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Door-to-door testing for South African variant: How it will work

Door-to-door testing for South African variant: How it will work

Details have been released on how a large scale operation to test people in a part of Kent for the South African strain of Covid-19, will work.

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Thug jailed after stealing £10k watch in violent robbery

Thug jailed after stealing £10k watch in violent robbery

Two men have been sentenced after a gold watch was stolen from a man during a violent robbery in a town centre.

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Air ambulance gets new rapid response vehicle

Air ambulance gets new rapid response vehicle

Lions clubs come together to help life-saving service.

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Person injured after vehicle overturns

Person injured after vehicle overturns

Officer and paramedics were called after a vehicle overturned.

Missing 21-year-old found safe and well

Missing 21-year-old found safe and well

The family of a young woman who went missing over the weekend have thanked the community for their help after she was found safe.

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Car hits town centre bridge

Car hits town centre bridge

Police and the fire brigade attended after a vehicle struck a town centre bridge.

In search of a lost bridge

In search of a lost bridge

A father's sketch is all that remains to illustrate an ambitious but unfinished rail link project.

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Can you help track down old school chums?

Can you help track down old school chums?

School friends from 1966 want to get in touch with their classmates.

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A friendly face at a time of grief

A friendly face at a time of grief

Those attending inquests are grateful for the support of a charity's volunteers.

In search of treacle mines

In search of treacle mines

Did the legend begin at the Madhatter's Teaparty?

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'Our street is blighted by crime'

'Our street is blighted by crime'

People who live, work and own businesses in a town centre street have set up a residents association with the hope of tackling antisocial behaviour.

Sleepy lorry drivers could wake up to clamp

Sleepy lorry drivers could wake up to clamp

A council has stepped up its fight against nuisance parking by using special powers to clamp sleepy lorry drivers.

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Popular church organist dies at 100

Popular church organist dies at 100

A church community is left grieving for the man who pulled out all the stops for their services when he played the organ.

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'When it's my turn I'll be taking the vaccine'

'When it's my turn I'll be taking the vaccine'

An MP has taken part in a video in encouraging people to get the vaccine, following concerns of a low uptake in ethnic minority groups.

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Kent man arrested after 'Covid-deniers' raid hospital

Kent man arrested after 'Covid-deniers' raid hospital

A man is in police custody after a group of 'Covid-deniers' is alleged to have tried to remove a patient from hospital.

Family 'elated' eviction notice overturned

Family 'elated' eviction notice overturned

A mother-of-three who has been fighting to stay in her home after being served an eviction notice is relieved the decision has been reversed.

Looking back on decades of fun at the Hazlitt Theatre

Looking back on decades of fun at the Hazlitt Theatre

Sometimes it's not until you fear you might lose something that you realise how precious it is.

Hospitals deliver 'battlefield medicine' in second wave

Hospitals deliver 'battlefield medicine' in second wave

Health bosses at one NHS trust are cautiously optimistic that their peak of the second wave of Covid-19 has now passed.

Son wielded three knives in housework row with mum

Son wielded three knives in housework row with mum

A woman 'passed out in fear' after her son threatened her with a knife during a row over household chores.

Treat us all the same

Treat us all the same

Maidstone boss Hakan Hayrettin thinks the National League have got it badly wrong by creating a split in their three divisions.

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