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Ashford Borough Council

Sk8side youth centre in Ashford with The Stour Leisure Centre in the background

Youth centre to close over lack of funding

Sk8side youth club in Ashford is to close its doors on Saturday after 23 years.

An outdoor colonade style shopping centre. There are several shops in the picture as well as large pot plants and a bench with a young man sitting and reading. The sky is overcast.

Petition submitted over shopping centre closure

Campaigners are calling for a full debate on Park Mall to be held by Ashford Borough Council.

An artist's impression of an aerial view over the site.

Residents asked for views on park redevelopment

A consultation on the plan for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Park in Ashford is open until 18 July.

Two women with their backs to the camera in black tops. The tops have red and white writing on the back reading: "The Ashford cinema for everyone".

Community cinema to continue for another 18 months

The Ashford Cinema will remain open after a successful year of trading, the borough council says.

The entrance to Park Mall shopping centre, with blue glass tiles

Deadline for shops to move out of mall extended

Tenants in the shopping centre had been given until the end of August to move.

The side of a black parking metre. There is a blue sticker with a white P on it. In the background is a white van parked behind a number of cars in a street

Rise in reports of parking scams duping drivers

Medway, Ashford, Thanet and Dover Councils have issued recent warnings to motorists over QR codes.

An outdoor street in a shopping centre. There is a woman in a grey coat walking in the red bricked-alley.

Anger expressed over closure of shopping centre

Shops in Park Mall in Ashford have until the end of August to move out of the shopping centre.

A white car with an electric charging cable plugged into its charging port. The car has its charging port flap open and a yellow electricity warning triangle sticker sits on the inside.

More EV charging points in council car parks

The new charging points are part of a council effort to push for net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

The villagers of Hamstreet and its environs outside Ashford Borough Council's office

Villagers relieved after expansion plans rejected

Ashford Borough Council reject expansion plan, saying there is no "benefit to the community".