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Southern Water pleads guilty to releasing untreated sewage - just weeks after record fine
The water company was charged with five offences after it was found that untreated sewage, debris and diesel had been released.
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Town centre McDonald's to undergo ‘full’ refurb
A fast-food chain has confirmed one of its town centre restaurants is set to get a “full redecoration”.
Move to crackdown on HMOs receives just four responses - and half opposed restrictions
A public consultation on introducing restrictions on controversial houses of multiple occupancy received a limited response.
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Biker seriously injured in A2 crash near Bluewater
Traffic has been released on the A2 following a crash between a car and a motorcycle.
Search continues for missing teen with Kent links after CCTV sightings
A missing 15-yearr-old girl was spotted in the capital over the weekend, more than a week after she went missing.
Armed police response sees arrest made after man ‘made threats with weapons’
A man has been arrested after police were called to reports of a person making threats with weapons.
Busy route ‘at risk of collapse’ closed due to damaged sewer
A busy road at risk of collapsing due to a damaged sewer will be shut for at least two weeks amid emergency repair works.
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.
‘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.
Emergency services called as man dies at hotel
Police and paramedics were called to a hotel after a man’s death.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Floral tributes left for teenage motorcyclist after fatal crash
Heartbreaking tributes have been left for a teenage motorcyclist who died in a crash.
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.
Man dies after falling from height at railway station
A man has died after falling from a height at a railway station.
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.
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.