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Blue badge battle: KentOnline’s campaign to change unfair system

Blue badge battle: KentOnline’s campaign to change unfair system

Today KentOnline launches an ambitious campaign to ensure seriously ill people get fair treatment when applying for blue badges.

Collapsed road could take at least three years to fix and ‘cost tens of millions’

Collapsed road could take at least three years to fix and ‘cost tens of millions’

Any scheme to permanently fix a collapsed road caused by a major landslip will take years to complete and prove very costly, it has emerged.

Fury as GP surgeries to start charging patients to park

Fury as GP surgeries to start charging patients to park

Patients face paying to park at three Kent GP surgeries under “outrageous” new plans drawn up by health bosses.

‘It’s absurd!’: Only road through Britain’s smallest town to shut for six months – for repairs to mayor’s £1m house

‘It’s absurd!’: Only road through Britain’s smallest town to shut for six months – for repairs to mayor’s £1m house

Motorists face gridlock hell as the only road through a Kent town is to shut for six months - so repairs can be carried out to the mayor’s house.

‘There are too many unanswered questions - we can’t support this’

‘There are too many unanswered questions - we can’t support this’

Residents who “rigorously” oppose plans for a newly-approved housing estate claim there are “still too many unanswered questions” over the project.

Bake Off star comes face-to-face with lions rescued from Ukraine

Bake Off star comes face-to-face with lions rescued from Ukraine

A TV judge was among the guests at the unveiling of a new habitat built to house five lions who arrived in the county from war-torn Ukraine.

Mum captures ‘stunning’ image of cloud shaped like angel

Mum captures ‘stunning’ image of cloud shaped like angel

Residents were left mesmerised by a beautiful” cloud formation that resembled a heavenly figure.

Seaside paddling pool to shut for a year for makeover

Seaside paddling pool to shut for a year for makeover

A paddling pool will not reopen until next summer as it undergoes upgrades as part of a town centre’s £20 million regeneration scheme.

Nigel Farage to visit Kent ahead of local elections

Nigel Farage to visit Kent ahead of local elections

Reform UK’s leader is due to speak at an event in the county ahead of this year’s local elections.

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Long rush-hour delays after town centre crash

Long rush-hour delays after town centre crash

Motorists have been facing long tailbacks after an accident this evening.

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Plans for 500 homes at former barracks take shape

Plans for 500 homes at former barracks take shape

A government agency looking to build hundreds of new homes on a former military base has submitted a request for a scoping opinion.

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Young thief spared jail after violent prison assault which ended guard’s 20-year career

Young thief spared jail after violent prison assault which ended guard’s 20-year career

A prolific shoplifter who hit a prisoner worker with such force that his lower teeth were displaced and pushed under his tongue has been freed.

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Main road reopens after crash and oil spillage

Main road reopens after crash and oil spillage

Police closed off access to a busy main road after a crash involving a lorry and a car - leading to long rush-hour queues.

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Appeal to find missing teenage boy

Appeal to find missing teenage boy

Police are asking for help to find a missing 16-year-old.

Questions over funding promised to improve town centre traffic

Questions over funding promised to improve town centre traffic

KCC has been criticised for a ‘calamitous waste’ of £14m supposed to have been spent improving a town’s road junctions.

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Vietnamese street-food chain to open at Bluewater

Vietnamese street-food chain to open at Bluewater

A restaurant chain serving “fresh and healthy” Vietnamese dishes is opening its second branch in the county.

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Popular pool now closed ahead of £20m renovation project

Popular pool now closed ahead of £20m renovation project

A much-loved but tired swimming pool has now been drained of water ahead of a multimillion-pound, two-year refurbishment project.

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Violent man spat in police car after kicking and headbutting officers

Violent man spat in police car after kicking and headbutting officers

A 37-year-old man has been sent straight to prison after assaulting several police officers and spitting in a patrol vehicle.

Organisers respond to criticism of ‘hugely successful’ Bluewater Gladiators event

Organisers respond to criticism of ‘hugely successful’ Bluewater Gladiators event

The organisers behind the free event said it was “hugely successful” despite some parents posting videos of long queues and calling it a “flop”.

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‘We started fostering at just 22 and 23 - it’s been the best decision of our lives’

‘We started fostering at just 22 and 23 - it’s been the best decision of our lives’

A young couple who began fostering in their early 20s say the experience has been the best decision of their lives.

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Man still in hospital after serious motorbike crash on A2

Man still in hospital after serious motorbike crash on A2

An appeal has been made for witnesses after a man was left with serious injuries following a motorcycle crash on a busy A-road.

Lectures cancelled as uni staff strike over threat of job losses

Lectures cancelled as uni staff strike over threat of job losses

Students have seen lectures cancelled as university staff strike this week over the threat of future redundancies.

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Homes left without water as burst main turns high street into river

Homes left without water as burst main turns high street into river

A burst pipe has left 500 homes in a village without water and flooded a high street.

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Armed police descend after teen ‘spotted with samurai sword’

Armed police descend after teen ‘spotted with samurai sword’

Armed police descended on a street after a person was spotted with a weapon.

Former high street bank could be turned into flats

Former high street bank could be turned into flats

Plans have been lodged to convert Grade II-listed former bank into six flats in a town centre.

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£9bn Lower Thames Crossing project given green light by government

£9bn Lower Thames Crossing project given green light by government

Plans for the UK’s longest road tunnel, which would connect Kent and Essex, have been approved by the government.

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Roadworks spark rush-hour gridlock on busy A-road

Roadworks spark rush-hour gridlock on busy A-road

Roadworks are causing long delays on an arterial route between two Kent towns.

CCTV appeal after man assaulted by group in town centre

CCTV appeal after man assaulted by group in town centre

CCTV images have been released of a group of men following an alleged assault in a high street.

‘I don’t know where we’re going to live’: Families face eviction to make way for luxury flats

‘I don’t know where we’re going to live’: Families face eviction to make way for luxury flats

We visited a rundown block of flats set to be turned into modern seafront apartments - where families facing eviction fear ending up homeless.

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‘Slurring’ drug driver left former lecturer with life-changing injuries

‘Slurring’ drug driver left former lecturer with life-changing injuries

An Audi driver with cocaine in his system sped past a lorry so fast that it "rocked from side to side" just seconds before ploughing into a van.

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