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TV star: ‘Council is ripping heart out of the town’
A TV star is backing a bid to save a doomed shopping centre from demolition - claiming council bosses are “ripping the heart out of the town”.
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Four pet rats found abandoned in tiny carrier in Kent garden
Four pet rats were found dumped in a cramped carrier in a communal garden.
Police use stinger device to stop car on ‘false number plates’
A man has been charged after police deployed a stinger device to stop a car believed to be on false number plates.
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Eurostar announcement on new routes ‘short-sighted and disappointing’
MP Sojan Joseph says Eurostar’s plans to launch services to Germany and Switzerland are “short-sighted” - as the operator continues to skip Kent.
Cause of loud bang caught on doorbell camera revealed
A loud bang which rocked a neighbourhood came from the controlled explosion of a wartime hand grenade, it has been confirmed.
Pictures show damage after burglars raid property
Burglars left a huge hole in a door following a raid of a property.
The Day Of The Jackal author Frederick Forsyth dies
A Kent-born writer has died at the age of 86 after a brief illness, his literary agent has confirmed.
Mum stabbed daughter before ‘turning knife on herself’
A woman who stabbed her daughter is believed to have then turned the knife on herself.
Police seize unusual electric vehicle from teen in high street
Police have seized an illegal e-unicycle from a teenager seen riding it in a high street.
Loud bang captured on doorbell camera leaves residents baffled
A loud bang captured on a doorbell camera has left residents baffled and sparked a number of theories.
Delays after train hits tree
Rail services between two of the county’s busiest stations were suspended after a train hit a tree.
‘Force to be reckoned with’ who gave her life to Kent town dies, aged 89
A “force to be reckoned with” who dedicated her life to helping transform a Kent town has died aged 89.
‘It’s so upsetting’: Hundreds of dead fish found floating on lake
Hundreds of dead fish have been spotted floating on a lake, leaving residents “very upset”.
‘We are sending our bin back’: Residents blast new garden waste fees across Kent
Angry residents say they are planning to send their garden waste bins back after all but one Kent council hiked the price of the service.
‘I just wasn’t expecting such a graphic image taking pride of place in a village pub’
There are surprises galore for Secret Drinker as he heads into the countryside for a quiet pint
Police descend on flats amid ‘concerns for person’s welfare’
Police were called to a block of flats following concerns for a person’s welfare.
Keepers in desperate bid to establish why snow leopard cub died
Animal keepers are desperately reviewing camera footage after the death of a snow leopard cub, less than five weeks after she was born.
‘She was our supermodel’: Heartbreak as ‘beloved’ mountain lion dies
A much-loved mountain lion which arrived at a Kent animal park just days after its first birthday has died.
Call 999 if you see missing 12-year-old girl last seen in Tunbridge Wells
Police officers say they are concerned for her welfare
Eye-watering cost of hated 50mph M20 contraflow revealed
The hated Operation Brock contraflow on the M20 costs taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds every time it is used, new figures reveal.