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The Big Cat Sanctuary of female lion Yuna, who is in a temporary home in Belgium, before being taken to the Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden

Cat sanctuary meets target to rescue Ukraine lions

The money will help rescue five lions from Ukraine and take them to the Lion Rescue Centre.

An exterior shot of the front of the Chequers Inn in Smarden with a thatched roof and white wooden panel exterior

Pub sold by Paul Hollywood's wife set to reopen

The 600-year-old Chequers Inn in Smarden is set to reopen under new management on Wednesday.

Xizi , an Amur leopard at the Big Cat Sanctuary

Oldest leopard at animal sanctuary dies

Nineteen-year-old Xizi "captured everyone's hearts" at the Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden.

A lioness in a crate ready for transportation

Three more lions rescued from war-torn Ukraine

The lionesses are in Belgium until they are due to arrive at a Kent sanctuary in November.

Lioness Yuna pictured outside in her enclosure at The Big Cat Sanctuary

Lion rescued from Ukraine takes first steps outside

Yuna, a lioness from Ukraine with shell shock, has ventured to the outside of her enclosure.

Yuna in enclosure at Big Cat Sanctuary

Traumatised lion arrives at sanctuary from Ukraine

Three-year-old lioness Yuna has arrived at her new enclosure at The Big Cat Sanctuary.

Bags made of firehoses on a display shelf.

Kent weekly round-up: 10 August -16 August 2024

Take a moment to read five stories we picked from Kent this week.

Great British Bake off star Paul Hollywood and his wife Melissa lean against a wood panelled wall in the audience of a council planning meeting. Paul is wearing spectacles on his head.

Paul Hollywood defends wife over pub sale

The Great British Bake Off judge says his family has faced 'vindictiveness' over Smarden pub sale.

Yuna, an African lioness, in her cage.

First Ukrainian lion arrives at Kent sanctuary

Yuna is the first of five lions rescued from the warzone due to make a new home in Kent.