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Teenage girl stabbed

Teenage girl stabbed

Two men have been arrested after a 17-year-old was stabbed.

Plans for new secondary school unveiled

Plans for new secondary school unveiled

A secondary school that closed five years ago is to be replaced with a new building.

MP to start chemotherapy

MP to start chemotherapy

A Kent MP has updated her constituents on her breast cancer treatment.

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Emergency services called to railway station

Emergency services called to railway station

A platform has been closed while emergency services deal with an incident.

Masterchef winner's restaurant shuts

Masterchef winner's restaurant shuts

A Mexican restaurant chain funded by a former Masterchef winner is shutting its Kent store.

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Cat food infested with bugs

Cat food infested with bugs

A cat owner made a grim discovery when opening a box of food.

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Air ambulance lands following 'quad bike crash'

Air ambulance lands following 'quad bike crash'

A road has been closed after a 'serious incident' involving a quad bike.

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Days to raise £6k for overfed pup's life-saving surgery

Days to raise £6k for overfed pup's life-saving surgery

A cash-strapped animal charity has just days to raise £6,000 so a chihuahua left paralysed after he was overfed by owners can receive vital surgery.

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Burglar caught napping in stolen car

Burglar caught napping in stolen car

A car thief has been locked up after being caught asleep by police in a vehicle he stole just hours earlier.

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Giraffe hotel gets go-ahead

Giraffe hotel gets go-ahead

A new boutique hotel, where a herd of giraffes will be able to interact with guests, is set to open next year.

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'Get naked, but leave your mask on!'

'Get naked, but leave your mask on!'

Life models will be baring everything but their faces when drawing session resume next week.

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Police unearth cannabis farm inside house

Police unearth cannabis farm inside house

Video reveals the scale of a cannabis farm found inside several rooms throughout a house which police thought had been burgled.

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Driver's lucky escape after rocks thrown from bridge

Driver's lucky escape after rocks thrown from bridge

A group of youngsters are being hunted by police after rocks were thrown at motorists from a bridge.

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'Detention' of lone children branded unlawful

'Detention' of lone children branded unlawful

An immigration welfare charity has accused Kent County Council of acting unlawfully by detaining lone asylum seeking children.

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International Dog Day: Kent Police's top dogs

International Dog Day: Kent Police's top dogs

We've had a look at some of the county's proud police K-9s to celebrate International Dog Day.

'We were never geared for this kind of crisis, nobody was'

'We were never geared for this kind of crisis, nobody was'

Concerns have been raised there could be "drastic cuts" to key council services without much-needed government aid.

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Machete-style knives and drugs siezed during raid

Machete-style knives and drugs siezed during raid

Two men were arrested and drugs and weapons seized during an early morning county lines drugs operation.

‘I will make my pupils wear masks’

‘I will make my pupils wear masks’

The founder of a multi-academy trust is making face masks mandatory in secondary schools, following another government U-turn.

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Lorry smashes into house hit 8 times in a year

Lorry smashes into house hit 8 times in a year

The fed-up owner of a Grade-II listed cottage wants heavy lorries banned from his village after his home keeps getting hit by HGVs.

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Public inquiry over 440 homes plan

Public inquiry over 440 homes plan

Maidstone council must defend its refusal of planning permission for a large housing scheme for hundreds of homes, at a public inquiry.

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Drug dealer loses house after £10m stash seized

Drug dealer loses house after £10m stash seized

A court has ordered a drug dealer linked with £10m cannabis haul hidden amongst rabbit hay to sell his house to pay for the proceeds of his crime.

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Two taken to hospital following crash

Two taken to hospital following crash

A road has reopened following a crash which saw two people taken to hospital.

Plans to convert Victorian manor hospital into homes

Plans to convert Victorian manor hospital into homes

A planning application has been submitted which proposes to bring a disused hospital site back into use as homes.

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Murder accused too ill to attend court

Murder accused too ill to attend court

A man accused of murder failed to arrive in court to enter his plea in relation to the crime after suffering a bout of illness.

Police search for owners of 'stolen' bikes

Police search for owners of 'stolen' bikes

Officers have released pictures of six bikes they believe to have been stolen in a bid to find their real owners.

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New Kent railway station on track for green light

New Kent railway station on track for green light

Controversial plans to create a multi-million pound train station in east Kent has been recommended for approval ahead of a crunch meeting.

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Vandals leave children’s footie club with £10k bill

Vandals leave children’s footie club with £10k bill

A children’s football club has been left with a bill running into five figures after yobs trashed parts of its home ground.

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Person airlifted to hospital after serious junction crash

Person airlifted to hospital after serious junction crash

Eight ambulances were called out as part of a major response to a crash at an A-road junction which left one person with serious injuries.

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Bid for farmers' market 'harmful' to rural area

Bid for farmers' market 'harmful' to rural area

Developers behind plans for a new marketplace in the countryside say they will appeal a council's decision to refuse the proposals.

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Cars vandalised on parking row estate

Cars vandalised on parking row estate

Cars parked in a community in the middle of a parking row have been targeted by vandals.

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