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Alex Langridge

Alex Langridge joined the KM Group in 2021 as a trainee reporter covering Dartford, Gravesend and Medway.

‘Dad thought the lump on his thigh was just a knock but it was cancer’

09 March 2025
‘Dad thought the lump on his thigh was just a knock but it was cancer’

The son of a retired police officer who died from cancer just six months after being diagnosed is urging people to check any “sinister” signs.

Residents’ outrage as double yellow line proposals approved

07 March 2025
Residents’ outrage as double yellow line proposals approved

A scheme to install parking restrictions to allow 24-hour emergency access to a palliative care hospice has been branded “a terrible mistake”.

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Woman accused of murdering ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ partner ‘cannot remember’ what happened

06 March 2025
Woman accused of murdering ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ partner ‘cannot remember’ what happened

A drug addict on trial accused of murdering her partner by stabbing him in the back accepts she inflicted the injuries but “cannot remember how”.

‘A manhole is not a bird table’: Sewer blocked by growing plants

05 March 2025
‘A manhole is not a bird table’: Sewer blocked by growing plants

Utility crews were shocked to find a sewer had been blocked by plants which had grown from fallen bird seed.

‘The area needs this, get it done’ - Hundreds back plan to redevelop ‘eyesore’ A2 hotel

04 March 2025
‘The area needs this, get it done’ - Hundreds back plan to redevelop ‘eyesore’ A2 hotel

Plans to transform an “eyesore” hotel into a petrol station and M&S store have received support from hundreds of residents.

Man accused of murder asked aunt if she knew ‘how to stab someone’

03 March 2025
Man accused of murder asked aunt if she knew ‘how to stab someone’

A court has heard how a man accused of murdering his mother had told his aunt he knew how to cause “maximum damage”.

Teen tried to rape woman in park

03 March 2025
Teen tried to rape woman in park

The victim of a 16-year-old who tried to rape her says she feels like a “shell of her former self”.

Kent’s The Apprentice star opens up about facial scars

02 March 2025
Kent’s The Apprentice star opens up about facial scars

A Kent businessman starring in this year’s series of The Apprentice has explained how he got his facial scarring.

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Rejected plans for 200-space lorry park on green belt fields overturned

02 March 2025
Rejected plans for 200-space lorry park on green belt fields overturned

Rejected plans to build a 200-space, 24-hour lorry park on fields in the green belt near a motorway junction have been overturned following an appeal.

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Road shut for two hours after crash involving motorcyclist

02 March 2025
Road shut for two hours after crash involving motorcyclist

A main road remains closed almost two hours after a crash thought to have involved a motorcyclist.

Main road into town centre blocked following crash

02 March 2025
Main road into town centre blocked following crash

A main route into a town centre was blocked in both directions following a crash.

Divisive application for mobile home on farmland rejected

01 March 2025
Divisive application for mobile home on farmland rejected

A divisive planning application for a new Traveller and Gypsy site has been refused after officers deemed it “inappropriate”.

Traffic queuing on bridge due to ‘police incident’

01 March 2025
Traffic queuing on bridge due to ‘police incident’

Drivers are facing delays following a “police incident” on the Dartford Crossing.

Son denies murdering mother by stabbing her in the neck with knife

28 February 2025
Son denies murdering mother by stabbing her in the neck with knife

A court has heard how two family members heard a woman screaming in the kitchen before she died.

Man ‘trying his luck’ found guilty of sexual assault

27 February 2025
Man ‘trying his luck’ found guilty of sexual assault

A man who had been released early from prison under the government’s scheme has been jailed after he groped a woman’s thigh.

Fresh Traveller homes plan emerges month after scheme refused

27 February 2025
Fresh Traveller homes plan emerges month after scheme refused

New plans to station two mobile homes on green belt land have been submitted despite a similar scheme being rejected a month ago.

Man accused of ‘groping’ woman said he was ‘trying his luck’

26 February 2025
Man accused of ‘groping’ woman said he was ‘trying his luck’

A man accused of groping a woman’s thigh denies he touched her sexually but admits he was “trying his luck” with her.

‘We must be prepared to face very difficult choices in future’

26 February 2025
‘We must be prepared to face very difficult choices in future’

Councillors have agreed a budget which will see council tax bills rise and it comes with a warning there will be “difficult choices” ahead.

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Man accused of ‘groping’ woman at railway station on early release from prison

25 February 2025
Man accused of ‘groping’ woman at railway station on early release from prison

A man has appeared in court accused of groping a woman’s thigh just hours after being let out of prison under the government’s early release scheme.

Fresh enforcement notice served after further work starts on unapproved caravan site

25 February 2025
Fresh enforcement notice served after further work starts on unapproved caravan site

People have reported seeing diggers starting further work on farmland despite there being no planning permission for development.

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