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Sean McPolin

Sean McPolin joined the Kent Media Group as a reporter for the Dartford, Gravesend and Medway Messenger in 2018. In 2020 he began working on the Sheerness Times Guardian and Sittingbourne News.

Church defends ‘disgraceful’ decision to install ANPR cameras in car park

09 April 2025
Church defends ‘disgraceful’ decision to install ANPR cameras in car park

An unholy row has broken out after new parking restrictions were brought in by a church in response to what it called “problematic behaviour”.

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Drunk dad called Asian driver ‘slanty’ before weeing in taxi

09 April 2025
Drunk dad called Asian driver ‘slanty’ before weeing in taxi

A plumber has been convicted of racially abusing a taxi driver and urinating in the AC vent of his cab after a booze-filled golf day out.

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‘It started as a joke!’: Kent chocolate company makes 300kg Easter egg

08 April 2025
‘It started as a joke!’: Kent chocolate company makes 300kg Easter egg

A Kent firm has created a 7ft tall Easter egg which weighs the same as five humans, a polar baby and three baby elephants.

M25 closed due to lorry fire

07 April 2025
M25 closed due to lorry fire

Motorists faced long delays due to a large lorry fire causing smoke to drift across both sides of the M25.

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Special baby care charity launches fundraiser for £250k hospital upgrades

04 April 2025
Special baby care charity launches fundraiser for £250k hospital upgrades

A charity which helps more than 1,300 sick babies a year is aiming to raise a quarter of a million pounds to bring its hospital tech up to date.

Man allegedly struck in head with object used in ‘serious assault’

01 April 2025
Man allegedly struck in head with object used in ‘serious assault’

A 40-year-old will appear in court accused of wounding with intent after a man was allegedly hit over the head with an object.

‘It’s happened again’: Road remains shut after lorry hits railway bridge

01 April 2025
‘It’s happened again’: Road remains shut after lorry hits railway bridge

A road remains cordoned off after a rental lorry collided with a railway bridge in a notorious crash hotspot.

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Trial of man accused of trying to kill soldier delayed

01 April 2025
Trial of man accused of trying to kill soldier delayed

The attempted murder trial of a 24-year-old man accused of trying to kill a soldier as he walked home has been delayed again.

'I thought I'd been arrested for being drunk - then they said I'd killed my dad'

01 April 2025
'I thought I'd been arrested for being drunk - then they said I'd killed my dad'

A son who killed his abusive alcoholic father as a teen has spoken out for the first time as he calls for more support for ex-offenders on release.

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Fifth member of armed balaclava-gang jailed after ‘appalling’ burglary

31 March 2025
Fifth member of armed balaclava-gang jailed after ‘appalling’ burglary

A violent burglar who “terrorised” a family in their own home as part of an armed balaclava-clad gang has been locked up.

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kmfm listener wins £2,120 after guessing The Kent Sound

31 March 2025
kmfm listener wins £2,120 after guessing The Kent Sound

After four weeks, one lucky man has won more than £2,000 after correctly guessing a mysterious sound.

Child hit by car near school

31 March 2025
Child hit by car near school

Police and paramedics were called to a road near a school after a child was hit by a vehicle.

Man attacked ex-partner and daughter after ‘seeing grim reaper’, trial hears

27 March 2025
Man attacked ex-partner and daughter after ‘seeing grim reaper’, trial hears

A hammer-wielding man accused of trying to kill a woman and her daughter saw a “shadowy” figure and became “overwhelmingly frightened”, a court heard.

£9bn Lower Thames Crossing project given green light by government

25 March 2025
£9bn Lower Thames Crossing project given green light by government

Plans for the UK’s longest road tunnel, which would connect Kent and Essex, have been approved by the government.

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‘They said we support plans for 8,400 homes but we don’t’

24 March 2025
‘They said we support plans for 8,400 homes but we don’t’

A wildlife charity has been left “shocked and concerned” after a planning inquiry for thousands of homes claimed it had its support.

BMW driver dies after fatal crash on M25

22 March 2025
BMW driver dies after fatal crash on M25

A man in his 30s has died after a collision on the motorway between a BMW and a Nissan.

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‘Let us know you’re safe!’: Family’s appeal to man missing for six weeks

21 March 2025
‘Let us know you’re safe!’: Family’s appeal to man missing for six weeks

The worried family of a missing 36-year-old man have asked people to help find locate him as they express concerns he’s “in a bad way”.

Family’s heartbreak as masked men steal up to £100k of stock

19 March 2025
Family’s heartbreak as masked men steal up to £100k of stock

A “hard-working and honest” family have been left stunned and frightened by an early morning raid which saw £100,000 of vapes stolen.

Convicted paedophile jailed after defying Snapchat and dating apps ban

17 March 2025
Convicted paedophile jailed after defying Snapchat and dating apps ban

A 34-year-old sex offender who was banned from using social media and the internet has been locked up for breaching a court order.

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Boy born ‘inside out’ is hooked up to machine for 20 hours

17 March 2025
Boy born ‘inside out’ is hooked up to machine for 20 hours

A fundraiser has been set up for an outdoors-loving five-year-old boy who required emergency surgery for a serious condition.

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