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Vintage Margate seafront telescope on display at hotel • Apr. 11, 2025, 11:54 PM ET (BBC)

Teenager's drug death not linked to ambulance, says coroner • Apr. 11, 2025, 9:10 AM ET (BBC)

Turner painting arrives in Margate for anniversary • Apr. 7, 2025, 2:35 AM ET (BBC)

Margate mum 'driven mad' by mice and fleas in council home • Apr. 4, 2025, 7:52 AM ET (BBC)

Margate: Plans approved to restore and reopen Winter Garden • Mar. 22, 2025, 3:06 AM ET (BBC)

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