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Community rallies to help stranded truckers

Community rallies to help stranded truckers

Free tea making facilities and wifi are among the measures doled out to fatigued lorry drivers waiting at Dover for France to reopen its borders

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Cigarette butt pins drug dealer to £260k drug stash

Cigarette butt pins drug dealer to £260k drug stash

A drug dealer has been jailed after DNA evidence was obtained linking him to a large Class A drug find inside a Peugeot hire car.

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Man 'with screwdriver' puts hospital in lockdown

Man 'with screwdriver' puts hospital in lockdown

Patients and medical staff were trapped inside a hospital after a man with a screwdriver threatened staff, it is claimed.

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'They're angry and frustrated'

'They're angry and frustrated'

Lorry drivers are being left in 'miserable' conditions as they wait to be let across the Channel.

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Time for deal on Brexit should be extended

Time for deal on Brexit should be extended

The government is resisting calls for Brexit talks to be postponed as the end of the transition period rapidly approaches.

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The area in Kent with the highest death rate

The area in Kent with the highest death rate

Government figures have revealed which area in Kent has the highest death rate from Covid-19.

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'My family are waiting for me for Christmas'

'My family are waiting for me for Christmas'

As drivers remain stranded in Kent with the border still shut we spoke to them about their prospects of getting home for Christmas.

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Op Brock in place on M20

Op Brock in place on M20

The Operation Brock moveable barrier is in place on the M20.

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LIVE: 'Planes, boats and Eurostars will resume'

LIVE: 'Planes, boats and Eurostars will resume'

Travel to France is expected to restart at midnight as talks between the two governments come to an end.

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11ft bronze statues brought to scrap yard

11ft bronze statues brought to scrap yard

Four huge statues have been collected and brought into a scrap yard to be demolished.

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Council primed to approve 4,000-home development

Council primed to approve 4,000-home development

A huge housing development sprawling across 550 acres is set to be given the go-ahead at a crunch meeting tonight.

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Dog dies in devastating house fire

Dog dies in devastating house fire

A family has lost everything - including a beloved elderly pet dog - in a fire that ripped through their home.

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'My dad died after catching Covid on ward'

'My dad died after catching Covid on ward'

A distraught daughter has questioned why a hospital had Covid patients on the same ward as her dad after the 80-year-old caught the illness and died.

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Op Brock to replace Stack on M20

Op Brock to replace Stack on M20

The movable Operation Brock barrier is being installed on the M20 as the French travel ban remains in place.

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'Christmas was our light at the end of the tunnel'

'Christmas was our light at the end of the tunnel'

The decision to cancel Christmas in Kent due to the coronavirus pandemic has left thousands of families heartbroken.

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Guilty verdicts over lorry deaths of 39 Vietnamese people

Guilty verdicts over lorry deaths of 39 Vietnamese people

A jury has convicted four men for their parts in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children found in the back of a lorry.

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Do you tip at Christmas?

Do you tip at Christmas?

It's been a tough year but with Brexit and coronavirus restrictions causing chaos in Kent there is one other debate - do you tip at Christmas?

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MP among voices calling for Tier 4 debate

MP among voices calling for Tier 4 debate

As Kent faces months in Tier 4 one MP has joined the chorus of voices calling for a debate on the most effective way of fighting Covid-19.

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Tram link across Thames 'will be a win-win'

Tram link across Thames 'will be a win-win'

A proposal to connect parts of Kent to Essex via a tram link across the River Thames has been backed by multiple organisations.

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Builder scams £92k from disabled mother-in-law

Builder scams £92k from disabled mother-in-law

A builder scammed almost £100,000 of life-savings from his disabled mother-in-law after she fell ill.

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Boxing Day hunt off for first time since war

Boxing Day hunt off for first time since war

Hunt masters have ditched a controversial festive tradition which began in 1903 because of the increased Covid lockdown and ban on gatherings.

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Torrential rain predicted ahead of Christmas

Torrential rain predicted ahead of Christmas

A yellow weather warning has been issued across the whole of Kent as the Met Office predicts heavy rain with a small chance of flooding.

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'It's like asking a nurse to teach A-level Shakespeare'

'It's like asking a nurse to teach A-level Shakespeare'

A senior head teacher has described the announcement that schools must oversee mass Covid-19 testing of pupils as "an absolute nightmare".

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Missing girl, 14, safely found

Missing girl, 14, safely found

A teenage girl who went missing sparking a police search has been safely located.

Carer stole thousands from disabled client to buy Christmas gifts

Carer stole thousands from disabled client to buy Christmas gifts

A carer used her client's bank card to buy clothes, a pizza maker, TV and more from Amazon, before wrapping them up as Christmas gifts.

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'Dog walkers pick up mess with bare hands to avoid a fine'

'Dog walkers pick up mess with bare hands to avoid a fine'

A council says it is doing all it can to eradicate dog mess after residents complained about the problem.

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Long-running family business closing for good

Long-running family business closing for good

One of Kent's longest-established jeweller family businesses has shut up shop.

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New plan could uncover secrets of 'lost village'

New plan could uncover secrets of 'lost village'

Work to build a modern neolithic style burial chamber could help archaeologists uncover physical evidence of the Lost Village of Dode.

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LIVE: Solution to closed border possible in 'next few hours'

LIVE: Solution to closed border possible in 'next few hours'

Thousands of lorries are stranded in Kent after France closed its border amid concerns over the 'out of control' Covid strain.

French ban could threaten Christmas fresh food supplies

French ban could threaten Christmas fresh food supplies

Christmas fresh food supplies could be disrupted by the French travel ban, it was warned tonight.

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