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Hair loss beauty salon expands to bigger premises
A boutique salon, offering wigs and prosthetics to people affected by hair loss and cancer, is moving to bigger town centre premises.
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Child hurt in hit-and-run near school reunited with emergency team
A seven-year-old boy who was hit by a car that failed to stop as he crossed the road has visited the emergency crew which helped him.
Suspect charged after man ‘seen with knife’ near railway station
A man has been charged after police seized a large knife and drugs near a high street.
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‘Child cruelty offenders need to be on a register - it’s a gap in safeguarding’
In her latest column, Kent MP Helen Grant calls for a register of people who have committed child cruelty.
Police officer cleared of molesting female colleague
A former police constable has been cleared by a jury of molesting a female colleague.
Footage shows moment drug dealer caught with drugs in shed
A drug dealer has been jailed for more than three years after police found cocaine, cannabis, and around £25,000 in cash in his shed.
Dispersal order brought in for shopping centre and surrounding area
Police will be actively patrolling a shopping centre area this weekend following reports of anti-social behaviour involving young people.
Hundreds attend meeting to demand answers over repeated water issues
Furious residents and businesses say they need better communication and assurances that South East Water outages won’t continue.
Heartbreak as ‘beautiful’ young woman, 21, dies in ‘tragic accident’
A town is in mourning after a much-loved young woman died in a “tragic accident” - aged just 21.
Adult social care body seeks legal advice over county council funding fears
An influential body representing the adult social care sector is seeking legal advice over concerns the county council may under-fund its services.
Plans for 150 homes and student flats among latest planning bids
A major housing development and a proposed six-storey student block are among the latest planning applications submitted to a council.
‘We’ve been dealt rubbish cards’: Mum’s emotional plea to help husband with disease
The partner of a father with MND has asked for help to raise thousands of pounds so they can adapt their home to his needs.
Thousands back battle to stop closure of ‘top-performing’ hospital stroke unit
Health campaigners are calling on hospital bosses in east Kent to urgently reconsider closing a “top-performing” stroke unit.
'I've blisters the size of Jaffa cakes but I will fulfil deathbed promise to my fiancée’
A widower who lost his “beautiful fiancée” to colon cancer is 1,135 miles into his journey to Ghana to fulfil a promise he made to “return her home”.
‘In an era of growing threat, national readiness matters’
Dover and Deal’s Labour MP Mike Tapp says he is proud of the government’s new Armed Forces Bill in an “era of growing threat”.
Closure of 60-year-old sports and social club ‘a great loss for hundreds of members’
A club that provides facilities for sport, recreation, and leisure activities for 650 members is set to shut.
‘This isn’t about flags on lampposts - it’s about belonging’
A school with pupils from more than 80 nationalities has unveiled a multicultural emblem celebrating unity amid a backdrop of St George’s Cross flags.
Injured woman cut free from car after crash with lorry
Firefighters had to use the jaws of life to cut an injured woman out of a car after it collided with a lorry.
‘I got parking charge two years after shopping centre visit - the rules are ridiculous’
A teacher has been given a parking charge almost three years after falling foul of “ridiculous” rules at a controversial shopping centre.
Delays after crash on M25
There is slow traffic on the M25 due to a crash.