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Relief as Gatwick delays plans for flight paths over Kent

Relief as Gatwick delays plans for flight paths over Kent

Gatwick Airport is to delay a decision on whether to go ahead with new flight paths until next year, it's been revealed.

Rotting mouse corpse discovered in beans

Rotting mouse corpse discovered in beans

A store owner has been fined after rodents burrowed their way into food and left their droppings on the shelves.

Blue Bus volunteer 'sexually assaulted women'

Blue Bus volunteer 'sexually assaulted women'

A volunteer first aider abused his position of trust to assault women on a town's medical bus, a court's heard.

Dog walker 'sexually assaulted'

Dog walker 'sexually assaulted'

A hooded attacker is being sought by police after a woman said she was assaulted as she walked her dog.

Drug trafficker 'first to be jailed' for smuggling khat

Drug trafficker 'first to be jailed' for smuggling khat

A man who smuggled the class C drug khat into the UK weeks after it was outlawed is thought to be the first person to be prosecuted for the crime.

Firefighters tackle 200 tonnes of straw alight

Firefighters tackle 200 tonnes of straw alight

Fire crews have spent the night tackling a straw bale blaze.

Emergency crews at scene of three-car smash

Emergency crews at scene of three-car smash

A man and child are being treated by medics at the scene of an accident on Sheppey.

Rail delays for up to four weeks

Rail delays for up to four weeks

Train passengers facing travel misery due to diversions and cancellations for most of October, after a main piece of track was seriously damaged.

Serial burglar jailed under 'three-strike' rule

Serial burglar jailed under 'three-strike' rule

A bungling burglar who pretended he had kicked a ball into his victim's garden to sneak into her home has been jailed for a series of break-ins.

What do you do with a Banksy?

What do you do with a Banksy?

As art lovers flock to admire Kent's very own Banksy, we explore who owns the £300,000 artwork, how much it is worth - and what happens to it next.

Woman injured after being thrown from horse

Woman injured after being thrown from horse

A woman was taken to hospital by air ambulance after being thrown from her horse.

Cameron: Reckless is 'fat arse'

Cameron: Reckless is 'fat arse'

Abuse is being heaped on Tory defector Mark Reckless - with Boris Johnson comparing him to a sexual deviant and David Cameron hurling insults.

Campaign to bring back Fred heads to Downing Street

Campaign to bring back Fred heads to Downing Street

Friends and family of a popular barman who was threatened with deportation are stepping up efforts to bring him back home.

Bridge re-opened after earlier delays

Bridge re-opened after earlier delays

The QEII bridge, which was shut when a man was taken ill on the crossing, has now been re-opened and traffic has eased.

Charge after Kent teen and pal die in crash

Charge after Kent teen and pal die in crash

A driver's been charged with causing the death of two teenagers - one from Kent - in a crash near a pub.

Man, 58, dies after being rushed to hospital with 'bee sting'

Man, 58, dies after being rushed to hospital with 'bee sting'

An inquest into the death of a man taken to hospital with a suspected bee sting is trying to establish how he later died of multiple injuries.

Shock after bodies found in car

Shock after bodies found in car

People living in a quiet residential street have spoken of their shock after two bodies were found in a car in an apparent double suicide.

Appeal sparked over toilet 'voyeur'

Appeal sparked over toilet 'voyeur'

A shocked woman has reported to police seeing a man peering up at her from under a shopping centre's toilet door.

Cut! Police stop using body cameras after just two weeks

Cut! Police stop using body cameras after just two weeks

Police chiefs have been forced to suspend their heralded body-worn camera system less than two weeks after it was introduced.

Woman admits starting fire in triple murder bid

Woman admits starting fire in triple murder bid

A mum has pleaded guilty to attempting to murder three people in a house fire.

Suspect escapes across primary school playground

Suspect escapes across primary school playground

A fugitive is still on the run after making his escape across a primary school playground in front of young pupils.

Earthly explanation for beach spaceman

Earthly explanation for beach spaceman

An astronaut has been photographed taking a stroll on a beach - but he hasn't descended from outer space.

Kent MP: 'I'm staying put'

Kent MP: 'I'm staying put'

A Kent Tory MP has again dismissed rumours he's considering defecting to UKIP.

Anger as ex-Medway Hospital chief rewarded for failure

Anger as ex-Medway Hospital chief rewarded for failure

NHS boss Mark Devlin was PROMOTED after presiding over the "weak leadership" which led to high death rates and an A&E in crisis, it has emerged.

Court battle over treatment for dementia sufferer

Court battle over treatment for dementia sufferer

An NHS Trust has reversed its decision not to continue to try and reinsert an elderly patient's feeding tube.

Fire on cross-Channel ferry

Fire on cross-Channel ferry

A blaze has broken out on a cross-Channel ferry - with almost 400 passengers on board.

Kent MP targeted in newspaper sex sting

Kent MP targeted in newspaper sex sting

A Kent Tory backbencher has revealed he was approached by an undercover reporter in a sex sting which claimed a minister's job.

Man arrested after immigration officers raid car wash

Man arrested after immigration officers raid car wash

A car wash was swarming with immigration officers this morning with a number of workers being detained.

Blaze at three-storey home

Blaze at three-storey home

More than a dozen firefighters tackled a blaze at a three-storey home.

Community warden numbers to be slashed

Community warden numbers to be slashed

Budget cuts have forced the county council to cut the number of community wardens on our streets by half.

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