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‘Starmer must go over Mandelson - it’s as simple as that’

In her latest column, MP Katie Lam calls for the resignation of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

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Emergency services called as man dies at hotel

Police and paramedics were called to a hotel after a man’s death.

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Council seeks £120m investment for business campus

Investors are being sought to develop an industrial and mid-tech business park idea, first proposed eight years ago, into reality.

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Fire on landing of house being ‘treated as suspicious’

A neighbour looked out of her window to see smoke billowing from a house a few doors up.

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College gets green light for three-storey building including cafe

A college has been given the green light for a new three-storey building designed to accommodate hundreds more students.

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Three schoolboys named overall Pride in Medway winners

The top award at a ceremony celebrating people doing extraordinary things went to three schoolboys who cycled 44 miles in memory of a seven-year-old.

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Company to appear in court after worker seriously injured by falling vending machine

A company is set to appear in court after a vending machine fell on and seriously injured a man’s leg.

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Traveller site and countryside glamping pods among latest planning bids

Plans to station mobile homes and install countryside glamping pods are among the latest applications submitted to Maidstone council.

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Floral tributes left for teenage motorcyclist after fatal crash

Heartbreaking tributes have been left for a teenage motorcyclist who died in a crash.

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Public sex and defecating outside shops: The anti-social acts driving new crackdown

Sex in public, defecation and drunken gangs are just some of the shocking incidents driving a crackdown on anti-social behaviour in a Kent district.

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Man dies after falling from height at railway station

A man has died after falling from a height at a railway station.

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Paedophile who abused five children and an adult jailed for 24 years

A 67-year-old man described as being a “determined danger to young people” has been jailed after being found guilty of multiple child abuse offences.

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Motorcyclist dies in M2 crash after hitting central reservation

A motorcyclist has died in a crash on the M2 after hitting the central reservation, police have confirmed.

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Teenage biker dies in head-on crash with van in village

A teenage motorcyclist has died in a head-on crash with a van in a village.

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‘The last plans were a total waste of time – we’re back to square one’

Frustrated campaigners hope hundreds of people will turn out for a protest to stop the decline of a former beloved cinema.

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‘Our daughter has 122 seizures a day - and now needs treatment in Mexico’

The family of a “happy-go-lucky” young girl who suffers more than 100 seizures a day are trying to raise £40,000 for pioneering treatment in Mexico.

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New drone images show progress of multi-million-pound Lidl

New images show the progress being made to build a new supermarket as groundworks get under way.

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Turf wars: Row brewing over bid for pub garden on ‘public green space’

A row is brewing over revived plans to use a ‘public green space’ as a pub garden, with picnic tables and benches.

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‘It’s a daily issue’: People living in town blighted with poor phone connection call for signal fix

Hundreds of people have told of their daily issues with poor mobile phone signal and how they want it fixed.

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Plans to improve healthcare in community to save costs and improve services

Health plans are being drawn up to make accessing services in the community easier to reduce pressure on hospitals.