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800 homes suffer power cut

800 homes suffer power cut

Hundreds of homes were left without power this morning after a 'safety issue' cut off electricity.

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What happens when you can't smell?

What happens when you can't smell?

Many Covid-19 patients lost their power of smell in the pandemic. John Nurden discovers there's now help for anyone suffering from anosmia.

Work starts on making bomb ship 'safe'

Work starts on making bomb ship 'safe'

Experts are reported to have begun searching seabed for explosives spilled from wreck of munitions ship SS Richard Montgomery.

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Bridge fault halts trains

Bridge fault halts trains

Train services to the Isle of Sheppey have been stopped because of trouble at the Kingsferry Bridge.

'This will make hundreds homeless'

'This will make hundreds homeless'

Caravan owners say they are facing a financial nightmare after being told by park bosses they can no longer pay site fees and water rates monthly.

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Family say grandfather was 'just a number' to hospital staff

Family say grandfather was 'just a number' to hospital staff

The family of a grandfather who passed away after contracting Covid-19 at a Kent hospital say the care he received 'wasn't adequate'.

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Car smashes into back of historic guildhall

Car smashes into back of historic guildhall

Police are hunting a man and a woman after a stolen car crashed into back of a town's guildhall in the middle of the night.

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Bomb ship could detonate and cause tsunami, Sky drama predicts

Bomb ship could detonate and cause tsunami, Sky drama predicts

A new Sky drama has predicted that an infamous 'bomb ship' off the Kent coastline could detonate and cause a huge tsunami.

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Man struck over head and attacked in bar

Man struck over head and attacked in bar

A man was attacked and struck over the back of the head and punched and kicked as he lay on the floor of a nightclub.

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Determined to get answers after brother's death at 41

Determined to get answers after brother's death at 41

Sister of dead man describes what it was like living in a care home which was later rated 'inadequate'.

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Oasis where nature lives with relics of industrial past

Oasis where nature lives with relics of industrial past

Kent is home to Elmley, the only family-owned and managed farm in the UK to be a National Nature Reserve. Here's what we made of it...

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Free parking plans stalled

Free parking plans stalled

A plan to make parking free on Saturdays in Swale’s town centres has been shot down.

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Burglars 'wheeled away goods in a shopping trolley'

Burglars 'wheeled away goods in a shopping trolley'

The hunt is on for a man and a woman after a vape store was raided in the early hours and £4k of goods was stolen.

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Firefighters tackle cargo ship blaze at docks

Firefighters tackle cargo ship blaze at docks

Five fire engines, a technical rescue unit and the fire service's inflatable boat were sent to tackle a ship blaze.

Woman and three men hunted after paint attack on car and house

Woman and three men hunted after paint attack on car and house

Police have released CCTV photos of three men and a woman they want to talk to following a spate of paint and vandal attacks on a car and house.

Big sister scales peak as thanks for ‘saving family’

Big sister scales peak as thanks for ‘saving family’

A 15-year-old girl took on a charity trek up the highest mountain in Wales for her little brother who beat cancer.

Busy greenkeeper celebrates double success

Busy greenkeeper celebrates double success

Sheerness Golf Club’s head greenkeeper has helped produce a new short game practice area at the club while showing he can play a bit too.

65ft phone mast plans are ‘too close’ to homes

65ft phone mast plans are ‘too close’ to homes

Plans have been put forward for a 5G phone mast in a residential street - which would be equivalent to almost five stacked double decker buses.

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Team of the week

Team of the week

Find out who's in KentOnline's team of the week and vote for your star man.

Petition set up after crash chaos

Petition set up after crash chaos

A petition has been set up for another route to part of Kent after a serious accident led to drivers being stranded by a seven-hour road closure.

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