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Long delays amid Bank Holiday getaway

Long delays amid Bank Holiday getaway

Families beginning the Bank Holiday getaway have been facing heavy congestion on the M25 near the Dartford Crossing this afternoon.

A&E doctor: 'We're failing patients'

A&E doctor: 'We're failing patients'

The emergency department at Medway Maritime Hospital has been condemned as “dangerously unsafe” by a top consultant.

Park p-p-picks up a penguin

Park p-p-picks up a penguin

Kent's first hand-reared rare baby penguins have hatched at a wildlife park to the delight of experts.

Wayward half-sister of life peer exposed as fraudster

Wayward half-sister of life peer exposed as fraudster

The half-sister of a prominent campaigning life peer is facing jail after being exposed as a high-living fraudster.

Councillor suspended for saying travellers 'screw everything up'

Councillor suspended for saying travellers 'screw everything up'

A councillor tasked with allocating traveller sites has been suspended today after criticising their communities - saying they "screw everything up".

BA flights diverted via Manston after emergency landing

BA flights diverted via Manston after emergency landing

Some British Airways flights have been diverted via Manston Airport today after a plane made an emergency landing at Heathrow.

Three cut free after crash

Three cut free after crash

Paramedics treated three women at the scene of a three-vehicle crash in Dartford.

Parents' fury as boys go missing from primary school

Parents' fury as boys go missing from primary school

Families of two little boys who were able to climb a fence to get out of school before heading home over a busy road have spoken of their anger

Death crash driver: 'I remember nothing'

Death crash driver: 'I remember nothing'

A driver claims she has no memory of a crash in Bluewater's car park which left an elderly woman dead.

Burglar targets his own brother

Burglar targets his own brother

A man who pleaded poverty when his brother invited him to stay at his home has repaid the kindness - by burgling his home.

Double trouble as twins enter same beauty pageant

Double trouble as twins enter same beauty pageant

They may be identical, but twins Kellis and Cassey are hoping to split the judges' votes in a national beauty contest.

Man feared dead after P&O ferry plunge is from Whitstable

Man feared dead after P&O ferry plunge is from Whitstable

A 30-year-old ferry passenger feared dead after he is thought to have fallen from a cross-Channel ferry lived in Whitstable, it has been revealed.

Suspect in £3k raid caught on camera

Suspect in £3k raid caught on camera

The owner of a property burgled in the middle of the day wants help to track down a man captured on CCTV.

Three-car smash closes Old Thanet Way

Three-car smash closes Old Thanet Way

A pile-up on the Old Thanet Way near Chestfield has closed the road in both directions.

Delays as man trapped in overturned car

Delays as man trapped in overturned car

A crash that left a man trapped in a car on its side has been causing long tailbacks in Bapchild near Sittingbourne.

Pictured: Man killed by lorry on M25

Pictured: Man killed by lorry on M25

A pedestrian killed by a truck on the M25 in the early hours has today been named as Jamie Carter from Swanley.

Perfick! Holiday home from home for Darling Buds fans

Perfick! Holiday home from home for Darling Buds fans

An entrepreneur plans to turn the Kent farm where Darling Buds of May was filmed into holiday accommodation themed on the hit TV show.

Dying mum's dream date with Disney

Dying mum's dream date with Disney

A 23-year-old with terminal cancer will take her two-year-old son to Florida after a car salesman stepped in to help her complete her bucket list.

Science teacher's kitchen lab sparks chemical scare

Science teacher's kitchen lab sparks chemical scare

Emergency crews raced to a seafront home after a chemistry teacher fell ill while experimenting in a homemade laboratory.

MPs criticise Paris Brown appointment 'fiasco'

MPs criticise Paris Brown appointment 'fiasco'

A report has condemned the 'fiasco' surrounding Kent's youth tsar Paris Brown... claiming a panel failed to scrutinise her appointment.

Four injured in crash on M2 near Faversham

Four injured in crash on M2 near Faversham

A van and a car have been involved in collision on London bound carriageway causing long tailbacks.

Smoker "lucky to be alive" after Dover flat fire

Smoker "lucky to be alive" after Dover flat fire

Two men were taken to hospital and others were evacuated from their homes when a fire broke out in a Dover flat early today.

£80k payout for woman bullied by new Lord Mayor

£80k payout for woman bullied by new Lord Mayor

An employment judge has ruled the Lord Mayor of Canterbury created "an intimidating, hostile and offensive environment" for a former council clerk.

County councillors take pay freeze

County councillors take pay freeze

All parties on Kent County Council are today expected to back a pay freeze for councillors, keeping their basic allowances at just more than £12,800

Driver 'killed shopper with out-of-control car at Bluewater'

Driver 'killed shopper with out-of-control car at Bluewater'

A pensioner was killed by a woman's car when she lost control of the vehicle and it reversed over her at speed in a Bluewater car park, a court heard.

Families in legal action against Butlins after holiday sickness

Families in legal action against Butlins after holiday sickness

Two Kent families are taking legal action against Butlins after suffering from severe sickness on "nightmare" holidays at Bognor Regis.

Hotel used as £1.5m drugs farm

Hotel used as £1.5m drugs farm

A 17th century coach house near Canterbury was converted into a large-scale skunk cannabis factory by drugs barons.

Update: Man charged after mosque attack

Update: Man charged after mosque attack

A man has been charged with religiously aggravated criminal damage after a Kent mosque was attacked in the wake of the Woolwich terror murder.

Stranger strikes again as more schoolgirls targeted

Stranger strikes again as more schoolgirls targeted

A school has issued a warning to parents after a man who tried to lure a schoolgirl back to his house struck again.

Tax rebate for special PCs

Tax rebate for special PCs

Special PCs are to be given a council tax rebate to acknowledge the work they do as volunteers, Kent police commissioner Ann Barnes has announced.

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