Sittingbourne

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Sittingbourne

(sĭt`ĭngbôrn), town (1991 pop. 35,893), Kent, SE England, on the ancient Watling Street and on the old route of pilgrimage to Canterbury. It is an agricultural market with paper, paint, and cement works. It includes Milton Regis.

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The whole business of the human race, between London and Dover, being spoliation, Mr Dorrit was waylaid at Dartford, pillaged at Gravesend, rifled at Rochester, fleeced at Sittingbourne, and sacked at Canterbury.

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Contract notice: Provision of Cleaning Services at Meadowfield School Sittingbourne.

Provision of Cleaning Services at Meadowfield School

This was at the expense of Sittingbourne which, in equal measure, had its bottom line reduced by the same amount.

A matter of bottom lines; LETTERS Racing Post Greyhounds, One Canada Square, London E14 5AP Email greyhounds@racingpost.com

Remember when Reflecting back on the wonderful years my husband and I have spent living in Sittingbourne, one person I really miss is our milkman, Terry, who used to deliver milk to our doorstep.

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Officers were called to a disturbance at the block in Henley Place, London Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, at 1.

'Stab death' outside flats

The British Youth Championship took place over six rounds throughout the season, with meetings at Leicester, Mildenhall, Northside ( Workington), Eastbourne, Scunthorpe and Sittingbourne.

Speed demon Dan a real hot property; Speedway

Applying for judicial review of a decision to close Sittingbourne Magistrates' Court in Kent, William Clegg QC told three judges the consultation process that led to the closure decision last December was so flawed that the decision should be quashed.

Government move to close courts across UKmeets first challenge; COST-CUTTING PLANS 'MAKE A MOCKERY OF PM'S BIG SOCIETY'

Situated in north Sittingbourne, work involves piling for the new Milton Creek Bridge which will span over a tidal estuary in a sensitive ecological environment.

Morgan Est wins another contract; business briefing

Eclipse Scientific Group, the UK's leading analytical food testing organisation and a member of the Inspicio Group, is pleased to announce the opening of a new facility in Sittingbourne, Kent.

Eclipse Scientific new state--of--the--art facility

M-real to close its mill in Sittingbourne in the UK

The youth pleaded not guilty to the murder of Michael Chapman, also 16, who was killed while walking home in Sittingbourne, Kent, on June 16.