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'I'd like to go home now'

'I'd like to go home now'

Cinema staff have issued an appeal to track down the owner of a cuddly toy which was left behind by a filmgoer.

MP Damian Green backs Samaritan sky dive for campaign

MP Damian Green backs Samaritan sky dive for campaign

The cabinet MP met with the founder member of the Big Boys Do Cry campaign who is sky diving with family to raise money.

New car park ticket machines set to be installed

New car park ticket machines set to be installed

The new touch screen ticket machines are planned for the end of August

Binmen thanked for saving body of family cat

Binmen thanked for saving body of family cat

The owners of a cat who was run over met with the team who saved the animal's corpse

Weight Watchers' slimmer bares all for magazine

Weight Watchers' slimmer bares all for magazine

Weight Watchers' slimmer Nicola Weston took part in a naked photoshoot for a new issue of their magazine

Contracts exchanged on brewery

Contracts exchanged on brewery

A wine maker has bought 1.6 acres of land where it aims to build a beer and cider factory.

Delays clear after M20 crash involving three lorries

Delays clear after M20 crash involving three lorries

Traffic has returned to normal, several hours after a crash involving three lorries on the motorway.

Car park gull prepares for take-off

Car park gull prepares for take-off

The gull that hatched from a nest on the top floor of an Ashford town centre car park looks set to make its maiden flight.

'No chemo unit until spring' - hospital bosses

'No chemo unit until spring' - hospital bosses

A health trust says the reopening of a chemotherapy unit for cancer patients has been delayed until next year

Cyclist taken to hospital after hitting head

Cyclist taken to hospital after hitting head

A cyclist was taken to hospital after falling off his bike.

Man in hospital after suspected stabbing

Man in hospital after suspected stabbing

A man in his 30s was taken to hospital after a suspected stabbing.

Suspicious motorcycle blaze

Suspicious motorcycle blaze

Firefighters tackled a suspicious motorcycle blaze last night.

Garden centre boss agrees sale to new family firm

Garden centre boss agrees sale to new family firm

A garden centre boss has agreed to sell his family-run site after 41 years in the business

VIDEO: Footballer to appear on Don’t Tell the Bride

VIDEO: Footballer to appear on Don’t Tell the Bride

Two childhood sweethearts - including a Kent footballer - will appear on Don't Tell the Bride tonight, tying the knot at North Kent College.

'It’s scary really, this is how kids get swapped at birth'

'It’s scary really, this is how kids get swapped at birth'

This is what happened when blundering hospital staff registered a family's new-born baby to the wrong mum.

Yobs chuck stones at parked foreign lorries

Yobs chuck stones at parked foreign lorries

Stone-throwing morons have damaged foreign lorries parked on an industrial estate, prompting anger from the company's managing director.

'Stop the spread of the ghetto'

'Stop the spread of the ghetto'

A resident fears his neighbourhood is being transformed into a 'ghetto' because so many homes have been converted into houses in multiple occupation

Council spends £3,000 on mascot costumes

Council spends £3,000 on mascot costumes

Council chiefs splashed out on nearly £3,000 to make two cartoon costumes for litter and road safety campaigns.

Mystery bin man saves cat's body from roadside for owners

Mystery bin man saves cat's body from roadside for owners

The owner said that it taught her ‘that nice people do exist’ and hopes to thank the man in person.

Man named after body found in flat

Man named after body found in flat

A 38-year-old man found dead in a flat has been described as "a likable bloke with a cheeky smile" as tributes start to flood in.

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