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May 08, 2025

VE Day: Let's party like it's 1945!

EIGHTY years ago today, Sevenoaks celebrated at street parties, bells rang and lights shone out as they hadn’t for six long years of war.

2 mins

Conservative leader Gough loses seat - full district results

THE Conservative leader of Kent County Council was one of four Tories to lose their seats to Reform UK in Sevenoaks.

1 min

the hard work starts for new people at the helm...

Commissioner Matthew Scott described the catastrophe that befell them as “potentially existential”.

2 mins

Sevenoaks Festival to return next month

SEVENOAKS Summer Festival returns on Saturday, June 21 - just six weeks away.

1 min

Town centre plan on next stage

'ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION' PROJECT MOVES A STEP CLOSER

2 mins

Rock on for Bloom

Leadline

1 min

Local elections were tough

LAST week's local elections were tough and unfortunately we lost many outstanding local councillors, including Roger Gough (former Kent County Council leader and member for Sevenoaks North and Darenth Valley) and Perry Cole in Swanley.

1 min

Wolf Hall costumes on display at Hever Castle

A UNIQUE display of historically accurate costumes from TV drama Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, is on display at Hever Castle & Gardens until November 2.

1 min

Leeds Castle in search for community choir to sing at concert

COMMUNITY choirs in Kent are being offered the chance to sing with the world-famous Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the London International Gospel Choir in the grounds of Leeds Castle for a night of musical magic in front of thousands of people.

1 min

Teamwork leads to 7,000 new trees being planted

MARKERSTUDY Group, which is headquartered in Sevenoaks, has formed a partnership with Treeapp one of the UK's leading tree planting organisations.

1 min

Another busy month at local Rotary Club

ANOTHER month - another interesting after-dinner speaker at the Rotary Club of Edenbridge and Westerham.

1 min

Gardeners urged to think of 'weeds' as wildflowers

HOUSEHOLDERS are being urged to rethink their attitude to wildflowers in gardens

2 mins

How to choose the right cover for your holiday

WITHOUT THE RIGHT INSURANCE, YOUR TRIP COULD TURN INTO A COSTLY AFFAIR, SAYS CAMILLA FOSTER

3 mins

Beware summer swindles: My guide to the latest cons

MARTYN JAMES YOUR CONSUMER RIGHTS CHAMPION

2 mins

Transmission accomplished

Alexandra Palace officially opened 150 years ago. MARION McMULLEN finds how Ally Pally became the birthplace of BBC TV

3 mins

WEED WOES

IT'S TIME TO SHOW THE DOOR TO THOSE UNINVITED SPRING GARDEN GUESTS

2 mins

RUNAWAY SUCCESS

HERE'S no stopping the runaway success of Kia in today's ever-changing car market, certainly when it comes to introducing new, all-electric models which has led them to a string of international Car of the Year awards.

4 mins

Hollman's century paves way for dramatic defeat for Kent

LUKE Hollman's maiden century paved the way for Middlesex to snatch a dramatic victory as they edged past Kent in a see-saw Rothesay County Championship classic at Lord's.

3 mins

Luke's hoping for no rain pain

CAPTAIN SCHLEMMER SAYS POOR WEATHER COST VINE LAST YEAR

2 mins

VE DAY CELEBRATIONS

Parades and parties across Britain to show our gratitude for war effort

3 mins

Dodging the enemy... and celebrating victory

D-DAY hero Jack Mortimer chuckles as he remembers belting out Moonlight Becomes You in front of hundreds of people during VE Day celebrations overseas.

3 mins

Henry's near miss just before the end

A WAR veteran whose ship was narrowly missed by a torpedo just days before VE Day says he is frightened, as he can see a world war erupting once again.

3 mins

Separate lives

Historian Margaret Sheridan, who lives in the village of Alveley in Shrops, which hosted 80 evacuees, tells how children generally weren't shipped that far away from their homes.

6 mins

Bernard was one of first to know war in Europe was over

A BRAVE young man from Crewe had one hell of a secret to keep during the Second World War. It was no ordinary secret... but frontline codebreaker Bernard Morgan was no ordinary young man.