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Beloved British band celebrates 20 years of iconic album with Kent gig
The group will celebrate two decades of their chart-topping success with a special performance.
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Derelict hospital site blighted by burnt-out cars earmarked for new crematorium
Plans have emerged for a new crematorium to be built on the site of a former hospital which has been derelict for years.
Where shoppers can park for free in Kent over Christmas
Parking charges will be suspended in parts of Kent this Christmas – here’s where you can park for free when out and about this festive season.
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‘I’d rather go to bed’: Drink-driver banned from road after refusing breath test
A motorist who crashed into another car has been banned after refusing to provide a specimen and telling police “she would rather go to bed”.
‘I nearly left my grumpy son at home – but Howletts turned his day around’
Our reporter returned to a favourite school-trip spot with her children to find out if it was as good as she remembered.
Inside the 'magical' miniature railway hidden beneath the streets of Ramsgate
A little railway that carried generations of families ‘to the sands’ and ‘to the dogs’ still holds a special place in residents’ memories.
‘They should have listened to her’: Heartbreak as family told mum could have been saved
The family of a mum who died after developing serotonin syndrome are fighting for answers after an inquest heard she could’ve been saved.
Tackle our football quiz to see if you’re Champions League material or in a relegation dogfight
If you love your football, our Weekend Picture Quiz should be an easy win. Give it a go…
Poundland store shut for emergency maintenance
A Poundland store has temporarily closed for emergency maintenance work.
Leisure centre facilities could remain shut until 2027 after fire
Parts of a leisure centre affected by a fire last week could remain closed for months, bosses have warned.
Operation Brock's ‘days numbered' as £40m project gets underway
The days of Operation Brock being rolled out on the M20 could be numbered as work gets underway on a £40 million expansion at the Port of Dover.
Shop ordered to shut after illegal tobacco discovery
A shop has been closed for three months after illicit tobacco and cigarettes were seized.
Firework 'malfunction' at Kent care home bonfire display prompts investigation
Families were left screaming and running for cover when fireworks reportedly shot towards spectators during a Bonfire Night display at a care home.
Footage shows burglar climbing onto conservatory roof before stealing items worth £220k
A burglar captured scaling a conservatory roof while his victim was home alone downstairs has been jailed after leaving his DNA at the scene.
‘I did everything I could to save him’: Pal performed CPR on knifed teen, murder trial hears
A friend has told jurors he tried to save his pal after he was fatally knifed - and that one of two men on trial for murder tried to stab him too.
Three cleared of murder after man stabbed to death in street
After a nine-week trial and more than 42 hours of deliberation, three people have been cleared of murdering a man in the street.
‘I didn't want to be next’: Murder trial witness tells why she drove suspects away
A young woman who drove away two men from the scene of a teenager's alleged murder told a jury she had "no choice".
Man left with serious injury after ‘stranger stamped on his leg’
The police are appealing for information after a man said he was thrown to the floor by a stranger before his leg was stamped on.
Campaign to turn Blean woods into part of ‘England’s largest connected woodland’
Politicians have thrown their weight behind proposals to turn a landscape into the country’s “largest area of protected, interconnected woodland”.
‘Brazen’ paedeophile, 78, caught on camera kissing teenager
A pensioner who became “infatuated” with a teenage girl and groomed her into sexual activity has been locked up.