Wikio - Kent

Case study: hard times for Britain’s pubs (Times Online)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:35:54 GMT

As the only watering hole for miles around, Sean Whelan’s historic pub in the picturesque Kent village of Doddington should be thriving. Instead, he is struggling to keep the Chequers Inn afloat and is lucky if he sees ten customers a night. “It’s really tough and we’re losing a lot of money. It’s the cost of everything – it’s just soaring,” he told The Times. “Joe Bloggs on the street can buy alcohol...

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Deal Making offers live option in Kent (ESPN)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:29:43 GMT

A trio of 3-year-olds who ran well in the Grade 2 Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga earlier this month, including winner Wesley and beaten favorite Adriano, head an 11-horse lineup for Saturday's Grade 3, $500,000 Kent Stakes at Delaware Park.

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The tragedies that prompted ‘our massive wake-up call’ (Times Online)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:36:18 GMT

Bacteria will be present in hospitals as long as people are, but vital lessons in infection control have been learnt since outbreaks of Clostridium difficile caused the death of at least 90 patients at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in Kent.

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DVD Verdict 217 - View from the Couch [08/28/08] (Circumstantial Evidence)

thecouch@dvdverdict.com (Kent and Michelle Dixon) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Neither vertigo, mispronunciations, nor gazebo tipping wind storms will keep Kent and Michelle from recording this week's show. It's a raucous romp through the jungles of Orangutan Island , as Couch Entertainment news takes on Barenaked problems, Shia Lebouf and comedic Transformers, Vin Diesel is back in Black, and Bollywood's Hari Puttar. Michelle Flick Swap's Cloverfield ! Brand new Couch trivia!!...

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Help is on the way (True Blue LA)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:35:55 GMT

Tony Jackson is reporting that the other Blake has been recalled. Osuna has been cut loose. I'm going to assume that DeWitt passed muster in Vegas at 2nd or they wouldn't be making this move. This does give us a better option then playing Kent when he is tired or hurt and I for one can't wait to see Blake come in for defensive purposes when they double switch out Kent late in games. Of all the surprises...

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Rows over new sports facilities (BBC News)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:33:42 GMT

Rows break out over efforts to build sports facilities which could be used in the lead up to the 2012 games.

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Helicopter traps speeding drivers (BBC News)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:12:24 GMT

A police helicopter in Kent and Essex is being used to catch speeding motorists, but only while out on other calls, say officers.

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Two dead after motorcycles crash (BBC News)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:36:42 GMT

Two motorcyclists die after their bikes crash in a head-on collision in Sevenoaks.

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The Great British Holiday (Observations from the Hillside)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:44:00 GMT

The wife and I used yesterday’s bank holiday as an excuse to get out our National Trust membership cards and visit Chartwell ; the former home of Winston Churchill. It lies just outside of Westerham in Kent, about twenty minutes drive for us, we’ve visited before, in the winter when only the gardens were open, so this time we got a chance to look around the house and the studio where the legendary...

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What George Orwell Wrote, 70 Years Later to the Day (Voices - All Things Digital)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:02:02 GMT

Aug. 12 began as a hot morning in Aylesford, Kent, England, only to be followed by a powerful thunderstorm in the afternoon. Meanwhile, the blackberries were beginning to redden. Aug. 12, 1938, that is. The observations were made by George Orwell, whose copious diaries are now being published every day in blog form, exactly 70 years after they were made.

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Environment agency warns government over climate change damage (ENN: Top Stories)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:11:01 GMT

Lord Smith, the new head of the Environment Agency, this week gave a cautionary warning to the government over the folly of continuing with climate damaging super projects like the third runway at Heathrow, and the proposed new coal power station at Kingsnorth in Kent. He also highlighted the threat that climate change induced sea level rises and coastal erosion will have on the UK’s coast line and...

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Baroness Thatcher commentary Living with dementia (The Telegraph)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:51:04 GMT

Angela Smith's husband Freddie 75 was diagnosed with dementia 11 years ago. Here the 59yearold from Bexleyheath Kent describes what it is like to live with a dementia patient.

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Losses of Stock in public libraries (The Good Library Blog)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:12:46 GMT

The Bookseller has a headline about Kent County Council losing 200 thousand pounds of books. (Despite their rather surprising spelling) This is an important subject. Realistically public libraries lose at least as much and actually a great deal more books than an equivalent book retailer. Not only is there the level of theft by staff and customers that, sadly, has to be anticipated, but there is also...

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Were You There When Pius XII Ruined The World, Were You There? (Cally's Kitchen)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:04:00 GMT

An interesting Comment page in the Catholic Herald this week. Amongst the letters, there is this excellent one from Mr. Sean O'Connor or Tonbridge, Kent. SIR- I was astonished to read in Andrew Brown's review of Gerard Noel's book Pius XII: The Hound of Hitler the assertion [that] Pius XII contributed to causing the First World War and also contributed to causing the Second World War. I remember reading...

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Kent thrash Lancashire (ECB)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:48:15 GMT

Kent crushed Lancashire by 211 runs in the LV County Championship Division One clash despite Mark Chilton’s ton for them at Canterbury.

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Langat takes 1500m gold for Kenya (BBC News)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:28:06 GMT

Medal hopes are dashed for Ashford's Lisa Dobriskey who is fourth in the 1500m after Kenya's Nancy Jebet Langat.

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Body in lake identified by police (BBC News)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:49:18 GMT

A man whose body was found in a lake is formally identified as a local man who had been reported missing.

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Cricket: Chilton shows grit, but wickets running out (Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk )

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

SOME innings save matches; others save careers. Whatever Mark Chilton does today, it will almost certainly not be enough to secure the most improbable of victories for Lancs against Kent.

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To let: Art deco Stillness house in Sundridge Park, Kent (Retro To Go)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:57:00 GMT

The house market isn't up to much right now, but the lettings market is booming - and art deco Stillness house in Sundridge Park, Kent is one of the best on the market. It's a grade-II listed house, the work...

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Joseph haul leaves Kent in charge (BBC News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:54:26 GMT

Kent close day two at Canterbury with a lead of 303 at 125-1 in their second innings, having bowled out Lancashire for 125.

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