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Max Chesson

Max Chesson joined the KM Group in September 2022 as a trainee reporter, covering the east Kent area.

Football club finally returns home - but resigns from league

30 March 2025
Football club finally returns home - but resigns from league

A Kent football club have confirmed a “bitter-sweet” move back home after years of ground-sharing - but will be relegated in the process.

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Road reopens after motorbike crash and oil spillage

30 March 2025
Road reopens after motorbike crash and oil spillage

An A-road has reopened following an accident involving a motorbike and a car.

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Air ambulance lands amid emergency response

30 March 2025
Air ambulance lands amid emergency response

An air ambulance was spotted landing in a field amid a heavy emergency service presence at a rural home.

Work on £41m link road to finally start next year despite changes to viaduct

30 March 2025
Work on £41m link road to finally start next year despite changes to viaduct

Work on a £41 million road project is on track to start in a year’s time - despite rehashed plans being submitted for the scheme.

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TV star Bradley Walsh delights fans during Kent post office visit

29 March 2025
TV star Bradley Walsh delights fans during Kent post office visit

A hugely popular TV personality - best known for hosting The Chase and Gladiators - has delighted customers and staff at a shop.

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Devastating fire at much-loved roadside café

29 March 2025
Devastating fire at much-loved roadside café

A popular roadside café has been ravaged by a huge fire - but staff have vowed to get it back up and running.

Morrisons butcher and fish counter at Kent store to shut, say staff

29 March 2025
Morrisons butcher and fish counter at Kent store to shut, say staff

Workers say Morrisons is set to bring the shutters down on its butcher and fish counter at a Kent store.

Police concerned for welfare of missing woman, 31

29 March 2025
Police concerned for welfare of missing woman, 31

Police are concerned for the welfare of a woman who has been missing since yesterday afternoon.

Queues clearing after police shut Dartford Crossing to help man on bridge

29 March 2025
Queues clearing after police shut Dartford Crossing to help man on bridge

Police were forced to close the Dartford Crossing following concerns for a man spotted on the bridge.

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Beloved former fish and chip shop goes up for sale for £400,000

28 March 2025
Beloved former fish and chip shop goes up for sale for £400,000

The former home of a once-loved fish and chip shop has gone up for sale months after its owners hung up their aprons for retirement.

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Woman, 64, ‘injured in attempted public toilet robbery’

28 March 2025
Woman, 64, ‘injured in attempted public toilet robbery’

Police have launched a probe after two suspects are said to have attempted to rob and assault a woman in a city centre public toilet.

‘My paedophile brother-in-law secretly filmed me in the shower’

24 March 2025
‘My paedophile brother-in-law secretly filmed me in the shower’

A brave teenager has revealed how her life was torn apart after she was secretly filmed in the shower by her paedophile brother-in-law.

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In pictures: How life in Kent changed during first lockdown

23 March 2025
In pictures: How life in Kent changed during first lockdown

Day-to-day life in Kent changed dramatically when the first Covid lockdown was imposed five years ago, as our pictures show.

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Army veteran found dead at park named

20 March 2025
Army veteran found dead at park named

A pensioner whose body was found after emergency services descended on a popular park has been named.

Controversial asylum seeker housing site to be shut down this year

20 March 2025
Controversial asylum seeker housing site to be shut down this year

A controversial scheme housing asylum seekers in a former military barracks will be scrapped this year, it’s been revealed.

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Motorway delays after crashes in both directions

19 March 2025
Motorway delays after crashes in both directions

Commuters faced heavy delays this morning after crashes on both directions of a busy motorway.

The Kent branches of Santander closing for good

19 March 2025
The Kent branches of Santander closing for good

A leading bank has confirmed it will make major changes in Kent – with three branches closing and a further two going ‘counter-free’.

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‘Whoops!’: Embarrassing blunder on new Kent Monopoly board

18 March 2025
‘Whoops!’: Embarrassing blunder on new Kent Monopoly board

The makers of a new Monopoly game have been left red-faced after selling copies with the wrong picture of a Kent high street.

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Kent to London in minutes: ‘Flying taxis’ set to slash journey times

18 March 2025
Kent to London in minutes: ‘Flying taxis’ set to slash journey times

Journey times between Kent and London could be drastically cut by ‘flying taxis’ set to be trialled in the UK.

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Defiant school wins fight to stop cash-strapped council selling sports pitches

18 March 2025
Defiant school wins fight to stop cash-strapped council selling sports pitches

A defiant school has won the fight to stop a cash-strapped council selling its sport pitches in a bid to make money.

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