Symptom free testing sites in Kent and Medway have had to cancel appointments due to a system issue.

All five sites across the Towns have had to close while the issue is fixed.

The problem is with a national system that deals with online test registrations.

The testing sites affected are Medway Park in Gillingham, the Oast in Rainham, Chattenden Community Centre in Hoo, the Deep End in Chatham and Rochester Cathedral.

A spokesperson for Kent confirmed all 24 sties in Kent had also been affected temporarily by the national outage but are now open again.

More to follow.

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