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How to learn to swim with a piece of rope

07 July 2021
How to learn to swim with a piece of rope

A swimming teacher is using a length of rope to get her pupils used to the water. Here's how...

Opposition accuses council of U-turn over housing

07 July 2021
Opposition accuses council of U-turn over housing

Conservatives have accused coalition leaders of reneging on election promises to fight more housing plans. But planning boss denies the claim.

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This isn't just any cherry TV advert - it's an M&S cherry TV advert

05 July 2021
This isn't just any cherry TV advert - it's an M&S cherry TV advert

A film crew has been on a two-day shoot in darkest Kent to make an advert for cherries being grown on Sarah Neaves' family farm.

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We track down the UK's biggest scorpion colony

05 July 2021
We track down the UK's biggest scorpion colony

A huge colony of 15,000 tiny scorpions has set up home in the crumbling walls of an old dockyard in Kent.

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The man who plunged 200ft down a well – and was left there

04 July 2021
The man who plunged 200ft down a well – and was left there

The shocking death of a father-of-two turned into a national scandal when no-one would pay to have his body recovered.

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Council warns of Covid football surge

02 July 2021
Council warns of Covid football surge

A Kent council has appealed to fans to get tested for Covid before watching football games in public.

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Family coach firm takes over from Arriva

02 July 2021
Family coach firm takes over from Arriva

A family-run coach company has won the contract to take over a community's bus network from transport giants Arriva.

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Vicar’s 'word with God' after ditch drama

01 July 2021
Vicar’s 'word with God' after ditch drama

Praise the Lord, a priest had a lucky escape after his car was in collision with a lorry and ended up in a ditch.

It's all over for Lee Hurst - again

30 June 2021
It's all over for Lee Hurst - again

Twitter has suspended outspoken Kent comic Lee Hurst for his comments following an attack on England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty.

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Kent celebrates machine which does away with bell-ringers

30 June 2021
Kent celebrates machine which does away with bell-ringers

Four Kent churches celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Ellacombe Chimes which allow one person to ring all the bells in a church tower.

Kent school where mobiles are already banned

29 June 2021
Kent school where mobiles are already banned

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson wants mobiles banned from classrooms but one head says her secondary has already been phone-free for four years.

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Twitter fury as Kent comic 'supports' Chris Whitty thugs

29 June 2021
Twitter fury as Kent comic 'supports' Chris Whitty thugs

Comedian Lee Hurst has caused fury on Twitter after apparently supporting the yobs who attacked the Government's chief medical officer Chris Whitty.

Organisers pull the plug on music festival

29 June 2021
Organisers pull the plug on music festival

An outside music festival has been axed at the last minute after organisers couldn't guarantee there would be no dancing or singing.

Funeral of 'best mayor'

26 June 2021
Funeral of 'best mayor'

Flags flew at half mast for the councillor dubbed the 'best mayor' by one of her colleagues.

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Bookkeeper swindled firm out of £50k to fund gambling

26 June 2021
Bookkeeper swindled firm out of £50k to fund gambling

A family say it will take years to recover after their business was defrauded by someone they trusted.

End of an era as Covid test centre closes

25 June 2021
End of an era as Covid test centre closes

It's the start of the end as health bosses close one their first Covid asymptomatic test centres after 28,000 tests.

Campervan and motorhome owners told to drive on

25 June 2021
Campervan and motorhome owners told to drive on

A council has issued threats to campervan and motorhome owners to stop parking at the seaside overnight.

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Hollywood actress flies in for filming

22 June 2021
Hollywood actress flies in for filming

Film crews have been shooting a new biopic off the Kent coast about the first British woman to swim the English Channel.

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Cyclists in race to beat the sun

19 June 2021
Cyclists in race to beat the sun

Hundreds of cyclists were in Kent to begin a 205-mile race against the sun to mark the longest day of the year.

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Dead deer delays trains

17 June 2021
Dead deer delays trains

Trains heading towards London have been delayed while engineers remove the body of a deer from the tracks.

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