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The few train services running in Kent today amid rail strikes

08 April 2024
The few train services running in Kent today amid rail strikes

Train passengers are being urged not to travel today as strike action leaves most services in Kent at a standstill.

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CCTV shows shocking ‘hit-and-run’ smash on ‘treacherous’ hill

08 April 2024
CCTV shows shocking ‘hit-and-run’ smash on ‘treacherous’ hill

A driver pictured fleeing the scene of a suspected hit-and-run has reignited calls to tackle speeding on a key route.

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Hospital site with permission for 19 homes on market for £2.4m

05 April 2024
Hospital site with permission for 19 homes on market for £2.4m

Land surrounding a former hospital, which has planning permission for 19 townhouses, has hit the market at £2.4 million.

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Kent set for first-ever Lib Dem MP as poll predicts 10 Tories will be ousted

04 April 2024
Kent set for first-ever Lib Dem MP as poll predicts 10 Tories will be ousted

The Conservatives will lose 10 Kent MPs and the Liberal Democrats will win their first-ever seat in the county, according to a major new poll.

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‘I was prescribed five-day drug for years – now it’s left me in a wheelchair’

04 April 2024
‘I was prescribed five-day drug for years – now it’s left me in a wheelchair’

A woman has been left with her “life in ruins” after medication designed to be taken as a five-day course was repeatedly prescribed to her for years.

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Call for budding Kent actors to star in bare-knuckle brawl on Amazon Prime

03 April 2024
Call for budding Kent actors to star in bare-knuckle brawl on Amazon Prime

Filmmakers are searching for budding actors to star in a bare-knuckle brawl for a gangster film hoping to “put Kent on the map”.

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Man tricked victims into paying cash into wrong bank accounts

03 April 2024
Man tricked victims into paying cash into wrong bank accounts

A member of a “sophisticated” criminal gang who tricked victims into paying cash into the wrong bank accounts has been put behind bars.

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No arrests two months after teenage boy ‘raped in park toilets’

03 April 2024
No arrests two months after teenage boy ‘raped in park toilets’

Police are yet to make any arrests after a teenage boy was reportedly raped in a park’s public toilet but say they have several lines of inquiry open.

Hated contraflow set to be lifted on M20

03 April 2024
Hated contraflow set to be lifted on M20

Operation Brock will be deactivated on the M20 this weekend after being put in place to cope with extra traffic during Easter.

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Factory could be demolished to make way for 118 homes

29 March 2024
Factory could be demolished to make way for 118 homes

Plans to flatten a factory to make way for 118 homes have been welcomed as the “ideal spot” for development.

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Activists lay on roads to blockade weapons factory

26 March 2024
Activists lay on roads to blockade weapons factory

Pro-Palestine activists have blockaded all access points into a weapons factory.

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Reform UK leaflets ‘playing fast and loose with safety of vulnerable children’

25 March 2024
Reform UK leaflets ‘playing fast and loose with safety of vulnerable children’

Leaflets opposing the conversion of an old care home into a reception centre for asylum-seeking children have been branded “completely unacceptable”.

‘300 homes and new secondary will cause traffic Armageddon!’

22 March 2024
‘300 homes and new secondary will cause traffic Armageddon!’

Safety and congestion fears have been sparked by plans to build a 300-home estate and huge secondary school.

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Primary school, cricket ground and hotel in Prince's plans for 2,500-home estate

21 March 2024
Primary school, cricket ground and hotel in Prince's plans for 2,500-home estate

Official plans for Prince William’s sprawling estate reveal the 2,500-home development could include a primary school, cricket ground and hotel.

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Turnaround for 'filthy' Turkish restaurant after poor food hygiene score

20 March 2024
Turnaround for 'filthy' Turkish restaurant after poor food hygiene score

A popular Turkish restaurant has turned around its food hygiene rating after inspectors branded the walk-in fridge and freezer “filthy”.

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Image released after taxi driver attacked

18 March 2024
Image released after taxi driver attacked

Officers have released a picture of a woman after a taxi driver was attacked in his car.

Man 'covered in blood' spotted on M20

17 March 2024
Man 'covered in blood' spotted on M20

Traffic was held on the M20 due to a police incident with reports of a man “covered in blood” trying to stop drivers.

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Electricity failure stops trains running

17 March 2024
Electricity failure stops trains running

Trains have been cancelled and replaced with buses after a power failure.

Hunt for driver after crash

16 March 2024
Hunt for driver after crash

Police have launched a search for a driver who left the scene of a crash earlier today.

Child hit by car taken to hospital

16 March 2024
Child hit by car taken to hospital

A child has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car.

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