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Revealed: Airbnb hosts in Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay rent rooms out for illegal breaks  |  Updated: 21:28, 04 March 2021 Rogue Airbnb hosts have been accused of trying to earn a quick buck by ignoring lockdown rules as a KentOnline investigation reveals they are renting rooms out for illegal breaks. Posing as a holidaymaker from London, our reporter Jack Dyson asked 45 of the website’s landlords across the Canterbury district if they would allow him to stay in their properties for a weekend getaway. Such breaks are currently illegal under government coronavirus restrictions, ...

MidKent College, Gillingham, closes campus restaurant and beauty salon  |  Updated: 14:59, 03 March 2021 A restaurant and beauty salon at MidKent College, which were open to the public and manned by students for training, will not reopen after lockdown is lifted. McLeods and PURE Hair and Beauty, both based at the Gillingham campus, have been hit financially due to closure during the pandemic. The restaurant and beauty salon were both at MidKent College's Gillingham campus Picture: Google Streetview Principal Simon Cook said: “Like many others in the service sectors, the financial impa...

Pictures of overflowing bins have angered residents who fear not enough is being done to prevent visitors flocking to a town.

First image of the Kent & Canterbury 'super' hospital which could become hub for healthcare in east Kent  |  Updated: 08:49, 19 February 2021 An eye-catching image reveals for the first time what a new 'super' hospital in Canterbury could look like. Plans are on the table to build the state-of-the-art facility on farmland next to the rundown Kent & Canterbury site as part of a bold vision to revolutionise healthcare in east Kent. How the super hospital in Canterbury is planned to look. Picture: Quinn Estates It is one of two options on the table, but with the pandemic stalling the drawn-out...

10 Feb 2021, 12:10 The founder of the eponymous firm of chartered surveyors has died aged 73 after a period of illness.  He passed away last Friday and leaves his wife Carol and daughters Sarah and Victoria.  A statement from Manchester-based Roger Hannah said: “We announce with immense sadness the death of our friend and founder, Roger Hannah.  “The past few years have been difficult for Roger and his family as he struggled with declining health. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this time of sadness and loss.”  Hannah founded the practice in 1979 and...