Residents in the quaint Kentish village of Chartham have been left bewildered by an odd online advertisement vending grass verges adjacent to their homes-with the suggestion that they are perfect for" the travelling community".... The now-deleted online listing offered these slender strips of land, hinting they could be a fit for a" portable home" or" forest school".In what some villagers are calling a" provocative" move, the ad slapped a ￡8, 000 price tag on the land, speculating if it was int

KUALA LUMPUR: George Kent( M) Bhd has signed a memorandum of understanding( MoU) with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corp( MDEC) to promote the growth of the tech ecosystem.“ Under the terms of the MoU, both parties will jointly promote initiatives that will benefit and drive growth of the tech ecosystem in the country.“ This collaboration between George Kent and MDEC is a mutually beneficial public-private partnership that enables the government to accelerate the growth of the country’s tech ecos

This July 7, 2021 photo shows an autonomous bus in service at the athletes' village for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in the capital's Harumi waterfront area.... Toyota said Monday the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has made the decision on the resumption of bus services.... Font Size S M L Print Timeline 0....

It’s going to completely destroy the Green Belt and change the entire complexion of an area that has been like this for centuries.“ We are not NIMBYist and are more than happy to have housing here.... It’s as if they have already made their minds up.” A senior Conservative familiar with the plans admitted: “ It’s one of those moments when you say to yourself-what the hell is the point of being a Tory if you can’t protect this?... Seemingly determined to build in the parish of Capel, the boroug

A new long-distance cycling route through Kent has been unveiled to mark Kent Day, an annual celebration of the ancient county. The Cantii Way, launched by charity Cycling UK on Thursday, is 145 miles long( 234km) and begins and ends in the village of Wye, close to Ashford in Kent. The route is designed to take cyclists through the diverse scenery and history of the so-called Garden of England.It can be ridden in one go over three or four days and passes through Canterbury, Whitstable, Folkeston

A seaside village is facing losing its only school because a surge in holiday homes bought by wealthy owners has left it with just 10 pupils. Families have been priced out of the village dubbed" Cheshire-by-the-Sea" because of the number of second home owners snapping up the coastal properties over the Welsh border. The village of Abersoch is left as a" ghost town" for chunks of the year as holiday homes become empty when the season is over. And locals say the" heart will be ripped out of the vi

All visitors must obtain my permission before being allowed to enter the village.“ After all, the safety of all villagers is my priority, ” he said. Kampung Sebir is a rural village in Labu, Negri Sembilan, which is around 9km west of Seremban.... As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/ medium.... Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item....

Most of the time, Donna Anderson loves living in Barton-under-Needwood, a sweet Staffordshire village on the banks of the Trent and Mersey canal. There is just one problem.... Severn Trent Water dumped sewage into the stream in Barton-under-Needwood once a month on average in 2020, the most recent year that figures are available. This might sound like a nasty isolated incident, but sadly it is not.... Together, the two pipes were pumping sewage into the river for more than 8, 000 hours in 2020

Villagers were left stunned when they discovered a massive increase in car parking charges after initially thinking the hike had been an April Fool's Day prank.... Motorists were shocked to find that all-day parking in School Lane, Herne, Kent had skyrocketed from ￡2.20 to ￡15. Locals claim that the car park usage has significantly decreased since the price hike, impacting local businesses.... Parking fees have now skyrocketed to ￡1.90 per hour, just 30p shy of the previous daily rate, with a

The athletes' village for the Tokyo Olympics is seen on July 13, 2021.... Just 17 of the infections among people connected with the Paralympics were among athletes' village residents.... The Wednesday figures included four new infections, and with the closing of the athlete's village, marked the last of the organizers' daily infection reports....