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Disco ball 'falls onto table outside Starbucks'

Disco ball 'falls onto table outside Starbucks'

A customer has reported a disco ball falling onto his table as he sat outside a coffee shop.

Christmas is coming! Festive lights switched on... in height of summer

Christmas is coming! Festive lights switched on... in height of summer

It might only be August, but find out which Kent town has already turned on some of its Christmas lights.

Pair on trial over £8.5m drugs haul

Pair on trial over £8.5m drugs haul

Police uncovered Kent's biggest ever haul of cannabis resin worth £8.5million when they swooped on a lorry in a country lane, a trial heard.

Police remove 'skimmer' from cash machine

Police remove 'skimmer' from cash machine

Officers checked all of the ATMs in Ashford town centre after "suspicious equipment" was removed from the Santander cash machine

Smartphone stolen from Starbucks

Smartphone stolen from Starbucks

Police have released the image of a man they are trying to trace in connection with the theft of a mobile phone from a coffee shop

'I was really scared... all I could do was wait'

'I was really scared... all I could do was wait'

A taxi driver minutes from death after becoming trapped in a water-filled ditch for 14 hours has spoken of his horrifying ordeal.

Van protest in dispute over gates

Van protest in dispute over gates

A potato shop owner has had a van specially sign-written in a bitter dispute over electric gates which he says threaten his business.

Boss Cugley excited by teenage striker Ter Horst

Boss Cugley excited by teenage striker Ter Horst

Folkestone Invicta boss Neil Cugley has heaped praise on teenage striker Johan Ter Horst.

Lawson excited about move to Hythe

Lawson excited about move to Hythe

Hythe's new signing Rhys Lawson says he is very excited about his move to Reachfields.

Rape victim 'lost faith in mankind' after vicious attack

Rape victim 'lost faith in mankind' after vicious attack

A woman prayed for her life as a rapist - now behind bars for nearly five years - attacked her.

Shop owner fends off knife-wielding robber with wooden plank

Shop owner fends off knife-wielding robber with wooden plank

A brave shopkeeper lashed out at a robber wielding a knife as they tried to raid a store.

Elderly man assaulted by 'cowardly thug'

Elderly man assaulted by 'cowardly thug'

A pensioner was left shaken and with a swollen face after a "cowardly thug" punched him to the ground and stole from his home.

Woman suffers head injury after falling from wall

Woman suffers head injury after falling from wall

Paramedics and an air ambulance were called to an Ashford street after a 39-year-old woman was injured in a fall.

Lucky escape for motorist whose car overturned

Lucky escape for motorist whose car overturned

A brother has spoken of his relief after learning his sister is alive, after her car flipped over in Folkestone last night.

Strip club row ends in knife attack on wife

Strip club row ends in knife attack on wife

A man has been jailed for attacking his wife with a knife when the pair had a furious row over his late-night visit to a strip club.

Pair in court after heroin worth £1.5m seized at tunnel

Pair in court after heroin worth £1.5m seized at tunnel

Border staff seize 30 kilos of heroin worth £1.5m hidden in a car's dashboard.

Mobile phone stolen in KFC

Mobile phone stolen in KFC

Police are looking for a man they would like to speak to in connection with the theft of a Blackberry phone from KFC

Female driver freed from car after M20 crash

Female driver freed from car after M20 crash

A woman was trapped in her car after a smash involving two cars and an HGV took place between junctions 11 and 12 of the M20 motorway, near Folkestone

Woman freed after pile-up on M20

Woman freed after pile-up on M20

A woman was cut free from her trapped car after a three-vehicle pile-up near Cheriton this morning.

Lucky escape from tumble dryer fire

Lucky escape from tumble dryer fire

A good samaritan in Folkestone called firefighters to a property that had become smoke logged, after a blaze broke out in a tumble dryer this morning.

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