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Rail services disrupted after tree falls on tracks
Trains were delayed and cancelled after a tree fell onto a railway line.
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East 17 and Artful Dodger to headline village music festival
One of Kent’s most popular village music and food festivals has just revealed a mouthwatering line-up of headline acts for next summer’s event.
‘It’s a sad day’: Village’s only pub shuts just three months after takeover
A landlord who stepped in to save a village’s only pub from developers have announced its closure just three months after taking over.
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Travel disruption in Kent after body found on railway line
Emergency services dealt with an incident on the railway line, prompting major disruption to timetabled trains.
Suffragettes, soul and sisterhood: Sylvia at the Marlowe
Review: The story of the Suffragette movement is told in an imaginative, fresh way in this new production.
£3m spending programme for Herne Bay includes cash for land train
Council chiefs have outlined where cash to improve Herne Bay will be spent with funds available to look at the return of a land train.
Arrest after man allegedly hijacks fishing boat in Ramsgate Harbour
A man has been arrested after allegedly taking control of a fishing boat and sending it hurtling through Ramsgate Harbour while its crew slept.
‘It was utter carnage’: M25 lane closure lifted after drivers face three-hour delays
Drivers have been left facing three-hour delays after roadworks at a major motorway junction caused traffic chaos.
‘It’s the wrong place to build’: Residents fight plans for 230 homes on West Malling farmland
A campaign group is fighting plans for 230 homes on farmland after the site was deemed unsuitable for development in the council's local plan.
‘There’s a perception everywhere in the south east is prosperous – the reality is very different’
MP Mike Tapp welcomes help for families and businesses from the Budget, but says more investment for our communities is still needed.
‘Kent’s bus services are not delivering - but there is a better way’
Folkestone and Hythe MP Tony Vaughan says bus franchising would put local communities “back in charge” of services.
Boy, 16, among three arrests as police probe ‘serious sexual assault’
A 16-year-old boy is among three people arrested as police investigate reports of a serious sexual assault.
Man found hiding between mats at leisure centre arrested
Police found a man hiding between mats at a leisure centre, with a stolen defibrillator and a saw.
Woman attacked after refusing to hand over cash in alleged robbery
An investigation is ongoing after a woman was allegedly assaulted during a robbery in which her phone was also stolen.
Thug who stabbed man in neck as he took bins out wanted on recall to prison
A violent offender who stabbed his ex-partner’s stepfather in a vicious and unprovoked attack as he took the bins out is wanted on recall to prison.
The only Kent district that’s gained more pubs and bars than it’s lost in 15 years
A Kent district has been revealed as the only place in the county to have gained more pubs and bars than its lost since 2010.
First look at new eatery by team behind Medway’s highest rated restaurant
A highly-rated restaurant has opened a new location on a town’s high street.
Two ‘assaulted’ after group of 30 children swarm supermarket
Two people were allegedly assaulted after a group of around 30 children swarmed a supermarket during a busy night for emergency services.
Christmas gift ideas: The smartphone that keeps kids safe as it grows with them
Five reasons to buy the OtherPhone: The safety-first smartphone designed for children in collaboration with the Mumsnet community.
See Janette Manrara in panto this Christmas at Canterbury’s Marlowe Theatre
The Strictly star will be spreading her pixie dust when she makes her panto debut in the All-New Adventures of Peter Pan.