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Guns and machete seized after seafront disturbance

Guns and machete seized after seafront disturbance

A man has been arrested after an imitation handgun, air rifle and machete were seized by police.

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Drug dealer who kicked teen in head is jailed

Drug dealer who kicked teen in head is jailed

A thug who was arrested for drug dealing and kicking a teenager in the head before robbing him has been jailed.

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School staff redundancies blasted

School staff redundancies blasted

Proposals for 30 redundancies among support staff in a major shake-up of teaching jobs in Kent have been slammed.

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Why is this woman walking a mile a day in yellow wellies?

Why is this woman walking a mile a day in yellow wellies?

Fundraiser Margaret Flo McEwan is walking a mile every day in May wearing bright yellow RNLI wellies. But why?

'We will not give up fight to save our shops'

'We will not give up fight to save our shops'

Fed-up shopkeepers say they will not give up after staging a peaceful protest against a town's pedestrianisation scheme.

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Hospitality finally reopens as lockdown eases

Hospitality finally reopens as lockdown eases

People in Swale are making the most of their new found freedoms as England enters the third step in the roadmap out of lockdown.

Shopkeepers to stage protest against town's pedestrianisation scheme

Shopkeepers to stage protest against town's pedestrianisation scheme

Fed-up shopkeepers are preparing to stage a protest against a town's pedestrianisation scheme.

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Women in bras raise nearly £2k for cancer

Women in bras raise nearly £2k for cancer

Six women who took part in a 'moonwalk marathon' have raised more than £1,900 for cancer treatment.

Artist paints portrait of her postie

Artist paints portrait of her postie

An artist has painted a portrait of her postie who continued to deliver mail during the coronavirus lockdown.

When shops were shops

When shops were shops

Memories of bacon slicers, cheese cut with a wire, butter patted into shape with wooden paddles and sugar weighed into blue paper bags.

Inside night of terror at Kent prison

Inside night of terror at Kent prison

Pictures show the shocking result of a four-hour riot at one of Kent's biggest jails as more than a dozen inmates are sentenced.

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See inside £8.5m church conversion

See inside £8.5m church conversion

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is pumping £4.2m into a scheme to convert a burned-out dockyard church into mentoring hub for young entrepreneurs.

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‘I can’t do anything now for Bill, but perhaps I can help someone else’

‘I can’t do anything now for Bill, but perhaps I can help someone else’

A widow has written a variety of poems in memory of her late husband to raise money for dementia research.

‘We’d love a carnival full of joy, colour and smiles’

‘We’d love a carnival full of joy, colour and smiles’

A seaside carnival will return this year – and organisers hope it will be “bigger and more spectacular” than before.

'We have no idea why our son took his own life'

'We have no idea why our son took his own life'

The family of a man who was found dead in his shed said they don't know why he took his own life.

Inmate claimed there was £300k hit on him before cell death

Inmate claimed there was £300k hit on him before cell death

A Kent prisoner who claimed there was a £300,000 hit on him while in custody was found hanged in his cell, an inquest has heard.

Air ambulance called to four-car crash

Air ambulance called to four-car crash

One person was air-lifted to a London hospital by helicopter after a four-car-crash closed a road for nearly three hours

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Council pays £40k to helped 'deprived' children

Council pays £40k to helped 'deprived' children

A council has handed £40k to a children's charity to give early-years support to youngsters from deprived backgrounds to 'beat the poverty cycle'.

Models needed for fashion show 'with a difference'

Models needed for fashion show 'with a difference'

A mum is asking women of all ages and sizes to have their bodies painted and join her on the catwalk.

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New market set for town

New market set for town

A new artisan market is coming to a Kent town, with applications for stalls now open.

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