How a secret woodland is healing nature and health
From mental health to wildlife, how recovery is taking place in Kent's ancient Combwell Wood.
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🌟 Top pick (85/100, genuinely heart-warming): How a secret woodland is healing nature and health · Kent. 💬 From mental health to wildlife, how recovery is taking place in Kent's ancient Combwell Wood. 🏪 Greater London business win: Thanet dad and team recognised with E2 award of excellence for Ramsgate’s Fiat 500 Specialist Cars business · Margate. (10 more shop / business stories below.) 🗞️ Plus 29 more feel-good stories below, mostly about achievement (10), community (7), sports (4). Grab a brew ☕ and have a scroll. You'll feel a bit brighter for it.
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Thanet dad and team recognised with E2 award of excellence for Ramsgate’s Fiat 500 Specialist Cars business
A Minnis Bay dad-of-two has received an E2 Media Award of Excellence for his independent car sales business. Danny Townsend [...]
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Queen of the Night at Tunbridge Wells' Assembly Hall Theatre celebrates Whitney magic
The audience was up on its feet and singing along to those superb Whitney Houston numbers
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Carts, whips and sedan chairs: Take a peek inside one of Kent’s most quirky museums
Take a free peek inside a town’s unique carriage museum as it celebrates its 80th year.
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Artists contribute works for Marine Studios Secret Postcard Auction
By Dan Thompson More than 40 artists have already made A6-sized original artworks to support Margate’s Marine Studios – and [...]
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Thousands of trees to be planted and hedges restored in 10-year project
The £200,000 Canterbury Hedge project to connect the woodland between the city of Canterbury and the coast got underway today (Thursday 23 April). The post Thousands of trees to be planted and hedges restored in 10-ye…
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Kent’s largest college group receives more than £3 million government funding
Kent’s largest college group is set to receive more than £3 million in government investment to revamp its facilities.
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Town’s community sound installation ‘Story Quilt’ premieres at Arts in Ramsgate
A new community arts project funded by the Ramsgate Pride in Place: Bring it to Life Fund opens this Friday(May [...]
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The tiny olde worlde Kent village in a lush green valley where the inventor of Pimm's was born
This little-known village was the birthplace of the man behind the nation's favourite summertime drink
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'This iconic landmark is going nowhere - it's one of town's success stories'
While the future of several Kent windmills remains unclear, trustees behind one landmark say theirs is “going nowhere” as it continues to thrive.
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Town's motorcycle maker long gone but still loved
Dover Transport Museum is exhibiting its collection of Norman motorcycles built in Ashford.
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The 'amazing' Kent bar with unparalleled views named among the UK's best
It is in the running for an impressive national award
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Kent animal park unveils plans for new state-of-the-art cheetah enclosure
Bosses of a Kent animal park have unveiled plans to build a new cheetah enclosure ahead of an opening next year.
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Music legend Tony Christie announces Kent concerts despite his dementia battle
‘Amarillo’ singer Tony Christie primed for back-to-back emotional farewell shows.
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Kent’s largest college group receives more than £3 million government funding
Kent’s largest college group is set to receive more than £3 million in government investment to revamp its facilities.
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Packed theatre and a celebrity in the audience was not what I was expecting
Heading to The Marlowe to watch Shakespeare, I wasn’t expecting to see the theatre packed out - let alone a famous actress in the crowd.
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Experts monitoring dolphin in Kent river
Experts say they are monitoring a dolphin in a lock on the River Medway in Kent.
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The power of opera is still strong with this incredible performance
Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, a classic story of a jealous husband, gripped audiences at the Marlowe Theatre.
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Before the Burstin: Historic images show how seafront was transformed
A dive into the history of an iconic Kent venue, with more to its story than first meets the eye.
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‘It’s a huge moment’: Breakthrough means work could finally start on thousands of new Kent homes
Work on thousands of planned new homes could finally get underway after a breakthrough in the barrier that has stalled developments for years.
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19,000 Maidstone homes and businesses to benefit from £3 million broadband upgrade
The investment promisesto deliver “faster, more reliable broadband” across the town
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Secret Kent
An ancient woodland is leading the way in conservation and helps people's mental health.
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Bosses reveal plans for Kent’s next seaside sauna
Bosses behind a seaside sauna business have announced further expansion plans for another Kent venue at a well-known coastal beauty spot.
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Smash hit West End musical based on an extraordinary true story heads to Kent
Irrepressible wartime comedy opens for a limited run this month at the county’s biggest theatre.
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East Kent indie-rock band aKadem get set to release third single
East Kent indie-rock five-piece aKadem will drop their third single, ‘Altercation’, released digitally on Friday 8 May via Rezzonator Music. [...]
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These pubs, hotels, restaurants and chefs have been named the best in Kent
After a record-breaking number of votes, meet the Kent & Medway Food & Drink Awards champions
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Anna Friel, Pascale Kann and cast film at Cliftonville Lido for BBC’s The Dream Lands
Filming for BBC series The Dream Lands, with actors including Pascale Kann, Tareq Al-Jeddal, Ruby Bridal and Anna Friel, has [...]
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Artist designs bear 'full of memory' for art trail
An illustrator's Memory Bear is part of the We're Going on a Bear Hunt sculpture trail in Kent.
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Stunning hidden gem Kent beach and nature reserve where you can still avoid the crowds
The expansive seaside reserve is actually man-made
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Change makes it even easier to watch quality content on KMTV
It’s a big day for Kent’s local television channel with a change which makes it easier for people across the county to tune in.
rss_kentonline__main_news· Kent