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Reform UK councillors have rejected criticism of their first month running Kent County Council.

It's emerged that taxpayers are helping to fund the building of around 500 homes on protected countryside south of Tunbridge Wells.

A new bus service has begun linking High Brooms with Southborough and Tunbridge Wells Hospital.

A banking hub has opened at Tonbridge castle.

A consultation has begun on whether Tunbridge Wells should have its own Town Council.

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The Conservatives have lost their overall majority on Sevenoaks District Council after a revolt by their own councillors.

The founder of the West Kent Youth Theatre, Diana Edwardes, who inspired hundreds of young people over several decades, has died aged 98.

The cabinet of Tonbridge and Malling Council has applied for Village Green status to prevent development of the "River Lawn" in the heart of Tonbridge.

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Report from Wink Tomkinson

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Report from Andrew Gidley

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Report from Jamie Good

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Report from Adam Hookway

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It’s a very busy time at Folly as many abandoned, injured and sick young animals are arriving.  This time we focus on our feathered friends, it’s baby bird feeding time and boy are they hungry!

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Actors Lauren Whedbee and Robert Tremayne from the Dionysus Theatre talk to Lynn Briggs about their sparkling revival of Noël Coward’s Private Lives. 

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Berry & Lamberts’ solicitor Simeon Blewett talks to Alex Hakes about the Renter's Reform Bill

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Lisa Browning, Relationships Fundraising Manager at Hospice in the Weald, and Julia Jukes, who is a supporter of the hospice.

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Talks to Lynn Briggs about her life growing up in war torn Merseyside and her long and distinguished career in show business. 

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Louise Mackay talks to Alex Hakes about the issue of disputing residential service charges.

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Lynn Briggs spoke to Charlotte McLoughlin from Folly Wildlife Rescue for Drivetime.

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Talks to Lynn Briggs about Melanoma types, treatment and future research.

West Kent has a great variety of live music venues, featuring plenty of exciting young performers.

The Tunbridge Wells town-wide Yard Sale takes place on Saturday 14th June.

Tonbridge and the German town of Heusenstamm are celebrating 40 years of being twin towns.

Artists in the area have opened their studios to show off their work to the public.

We get tips from a GP in Southborough on how exercise and good diet can improve your general health.

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Guy Maunsell saved hundreds of lives by creating the Thames Estuary Seaforts in the Second World War and his grave is in Southborough cemetery.

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A thriving poetry reading event in Tunbridge Wells has led to one poet having her work published.

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We hear how the world famous modern artist Marc Chagall came to complete the unique stained glass windows in All Saints' Tudeley.