Tributes to teen killed on New Year's day

Tributes have been left on a social networking site in memory of a pretty Gravesham teenager killed in a road traffic collision on New Year’s Day.

Sophia Edwards from Harvel, near Meopham, died in Kings College Hospital, hours after the Ford Fiesta she was travelling in hit a bus stop in Bexley Road at the junction with Glenesk Road, Eltham.

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Sheep have been killed around Ulcombe. File picture courtesy of  Colin Miles of Bapchild

Police mount night-time vigils after sheep deaths

Dogs are believed to have killed more than 40 sheep - and an ostrich! - in recent weeks. Maidstone police...

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'No regrets' say married priests banned from Church

A rector, who left his wife after falling in love with his deputy, has been banned from serving as a...

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Majority ruling in Securitas robbery trial

Jurors in the £53m Securitas robbery trial have been advised they can now return a majority verdict. Judge Mr Justice...

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Hospital chiefs admit shortcomings after death of girl, 16

Hospital chiefs have apologised for "shortcomings in care" and paid compensation to the parents of a Medway schoolgirl who died...

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Talking Point: Boring teachers score low marks

Children at schools in Kent could be failing to achieve their full potential because of boring teachers. This week Ofsted’s...

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Kent coach Graham Ford is due back from South Africa in March to prepare for the new season

Millman: Ford speculation no surprise

Kent Cricket Club have played down increasing speculation linking coach Graham Ford with the England job as replacement for under-pressure Peter Moores following the breakdown in his relationship with skipper Kevin Pietersen.

Ford, 48, is one of several people being tipped to take over, with at least one bookies installing him as favourite, having worked with Pietersen in his early

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Simeon Jackson lines up the equaliser on Sunday against Aston Villa

Jackson could go if price is right

Gillingham manager Mark Stimson admits he will be unable to stop leading scorer Simeon Jackson from leaving if a sizeable...

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Graeme Murty has signed for the Addicks on loan

Addicks snap up Murty on loan

New Charlton manager Phil Parkinson started the process of freshening up his squad with the loan signing of former Reading...

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Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill said Gillingham gave his side a big test. Picture: Matthew Walker

O'Neill praises spirited Gills

Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill praised Gillingham’s spirit following his side’s 2-1 win in the FA Cup third round tie...

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Karen Stupples - ranked 20th in the world

Stupples proves her doubters wrong

Karen Stupples can begin preparing for her 10th year on the US Women's (LPGA) golf tour knowing that she has...

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St John Ambulance Kent members wearing uniforms spanning from the 1890s to the 1990s pose with an old wheeled stretcher. Picture by John Weshtrop

St John Ambulance - still healthy after all these years

These pictures show how far first aid has come in the last 100 years. One, thought to have been taken in Kent in 1890, shows St John nurses and possibly some dignitaries sitting in front of a group of nursing...

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The Reader

Based on the award-winning novel by Bernhard Schlink, The Reader follows a man as he tries to come to terms with the Holocaust. We first...

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Farewell to Woolies

Shoppers across the country are getting ready to say a fond farewell to Woolworths. All 807 of the UK outlets will close by January 5, 2009. ...

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