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A Kent teacher who had a sexual affair with a teenage pupil has been banned from teaching for life.
The popularity of pooches is ever growing, so the need to find dog-friendly bars and eateries is important in our district. Here’s five of the best:
Panicked tourists have captured the moment a swarm of potential asylum seekers surrounded a lorry heading for Kent, while six men broke into the back.
Pressures to build a new school at Castle Community College have impeded the school’s chances of getting out of special measures.
One of Deal's premier events - the Party on the Prom - needs your help to pay for it - so take to the limelight at a fundraiser on the red carpet
The Mercury’s anti texting and driving campaign, ‘Why Risk It?’ and new research has sparked a crackdown of texting drivers by Kent Police and KCC.
Buckingham Palace beckons blind veteran Tony Canning today (Thursday) at a garden party to mark the centenary of Blind Veterans UK
The wonders of nature were encapsulated by pupils from The Downs Primary School in a poster competition to promote Walmer in Bloom.
It has survived Hitler’s bombs, takeovers, industrial strikes, competition and threats from other media - today the Mercury is 150 years old!
Cars of all ages, colours and makes have rolled onto Walmer Green for the 2015 Classic Car Show today
The Highways Agency has reopened the M2 at J5 after a five car smash on the coast-bound carriageway at Sittingbourne.
The mum of killed cyclist Daniel Squire tirelessly handed out 500 car stickers on Saturday urging motorists not to text and drive
A woman collapsed and died in the Cooperative supermarket in Beauchamp Avenue, Deal, yesterday.
Two Thanet drug dealers have been jailed after another investigation into the supply of drugs in the area.
An order to ban Dover ferry company MyFerryLink from operating has been formally quashed.
Traffic was yesterday at a standstill on the A20 approach to Dover because of speed restrictions and traffic lights.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after several parked cars were hit in and around the village of Meopham
A teenage boy was taken by air ambulance to William Harvey Hospital after a collision with a car in Walmer, yesterday.
The Mercury has now formally launched its anti text/driving car sticker campaign, with free stickers available in numerous outlets in the district
A cyclist was knocked off his bike when he rode into an extendable dog lead.
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