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Mobility scooter with top speed of 8mph spotted on A2

08 July 2022
Mobility scooter with top speed of 8mph spotted on A2

Motorists were doing double takes as a mobility scooter was spotted moseying along a busy dual carriageway.

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Man charged after police car damaged

04 July 2022
Man charged after police car damaged

A 22-year-old is to appear in court accused of damaging a police car following a number of disturbances at a beach.

Why plans for thousands of new Kent homes have stalled

25 June 2022
Why plans for thousands of new Kent homes have stalled

An issue holding up major housing projects could lead to "uncontrolled development" in some areas - so what's being done to solve the problem?

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Paedophile rapist jailed for 25 years

17 June 2022
Paedophile rapist jailed for 25 years

A paedophile who sexually abused three teenage girls has been given a lengthy prison sentence.

Moment Amazon robber caught while surrounded by parcels

17 June 2022
Moment Amazon robber caught while surrounded by parcels

Police bodycam footage captures the moment a robber who stole an Amazon van asks "what for?" as he is arrested - surrounded by half-opened packages.

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Huge former nursing home sells for £1m at auction

17 June 2022
Huge former nursing home sells for £1m at auction

A former nursing home which was shut down following a damning inspection has gone under the hammer.

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Kent council facing 'crunch point' and Gove could intervene

17 June 2022
Kent council facing 'crunch point' and Gove could intervene

The government may send in commissioners to deal with the "turmoil" at a local authority, a leaked document suggests.

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Drug dealer caught on train CCTV jailed

08 June 2022
Drug dealer caught on train CCTV jailed

A drug dealer seen using a county line phone while on a train from London to Kent has been jailed.

Queen pulls out of Jubilee service after 'discomfort'

02 June 2022
Queen pulls out of Jubilee service after 'discomfort'

The Queen will not attend Friday's thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral, it has been announced.

Classic pictures from Kent nightclubs in the Noughties

02 June 2022
Classic pictures from Kent nightclubs in the Noughties

A look back at some of the very best nights out at the county's greatest clubs - and the D-list celebrities who joined the party.

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Is this Kent's most bonkers Jubilee street?

02 June 2022
Is this Kent's most bonkers Jubilee street?

A wine-guzzling Prime Minister and the Duchess of Cornwall in a wheelbarrow are among the wonderfully wacky Jubilee creations on one Kent street.

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Hitler's terror attack on Kent and the four men who risked everything

01 June 2022
Hitler's terror attack on Kent and the four men who risked everything

Four "fire watchers" showed astonishing bravery - running directly towards danger as German bombs "fell like hailstones" in Kent.

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Stacey Dooley meets Kent mum of murdered daughters

30 May 2022
Stacey Dooley meets Kent mum of murdered daughters

The mother of two murdered daughters has told BBC presenter Stacey Dooley of her pain and grief in an emotional documentary.

The Popemobile, the Prince and 25,000 on the streets

29 May 2022
The Popemobile, the Prince and 25,000 on the streets

It was a moment "which centuries and generations had awaited" when the Pope came to Kent in 1982.

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Liverpool dealer behind Kent drugs supply chain jailed

27 May 2022
Liverpool dealer behind Kent drugs supply chain jailed

A man who went on the run to Spain after orchestrating a county line supplying heroin and crack cocaine into Kent is now behind bars.

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Police called to disturbance outside McDonald's

21 May 2022
Police called to disturbance outside McDonald's

A number of police officers have been called to a disturbance near a town centre McDonald's this evening.

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Why village which lost all its pubs is raising a glass again

21 May 2022
Why village which lost all its pubs is raising a glass again

Not long ago, there was nowhere in this picturesque Kent village to grab a pint - but now that’s all changed...

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'She had her hands cut off and a rope around her neck'

21 May 2022
'She had her hands cut off and a rope around her neck'

The murder of an eccentric Kent woman - only discovered after her foot was found buried under a pile of coal - remains unsolved to this day.

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Pictures of life in Kent the last time inflation hit 9%

21 May 2022
Pictures of life in Kent the last time inflation hit 9%

Prices may be going up as fast as they were in 1982 - but life in Kent was very different, as these classic pictures show.

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Kent town tops list of best places to live by the sea

20 May 2022
Kent town tops list of best places to live by the sea

A coastal town described as "pretty perfect" for families has been ranked at number one on a list of the UK's best "affordable" seaside locations.

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