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Home secretary visits Kent to talk about zombie-knife ban

25 January 2024
Home secretary visits Kent to talk about zombie-knife ban

Government minister James Cleverly joined officers from Kent Police to patrol the streets ahead of an announcement on tougher knife laws.

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Teen suspect in court after pensioner ‘robbed near hospital’

24 January 2024
Teen suspect in court after pensioner ‘robbed near hospital’

A teenage boy is in court accused of robbery after a woman in her 70s reported being attacked and having her handbag stolen near a footpath.

Post Office staff threatened by ‘armed robbery suspect with a hammer’

24 January 2024
Post Office staff threatened by ‘armed robbery suspect with a hammer’

Police have arrested a woman in her 30s after scratchcards and cigarettes were stolen from a Post Office branch in an alleged armed robbery.

‘Caught bread-handed’: Suspected sandwich thief recalled to prison

24 January 2024
‘Caught bread-handed’: Suspected sandwich thief recalled to prison

A suspected sandwich thief has been recalled to prison after he ran from a bakery in front of police officers on patrol.

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Kent’s first cross-Channel swimmer dies aged 85

23 January 2024
Kent’s first cross-Channel swimmer dies aged 85

Tributes have been paid to an ex-marine with a ‘wonderful sense of humour’ who became the first person from the county to swim from France to England.

Sir Michael Palin pays ‘emotional’ visit to Kent pub

23 January 2024
Sir Michael Palin pays ‘emotional’ visit to Kent pub

The globetrotting broadcaster and actor visited a riverside pub to commemorate the site of the final farewell for an ill-fated historic voyage.

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Fire station raided as firefighters attend emergency

23 January 2024
Fire station raided as firefighters attend emergency

A firefighter’s belongings were stolen from a fire station by thieves who struck while crews were out on a call.

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Missing Kent man’s property found in London

23 January 2024
Missing Kent man’s property found in London

Officers are appealing for help to find a missing man from Kent after his property was found in London.

Armed robbers target Toby Carvery

22 January 2024
Armed robbers target Toby Carvery

Police are investigating following reports two armed robbers forced their way into a restaurant and made off with some cash just after closing time.

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Footage shows YouTuber and pals pulling ‘dangerous’ roof stunt at Bluewater

22 January 2024
Footage shows YouTuber and pals pulling ‘dangerous’ roof stunt at Bluewater

Video footage has emerged of a group of urban explorers filming themselves climbing onto the roof of one of the UK’s biggest shopping centres.

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Residents’ shock as bright blue spark lights up the sky

22 January 2024
Residents’ shock as bright blue spark lights up the sky

Residents feared a gas explosion as a bright blue light filled the skies and could be seen for miles around as Storm Isha hit.

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Hundreds arrested in drink and drug-driving crackdown

19 January 2024
Hundreds arrested in drink and drug-driving crackdown

Almost 400 arrests were made in one month as part of a police campaign clamping down on drink and drug driving.

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Water pouring onto site of cliff collapse

19 January 2024
Water pouring onto site of cliff collapse

Water has been spotted puring from a leaking pipe at the site of a collapsed cliff road.

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Man who died after falling onto Dartford Crossing carriageway named

19 January 2024
Man who died after falling onto Dartford Crossing carriageway named

An inquest has opened into the death of a man who died after falling onto the carriageway near the Dartford Crossing.

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Fight to clear ‘mountains of fly-tipping’ so big they can be seen on Google Earth

19 January 2024
Fight to clear ‘mountains of fly-tipping’ so big they can be seen on Google Earth

For decades an access road has been plagued by flammable fly-tipping which is piling so high it can now be clearly viewed from satellite images.

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Clock of ‘sentimental value’ stolen in burglary

17 January 2024
Clock of ‘sentimental value’ stolen in burglary

Images have been released of a stolen clock which police are hoping to track down following a burglary.

Rehab’s ‘groundbreaking’ programme to prevent relapse

17 January 2024
Rehab’s ‘groundbreaking’ programme to prevent relapse

A former alcoholic has praised a treatment centre’s new programme which aims to support addicts long after they’ve left rehab.

‘Scramble’ to fix leaky roof before village traders shut for good

17 January 2024
‘Scramble’ to fix leaky roof before village traders shut for good

A chemist and its customers have been left dodging puddles caused by a leaky roof at a tired shopping centre in need of fixing for more than a year.

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Landslip road closure hitting businesses hard with no end in sight

16 January 2024
Landslip road closure hitting businesses hard with no end in sight

Options have been put forward for ways to repair a major road nine months after a landslide caused it to close – but traders want more action now.

Two locked-up after homeless man ‘lured into alleyway and stabbed’

16 January 2024
Two locked-up after homeless man ‘lured into alleyway and stabbed’

A teenager has been jailed for 18 years for the attempted murder of a homeless man who was lured into an alleyway and attacked.

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