Claire McWethy
News Editor at East Kent Mercury
News editor for @KM_newsroom and @Kent_Online. Got a story? Email me at [email protected]. Views are my own.
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2 weeks ago |
kentonline.co.uk | Claire McWethy
Fire crews are at the scene of a blaze at a caravan park. People living or travelling near Dering Way in Gravesend are being advised to keep their windows and doors closed due to heavy smoke coming from the scene. The alarm was raised at around 9.20pm today (Tuesday). Three fire engines are in attendance and crews are working to contain the flames.
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2 weeks ago |
kentonline.co.uk | Claire McWethy
A bus driver who killed a young girl after falling asleep at the wheel has been jailed. Martin Asolo-Ogugua had taken cannabis the night before he mounted the pavement and ploughed into nine-year-old Ada Bicakci who was riding her bicycle with her family. The 23-year-old, of Banfield Road, Southwark, was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court today (Monday) for causing the death by dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drugs.
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1 month ago |
kentonline.co.uk | Claire McWethy
There’s nothing like the satisfaction that comes from pushing open the doors of a cosy pub and easing off your boots after a country walk. And this was no ordinary walk, or pub, for that matter. I’d spent my Saturday taking in the marshes and mudflats that make up the Saxon Shore Way between Conyer and Faversham.
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Feb 20, 2025 |
kentonline.co.uk | Claire McWethy
High street retailer Quiz has closed 23 stores after tumbling into insolvency, including one branch in Kent. It comes after the fashion chain was hit by a downturn in custom, with disappointing sales over the key Christmas period. The brand was bought in a pre-pack insolvency deal, which has seen new owner Orion save 42 of its shops. However, administrators have now closed 23 stores in the UK and Ireland which were deemed “loss-making or unsustainable” by the new owner.
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Dec 11, 2024 |
kentonline.co.uk | Claire McWethy
A former nightclub, set to be turned into flats after it closed seven years ago, is on the market after developers behind the scheme went into receivership. Construction work had begun converting what was Source of Sound, better known as SOS, in Tonbridge into 23 apartments, plus a ground-floor commercial unit. However, Watling Real Estate has now listed the Avebury Avenue site for sale after receivers Martyn Ewing and Adam Stephens of Evelyn Partners were called in.
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