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Missing girl found

Missing girl found

A missing teenager thought to have travelled from Essex to Kent, has been found safe and well.

Lorry drivers allowed to work longer to ease port congestion

Lorry drivers allowed to work longer to ease port congestion

Hauliers have been permitted to drive for longer to ease port congestion but unions say the move risks crashes on the county's roads.

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Lorry chaos for third day in a row

Lorry chaos for third day in a row

Lorries are once again queuing for miles on Kent's roads to access the county's ports - with yesterday's disruption blamed on Christmas.

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Drive-in cinema and theatre plan for historic building

Drive-in cinema and theatre plan for historic building

The towering shell of an historic structure could be repurposed as an open-air drive-in cinema and performance space in 2021.

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Fined for having one wheel on kerb

Fined for having one wheel on kerb

A woman who parked unintentionally with one wheel on a kerb has told of her disbelief at being fined for “obstructing the pavement”.

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Give the gift of news this Christmas

Give the gift of news this Christmas

You can give the gift of news this Christmas, with a subscription to a KM newspaper.

Kent 'Shard' plan deferred for second time

Kent 'Shard' plan deferred for second time

Concerns over developer contributions and designs have stalled progress on a 16-storey apartment block.

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See how our towns have changed over 11 years

See how our towns have changed over 11 years

Check out our interactive images charting the changes in our towns over recent years.

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'There'll be no schools left by Easter'

'There'll be no schools left by Easter'

If the Government wants schools to stay open, it must bump teachers up the Covid-19 vaccine priority list, a head teacher has warned.

Batman cocaine dealer to lose £42k

Batman cocaine dealer to lose £42k

A judge has said that cash found in a car being loaded by a drug dealer, who stamped a Batman logo on slabs of cocaine, should be confiscated.

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Man accused of plotting to exploit children

Man accused of plotting to exploit children

A police investigation into the exploitation of children for county lines drug dealing has resulted in a man being charged.

Neighbourhood's ingenious festive invention

Neighbourhood's ingenious festive invention

A community has come up with a new way of sharing some festive cheer, by turning their entire square into a living advent calendar.

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Jobs at risk as Kent housebuilder goes bust after 49 years

Jobs at risk as Kent housebuilder goes bust after 49 years

Dozens of jobs are teetering on the edge of redundancy after one of Kent's oldest building firms went bust.

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Police prepare for six months of disruption

Police prepare for six months of disruption

There will be travel disruption after the Brexit transition period ends according to the police and crime commissioner.

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Grammar advised to re-think Brexit closure

Grammar advised to re-think Brexit closure

A grammar school head teacher has been asked to rethink his position on closing in the new year to avoid Brexit chaos.

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Man admits attack after becoming enraged with a dog

Man admits attack after becoming enraged with a dog

A man has been spared jail after he admitted hitting a dog owner at a railway station after he became enraged with the victim's pet

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Cathedral opens as Covid test centre

Cathedral opens as Covid test centre

The second oldest cathedral in England has opened as a coronavirus testing centre in the battle to bring the spread of coronavirus under control.

Driver was over the limit when car flipped in fatal crash

Driver was over the limit when car flipped in fatal crash

A roofer wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was almost three times the legal limit before he died in a fatal crash.

Widow's appeal to find husband’s ashes stolen in raid

Widow's appeal to find husband’s ashes stolen in raid

A heartbroken widow is desperately hoping her husband's ashes, which were stolen in a warehouse raid, will be safely returned.

'We need £400m to turn around scandal-hit hospitals'

'We need £400m to turn around scandal-hit hospitals'

MPs are urgently calling on the government to provide a £400 million boost to improve a hospital trust hit by a string of scandals.

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Lorry fire stops M25 traffic

Lorry fire stops M25 traffic

A lorry fire was causing long delays on the M25.

Fundraiser for NHS worker's sons after shock cancer diagnosis

Fundraiser for NHS worker's sons after shock cancer diagnosis

Friends are raising money for children of a single mum described as a "beautiful, kind and radiant soul", who has been diagnosed with advanced cancer.

Christmas, Covid and stockpiling the cause of lorry chaos

Christmas, Covid and stockpiling the cause of lorry chaos

Lorries are once again queuing for miles on Kent's roads as they try to access the county's ports as the pre-Christmas rush causes haulage headaches.

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DWP to hire 266 'work coaches' to fight unemployment

DWP to hire 266 'work coaches' to fight unemployment

Job centres across Kent are recruiting new 'work coaches' to help get people back into employment.

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'Fishermen are the last of the hunters'

'Fishermen are the last of the hunters'

A career skipper believes taking back UK waters could transform the fishing industry, as the UK and EU continue to grapple with the Brexit transition.

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Van driver killed in M20 crash

Van driver killed in M20 crash

A man in his 30s has died following a crash involving a lorry and van on the M20 which closed the route for 10 hours.

One-teen crime wave torched two schools

One-teen crime wave torched two schools

A teenage arsonist who caused £17k of damage to two schools, threatened a witness and attacked a student has escaped jail by a "hair's breadth."

Killer nicknamed 'Ghost' murdered dad for Rolex

Killer nicknamed 'Ghost' murdered dad for Rolex

A second man has been jailed after a father was stabbed and shot on a night out for his Rolex watch.

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Burst water main blocks A-road

Burst water main blocks A-road

One of the main routes in and out of a city is blocked due to a burst water main.

'Borrowed 1973. Returned 2020. Sorry for the delay.'

'Borrowed 1973. Returned 2020. Sorry for the delay.'

A key to an historic Norman keep has been returned with an anonymous note more than 40 years after it went missing.

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