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James Pallant

James Pallant joined the KM Group in July 2022 as a trainee reporter, covering the east Kent area.

Priest's bid to bulldoze church and build house thwarted

05 May 2024
Priest's bid to bulldoze church and build house thwarted

A priest’s plan to transform an abandoned church where he once held sermons into a home has been thrown out on appeal.

Town’s first Co-op opens its doors

04 May 2024
Town’s first Co-op opens its doors

A new Co-op has opened to customers, taking over disused land previously dubbed an ‘eyesore’.

Salon reopens six months after collapsed sewer forced closure

04 May 2024
Salon reopens six months after collapsed sewer forced closure

A hairdresser forced to close his salon for six months because of a collapsed sewer says he feels “amazing” to now be open again.

Appeal for witnesses as pedestrian dies after crash

04 May 2024
Appeal for witnesses as pedestrian dies after crash

Police have revealed a pedestrian died weeks after being hit by a car - and are urging more witnesses to come forward.

'He gives me nightmares - but I won’t let him silence me’

04 May 2024
'He gives me nightmares - but I won’t let him silence me’

A mum-of-two plagued by nightmares about the trauma inflicted on her by her ex-boyfriend says domestic abuse victims “should never be silenced”.

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Car and van crash on busy A-road

03 May 2024
Car and van crash on busy A-road

A crash on a busy A-road left a driver injured and two vehicles damaged.

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Bungling burglars traced after photographing themselves with stolen goods

02 May 2024
Bungling burglars traced after photographing themselves with stolen goods

Two burglars are behind bars after photos they took of their hoard of stolen goods led police to their door.

Driver rescued after blood donation van crash

02 May 2024
Driver rescued after blood donation van crash

Emergency services were scrambled after a blood donation van crashed and flipped onto its side.

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Man airlifted to hospital after multi-vehicle smash

02 May 2024
Man airlifted to hospital after multi-vehicle smash

A man has been airlifted to a London hospital following a three-vehicle crash on a major route.

Woman jailed after fatal stabbing of young man

01 May 2024
Woman jailed after fatal stabbing of young man

A Kent woman has been jailed after a young man was stabbed to death with her help.

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Ofsted tells teachers at ‘inadequate’ £80k SEN school more improvement needed

30 April 2024
Ofsted tells teachers at ‘inadequate’ £80k SEN school more improvement needed

Standards at an £80k per year special school remain ‘Inadequate’ but a returning head is making strides in the right direction, a watchdog says.

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Man taken to hospital following smash between lorry and car

30 April 2024
Man taken to hospital following smash between lorry and car

A man in his 60s has been taken to hospital following a lorry crash on a busy route.

Breast surgeon who left patients feeling ‘mutilated’ stripped of licence

30 April 2024
Breast surgeon who left patients feeling ‘mutilated’ stripped of licence

A doctor has been banned from practising medicine after breast cancer patients he performed substandard surgery on were left feeling “mutilated”.

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Stranger abducted boy and molested him in Currys carpark

27 April 2024
Stranger abducted boy and molested him in Currys carpark

A paedophile pensioner who abducted a boy off the street and molested him in a Currys car park has been jailed.

Two men charged after Channel deaths to appear in court

26 April 2024
Two men charged after Channel deaths to appear in court

Two men have been charged in connection with the deaths of five people, including a child, who were trying to cross the English Channel.

First glimpse inside £4.5m moated manor with working drawbridge

23 April 2024
First glimpse inside £4.5m moated manor with working drawbridge

A moated manor dating back to the days of Edward II which features a working drawbridge has been put up for sale for an eye-watering price.

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Plasterer left shopkeeper brain-damaged after cracking skull with tool and bat

22 April 2024
Plasterer left shopkeeper brain-damaged after cracking skull with tool and bat

A thug cracked a shopkeeper’s skull and left him brain-damaged as a row in a store ended in a bloody street fight.

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100-year-old high street butcher’s shop to be turned into five-bed house

30 March 2024
100-year-old high street butcher’s shop to be turned into five-bed house

The site of a small town butcher shop that had served customers for over 100 years is set to be transformed into a family house.

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Abuser dragged girlfriend along pier and taunted: ‘Can you swim?’

22 March 2024
Abuser dragged girlfriend along pier and taunted: ‘Can you swim?’

A cowardly thug dragged his girlfriend along a Kent pier and threatened to throw her into the sea during a campaign of controlling abuse.

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Pupil taken to hospital after puffing vape laced with ‘deadly’ drug

20 March 2024
Pupil taken to hospital after puffing vape laced with ‘deadly’ drug

A pupil collapsed outside school and was taken to hospital after puffing on a vape that had been spiked with a potentially deadly synthetic drug.

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