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Get up close and personal - with wolves

Get up close and personal - with wolves

A Kent wildlife park has created a new woodland wolf enclosure which visitors can view from above.

Cyclist taken to hospital after crash

Cyclist taken to hospital after crash

A cyclist has been taken to hospital after a crash with a car on a major route.

Singing 'should become NHS treatment'

Singing 'should become NHS treatment'

A music professor says singing could have major health benefits such as reducing depression, based on the findings of a six-month study.

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Universities to form county's first medical school

Universities to form county's first medical school

Government funding has been awarded to two universities to create Kent's first medical school in the hope of boosting recruitment.

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Care home plans dubbed 'overbearing'

Care home plans dubbed 'overbearing'

A planned care home would create traffic chaos and has been branded as overbearing, councillors have heard.

Calls to scrap burial costs for all children

Calls to scrap burial costs for all children

Councillors have agreed to scrap burial costs for children under 12 - but grieving parents must still fork out hundreds to lay teenagers to rest.

Double amputee's Everest dream back on

Double amputee's Everest dream back on

Tourism officials have had a change of heart after refusing a former soldier permission to climb the world's highest mountain.

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Anti-social behavour blighting beauty spot

Anti-social behavour blighting beauty spot

A nature reserve plagued by discarded drug needles, knives, broken glass and human waste, has had to be cleared of vegetation.

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Archaeologists celebrate return of treasured items

Archaeologists celebrate return of treasured items

A tip-off has led to the recovery of a haul of treasured artefacts stolen from an archaeological store.

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A2 reopens after fuel spill

A2 reopens after fuel spill

Drivers faced long delays after a fuel spill closed the A2.

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Road re-opens following gas leak

Road re-opens following gas leak

Emergency services have re-opened a major road after a gas leak brought traffic to a standstill.

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A dropped cigarette butt could cost you dearly

A dropped cigarette butt could cost you dearly

There are new proposals to increase littering fines to £150 in a tough clampdown on the environmental menace.

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Dad's jaw broken as children watched in horror

Dad's jaw broken as children watched in horror

A man is struggling to come to terms with a brutal attack which left him unconscious on the ground and his six-year-old son needing counselling.

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A2 closed in both directions for urgent resurfacing

A2 closed in both directions for urgent resurfacing

A section of the major road will be closed for two nights, from 6pm until 6am.

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Fire crews tackle thatched house blaze

Fire crews tackle thatched house blaze

Six fire engines were sent to a blaze which broke out at a two-storey 16th-century thatched house.

Health bosses quizzed over nerve agent threat

Health bosses quizzed over nerve agent threat

The safety of Kent's key areas were put under the spotlight amid fears of a nerve agent attack.

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Kent friendly cancelled

Kent friendly cancelled

Kent's first home pre-season friendly has been called off due to a wet outfield at The Spitfire Ground.

Road rage attacker put two victims in hospital

Road rage attacker put two victims in hospital

A violent thug who seriously injured two people in separate attacks has been jailed.

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Jailed for 'cuckooing' and Class A drug offences after exploiting vulnerable person

Jailed for 'cuckooing' and Class A drug offences after exploiting vulnerable person

A 25-year-old from Slough has been imprisoned after he took over the home of an elderly person with learning difficulties.

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Arrest after biker seriously injured in crash

Arrest after biker seriously injured in crash

A man has been arrested following a crash between a car and motorcycle which resulted in the biker being flown to a London hospital.

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