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Motorists prepare for 18 months of roadworks

Motorists prepare for 18 months of roadworks

Motorists are fearing more traffic chaos next summer when work starts on major improvements set to last 18 months.

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Shocking video shows driver jumping lights

Shocking video shows driver jumping lights

A mum-of-three captured shocking footage on her dashcam of a motorist driving on the wrong side of the road through a red light.

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Doctor's 'sexually-motivated behaviour' suspension overruled

Doctor's 'sexually-motivated behaviour' suspension overruled

A three-month suspension imposed against a consultant with an "unblemished" record has been overruled by a High Court judge.

Teen helped run 'county lines' drugs ring

Teen helped run 'county lines' drugs ring

A teenager with previous convictions for drugs played a prominent role in organising a “county lines" dealing operation, a court heard.

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Instagram accused of exposing girls to grooming

Instagram accused of exposing girls to grooming

An Instagram account being used to groom young girls is being investigated by specialist police officers.

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Yarnold reveals she is pregnant

Yarnold reveals she is pregnant

Britain's greatest Winter Olympian Lizzy Yarnold joked she will switch from the skeleton to the luge as she revealed she is expecting her first child.

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Bow and arrow seized by police

Bow and arrow seized by police

A bow and arrow will now be destroyed by police after officers found the weapon during a drugs search.

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Overturned lorry on M2

Overturned lorry on M2

The air ambulance was called to the scene of an overturned lorry which caused disruption for motorists heading off the M2 this morning.

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Cinema opening date finally revealed

Cinema opening date finally revealed

Bosses have finally revealed when a six-screen cinema will open as part of a £75m leisure complex in a town centre.

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ITV drama Dark Heart filmed in Kent

ITV drama Dark Heart filmed in Kent

The final episode of ITV crime thriller Dark Heart starring Tom Riley as DI Will 'Staffe' Wagstaffe was shot in a seaside cottage owned by a vicar.

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MoD accused of hoarding empty homes

MoD accused of hoarding empty homes

Cross-party politicians have hit out after it emerged a third of homes owned by the MoD in part of Kent are empty.

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'My implant destroyed me'

'My implant destroyed me'

A mum is among thousands of women who have had to have a permanent contraceptive implant surgically removed.

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Mystery sea death puzzles investigators

Mystery sea death puzzles investigators

The death of a 28-year-old who washed up on a French beach has left police on both sides of the Channel stumped.

Get out of here!

Get out of here!

Former Ashford United manager Gary Alexander has revealed how he was sacked from the job by text message while watching I'm A Celebrity.

Quarry battle 'not won yet'

Quarry battle 'not won yet'

Campaigners fighting a 3.6 million tonne sand quarry have been warned the battle is far from over.

New tunnel 'should not have peak charges'

New tunnel 'should not have peak charges'

A new river crossing linking Kent and Essex should not have peak and off-peak charges when it opens in 2027, its project director has been told.

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Council accused of 'Brexit bias'

Council accused of 'Brexit bias'

An authority has been criticised for using the phrase "worst case scenario" in Brexit papers.

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Election specialist was only doing 'national work'

Election specialist was only doing 'national work'

A jury heard a woman accused of falsifying election spending returns was brought to Kent as part of the Tory party's "national expenditure".

Car fire causes long delays

Car fire causes long delays

Traffic built up in all directions after a car fire on the A249.

Wannabe Royal Marine jailed after punching woman

Wannabe Royal Marine jailed after punching woman

A thug who planned to join the Royal Navy has been jailed after he intervened in an argument and knocked a woman unconscious outside a nightclub.

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Man injured in crash

Man injured in crash

An accident involving a car and motorbike has resulted in a man being taken to hospital.

Van alight on carriageway

Van alight on carriageway

Traffic is building as crews tackle a van fire on the A20.

Heartbreak as social club closes

Heartbreak as social club closes

A popular venue has closed its doors for the last time after it held its final anniversary party.

Villagers bare (nearly) all for naked calendar

Villagers bare (nearly) all for naked calendar

A village has come together and bared nearly all for charity in the hope of creating the perfect stocking filler.

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Brothel 'cleaner' has £22,340 seized

Brothel 'cleaner' has £22,340 seized

A woman who stashed more than £20,000 in her loft has had the sum seized by police.

Mum set fire to her home after kids taken away

Mum set fire to her home after kids taken away

A woman set fire to her flat on Mother’s Day after being depressed about her five children being taken away from her, a court heard.

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Fallen power cables close road

Fallen power cables close road

Drivers are being told to plan alternative routes after power lines fell across a road.

Prime minister speaks out on migrant issue

Prime minister speaks out on migrant issue

Theresa May has spoken out today on the “unprecedented” number of migrants arriving in Dover.

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Video shows raid on ill pensioner's home

Video shows raid on ill pensioner's home

CCTV captured the scene as a burglar smashed his way into the home of a seriously ill 77-year-old woman as she lay in a hospital bed.

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Inquest opens into man's death after house fire which killed dogs

Inquest opens into man's death after house fire which killed dogs

An inquest opened today into the death of a man who died with his two dogs after a house fire.

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