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Popular teacher's fight against cancer inspires fundraiser

Popular teacher's fight against cancer inspires fundraiser

A much-loved teacher was in mind at Bromstone Primary School when parents, teachers and children tucked into cake for a vital cause

Allotments get a clean-up

Allotments get a clean-up

ozens of green-fingered gardeners grabbed spades, garden forks and barrows to get stuck in at a community dig

From a house to a work of art

From a house to a work of art

A deserted house in Cliftonville has been transformed into a dramatic work of art.

Eurostar going Dutch

Eurostar going Dutch

Eurostar is to go Dutch with a new direct rail service to Amsterdam – potentially setting itself as rival to Manston Airport.

Brave Isi's family on a labour of love

Brave Isi's family on a labour of love

Isi Dyer, a winner at last year's Ward and Partners Children's Awards, has incurable Rhett Syndrome. We meet her one year on.

Teenager tells of challenges living with dementia

Teenager tells of challenges living with dementia

How a teenager coped with the challenges of her grandfathers having dementia are told in her own words in a new book.

More pregnant mums smoke in Thanet than English average

More pregnant mums smoke in Thanet than English average

Nearly a fifth of Thanet’s mums are smoking during pregnancy, a figure significantly higher than the national average.

Girl, 14, charged with arson over blaze in shopping centre yard

Girl, 14, charged with arson over blaze in shopping centre yard

A teenage girl is due in court charged with arson over a fire at a shopping centre that caused more than £20,000 of damage.

Ward and Partners Children's Awards 2013

Ward and Partners Children's Awards 2013

Looking after Isi is a 24-hour-a-day, seven days a week vocation for her family. It demands great love, dedication and attention to detail.

Woman who cried rape over park 'attack' admits lying

Woman who cried rape over park 'attack' admits lying

A woman who wasted hundreds of police hours and sparked a major investigation after reporting a rape has admitted it never happened.

Woman charged with murder bid as stab victim fights for life

Woman charged with murder bid as stab victim fights for life

A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a man was stabbed and remains in a critical condition in hospital.

Why this home is getting that sinking feeling

Why this home is getting that sinking feeling

If your house started sliding away like this one you'd probably call in the builders. Not Alex Chinneck...

Standing room only at heated medical centre meeting - in car park

Standing room only at heated medical centre meeting - in car park

Patients were forced to stand and listen in a car park to a heated meeting on issues of concern at Birchington Medical Centre.

Girl, two, knocked down at crossing

Girl, two, knocked down at crossing

A toddler has been taken to hospital with serious leg injuries after being knocked down by a car at a crossing.

Dog owners chip in ahead of new law

Dog owners chip in ahead of new law

There was a great response to Thanet's first free dog microchipping day.

Hair today, gone tomorrow: schoolgirl to lose locks to help sick children.

Hair today, gone tomorrow: schoolgirl to lose locks to help sick children.

Big-hearted Medine Bilgen is cutting off her own beautiful long hair to help children who lose their hair to illness.

Fire crews tackle recycling centre blaze

Fire crews tackle recycling centre blaze

Around 30 firefighters have been battling to control a blaze at a waste recycling plant since the early hours.

Man denies trying to kill teenager found with hammer in skull

Man denies trying to kill teenager found with hammer in skull

A young man who allegedly left a hammer embedded deep in a teenager's skull has today denied attempted murder.

Station reopens after unexploded bomb found by workmen

Station reopens after unexploded bomb found by workmen

Ramsgate station has reopened after bomb disposal experts removed an unexploded Second World War device.

Police seek robber who pounced on pensioner at wine bar

Police seek robber who pounced on pensioner at wine bar

Detectives have just released an image of a suspect after a pensioner was pounced on outside a Margate wine bar.

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