘no money or home’
A thief stole from supermarkets in order “to live” after leaving prison with no money or home to go to. Karl Brazier-Denning’s solicitor told magistrates the defendant was “trapped in a cycle”. The 30-year-old was caught on CCTV on two occasions steali…
Boss of Shepherd Neame’s The George Inn near Faversham: ‘We need to try something different’
The new boss of a pub which has seen three landlords in 15 months says he must “try something a bit different” to survive. Rob Marshall also stressed food has become an “inherent part of pub culture” amid The George Inn’s grand reopening near Faversham…
St Clare Hospice teams up with Parndon Mill arts gallery to engage ethnically diverse communities in ‘unspoken conversation’ about death and dying
A collaborative arts project has been launched to engage ethnically diverse communities in the ‘unspoken conversation’ about death, dying and loss. A series of creative art workshops are being run by Hastingwood-based St Clare Hospice in partnership wi…
Diss Museum to host prize draw to fix 200-year-old pillar
A pair of metal detectorists have inspired a fundraising draw to help replace one of Diss Museum’s 200-year-old pillars. For the past two years, the attraction has hosted displays and talks by Nick Bateman and Joe Edwards-Gill. After hearing that one o…