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Should patients be fined for missing doctors appointments? 麻豆约拍 Radio Kent has learnt that on average, patients are failing to show up for one-in-20 GP appointments in the county. It has prompted a think tank to call on the government to allow surgeries to fine patients if they routinely fail to turn up.

Ashford has finished bottom of the heap for recycling in the country for the second year in a row. Despite vowing to improve last year, after recycling just 15% per cent of its household waste, it is now only recycling 14%.

The authority says the figures are out of date, because it has recently extended a kerbside recycling scheme to two thirds of the borough, and is promising a new waste collection contract from 2013 will lift the figure to around 40%.

We look ahead to The Queen and Prince Philip's visit to Margate tomorrow. It was back in July 1993 the couple last made a visit to Thanet. She was there to name a lifeboat and see the work of The Royal Sea Bathing Hospital in Margate.