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You may need to book to use tips when they reopen

You may need to book to use tips when they reopen

Users may need to book to use the tips when the sites finally reopen – as pressure builds to get Kent moving again.

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People camping in nature reserves to escape virus

People camping in nature reserves to escape virus

Kent Wildlife Trust says people have been camping in its nature reserves to escape Covid-19 as it faces losing £800,000 because of the pandemic.

Bid to drop attempted murder charges after shooting

Bid to drop attempted murder charges after shooting

Two men accused of attempting to kill a man by shooting him will bid to have their charges dropped.

Family's heartache as nurse dies aged 55

Family's heartache as nurse dies aged 55

A devastated husband says he will "miss everything" about his wife, who worked at a Kent hospital for almost 20 years.

Police car and Toyota demolish garden wall

Police car and Toyota demolish garden wall

A police car and another vehicle demolished a garden wall after colliding and careering through it.

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Skull mask gang threaten woman with gun

Skull mask gang threaten woman with gun

A woman was held up at gun point on her own doorstep by a gang of six men wearing skull masks.

Brother missing for more than a month

Brother missing for more than a month

The family of a man who has been missing since before the start of lockdown have issued an appeal for him to get in touch.

Pervert jailed over child sex abuse

Pervert jailed over child sex abuse

A pervert has been handed a prison sentence after being found guilty of carrying out sex offences on a child which dated back to the 1970s.

Gran taken to hospital after hit-and-run

Gran taken to hospital after hit-and-run

Police are hunting a motorist who drove off after colliding with another car in a horrific crash which left a grandmother needing hospital treatment.

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NHS family fly home from Philippines after month-and-a-half

NHS family fly home from Philippines after month-and-a-half

Four NHS workers, including an ICU nurse, are back in the UK after a stressful stay in a country said to be rife with "hysteria".

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Excessive speeding offences almost double during lockdown

Excessive speeding offences almost double during lockdown

Figures from police show a sharp increase in the number of high-end speeding offences being committed across the county.

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Dealer caught with drugs and guns

Dealer caught with drugs and guns

A drug dealer has been locked up after police officers caught him with a knife, cash, drugs and guns.

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Greggs and Burger King to reopen some stores

Greggs and Burger King to reopen some stores

Bakery chain Greggs and fast food firm Burger King have both announced they will reopen a number of stores amid the national lockdown.

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Social services move to Skype visits amid pandemic

Social services move to Skype visits amid pandemic

Social services visits to households with vulnerable children are being conducted over Skype, during the coronavirus outbreak.

Chances of filling empty M&S stores 'minimal'

Chances of filling empty M&S stores 'minimal'

Chamber of trade groups have agreed the chances of former M&S stores now being filled are 'minimal'.

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Shop workers fight off teen robber with pole

Shop workers fight off teen robber with pole

A 17-year-old who brandished a knife as he tried to raid a store was fought off with a wooden pole by brave shop workers.

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Giant asteroid set to race past earth

Giant asteroid set to race past earth

A two-mile-long asteroid classified by astronomers as "potentially hazardous" is set to become the largest to pass earth this year.

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Maternity probe to examine decade of baby deaths

Maternity probe to examine decade of baby deaths

An independent review into a hospital baby death scandal has started with help from people who worked on the Hillsborough investigation.

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Man arrested after boat crash

Man arrested after boat crash

A man was arrested and a woman taken to hospital after a crash involving two boats.

Auditions open for Windrush hip hopera

Auditions open for Windrush hip hopera

An African and Caribbean association is encouraging people to take part in their hip hopera telling the story of the Windrush generation.

How your council is dealing with traveller camps during lockdown

How your council is dealing with traveller camps during lockdown

The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked police guidelines which could see travellers avoid eviction from illegal camps, but only in certain parts of Kent.

Paramedic planned to propose before tragic death

Paramedic planned to propose before tragic death

Mourners will line the streets to say a final farewell to a dedicated young paramedic.

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What were they thinking? Nine crazy ideas for Kent

What were they thinking? Nine crazy ideas for Kent

Madcap schemes for the county include a 200ft carving of Winston Churchill's face in the White Cliffs and a 50m white horse in the Ebbsfleet Valley.

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Horse rescued from muddy ditch

Horse rescued from muddy ditch

Specialist firefighters have rescued a horse which was stuck in a muddy ditch.

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Air ambulance lands on playing field

Air ambulance lands on playing field

The air ambulance has landed on a playing field near a marina a boating accident on the River Medway.

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'Travel ban is stopping my wife getting cancer treatment'

'Travel ban is stopping my wife getting cancer treatment'

The husband of a woman who needs cancer treatment has urged the USA to make an exemption on its travel ban so she can join a clinical trial.

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Police probe after 'suspicious incident' in woods

Police probe after 'suspicious incident' in woods

Police are investigating a "suspicious incident" in a woods following concerns for a woman heard shouting.

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Traffic lights destroyed by car crash

Traffic lights destroyed by car crash

Police were called to the scene of an accident where traffic lights and a lamp post were knocked to the ground.

The Kent Homebase stores set to reopen

The Kent Homebase stores set to reopen

Another DIY chain has revealed which of its stores in the county will be welcoming customers.

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Celebrations at two Covid-19 recoveries

Celebrations at two Covid-19 recoveries

Patients have been able to leave a care home and a hospice where they have been fighting their battles against coronavirus.

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