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'When I bought the lift I didn't realise I'd also need a shaft'

07 September 2021
'When I bought the lift I didn't realise I'd also need a shaft'

Bosses at a tiny theatre are racing against time to find £15k for a lift shaft after the lift they purchased came without one.

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Students return to find head has quit

06 September 2021
Students return to find head has quit

The boss of a struggling academy has left her post over the summer holidays.

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Saving an historic Thames sailing barge

05 September 2021
Saving an historic Thames sailing barge

We spend a day aboard Thames sailing barge Edith May as part of a new patronage programme and learn how to save historic ships from the breakers.

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Paddling pool plan for island beach

04 September 2021
Paddling pool plan for island beach

A councillor has launched a campaign to build a tidal paddling pool at one of Kent's seaside resorts.

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Air ambulance lands in park

02 September 2021
Air ambulance lands in park

An air ambulance helicopter is reported to have landed in a park as paramedics were seen leaving a property nearby.

Firefighters tackle two blazing vehicles

02 September 2021
Firefighters tackle two blazing vehicles

Three fire engines were called when two vehicles caught light.

Hungry caterpillars devour entire hedge

02 September 2021
Hungry caterpillars devour entire hedge

Asian Box moth caterpillars are running riot in Kent and destroying hedges and plants.

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Tributes to 'beautiful and kind' mum, 28

02 September 2021
Tributes to 'beautiful and kind' mum, 28

Tributes have been paid to a "beautiful and kind" young mum killed after her car was in collision with a lorry.

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Camouflaged Royal Navy vessel passes wreck of bomb ship

01 September 2021
Camouflaged Royal Navy vessel passes wreck of bomb ship

The newly-recommissioned Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Severn photographed next to the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery.

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Hospice uses models and shop volunteers to sell vintage clothes

31 August 2021
Hospice uses models and shop volunteers to sell vintage clothes

Professional models teamed up with volunteer shop workers for a day-long photo shoot to publicise vintage clothes for a hospice's fundraising appeal.

Prickly problem as radio tracker found strapped to hedgehog

28 August 2021
Prickly problem as radio tracker found strapped to hedgehog

A wildlife expert says a tracker glued to a hedgehog's spines could have killed it – but another says it is part of a legitimate university survey.

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Firefighters tackled large haystack blaze

26 August 2021
Firefighters tackled large haystack blaze

Residents told to close doors and windows as smoke from a haystack fire drifted over a housing estate.

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'Human swan' flies over Kent

19 August 2021
'Human swan' flies over Kent

An Australian adventurer who is taking on a 3,000-mile challenge has dropped in on a Kent town.

Town's first green carnival well received

18 August 2021
Town's first green carnival well received

A town's first all-pedestrian ‘green’ summer carnival parade took place at the weekend.

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Women bare bodies for fashion show with a difference

15 August 2021
Women bare bodies for fashion show with a difference

Instead of wearing dresses on the catwalk, a brave band of women painted their bodies to prove you can make an impact whatever your size or shape.

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Island prepares for its first all-pedestrian carnival

14 August 2021
Island prepares for its first all-pedestrian carnival

Sheppey's first 'green' carnival to take place with no lorries - just pedestrians, bikes, buggies and wheelchairs.

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Police arrest man after house blaze

14 August 2021
Police arrest man after house blaze

A man has been questioned after an alleged arson attack on a terraced house as police continue to appeal for witnesses.

Kent aviation museum part of new heritage trail

14 August 2021
Kent aviation museum part of new heritage trail

A tiny museum in a prison at the birthplace of British aviation is now on a new heritage trail charting the exploits of Battle of Britain pilots.

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Kent used for real-life murder drama

13 August 2021
Kent used for real-life murder drama

Scenes for the new true-crime Channel 4 TV drama Deceit about the 'honeytrap' scheme to catch Rachel Nickell's killer were filmed in the county.

Kent GCSE results - Sheppey

12 August 2021
Kent GCSE results - Sheppey

Academy head praises pupils and staff after an "incredible challenge" as GCSE results are announced.

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