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Rubbish could pile up after bin strikes confirmed

05 June 2023
Rubbish could pile up after bin strikes confirmed

Bin strikes across a Kent district are set to go ahead as refuse workers gear up to walk out over a 30% pay rise demand.

Three military helicopter convoys thunder over Kent

02 June 2023
Three military helicopter convoys thunder over Kent

Three separate convoys of military helicopters were spotted thundering over Kent.

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Girl’s seat speared by metal rod in horror bus crash

02 June 2023
Girl’s seat speared by metal rod in horror bus crash

A teenager has told of her near-death experience after almost being impaled by a metal rod that smashed through the window of a double-decker bus.

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Toys R Us to return to Kent this summer

02 June 2023
Toys R Us to return to Kent this summer

Toys R Us is set to return to Kent this summer as it prepares to open in a high street.

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‘Where are all these dead animals coming from?’

01 June 2023
‘Where are all these dead animals coming from?’

A dead porpoise, smooth-hound sharks, crabs and dogfish have washed ashore.

Driver hit with fine for ‘CAB’ number plate

01 June 2023
Driver hit with fine for ‘CAB’ number plate

A taxi firm and unlicensed driver have been prosecuted for having the letters ‘CAB’ on a personalised number plate.

Missing girl, 15, found safe and well

31 May 2023
Missing girl, 15, found safe and well

A missing 15-year-old girl has been found safe and well.

Opening date for pool revealed after months of uncertainty

31 May 2023
Opening date for pool revealed after months of uncertainty

The reopening date of a swimming pool at a leisure centre has been revealed after months of uncertainty about the venue’s future.

‘It hasn’t rained - so why are they still pumping sewage into the sea?’

31 May 2023
‘It hasn’t rained - so why are they still pumping sewage into the sea?’

Traders have branded Southern Water’s excuses for its latest round of spillages as “the same s***, different day – literally!”

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Probe after suspects break into Tesco superstore

30 May 2023
Probe after suspects break into Tesco superstore

Thieves smashed into a supermarket in an overnight raid.

Concerns grow for man last seen nine days ago

30 May 2023
Concerns grow for man last seen nine days ago

Concerns are growing for a missing man who has not been seen for nine days.

Care home rapped over ‘significant shortfalls’

29 May 2023
Care home rapped over ‘significant shortfalls’

A watchdog has rapped a care home after discovering “significant shortfalls” and flawed diabetic care.

‘I know I sound like a Nimby – but we moved here for peace and quiet’

29 May 2023
‘I know I sound like a Nimby – but we moved here for peace and quiet’

Plans to build dozens of homes in a village already earmarked for the UK’s largest solar farm have angered residents.

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Blood-stained toilets, dirty wards and risk of baby swaps uncovered

26 May 2023
Blood-stained toilets, dirty wards and risk of baby swaps uncovered

Damning inspections of maternity units across east Kent have seen services given the worst possible rating by a government watchdog.

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Anti-meat activists stage supermarket sit-in

24 May 2023
Anti-meat activists stage supermarket sit-in

Activists staged a two-hour protest in front of a supermarket meat counter – while waving posters of cows and chickens.

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Anger as gran, 105, left dead in care home for 18 hours

23 May 2023
Anger as gran, 105, left dead in care home for 18 hours

A horrified granddaughter says her final memory of her nan has been tainted after the 105-year-old was left dead in a care home bed for 18 hours.

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Tributes pour in for ‘proud and gentle’ owner of fire-ravaged fish market

23 May 2023
Tributes pour in for ‘proud and gentle’ owner of fire-ravaged fish market

A “gentle and fun-loving” dad has died less than a year after his beloved business burned down.

Shop was selling expired chicken slices and had 'very dirty' toilet

21 May 2023
Shop was selling expired chicken slices and had 'very dirty' toilet

A shop closed for a period after a damning food hygiene inspection found it was selling chicken past its use-by date.

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Tributes to 'caring' mum who ‘always put animals first’

18 May 2023
Tributes to 'caring' mum who ‘always put animals first’

Touching tributes have been paid to a mum who cared for hundreds of hedgehogs across the county.

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CCTV released after man attacked on dancefloor

17 May 2023
CCTV released after man attacked on dancefloor

CCTV images of a man have been released after a punter was attacked on a dancefloor at a bar.

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