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Kentish Express 🗞️ All the latest news from Ashford, Tenterden and surrounding areas - brought to you by the Kentish Express team If you have a story, call 01233 895800.

The Express is based in the centre of its core town of Ashford and also serves Tenterden and Romney Marsh. Our sister paper is the Folkestone and Hythe Express. The first issue of the Kentish Express’s forerunner, the Ashford and Alfred News appeared on July 14, 1855 - a fortnight after the Daily Telegraph made its debut. Ashford’s own newspaper had eight pages and was Kent’s first penny paper. If

you would like to advertise, call 01233 623232. Write to us at Unit 4, Park Mall, Ashford, Kent TN24 8RY.

Nobody has been arrested and police continue to appeal for information
18/06/2026

Nobody has been arrested and police continue to appeal for information

On today's podcast:📚 Mum "horrified" after school throws books in skip🏠 Homes on former school site given go-ahead🪏 Angl...
18/06/2026

On today's podcast:
📚 Mum "horrified" after school throws books in skip
🏠 Homes on former school site given go-ahead
🪏 Anglo-Saxon find by metal detectorist declared treasure
🍺 New couple take over riverside pub

Listen here: kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/mum-left-horrified-after-school-throws-hundreds-of-books-i-341637/

This is huge news! Residents have been calling for a Primark for years
18/06/2026

This is huge news! Residents have been calling for a Primark for years

The site has been hit by vandals and arsonists in recent years
18/06/2026

The site has been hit by vandals and arsonists in recent years

18/06/2026

😍 Think we've found Kent's best bus shelter!

17/06/2026

Homewood is closed today as teachers and staff begin their first of six days of strikes over redundancies...

There's only just over a couple of weeks to go...
17/06/2026

There's only just over a couple of weeks to go...

That's so much water!
17/06/2026

That's so much water!

On today's podcast:🙅Kent's biggest school closed as teachers go on strike🏥Dad praises hospital doctors who saved baby so...
17/06/2026

On today's podcast:

🙅Kent's biggest school closed as teachers go on strike
🏥Dad praises hospital doctors who saved baby son
🇮🇶Student who arrived in Kent from Iraq fears he could still be told to leave
⚽Kent footballer celebrates World Cup win

In today’s podcast, hear from a teacher who has joined a picket line outside Kent’s biggest school as strike action over job losses gets underway.

17/06/2026

There are plans for a “comprehensive restructure”

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