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Celebrations but not quite yet popping corks at new wine estate

Celebrations but not quite yet popping corks at new wine estate

The harvest will soon be underway in the countryside near Canterbury where the crop is destined to be turned into high quality sparkling wines.

Spectacular £2.5m cathedral window work revealed

Spectacular £2.5m cathedral window work revealed

A painstaking project to restore a magnificent Canterbury Cathedral window is nearing an end - after a £2.5m project.

Firefighters battle shop blaze

Firefighters battle shop blaze

Crews were called to extinguish a fire in a kitchen area of a city centre shop.

Restaurant home delivery service launches

Restaurant home delivery service launches

Deliveroo, a popular on-demand service which delivers restaurant meals to homes, is launching in Kent.

Defeat all but ends Kent's title hopes

Defeat all but ends Kent's title hopes

Kent's hopes of pipping Essex to the one promotion place in Specsavers County Championship Division 2 were all but ended by defeat to Northants.

Adams taking one game at a time

Adams taking one game at a time

Jimmy Adams says any talk of title showdowns with Essex needs to stop as the only thing that matters to Kent is this week’s game against Northants.

Thief punched by police in dock for attack on officer

Thief punched by police in dock for attack on officer

A man who hit national headlines after footage emerged of him being punched by a police officer has now appeared in court... for assaulting a PCSO.

Grid lock on the city ring road

Grid lock on the city ring road

Bus services in and out of Canterbury are being severely disrupted by a jam caused by a broken down lorry.

Teen charged after serious moving car fall

Teen charged after serious moving car fall

A teenager's been charged after a youngster was left fighting for his life after falling offoff a moving car.

Man 'pretends to be grandson' as he tries to con elderly couple

Man 'pretends to be grandson' as he tries to con elderly couple

Vigilant bank staff have saved an elderly couple from being conned out of £1,500 by a bogus builder who claimed to be their grandson.

Northeast retains Kent captaincy

Northeast retains Kent captaincy

Sam Northeast will continue as Kent captain in 2017 after being unanimously reappointed by the club’s cricket committee.

Boy, 16, accused of having ‘intent to rape’ woman

 Boy, 16, accused of having ‘intent to rape’ woman

A teenager has been charged with attempted sexual assault and false imprisonment with intent to commit rape.

College failed to tell Ofsted about serious complaint

College failed to tell Ofsted about serious complaint

A college has apologised after it failed to tell the education watchdog of a serious complaint made about a member of its nursery staff.

Medics 'perform CPR' on seriously-ill man

Medics 'perform CPR' on seriously-ill man

Police and ambulance crews were called this afternoon after it is believed a man collapsed in the street.

Three outdoor fires in same day

Three outdoor fires in same day

A fire which destroyed more than three hectares of scrubland in Canterbury was part of a trio of outdoor fires in east Kent yesterday

Neighbour rushes out of house as woman is sexually attacked

Neighbour rushes out of house as woman is sexually attacked

A woman has reported being sexually assaulted as she walked home from a friend's house in Canterbury.

Hospital crutches sold at boot fairs

Hospital crutches sold at boot fairs

Unreturned crutches and walking frames loaned to patients are costing a health trust a small fortune – and even being sold on at boot fairs.

Rugby tackle ends rampage as drunk goes beserk

Rugby tackle ends rampage as drunk goes beserk

In just five minutes a drunk thug ripped off the front door of a bar, hurled bin bags at its windows, bit a member of the public and spat at police.

'You could have killed someone'

'You could have killed someone'

A man who knocked back beer and shots was double the legal limit when he crashed his disabled dad’s car.

'Intelligent and cheeky' rough sleeper dies in tent

'Intelligent and cheeky' rough sleeper dies in tent

The horror of living rough on the streets has claimed another young life.

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