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Local mum and business woman Stephanie Hayman and owner of thebestof has been announced as a finalist in the prestigious NatWest everywoman Awards.

You can pick your own pumpkins and make delicious muffins for a Halloween treat.

Have your say about which services should stay and which should go.

There's lots going on for Bonfire Night locally. Make sure you keep safe if doing your own firework displays.

Beetroot is in season so Pieter Van Zyl gives us a recipe to make the most of these seasonal local vegetables.

The announcement that many more houses are being considered on the outskirts of Deal, the job losses at Pfizer and the complexity of the Dover Harbour ownership model could lead us all as members of the public to wonder when things will return to normal.

Pieter Van Zyl of the Chequers Inn shares his method for making that perfect omelette.

Exporatory drilling will take place around Deal and Sandwich to assess the potential to extract shale gas from below ground. Will this cause terrible environmental damage and disruption to locals?