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Rail staff to get body cams to help stamp out attacks

28 October 2022
Rail staff to get body cams to help stamp out attacks

Security patrols are being ramped up at railway stations across Kent with staff being given body cameras to combat a rise in antisocial behaviour.

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'This area should not be treated as a racetrack'

26 October 2022
'This area should not be treated as a racetrack'

Twenty drivers have been issued with fines as police step up their crackdown on 'boy racers' at a notorious hotspot.

Nursery seeks new home on 'green belt' car park

26 October 2022
Nursery seeks new home on 'green belt' car park

More than 100 families could be left without childcare unless a pre-school can prove its case for building on protected land in a park.

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Park toilet shut after tree falls on it

25 October 2022
Park toilet shut after tree falls on it

A toilet block in a park has been put out of use after a tree fell on it during a recent storm.

Almost 80k Kent drivers fined going into London

25 October 2022
Almost 80k Kent drivers fined going into London

New figures reveal nearly 80,000 motorists in Kent have been stung by London's ultra low emission zone since it was expanded last year.

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Grade II-listed building to become homeless 'halfway' house

24 October 2022
Grade II-listed building to become homeless 'halfway' house

An empty listed building is set to house homeless people in one-bedroom accommodation subject to funding being arranged.

Opening date confirmed for new £250k skate park

24 October 2022
Opening date confirmed for new £250k skate park

New images have been released and an opening date revealed for a new £250,000 'Olympics-inspired' skate park facility in a town park.

'We're not cutting train services to help Tories in Kent'

24 October 2022
'We're not cutting train services to help Tories in Kent'

The boss of Southeastern has dismissed claims upcoming timetable changes are to the benefit of Conservative voters in wealthier parts of the county.

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'It was like Brands Hatch – there were hundreds of boy racers'

22 October 2022
'It was like Brands Hatch – there were hundreds of boy racers'

There are calls for tougher action after a lorry driver says he was verbally abused and threatened by spectators at another large 'boy racers' meet.

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Hospital staff told to 'bring their own loo roll'

21 October 2022
Hospital staff told to 'bring their own loo roll'

A hospital worker has claimed a lack of toilet facilities is putting staff and patients at risk – but the Trust says conditions are above average.

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Millwall FC's plans for Kent training ground approved

21 October 2022
Millwall FC's plans for Kent training ground approved

A Championship football side's plans to erect new training ground facilities in the green belt near a major race track have been approved.

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Mum 'left clues' to find her alleged killer

19 October 2022
Mum 'left clues' to find her alleged killer

A murder trial has heard a mum whose body was burnt in an oil drum "left clues" to trace her alleged killer before she disappeared.

Murder accused described himself as 'psychopath with a conscience'

18 October 2022
Murder accused described himself as 'psychopath with a conscience'

A murder trial heard the man accused of killing two women called himself a 'psychopath with a conscience' in a message about 'disposing of something'.

Boy racers perform stunts to 'spectators on garden chairs'

15 October 2022
Boy racers perform stunts to 'spectators on garden chairs'

Footage has emerged of reckless drivers doing doughnuts and speeding around a roundabout likened to a knock-off Fast and Furious set.

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Tributes paid to A2 crash victims

13 October 2022
Tributes paid to A2 crash victims

Floral tributes have been left on a motorway overpass amid an ongoing appeal after two young people were killed in a crash.

Squatters accused of starting fires in historic buildings

13 October 2022
Squatters accused of starting fires in historic buildings

A business owner says locks have been glued and fires started by suspected squatters occupying town centre buildings which caught fire.

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TikToker asks followers to back controversial flats plan

12 October 2022
TikToker asks followers to back controversial flats plan

A social media influencer has voiced her support for controversial plans to build 32 homes on the plot of a large detached house.

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Government's 'planning reset' prompts fresh fears for theme-park site

11 October 2022
Government's 'planning reset' prompts fresh fears for theme-park site

Conservationists are bracing themselves for further battles to protect a key nature site in the wake of the government's new investment zones.

Domino's withdraw plans to convert old pub

11 October 2022
Domino's withdraw plans to convert old pub

A second bid to transform a historic 131-year-old pub into a branch of the pizza takeaway giant have been removed.

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20,000 people on social housing list

10 October 2022
20,000 people on social housing list

The scale of Kent's social housing crisis has been revealed, as councils fail to meet homebuilding targets.

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