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At least one Kent primary school is expected to be placed into special measures today - with another told it must improve.
Hospital bosses have admitted a "significant" health and safety failure after clinical waste was dumped in with dirty linen a total of FORTY times.
Firefighters spent almost three hours putting out a fire in a derelict house.
A racist thug who abused police officers had to be Tasered to stop him from lashing out and assaulting them.
Two people have been arrested in connection with the theft of Victorian wooden floor blocks from an historic fort.
A 12-year-old boy is fighting for his life in hospital after suffering serious injuries when he was knocked down on a busy road.
A mum says she was disgusted to find mould, stains and blood spatters in a holiday park apartment when she took her son on their first family getaway.
A man has died in a busy town centre, despite the efforts of emergency crews to revive him.
A teenager who tried to stop three young women from being assaulted was left with a broken jaw when the attackers turned on him.
Police are hunting a man who grabbed a woman round the throat and sexually assaulted her.
A 36-year-old woman is accused of intimidating a victim in a court case.
A 26-year-old described as controlling and dominating is handed a jail term for raping a vulnerable woman.
Politicians of all colours react with fury after damning article paints a picture of Thanet as 'bilious, forlorn and desolate.'
Emergency services have been at Maidstone East railway station after concerns for the welfare of a man.
A family managed to escape from their home unharmed after a fire took hold in their garage.
A pal desperately tried to help a fellow climber who tragically died after he fell down a Scottish mountainside.
A mum feared she was going to die after being wrongly recalled for cancer.
A postman was so angry when his peace was shattered by a delivery van he pointed a gun and threatened to shoot.
A grieving pet owner has called for animal lovers to be vigilant after her cat and at least one other were poisoned.
A teenager's been charged after a bus driver was shot in the face with a ball bearing fired from a catapult.
In honour of a dad-of-two who has been protesting over poor service from a store, we look back at some of the county's wackier calls to action.
Ian Hayden, 44, from Paddock Wood, is demanding his money back for a sofa he bought from Harveys in Aylesford.
A planned closure of the Sheppey Crossing took drivers by surprise as tailbacks build up.
A man has appeared in court charged with rape, attempted rape, sexual assault and robbery following two alleged attacks in the same Kent town.
Jayne White, 54, and Lucy White, 20, both from Maidstone and Dr Alan Pollock, from Larkfield, used fake boarding cards to buy duty-free cigarettes.
A coffee factory responsible for handling exports from around the world had to be evacuated when a fire broke out.
Puzzled locals looked on in disbelief as a caravan fixed to the base of a catamaran was spotted floating down the Swale estuary.
People have expressed their outrage after vandals tried to set fire to a wooden sculpture at a popular tourist attraction before taking a saw to it.
A council could be forced to refund hundreds of thousands of pounds as investigators examine claims parking tickets have been issued illegally.
A leukaemia sufferer who believes pylons could have caused cancer in himself and 34 others living nearby is considering taking legal action.
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