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Train services crippled as workers walkout for third time

25 June 2022
Train services crippled as workers walkout for third time

Thousands of rail workers are staging another strike in a dispute over jobs, pay and conditions and services will be disrupted all weekend.

More problems on the trains ahead of third day of strike action

24 June 2022
More problems on the trains ahead of third day of strike action

Strike action is having a knock-on effect on train services as rail workers struggle to catch up with safety checks causing further disruption.

Road closed for hours after serious crash

22 June 2022
Road closed for hours after serious crash

Two people were taken to hospital and a road remained closed for several hours after a two-vehicle crash.

Nando's to open at Designer Outlet

21 June 2022
Nando's to open at Designer Outlet

Chicken giant Nando's is to open a restaurant at Ashford Designer Outlet – seven years after being included on a banned list.

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Getting to work on one of county's only trains

21 June 2022
Getting to work on one of county's only trains

People are being urged not to travel on the railway amid a national strike - but some need to make the trip. We caught one of Kent's only trains.

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Long-running taxi firm to shut amid shortage of drivers

20 June 2022
Long-running taxi firm to shut amid shortage of drivers

A well-known taxi firm has announced it will be parking up its fleet for good over struggles recruiting drivers and rising fuel costs.

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Car park 'left to rot' could reopen this summer

17 June 2022
Car park 'left to rot' could reopen this summer

A council-run car park that has been closed for nine months is expected to finally reopen this summer.

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Fears town's second Aldi store 'could spook horses'

16 June 2022
Fears town's second Aldi store 'could spook horses'

An equestrian charity has objected to plans for a new supermarket saying diverting a bridleway across the store's entrance could be dangerous.

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Police dog Roxy sniffs out drugs hidden under mattress

15 June 2022
Police dog Roxy sniffs out drugs hidden under mattress

A police dog helped officers find cannabis, cocaine and heroin that had been concealed under a mattress during a house search.

Multi-millionaire pleaded poverty to avoid legal costs

15 June 2022
Multi-millionaire pleaded poverty to avoid legal costs

A notorious landlord who tried to sell off assets to avoid paying legal costs has been given a permanent injunction to stop him.

Image released after sexual assault

14 June 2022
Image released after sexual assault

Police would like to speak to a man who may have information after a woman was sexually assaulted.

Argos to shut town's last standalone store

14 June 2022
Argos to shut town's last standalone store

Bosses at Argos have announced a shop will be closing as part of plans to open more units across Sainsbury's stores.

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Dog owner fined after unborn lambs die in attack

13 June 2022
Dog owner fined after unborn lambs die in attack

A dog owner has been fined and banned from having dogs off lead in public after a pregnant ewe and her lambs died from a dog attack.

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Secondary school set for approval despite 'fears for children's lives'

13 June 2022
Secondary school set for approval despite 'fears for children's lives'

Plans for a new secondary school are set to be approved despite fears traffic 'will put children's lives at risk'.

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Places to take drugs should be set up in Kent, says expert

10 June 2022
Places to take drugs should be set up in Kent, says expert

A Kent professor is leading a bid to get overdose prevention centres set up as drug related deaths reach an all-time high.

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Woman defecating in street caught on camera

09 June 2022
Woman defecating in street caught on camera

IMAGE WARNING - Footage has captured the moment a women stops to poo on a pavement outside a shop.

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Man, 51, still in elderly care home after a year

09 June 2022
Man, 51, still in elderly care home after a year

A 51-year-old with Parkinson's who was temporarily moved to an elderly people's care home is still waiting to be moved a year later.

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Arrest made after park mugging

08 June 2022
Arrest made after park mugging

A man suffered facial injuries and had cash stolen from his wallet after being robbed in a park.

Fire in derelict cinema

07 June 2022
Fire in derelict cinema

A fire is thought to have been started deliberately at a derelict cinema.

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Adventure golf nears completion

07 June 2022
Adventure golf nears completion

A new Roman themed golf course along a town's seafront is nearly complete with bosses preparing to announce an opening date.

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