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Online festival screening encouraging men to speak about mental health

Online festival screening encouraging men to speak about mental health

An arts and science festival is screening a documentary made by a man after the loss of his best friend to suicide.

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Drugs boss ordered to repay just £6 of £350k profits

Drugs boss ordered to repay just £6 of £350k profits

The head of a drug-dealing network who made £350,000 through illegal deals has been told he must payback just £6.22.

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Covid treated as a 'joke' in Kent's virus hotspot

Covid treated as a 'joke' in Kent's virus hotspot

Residents in the county's worst-hit neighbourhoods have been accused of treating Covid-19 as a 'joke' as infection rates soar.

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Here's when the clocks go back

Here's when the clocks go back

Everything you need to know about when and why the clocks are going back.

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Third diver taken to hospital

Third diver taken to hospital

An air ambulance was scrambled to treat a diver taken ill at a lake in the third such case there in as many months.

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Spanish storm to bring torrential downpours

Spanish storm to bring torrential downpours

A Spanish storm will bring torrential downpours and 40mph winds to Kent tomorrow.

Man's body found near major road

Man's body found near major road

The body of a man in his forties was found near a busy road.

Concern for deer roaming residential roads

Concern for deer roaming residential roads

An appeal has been made to find a possibly sick deer that was spotted roaming the streets near a busy road.

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Four-fold rise in Covid cases at uni

Four-fold rise in Covid cases at uni

The number of people testing positive for coronavirus at one Kent university has increased four-fold, with 33 more confirmed cases in the past week.

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'Lockdown now to save lives and jobs'

'Lockdown now to save lives and jobs'

An expert on viruses has said a second lockdown is the best way to return to normality - saving lives and jobs.

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Parents' anger as pupils forced to eat lunch outside

Parents' anger as pupils forced to eat lunch outside

An outraged mum has accused a school of putting children’s health at risk after pupils were made to eat outside because of Covid-19 measures.

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Stabbing victim 'named killer' moments before final breath

Stabbing victim 'named killer' moments before final breath

A murder trial has heard how the victim, who had been stabbed in the heart, identified his killer just minutes before he died.

Mum makes festive face coverings

Mum makes festive face coverings

A seamstress whose business has been hit hard by the pandemic has turned her hand to making 'blingy' face masks to wear this Christmas.

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'It's a form of harassment now'

'It's a form of harassment now'

Business owners have spoken out after a council slapped 19 parking fines on vehicles in spaces which had been free to use for more than a decade.

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School, wedding venue and homes planned for former quarry

School, wedding venue and homes planned for former quarry

People living near a former disused quarry are concerned over plans for hundreds of homes, a school and a wedding venue.

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Tragedy as baby girl found dead on mum's bed

Tragedy as baby girl found dead on mum's bed

A distraught mum has recalled the moment she woke to find her "beautiful and funny" daughter dead on her bed just hours after a night feed.

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Motorcyclist seriously injured in crash

Motorcyclist seriously injured in crash

A crash between a car and a motorbike resulted in one rider being taken to hospital with serious injuries.

School confirms 8th Covid case

School confirms 8th Covid case

Two years groups from a Kent school have been told to go on a 'circuit breaker' and isolate for two weeks after three confirmed coronavirus cases.

16 isolating after positive Covid-19 tests at Aldi

16 isolating after positive Covid-19 tests at Aldi

A number of staff at a food distribution centre have tested positive for coronavirus and are now self isolating.

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Dealer ran from police and chucked burner phone in river

Dealer ran from police and chucked burner phone in river

A county lines dealer has been sentenced to time in a young offenders' institution after throwing his phone in the river during a police chase.

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Second fatal crash victim named

Second fatal crash victim named

A man who "always went out of his way to help others" has been named locally as the second victim of a fatal crash.

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Driver jailed after asylum seekers found in lorry

Driver jailed after asylum seekers found in lorry

A people smuggler has been jailed after border force officers found three asylum seekers hidden in his lorry cab.

'A load of immigrants just got out of a lorry into Mercs'

'A load of immigrants just got out of a lorry into Mercs'

An eyewitness alerted police to people jumping out of lorries, a fortnight before the deaths of 39 people, a court has heard.

Less than 3% of sexual assault cases get solved in Kent

Less than 3% of sexual assault cases get solved in Kent

New figures show Kent is falling behind other police forces in the UK when it comes to solving reported sexual assault crimes.

Lorry fire on M2

Lorry fire on M2

A lorry caught fire on a motorway causing four miles of queues and several lanes closed after a spillage across the carriageway.

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'They see me as a big sister'

'They see me as a big sister'

A 26-year-old woman from Kent is the legal guardian of 14 Tanzanian children, some from an orphanage which shut and others rescued from the streets.

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McLaren supercar trashed in Sainsbury's car park

McLaren supercar trashed in Sainsbury's car park

A parking error led to fire crews being called to release a driver from her car.

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Dad part of group who sprinted to rescue woman from burning building

Dad part of group who sprinted to rescue woman from burning building

A railway station worker says he was just 'helping where it was needed', after he rescued a woman from the window ledge of a burning building.

Prison officer 'had baby' with inmate

Prison officer 'had baby' with inmate

The child of a prison officer could belong to an inmate who was jailed for murder, a court has heard.

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Man drowned in harbour

Man drowned in harbour

A man whose body was found after a lengthy search and rescue operation had drowned in the sea at a busy harbour.

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