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Subscribers get an alert each day at 1pm highlighting the key stories they need to know about what's happening in the county.

Major breaking news alerts also make sure readers' fingers are on the pulse in Kent. To become a subscriber, all you have to do is download WhatsApp on your smartphone, add our number to your contacts and send us a text to subscribe.

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Our What's On newsletter comes out every Wednesday with details of what you can get up to across the Garden of England's tourist attractions, music venues and theatres.

The MyKentFamily email is sent each Friday with a host of tips, features and ideas for days out for parents.

If that wasn't enough, you can get a roundup of the county's politics news with the Paul on Politics newsletter by our political editor Paul Francis out every Monday and Friday evening.

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