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Man cut free after car smashes into garden wall

Man cut free after car smashes into garden wall

Fire crews had to cut a man free from his car after it ploughed into a garden wall late last night.

Mouse spotted in takeaway

Mouse spotted in takeaway

A restaurant owner has vowed to call in pest control after a video showed a mouse scurrying across the premises.

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'Please play for us for free'

'Please play for us for free'

Maidstone United have furloughed their entire first team squad - and are searching for replacements prepared to play for free.

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Maidstone put players on furlough

Maidstone put players on furlough

Maidstone United have put their first-team squad on furlough to safeguard the club's long-term future.

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100-year-old hugs son for first time in nearly a year

100-year-old hugs son for first time in nearly a year

An ex-nurse was "over the moon" after she hugged her eldest son for the first time in nearly a year on her birthday.

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Food hall plan for leisure complex in £900k makeover

Food hall plan for leisure complex in £900k makeover

A borough council has ambitious plans to 'hit the ground running' when the pandemic ends with the opening of a food hall.

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Bonus switch for The Mote

Bonus switch for The Mote

The Mote are celebrating an unexpected promotion four months before the scheduled start of the Kent League season.

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Football fixtures and results

Football fixtures and results

Catch up with all the week's football fixtures and results here.

Our World Of Sport: Rowing

Our World Of Sport: Rowing

Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club chairman Richard Huggins gives an insight into all things rowing.

Driver caught on CCTV ramming vehicles on driveway

Driver caught on CCTV ramming vehicles on driveway

Police are hunting a motorist who reversed into a private driveway and then brazenly smashed into two cars and a van which was also caught on CCTV.

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Suspected County Lines dealer rode round town on eScooter

Suspected County Lines dealer rode round town on eScooter

A suspected crack cocaine dealer has appeared in court following his arrest in a town's High Street while riding an eScooter.

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Free parking for electric vehicles

Free parking for electric vehicles

A Kent council has unanimously approved plans to make parking free for electric vehicles.

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Shocking new photos released of damage to beauty spot

Shocking new photos released of damage to beauty spot

A council has released shocking new photographs showing the extent of damage a farmer is said to have done to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Cinema converted into Covid vaccination centre

Cinema converted into Covid vaccination centre

An Odeon cinema has swapped popcorn and movies for coronavirus vaccine and needles as it becomes a Covid injection centre.

Jump to it!

Jump to it!

A theatre academy is offering to conduct free online PE sessions for schools.

M20 closed for hours after three-lorry crash

M20 closed for hours after three-lorry crash

The London-bound carriageway of the motorway was shut for hours after a crash involving three lorries.

Cases rise in areas where door to door tests delivered

Cases rise in areas where door to door tests delivered

Coronavirus cases in an area of Kent where door step testing was carried out have increased by 244%.

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Farmer ordered to stop dumping rubbish in beauty spot

Farmer ordered to stop dumping rubbish in beauty spot

The High Court has ordered a Kent farmer to stop burning waste and keeping cars and caravans in ancient woodland.

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Elderly residents left without hot water for two weeks

Elderly residents left without hot water for two weeks

Elderly and vulnerable people have been left without hot water for two weeks after their housing association turned the supply off following a leak.

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Moment police smash into home and arrest dealer in bed

Moment police smash into home and arrest dealer in bed

A major drugs supply chain has been dismantled after police raid a lock-up and find more than half-a-million pounds of cocaine and amphetamine.

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