Care assistant Sarah Gaskin jailed for abusing dementia sufferers at Hillbeck Residential Care Home, Bearsted

A 38-year-old care assistant has been sent to prison for nine months for cruelty to elderly dementia sufferers in a residential home.

from KentOnline News http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/care-assistant-jailed-for-mistreating-96072/

Brothers Josef and Marian Dzuga jailed for human trafficking

Two brothers who condemned trafficked people to a life of misery have each been jailed for six years.

from KentOnline News http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/brothers-jailed-for-human-trafficking-96080/

UKIP Thanet councillor Mo Leys resigns

A UKIP councillor has resigned his seat but says issue is "private"

from KentOnline News http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/ukip-thanet-councillor-resigns-seat-96074/

The Household Tasks You’ve Been Putting Off for Too Long

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Many of us have a long list of things we want to do around the house someday. But actually

doing any of those tasks just feels like work, y’know? And who wants to do work at home? We’re here to relax, to get comfortable, to just do our own thing. After hard days at work, the last thing we want to do is run through a list of more work to do on our homes.

But once you’ve gotten some of these household tasks done, you’ll feel so much better for it. And I’m not talking about the kind of tasks that you should be doing frequently anyway. Taking out the trash, doing some dusting... those are things you’ll just have to do again tomorrow or next week, anyway!

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I’m talking about tasks that have more long-term effects. They may be more time-consuming, but they are totally worth doing. So consider taking a day or two off work to do one (or all!) of these tasks. Or just do it over the weekend!

Going environmentally friendly

Things have definitely changed since the nineties and early 2000s. Now, it seems, most families are actually very eager to go green in their homes. But taking steps to go as green as possible at home definitely does take time. It’s because there are so many little changes to make that it all adds up! You could just do a task a week for a while. But why not just set aside a few hours and go through a big list?

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Switch all your light bulbs to CFL bulbs. Find out what paper correspondence you’re receiving that can be switched to online versions. (Bank statements and invoices, for example.) Get a private energy audit to assess what other improvements you can make at home!

Getting rid of all that junk

Over the years, we all accumulate so much stuff. And there’s no word more apt for describing those possessions. It’s just... stuff. We don’t need it and it’s just cluttering up our homes. Actually going through everything and getting of things, though? Definitely harder than it sounds.

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But you can do it! Get a schedule together and go through every room. Get rid of all the clutter. If you don’t use it or love it, it’s clutter. The clothes you don’t wear. The books you don’t read. That chair no-one sits on because you can feel the springs digging into you. Don’t be afraid to get rid of larger items! You can get help from a removals company if you’re done with those large objects.

Clearing and updating your computer

Does your computer sound like it’s about to take off and fly whenever you turn it on? Does it lag? Does it take more than three seconds for the start menu to appear? Then you probably need to declutter your computer as well as your house.

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Get a USB stick or, better yet, a big external hard drive. Get all those images and videos onto that drive. Delete anything you don’t think you’ll use again. If you’ve ended up deleting gigabytes worth of stuff, look into defragging. You should then look into updating your hardware - your graphics card probably needs an update, for example!

from Home My Heaven: Home Improvement Blog UK http://www.homemyheaven.co.uk/2016/05/the-household-tasks-youve-been-putting.html

Hovercraft Princess Anne to be saved from being destroyed

The Princess Anne hovercraft looks set to be saved from being destroyed after it was confirmed that the Hovercraft Museum Trust will take on the lease

from KentOnline News http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/hovercraft-will-not-be-destroyed-96058/

Ashford murder victim at flats in Bybrook Road, Kennington, named locally as 51-year-old Lee Walden

A 51-year-old man found dead in his home - sparking a murder inquiry - has been named locally.

from KentOnline News http://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/murder-victim-named-locally-96062/

Hadlow Group to close Tunbridge Wells campus

A group of further education colleges is to close a site where it teaches 300 students, putting about 50 jobs at risk.

from KentOnline News http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent-business/county-news/hadlow-college-close-tunbridge-wells-campus-96059/