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Rural A-road closed both ways after crash

02 February 2024
Rural A-road closed both ways after crash

A crash closed a busy rural road to allow investigations and recovery work.

Concerns after stream turns pink near homes

02 February 2024
Concerns after stream turns pink near homes

Residents have been left puzzled as to why water from a local stream has turned a shocking pink colour.

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Major route closed causing huge traffic delays

02 February 2024
Major route closed causing huge traffic delays

Long delays are being reported with queues building around a motorway junction and major route after a collision involving two vehicles.

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Woman rescued after car flips on to its side

01 February 2024
Woman rescued after car flips on to its side

Firefighters had to rescue a woman from a car after it overturned following a crash with another vehicle.

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Drug dealer caught with £500k haul told police his ‘guns were antiques’

01 February 2024
Drug dealer caught with £500k haul told police his ‘guns were antiques’

A drug dealer who had a half-million pound stash of clash-A drugs and an arsenal of weapons stashed away in a lock-up has been jailed.

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£20,000 in cash seized from pair trying to leave country

01 February 2024
£20,000 in cash seized from pair trying to leave country

Cash totalling £20,280 has been forfeited by a man and woman who were unable to prove it had been lawfully earned.

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Man fined after paying total stranger to dump waste

01 February 2024
Man fined after paying total stranger to dump waste

A house owner has been fined after admitting allowing a stranger to dispose of his rubbish, which was then fly-tipped near a school.

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Landowners ordered to remove unauthorised scrapyard

01 February 2024
Landowners ordered to remove unauthorised scrapyard

Landowners will be forced to shut down a scrap site following a ruling by the Planning Inspectorate.

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Key road ‘blocked’ after two-car crash

31 January 2024
Key road ‘blocked’ after two-car crash

A major route in and out of town is suffering from heavy congestion after a collision between two vehicles.

Delays at port under new EU system could be worse than ‘14-hours’, MPs told

31 January 2024
Delays at port under new EU system could be worse than ‘14-hours’, MPs told

MPs have been hearing from county officials over fears of excessive holdups at Kent borders ahead of a new post-Brexit EU entry-exit system.

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'They can't build more homes here - this area is already overdeveloped!'

31 January 2024
'They can't build more homes here - this area is already overdeveloped!'

Furious residents have slammed “outrageous” plans to build 23 new homes in an area they say is already overdeveloped.

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‘Unsupervised’ Brexit border regime could cause ‘biosecurity risks’, MPs warn

30 January 2024
‘Unsupervised’ Brexit border regime could cause ‘biosecurity risks’, MPs warn

MPs have raised fresh concerns over a new regime for checking imported food brought into the country just 22 miles from its port of entry.

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Mum’s delight after winning kmfm’s ‘Best Year Ever’

29 January 2024
Mum’s delight after winning kmfm’s ‘Best Year Ever’

An expectant mother is celebrating after scooping a prize of just over £2,000 in a kmfm competition.

Missing teen found safe and well

29 January 2024
Missing teen found safe and well

A 14-year-old boy who was reported missing nearly two weeks ago has been found safe and well.

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‘Wet T-shirts and smoking indoors - Kent nights out were different in the 80s and 90s’

28 January 2024
‘Wet T-shirts and smoking indoors - Kent nights out were different in the 80s and 90s’

There were some “electrifying” nights out in Kent back in the 1980s and 1990s, when people could still smoke indoors and celebrities came to town.

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Building which housed pub for more than century to go under hammer

24 January 2024
Building which housed pub for more than century to go under hammer

A town centre vacant former pub and children’s nursery is to go to auction with a guide price of £325,000.

Warning over moths which can 'cause irritation' to eyes and skin

24 January 2024
Warning over moths which can 'cause irritation' to eyes and skin

Villagers are being warned of a moth caterpillar, which has millions of hairs on its body which can cause skin and eye irritations.

Dramatic video shows capture of would-be thief on the run

22 January 2024
Dramatic video shows capture of would-be thief on the run

Footage shows a man trying to flee police as he was being hunted following a break-in with officers and a dog unit hot on his tail.

'They have to build homes somewhere - but this road is too dangerous'

20 January 2024
'They have to build homes somewhere - but this road is too dangerous'

Residents say the speed limit on a busy main road needs to be reduced before 15 planned new homes are built.

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‘She was surprised people treated her like royalty because she was mayor'

15 January 2024
‘She was surprised people treated her like royalty because she was mayor'

A town’s former mayor has died aged 81 and her funeral takes place later this month.

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