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Rail strike to cause severe summer disruption this Saturday

Rail strike to cause severe summer disruption this Saturday

Rail services are facing major disruption on a 'busy weekend', says the Rail Delivery Group, as train drivers gear-up for more strike action.

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Car bursts into flames at roadside

Car bursts into flames at roadside

Dramatic images show a blaze which ripped through a vehicle, leaving it totally destroyed.

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Sinkhole opens in street after water main bursts

Sinkhole opens in street after water main bursts

Thousands were left without water after a burst mains caused a sinkhole to open in a residential street.

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Concern grows for vulnerable missing man

Concern grows for vulnerable missing man

Police are growing concerned for a vulnerable man missing since Saturday.

Travellers pitch up with 17 caravans on playing fields

Travellers pitch up with 17 caravans on playing fields

Enforcement action is expected to begin today as an unauthorised encampment has been set up at a recreation ground.

Six fire crews called to blazing corn field

Six fire crews called to blazing corn field

Six fire engines were called to a burning corn field as flames and smoke filled the air.

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'Kent looking down the barrel of a homeless crisis'

'Kent looking down the barrel of a homeless crisis'

A charity is warning more households could become homeless as the number of people at risk of losing their properties rises to pre-pandemic levels.

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Kent set to be as hot as Bermuda

Kent set to be as hot as Bermuda

The Met Office has predicted another heatwave for the county this week.

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Killer confessed to head stamp 'to give family closure'

Killer confessed to head stamp 'to give family closure'

A man accused of murdering a kindly pensioner says he changed his story about what happened because he wanted the truth to come out.

The best places to find fossils in Kent

The best places to find fossils in Kent

Young and old alike are fascinated by fossils - but just where in the county are the best places to find them?

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Dozens of firefighters sent to crop blaze

Dozens of firefighters sent to crop blaze

A large fire has broken out in a field - the sixth in the county in the last week alone.

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Number of asylum seekers crossing Channel passes 18,000

Number of asylum seekers crossing Channel passes 18,000

Official figures show the number of people making their way to Britain in small boats has passed another milestone.

'Scrap Op Brock now before someone is killed'

'Scrap Op Brock now before someone is killed'

An angry driver is calling for Operation Brock to be reviewed after his Mercedes was written off in a 'traumatising' accident in the contraflow.

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'Make hosepipe ban county-wide'

'Make hosepipe ban county-wide'

The environment secretary has urged water companies not imposing hosepipe bans in Kent to rethink their plans.

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County's best restaurant to open in second Kent town

County's best restaurant to open in second Kent town

Kent's top-rated restaurant is opening a second site on a busy high street in the county.

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Wetherspoon scraps £2.5m hotel plan - but pub to get bigger

Wetherspoon scraps £2.5m hotel plan - but pub to get bigger

Pub chain Wetherspoon has scrapped plans to build a £2.5 million seafront hotel above one of its boozers – but hopes to expand the site instead.

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Two-mile queues amid closures on 'sinking' dual-carriageway

Two-mile queues amid closures on 'sinking' dual-carriageway

Highways chiefs have been forced to close parts of a busy dual-carriageway, with signs warning drivers of subsidence in the road.

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Family-run shop to close after more than 50 years

Family-run shop to close after more than 50 years

A Kent hardware store which has been serving customers for more than half a century has announced it will be shutting down.

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Tributes pour in after suspected holiday park murder

Tributes pour in after suspected holiday park murder

A man who died in a suspected murder at a holiday park has been named in tributes.

'Sickening' news as baby abusers to be released in days

'Sickening' news as baby abusers to be released in days

Evil parents who tortured their baby so badly he had to have his legs amputated are set to be released from prison.

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Heavy traffic on A2 after car overturns

Heavy traffic on A2 after car overturns

Traffic is building on the A2 after a car overturned at a roundabout.

Attention-seeking mum jailed over fake 999 calls

Attention-seeking mum jailed over fake 999 calls

A mum who put lives at risk and wasted hours of emergency services' time pretending to be seriously ill in a string of hoax 999 calls has been jailed.

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Firework factory site wiped out by heatwave blaze

Firework factory site wiped out by heatwave blaze

New pictures have revealed the devastation of a fire which swept through marshland during record-breaking temperatures.

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‘Having herpes isn’t pretty - but I won’t hide away’

‘Having herpes isn’t pretty - but I won’t hide away’

A woman has spoken out about her experience of living with genital herpes in a bid to start a conversation and break the stigma surrounding the virus.

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How much?! The priciest streets in Kent

How much?! The priciest streets in Kent

Take a stroll down the county's most expensive streets, where huge houses with swimming pools, cinemas and tennis courts cost as much as £6 million.

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Six murder arrests after man dies at Camber Sands holiday park

Six murder arrests after man dies at Camber Sands holiday park

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died at a popular family holiday park near Kent.

Energy bills cap could hit £4,400

Energy bills cap could hit £4,400

The cap on energy bills could soar by several hundred pounds more than nightmare forecasts predicted earlier this week, new analysis has shown.

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Kent responds to calls to grass on neighbours during hosepipe ban

Kent responds to calls to grass on neighbours during hosepipe ban

People in the county have responded to calls to grass on their neighbours if they spot them breaching the hosepipe ban.

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Drivers facing hours of delays at Tunnel

Drivers facing hours of delays at Tunnel

Motorists are being warned to expect hours of delays as traffic chaos hits the county again.

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Third fire on tinderbox heathland

Third fire on tinderbox heathland

A section of heathland has burned for the third time in a month as dry weather turns Kent into a tinderbox.

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