Month: July 2024

Targeting greater consistency will be the key for Canterbury Rugby Club head coach Matt Corker during the new season. Corker’s city side secured a seventh-placed National League 2 East finish last term, three up from the season before. While Corker was…

A mum-of-three booked an £8,000 dream holiday for her young family – only to have her bid for a passport denied by officials claiming she was not British. Gemma Tones, from Whitstable, has endured a five-month bureaucratic battle with the Home Office t…

Pies and spirits don’t seem like they’d naturally go together but they will combine at a festival. PieFest and SpiritsFest will take place together at the Livestock Market in nearby Melton Mowbray over the weekend of August 3 and 4, and you could be th…

More than 500 people came together to celebrate a fantastic campaign at Thorley Manor’s end-of-season presentation day. All teams received trophies for their efforts while there were special awards for some outstanding performances and attitudes as wel…

By Sean Walsh Matthijs de Ligt is in line for a reunion with former Ajax boss Erik ten Hag at Manchester United. The defender’s days at Bayern Munich seem numbered, and the Red Devils are making concerted efforts to bring him to Old Trafford. If De Lig…

Chatham Town are forging links with top teams to create a pathway for their promising youngsters to play in the Football League, says their chairman. First-team boss and club chairman Kevin Hake was thrilled to have seen 18-year-old Harvey Broad comple…

A town centre cocktail bar will not be allowed to stay open until 4am on Monday mornings amid an ongoing noise row with neighbours. New bosses of The Page, in Gravesend, applied to increase the venue’s hours for live music, recorded music, late-night r…

A disabled woman complaining of worsening health problems which she blames on her damp and cold flat says she feels like “no one wants to help” improve her living conditions. Mandy Croucher and her wife Donna have lived in a flat provided by Golding Ho…

An attempt to build bridges between Sudbury’s town council and business chamber has been agreed after divisions led to a town centre pilot scheme being scrapped. The two organisations will meet to discuss the possibility of a new joint working group, i…

Top radio host Iain Dale has told the Kent Politics Podcast how Suella Braverman as leader of the Conservatives would be a disaster for the party. In a searingly honest interview, the Tory-supporting veteran broadcaster said Mrs Braverman in charge wou…