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Council set to snap up Matalan store in £5m deal

Council set to snap up Matalan store in £5m deal

A Matalan store is set to be snapped up by a council - and bosses have started talking to supermarkets in case the clothing retailer decides to leave.

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Baby girl for Lizzy Yarnold

Baby girl for Lizzy Yarnold

Joy for Lizzy Yarnold as she announces the birth of her daughter.

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Upskirting is now an offence

Upskirting is now an offence

Men taking pictures up women's skirts could face two years in jail from today.

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Man flown to hospital after crash

Man flown to hospital after crash

A man was flown to a London hospital after a car overturned.

Boy with autism in cinema row

Boy with autism in cinema row

A mum has hit out after her autistic son had to miss the end of a screening of Dumbo at the cinema after complaints.

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Gran shocked by Aldi encounter

Gran shocked by Aldi encounter

A supermarket has apologised for its treatment of a partially sighted 84-year-old.

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Kent's best villages and towns

Kent's best villages and towns

From giant water slides to pubs with a panoramic view, we've drawn up a list of some of our favourite places and what they have to offer.

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Rats force man to use living room as kitchen

Rats force man to use living room as kitchen

A fed-up council tenant says his kitchen is overrun by rats.

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'Serious crash' shuts bridge

'Serious crash' shuts bridge

A car has ended up in field after leaving the road and crashing through a fence.

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Operation Brock WILL be lifted

Operation Brock WILL be lifted

Work to lift Operation Brock on the M20 is to begin within hours.

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Operation Brock will be lifted says another MP

Operation Brock will be lifted says another MP

Contra-flow along M20 between Ashford and Maidstone will soon be lifted says a second politician.

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Man arrested after 'knife threat'

Man arrested after 'knife threat'

A disturbance at a block of flats led to a man allegedly threatening somebody with a knife.

Missing pensioner found

Missing pensioner found

Police have confirmed a missing 79-year-old has been found safe and well.

Travellers face two-year jail term for pitching up

Travellers face two-year jail term for pitching up

A council has been granted an emergency injunction which gives it strict powers to ban travellers from pitching up in car parks and green spaces.

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Man with axe demands scratchcards

Man with axe demands scratchcards

A man has been arrested after staff at Tesco and Londis were threatened with an axe, with one shop worker left injured.

Thieves strip vehicles of costly parts

Thieves strip vehicles of costly parts

Nearly 30 catalytic converters have been stolen from cars across Kent.

Society sanctioned over 'racist' messages

Society sanctioned over 'racist' messages

A University of Kent society faces a string of sanctions after members posted "racist" messages in group chats.

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Tributes to former nurse, 100, killed in fire

Tributes to former nurse, 100, killed in fire

Heartbroken friends and family have paid tribute to former nurse who died in a fire in her mobile home aged 100.

Accounts worker blew stolen £250,000 on escorts and drugs

Accounts worker blew stolen £250,000 on escorts and drugs

A man's quarter of a million pound accounts fraud racket came to an end in a "weekend of madness".

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You beauty! Cosmetics brand’s global success

You beauty! Cosmetics brand’s global success

A Kent company has been ranked as the third fastest growing firm in the UK in a new league table.

Travellers pitch up at supermarket

Travellers pitch up at supermarket

At least three caravans have pitched up in a supermarket car park today.

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Comedians prepare for Kent shows

Comedians prepare for Kent shows

Prepare yourself for a whole lot of laughs this winter as both Rob Beckett and Jimmy Carr bring their stand-up comedy shows to town.

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Peaches heroin death five years ago

Peaches heroin death five years ago

April marks five years since the sudden death of Peaches Geldof.

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Coastal grammar pupils to be "bussed" miles away

Coastal grammar pupils to be "bussed" miles away

Further objections have been made to plans for a new grammar satellite.

First glimpse of shopping centre's new 'living wall'

First glimpse of shopping centre's new 'living wall'

New pictures show what a £1.5 million living wall will look like as part of a shopping centre expansion.

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Operation Brock could be lifted

Operation Brock could be lifted

A Kent MP says that Operation Brock could be lifted within days.

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Photos of dirty Chinese takeaway emerge

Photos of dirty Chinese takeaway emerge

Pictures inside a takeaway so dirty the owner has been banned from managing a restaurant have been revealed.

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‘I just couldn’t give it away’

‘I just couldn’t give it away’

An animal lover says she was left baffled after two animal charities failed to take up her donation offer.

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Man in tights' half-naked robbery attempt

Man in tights' half-naked robbery attempt

A man has been sent to prison for attempted robbery and criminal damage while wearing nothing but a pair of women's tights.

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Boy bailed following 'rape' arrest

Boy bailed following 'rape' arrest

A 16-year-old who was arrested on suspicion of rape has been bailed, pending further inquiries.

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