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Hero dad rescues two women and a baby from fire

04 May 2022
Hero dad rescues two women and a baby from fire

A father-of-six has told how he leapt to the rescue when blazing rubbish in a supermarket trolley set fire to gas pipes in a town centre alley.

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Council leader stands down

01 May 2022
Council leader stands down

Veteran council leader spills the beans on what it was like trying to run a 'rainbow' coalition of five parties.

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Police helicopter used in hunt for car

29 April 2022
Police helicopter used in hunt for car

Police deployed a helicopter in the search for a suspected stolen car which was later found abandoned.

Council names its new leader

28 April 2022
Council names its new leader

Swale council's new leader has been elected unopposed at an extraordinary meeting.

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Battle to save nesting skylarks from farmer's tractors

28 April 2022
Battle to save nesting skylarks from farmer's tractors

Animal-rights supporter served with dispersion notice after trying to save nesting skylarks from farmer's tractors.

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Overturned lorry closes motorway

28 April 2022
Overturned lorry closes motorway

Commuters have been caught in huge traffic jams after a lorry crashed and overturned shedding its load and closing the M2.

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Town celebrates new war memorial wall

27 April 2022
Town celebrates new war memorial wall

A seaside town has celebrated its new war memorial wall with a dedication ceremony and also marked the centenary of its original war memorial.

Pedestrian seriously injured in bypass crash

27 April 2022
Pedestrian seriously injured in bypass crash

A pedestrian has been seriously injured after being hit by a car on a bypass.

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Government backs football recommendations from Kent MP

25 April 2022
Government backs football recommendations from Kent MP

Government backs plans for independent regular for English football following review by Tracey Crouch.

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Dedication ceremony for new war memorial wall

23 April 2022
Dedication ceremony for new war memorial wall

A 12-year project culminates this weekend with the dedication of a new 10m long memory wall to complement a seaside town's existing war memorial.

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Village rock festival is back

22 April 2022
Village rock festival is back

Charity music festival Iwade Rock is back starring Marylebone Jelly and collecting cash for mental health charity Mid Kent Mind.

TV show The Repair Shop tells tale of boy blinded by bomb

22 April 2022
TV show The Repair Shop tells tale of boy blinded by bomb

TV repair experts have fixed a special globe given to a teenager who was blinded when an unexploded wartime bomb went off in his face.

Whistling postman whistles up 45 years of charity fundraising

21 April 2022
Whistling postman whistles up 45 years of charity fundraising

A whistling postman who became a celebrity after he was banned from his one-man dawn chorus has chalked up 45 years of raising money for charity.

Mystery as black vans blight town

20 April 2022
Mystery as black vans blight town

Residents have been left furious after a fleet of vans, all painted black, popped up in one Kent town.

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Shire horses give 'proper' Father Christmas his final ride

20 April 2022
Shire horses give 'proper' Father Christmas his final ride

A grandfather who brought joy to children as Father Christmas for 30 years had the funeral 'he would have wanted' dressed in his Santa suit.

Celebrating Easter with crosses and bikes

19 April 2022
Celebrating Easter with crosses and bikes

A community celebrated Easter with three wooden crosses on a hill on Good Friday and then Easter egg deliveries by bikers to care homes on the Sunday.

Trapeze artist speaks of horror fall eight months after breaking neck

15 April 2022
Trapeze artist speaks of horror fall eight months after breaking neck

A trapeze artist has spoken for the first time of her horror fall which broke her neck in three places during a Santus Circus show.

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Wooden crosses return to 'green hill' for Easter

14 April 2022
Wooden crosses return to 'green hill' for Easter

A Procession of Witness and outside service with wooden crosses on a 'green hill' return this Good Friday after a break of two years because of Covid.

Song-signing mum short-listed for top award

13 April 2022
Song-signing mum short-listed for top award

A mum-of-two who lost her hearing in a family accident aged three is now in the running for Britain's top small business award.

Crooks caught on CCTV during depot raid

13 April 2022
Crooks caught on CCTV during depot raid

A boss has released CCTV photos of thieves who broke into his waste recycling depot and stole tools, goods and a van.

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