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CCTV shows unprovoked attack in pub garden

CCTV shows unprovoked attack in pub garden

This image could help catch the bully who repeatedly punched and kicked a man who brushed past him in a pub car park.

Driver avoids jail after reversing over and killing elderly woman

Driver avoids jail after reversing over and killing elderly woman

A grandmother has been banned from driving after killing a woman by reversing over her at speed in Bluewater's car park.

Beery me! Overturned lorry sheds load of beer in M20 crash

Beery me! Overturned lorry sheds load of beer in M20 crash

A stretch of the M20 was shut in both directions when an overturned lorry shed its load of beer across the carriageway this afternoon.

Chaos as lorry smashes into barrier

Chaos as lorry smashes into barrier

Commuters have been enduring long delays on the A249 after a lorry carrying gas canisters went through the central reservation.

Drug addict jailed for frenzied knife attack

Drug addict jailed for frenzied knife attack

A man has today been jailed for 15 years for trying to murder his friend by lashing out with a knife... when he gave him the time.

Dad's 200 units of booze claim in forgery case

Dad's 200 units of booze claim in forgery case

A father told a court how he drank 200 units of alcohol each week to drown out his money worries.

Teen glassed outside holiday park

Teen glassed outside holiday park

A 19-year-old man was seriously assaulted in a bottling outside a holiday park in Dymchurch.

Kent's 84 county councillors claim £1.8m in expenses

Kent's 84 county councillors claim £1.8m in expenses

More than 80 councillors elected to Kent County Council have shared a £1.8m expenses pot, it's been revealed.

Lane hogger spots police... and stops dead in the M20 fast lane

Lane hogger spots police... and stops dead in the M20 fast lane

A driver who spotted police as he hogged the fast lane of the M20 took dramatic action... he stopped!

World's largest passenger aircraft comes to Manston

World's largest passenger aircraft comes to Manston

Manston Airport has today welcomed the world’s largest commercial passenger aircraft - British Airways’ first Airbus 380.

Premiership boss soaks up sun in Kent... with egg, chips and ice cream

Premiership boss soaks up sun in Kent... with egg, chips and ice cream

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas popped to the Kent coast to soak up the sun - and proved he's developed a taste for a classic English dish.

Prince Charles and Camilla to visit Chatham Historic Dockyard

Prince Charles and Camilla to visit Chatham Historic Dockyard

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will visit Chatham's Historic Dockyard later this month, it has been revealed today.

Thousands would lose homes under Grain airport plan

Thousands would lose homes under Grain airport plan

Two thousand people would lose their homes under plans for the world's biggest airport at Grain, according to a study commissioned by Boris Johnson.

'Zoos are no longer viable': zoo boss Damian Aspinall

'Zoos are no longer viable': zoo boss Damian Aspinall

A Kent wildlife park boss says he has no intention of closing Howletts or Port Lympne... despite saying zoos should be phased out.

A little corner of Kent that is forever... Scottish!

A little corner of Kent that is forever... Scottish!

If you go down to the woods today you could be in for a huge surprise.

Quarry extension given go-ahead

Quarry extension given go-ahead

Campaigners have lost their fight to save an 80-acre swathe of ancient woodland.

Motorist in custody

Motorist in custody

A driver has been arrested after being involved in a crash with a lorry on the M2 in the early hours.

Anger as boy banned from playtime after escaping school

Anger as boy banned from playtime after escaping school

A mother has criticised a school for banning her autistic five-year-old son from playtimes because he jumped over the fence three times.

Big-hearted boys give holiday cash to help disabled child targeted by conman

Big-hearted boys give holiday cash to help disabled child targeted by conman

Two schoolboys have donated their summer holiday money to a disabled child targeted by a cruel conman.

Brit winning men’s title at Wimbledon nothing new for Vera... aged 108!

Brit winning men’s title at Wimbledon nothing new for Vera... aged 108!

A care home resident has celebrated her 108th birthday - in the week Andy Murray became the fourth man to lift the Wimbledon title in her lifetime.

Modelzone closes two stores in Kent

Modelzone closes two stores in Kent

Jobs are threatened as toy chain Modelzone closes its two Kent stores.

Cannabis, guns and car parts seized in police raid

Cannabis, guns and car parts seized in police raid

A cache of guns, 750kg of drugs and car parts suspected to be part of a stolen car ring were discovered in a police raid.

Family of eight sharing one bedroom

Family of eight sharing one bedroom

A cramped family of eight are begging the council for a bigger house after reaching bursting point in their one-bedroom flat.

Heatwave warning as Kent set to sizzle

Heatwave warning as Kent set to sizzle

The Met Office has issued a heatwave warning for Kent as the county prepares to bask in temperatures of more than 30 Celsius this weekend.

Thieves swipe steel post box

Thieves swipe steel post box

Forget first class delivery... brazen thieves STOLE a steel post box from the ground!

Driver sought after biker badly hurt

Driver sought after biker badly hurt

Police are looking for a Mercedes driver today after a biker was seriously injured in a crash on the A228 at West Malling.

Shah one of three cleared in rape case

Shah one of three cleared in rape case

Former newspaper tycoon Eddie Shah has been cleared of using a Kent prostitute to lure a teenage girl into a rape trap.

Man, 21, died after being restrained by four police officers

Man, 21, died after being restrained by four police officers

A young man died when he became unwell after being restrained by four police officers in the street, investigators revealed today.

Angry head teacher does a Basil Fawlty

Angry head teacher does a Basil Fawlty

A furious head teacher destroyed an electric organ by running over it in his car during a school assembly in an outburst like one of Basil Fawlty's.

'Church covered up for evil priest who abused me'

'Church covered up for evil priest who abused me'

A former altar boy abused by a Catholic priest has claimed a bishop told him not to continue "his silly talk" when he first complained.

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