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Teen with rare tumour needs £1m for surgery

Teen with rare tumour needs £1m for surgery

04 June 2016

A Dover teenager with an aggressive and rare tumour hopes to raise £1m for potentially life saving surgery in the US.

Anger as parking wardens target cancer patients

Anger as parking wardens target cancer patients

03 June 2016

Cancer patients are being "systematically" slapped with parking fines while undergoing gruelling chemotherapy at a Kent hospital.

Police found missing woman

Police found missing woman

02 June 2016

A missing Dover woman has now been found safe and well.

Patient’s alarm as health trust mulls blood clinic’s future

Patient’s alarm as health trust mulls blood clinic’s future

02 June 2016

A couple fear that a vital service at Deal Hospital may be moved out of the area inconveniencing the patients who rely on it.

Mental health trust failings lead to three deaths

Mental health trust failings lead to three deaths

31 May 2016

A mental health trust has been ordered to improve following the death of three patients last year.

Ambulance boss steps down in wake of controversy

Ambulance boss steps down in wake of controversy

31 May 2016

The chief executive of South East Coast Ambulance Service has left the trust, months after controversy over a new helpline pilot scheme.

Hospital delays meant cancer patient was too ill for op

Hospital delays meant cancer patient was too ill for op

30 May 2016

A grandfather died after a hospital failed to treat him for pancreatic cancer - despite being informed of the suspected diagnosis by another trust.

Former hospital up for auction in spite of MP’s asbestos claim

Former hospital up for auction in spite of MP’s asbestos claim

28 May 2016

Former Buckland Hospital will be auctioned off next month despite claims from Dover's MP that the site is contaminated.

Chiropractor filmed and molested female patients

Chiropractor filmed and molested female patients

27 May 2016

A chiropractor used a hidden camera to film female patients and touched them inappropriately.

Watchdog upholds blood clot complaint

Watchdog upholds blood clot complaint

27 May 2016

A woman with a potentially fatal blood clot in her lungs was sent home by a hospital after it failed to diagnose her condition.

Teen’s death spurs friend to run 1,000 miles for charity

Teen’s death spurs friend to run 1,000 miles for charity

26 May 2016

A woman is running 1,000 miles in one year in memory of a teenager who died after falling on to railway tracks.

Kent's 15 zero-rated food outlets

Kent's 15 zero-rated food outlets

26 May 2016

Going out for dinner tonight? If you've booked a table you may want to check our list of Kent's zero-rated eateries.

'I wanted a relaxing birth in a water bath – it didn’t quite happen'

'I wanted a relaxing birth in a water bath – it didn’t quite happen'

24 May 2016

Despite plans for a relaxing water birth, Sasha Tadman's baby Clementine couldn't wait - she was born in her parents’ car in a petrol station.

Car and bike engulfed in flame after crash

Car and bike engulfed in flame after crash

23 May 2016

A car and a motorbike burst into flames following a collision this evening.

'The NHS should consider charging patients'

'The NHS should consider charging patients'

23 May 2016

The chief executive of a Kent health trust has sparked controversy by suggesting the NHS should consider charging patients for some services.

Man dies after fall from bridge

Man dies after fall from bridge

21 May 2016

A man has died after falling from a motorway bridge into a river this morning, it has been confirmed.

‘Somebody should not be able to just disappear from a ferry'

‘Somebody should not be able to just disappear from a ferry'

21 May 2016

On May 21, 2013, Richard Fearnside went to have a cigarette on the deck of a cross-Channel ferry. It was the last time he was ever seen.

Witness appeal after teen hit by bus

Witness appeal after teen hit by bus

20 May 2016

Officers are appealing for people who witnessed an accident in which a teenage boy was hit by a bus.

'Mum and dad are my lifesavers'

'Mum and dad are my lifesavers'

20 May 2016

Becky Smith has a particular reason to be grateful to her parents - after both of them donated a kidney to her.

Plain packaging laws come into force today

Plain packaging laws come into force today

20 May 2016

Uniform drab green packaging will start to replace familiar branding from today as new plain packaging laws come into force.

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