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He's stepping down after more than 15 years at the helm
05/08/2025

He's stepping down after more than 15 years at the helm

05/08/2025

Plans include two-bed, three-bed, and four-bed dwellings...

It’s fended off competition from far larger and better resourced towns
05/08/2025

It’s fended off competition from far larger and better resourced towns

Listen to kmfm for the latest travel and traffic news 🚆
05/08/2025

Listen to kmfm for the latest travel and traffic news 🚆

Could you have £50k just waiting to be claimed?
05/08/2025

Could you have £50k just waiting to be claimed?

Crews tackled the flames using hose reel jets...
04/08/2025

Crews tackled the flames using hose reel jets...

A third branch is also being looked into by the education watchdog
04/08/2025

A third branch is also being looked into by the education watchdog

How often do you click on a link after searching for something on Google? 🔍💭If you are anything like us, the answer will...
03/08/2025

How often do you click on a link after searching for something on Google? 🔍💭

If you are anything like us, the answer will be a lot less than you used to.

Google’s AI Overviews, those little snippets of information that answer whatever question you are asking without having to visit a website, have soared in popularity and it’s not surprising. They are a much better way to quickly find the information you are looking for.

Unfortunately, they also have the side effect of making it almost impossible for publishers like us to run websites like KentOnline for free.

Google is taking all the information our journalists have researched and written to create its Overviews - but we don’t receive a penny for it. And with far fewer people feeling the need to click through to our site, our advertisers miss out too.

We don’t think that’s fair, but unfortunately Google is so big and so powerful there’s nothing we can do about it. 🙄

The model we have used to fund KentOnline since 1999 is fundamentally broken, which is why we are talking about digital subscriptions quite so often.

We are enormously grateful to the thousands of people who have already placed their trust - and their money - with us to take out a subscription. 🙏

We hope it will allow us to continue covering courts, councils and campaigning on your behalf for years to come, but the reality is the number of people subscribing is a tiny fraction of those who read KentOnline for free.

We are acutely aware of the financial pressures many are under at the moment, which is why we try to make as much of our content as we can free to read. But if you can afford to support us, it will make all the difference.

👉 Go to www.kentonline.co.uk/subscribe to find out more about the benefits a digital subscription provides, including an ad-lite experience and exclusive content. And don’t forget you can get 50% off with the special HALFPRICE code!

The road has been blocked off by officers...
03/08/2025

The road has been blocked off by officers...

There'll be music, street food, a vintage market and a classic car show...
03/08/2025

There'll be music, street food, a vintage market and a classic car show...

Our reporter went to try a sport that's more than 100 years old, but you probably haven't heard of it...
03/08/2025

Our reporter went to try a sport that's more than 100 years old, but you probably haven't heard of it...

They survived the threat of a theme park but now face expulsion
03/08/2025

They survived the threat of a theme park but now face expulsion

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