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Delays at Eurotunnel due to power fault

30 May 2021
Delays at Eurotunnel due to power fault

Both tunnels now open after engineers have repaired an overhead power fault at Eurotunnel.

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'This is bureaucracy gone bonkers'

30 May 2021
'This is bureaucracy gone bonkers'

The location of a visitor centre on Sheppey could further delay a 20 year campaign for brown tourism signs on the M2.

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Toy-boy husband of former Kent priest to sell couple's flat

29 May 2021
Toy-boy husband of former Kent priest to sell couple's flat

Florin Marin, 28, who controversially married retired priest Philip Clements, 81, is selling the couple's former home, according to reports.

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Dogs rescued from fire one of them may have started

29 May 2021
Dogs rescued from fire one of them may have started

Firefighters have issued a safety warning after a dog is thought to have turned on a toaster and started a blaze in a bungalow.

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Three fire crews tackle blaze

28 May 2021
Three fire crews tackle blaze

Firefighters have praised neighbours who helped stop a blaze from spreading after closing doors as they left a building.

When Nightmare the traction engine caused a nightmare

27 May 2021
When Nightmare the traction engine caused a nightmare

Motorists experienced their worst nightmare when a black steam traction engine called Nightmare lost a wheel on a busy road and caused traffic jams.

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These are the drivers banned in Kent this month

27 May 2021
These are the drivers banned in Kent this month

Eighteen motorists have been banned from Britain's roads for a total of nearly 42 years by Kent magistrates this month.

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New owners for 196-year-old pub

27 May 2021
New owners for 196-year-old pub

The new owners of a pub built nearly 200 years ago are giving the venue a £600,000 facelift.

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Is this swan the oldest in Britain?

26 May 2021
Is this swan the oldest in Britain?

Pickles the swan lives, who lives at Leeds Castle and is thought to be the oldest in the UK, is preparing to celebrate his 30th birthday.

Mutiny as elderly have bins removed

26 May 2021
Mutiny as elderly have bins removed

Elderly first-floor residents are fuming after a housing association took away their dustbins following fire safety advice.

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Painting the town - blue

25 May 2021
Painting the town - blue

A Kent seaside town is getting a new lick of paint for summer - although the time may pass without its clock.

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School staff redundancies blasted

18 May 2021
School staff redundancies blasted

Proposals for 30 redundancies among support staff in a major shake-up of teaching jobs in Kent have been slammed.

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Why is this woman walking a mile a day in yellow wellies?

18 May 2021
Why is this woman walking a mile a day in yellow wellies?

Fundraiser Margaret Flo McEwan is walking a mile every day in May wearing bright yellow RNLI wellies. But why?

Shopkeepers to stage protest against town's pedestrianisation scheme

17 May 2021
Shopkeepers to stage protest against town's pedestrianisation scheme

Fed-up shopkeepers are preparing to stage a protest against a town's pedestrianisation scheme.

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Women in bras raise nearly £2k for cancer

17 May 2021
Women in bras raise nearly £2k for cancer

Six women who took part in a 'moonwalk marathon' have raised more than £1,900 for cancer treatment.

Artist paints portrait of her postie

16 May 2021
Artist paints portrait of her postie

An artist has painted a portrait of her postie who continued to deliver mail during the coronavirus lockdown.

Car show with a difference

14 May 2021
Car show with a difference

One of Kent's first post-Covid music festivals kicks off this weekend - but you will have to boogie on your bumpers.

See inside £8.5m church conversion

14 May 2021
See inside £8.5m church conversion

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is pumping £4.2m into a scheme to convert a burned-out dockyard church into mentoring hub for young entrepreneurs.

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Air ambulance called to four-car crash

10 May 2021
Air ambulance called to four-car crash

One person was air-lifted to a London hospital by helicopter after a four-car-crash closed a road for nearly three hours

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Charity appoints new director of fundraising

10 May 2021
Charity appoints new director of fundraising

Demelza Children's Hospice has appointed a new director of fundraising and marketing to boost post-pandemic income.

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