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‘Lucky escape’: Crash was just 15 minutes before diners were due to arrive
A car smashed into a family-run restaurant - destroying a window, door and brickwork - just 15 minutes before the Bank Holiday lunchtime rush.
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Owner’s shock as CCTV shows plant being taken from Chinese takeaway
The owner of a Chinese takeaway has described her shock at watching CCTV footage of a plant being taken from inside.
Emergency services called to crash involving car and motorbike
A busy A-road has reopened following a crash involving a car and a motorbike.
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Hospital water supply crisis enters sixth day as MP concerned over ‘urgent situation’
Patients are still unable to drink tap water in half of a hospital after a fault with the heating system led to potential contamination.
The vital rural community bus keeping villagers moving after Stagecoach service axed
A vital community bus is hoping to introduce a Saturday service to help villagers get out and about at weekends.
‘I’m devastated - it was going really well and now this has happened’
Nearly a year's hard work by one artist has been undone after a fire shut a prominent cultural venue just days before a busy festival weekend.
‘May the force be with us - our town needs a cinema!’
The force was strong among a crowd gathered outside a long-closed cinema today - as they called for the building to be brought back into use.
New monthly market launches with 90 traders and live entertainment
Shoppers are being invited to a new market offering everything from vintage goods to street food.
Experts monitoring dolphin in Kent river
Experts say they are monitoring a dolphin in a lock on the River Medway in Kent.
Beloved horror maze to continue - with bans on ‘grinding and licking’ visitors
The country’s longest-running horror maze will return following speculation it was going to be replaced.
Therapy reptiles being trialled on Kent hospital wards to improve mental health
A Kent mental health trust is trialling a new form of therapy using geckos, bearded dragons, tortoises and snakes.
The power of opera is still strong with this incredible performance
Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, a classic story of a jealous husband, gripped audiences at the Marlowe Theatre.
Long delays after car overturns in multi-vehicle Dartford Tunnel crash
Motorists are facing lengthy queues at one of Britain’s busiest tunnels following a crash involving several vehicles.
'Patients face delayed diagnoses - we need to expand this vital service'
Patients face “delayed diagnoses” while travelling miles for basic blood tests, campaigners have warned.
Pictures reveal progress on £10m scheme to one of town's busiest roads
New drone pictures show the progress of a multi-million-pound scheme to ease traffic and improve journey reliability on a busy A-road.
Teen who stabbed stepdad in neck during cannabis-fuelled rage avoids jail
A cannabis-fuelled teenager who stabbed his stepdad in the neck after being admonished for how he spoke to his mum has been spared jail.
Reform pledge to build dozens of immigration centres in Green-voting areas dubbed ‘desperate’
A plan announced by Nigel Farage’s party to place migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas has been condemned by other political parties.
‘I drunkenly applied after a glass of wine’: Meet Kent’s MasterChef hopeful
A young artist has traded her paintbrush for a wooden spoon as she takes part on one of Britain's most watched cooking shows.
Probe launched after ‘illegal’ connection sees sewage leak into town river
A volunteer testing the water quality levels of a town centre river has made an unpleasant discovery which has prompted “additional investigations”.
‘It feels like I’m living in a cage — no one should live like this’
A 24-year-old woman says she feels like she is “stuck” in her own body due to a neurological condition which has left her unable to walk.