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How you could be related to royal baby

How you could be related to royal baby

A professional genealogist related to Kate Middleton has today revealed hundreds of people across Kent will have close family ties to her child.

Police sniff out suspected thief

Police sniff out suspected thief

A man has been arrested for stealing fuel after officers found him smelling of diesel.

Bid for changes to late night busking

Bid for changes to late night busking

Plans to regulate busking in Canterbury have been proposed by councillors after noise complaints.

How 'our Gracie' became aunty to orphan William

How 'our Gracie' became aunty to orphan William

An orphan who grew up in a Kent care home has told the incredible story of how he was 'adopted' by screen superstar Gracie Fields

Man taken to hospital after bedsit fire

Man taken to hospital after bedsit fire

Firefighters attended Craddock Road in Canterbury last night after a fire broke out in a bedsit.

Accountant who lived high life jailed for £3m fraud

Accountant who lived high life jailed for £3m fraud

An accountant has been jailed for a £3m gambling fraud which funded holidays, expensive cars... and even his wedding.

Tredwell looks to top order to turn around t20 fortunes

Tredwell looks to top order to turn around t20 fortunes

Kent skipper James Tredwell has called on their top-order batsmen to produce the performances which will turn around their Friends Life t20 fortunes.

Lib Dem chief in Twitter spat

Lib Dem chief in Twitter spat

A keyboard war erupted between Canterbury's Lib Dem leader and a Tory councillor in a furious four-letter online spat about closing museums.

How about cat!

How about cat!

Buxton the Whitstable cat has been reunited with his owners... after going missing in Scotland during a voyage around UK.

Wartime bomb detonated off Kent coast

Wartime bomb detonated off Kent coast

Bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion on a Second World War mine found off the coast of Herne Bay by a fisherman.

Junkie pulled down trousers to inject in city centre park

Junkie pulled down trousers to inject in city centre park

A heroin addict who injected himself in the groin near a play park in a Canterbury beauty spot claimed the drug was a painkiller.

Bay boss Denly excited by opening day fixture

Bay boss Denly excited by opening day fixture

Herne Bay are already looking forward to hosting Ryman League newcomers Guernsey on the opening day of the new football season.

Clay just misses out on medal in World Youth Championships

Clay just misses out on medal in World Youth Championships

Bobby Clay of Invicta East Kent AC says she has unfinished business on the world stage after missing out on a medal at the World Youth Championships.

Early derbies excite Turner

Early derbies excite Turner

Faversham boss Ray Turner is relishing the prospect of four Kent derbies in the opening three weeks of the new Ryman League Division 1 South season.

Southall happy with pre-season progress

Southall happy with pre-season progress

Whitstable manager Nicky Southall says he is pleased with Town's progress through the pre-season campaign as the new season draws ever closer.

Tiley confident ahead of Open challenge

Tiley confident ahead of Open challenge

Kent golfer Steve Tiley says he is hoping his good form will give him ‘a sniff of a chance’ at glory in The Open Championship at Muirfield.

Canterbury trio to take on best in world

Canterbury trio to take on best in world

Three Canterbury Ladies stars will go head-to-head with former skipper Susannah Townsend as they prepare for the Junior World Cup in Germany.

Doubts over multi-million pound football ground

Doubts over multi-million pound football ground

Council bosses reconsider funding for Canterbury City FC's new stadium.

Gizmo guitarist Martin Reed dies after year-long cancer battle

Gizmo guitarist Martin Reed dies after year-long cancer battle

Martin Reed played his final gig just two weeks before his death after doctors told him his tumour was inoperable.

"Let's get more visitors"

"Let's get more visitors"

Council plans to partially close museums in Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay suffered a blow as a committee voted to find ways to keep them open.

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