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Trans communities across Kent to come together for historic first Pride event
The event aims to help address some of the issues the community faces
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'Our kids have to wear wellies to school - it's ridiculous'
Parents have slammed the state of a “dangerous” footpath leading to a school where children have to wear wellies to avoid being covered in mud.
Kent braced for flooding, freezing temperatures and thunder in weather this week
Lows of just -2C are on the way
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Revealed: First image of long-awaited new £78k play park
A new picture reveals how a long-awaited £78,000 adventure play area will look, with work due to start soon.
‘In my 60 years as a tailor, I even suited one of the Krays’
A 79-year-old tailor, who suited one of London’s most notorious gangsters, is retiring after 60 years in the industry.
Flipping good fun: Kent’s Pancake Day events
Celebrate Shrove Tuesday in Kent with pancake races, trails, workshops and tasty treats for all the family.
Academy trust admits rule breach over £15k payment amid takeover and job fears
An academy trust set to be taken over has admitted breaking rules over a £15,000 payment to a former “senior executive”.
The financial interests declared by every Kent MP
Kent’s MPs have declared a wide range of financial interests, from media fees and book royalties to political donations and overseas trips.
Tunbridge Wells' Matt Weston makes history winning Team GB's first Winter Olympics gold medal in men's skeleton
Matt Weston, from Tunbridge Wells, has made Team GB history today winning the first gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
‘This is a live rescue and situations here can change rapidly’
Heartwarming footage shows a lynx being rescued from war-torn Ukraine as she makes her journey to a Kent animal park.
Gift shop owner makes ‘dream move’ into empty The Body Shop unit
A craft store owner who has served a town centre for more than 10 years has been handed the keys to her new shop at a Kent shopping centre.
‘She changed a lot of people’s lives without realising it’
A “social butterfly” hairdresser who styled the hair of royalty and quietly changed lives has died at the age of 71.
Kent town's oldest surviving Victorian building being sold to food bank
It will stay in community use for the benefit of the town and its people
Warning of 'extreme risk' over first budget passed by Reform UK-led Kent County Council
The Reform UK Kent County Council budget passed today amid warnings from the opposition and a senior officer about its inherent risks.
Rail line to shut for nine days for major engineering upgrades
Passengers are being warned to prepare for the closure of a rail line for more than a week for engineering works.
Kent's hour-by-hour weather forecast as wintry weather set to return
Temperatures will fall quickly over the coming days
Sportscar badly damaged after driver smashes into lamppost in wet weather
A sportscar was badly damaged after the driver lost control in wet weather and smashed into a lamppost.
The underpass that’s flooded so often it’s even got its own Facebook page
An underpass leading to an Asda store is flooded so often it now has its own Facebook page - and council bosses admit there is no fix.
‘We must guard against the harms social media can pose to children’
Ashford's Labour MP Sojan Joseph has welcomed the government's consultation on children's social media use.
Snack firm wins £150k TikTok prize
A company specialising in snacks for children has won a £150,000 support package on TikTok.