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12-hour Lord of the Rings movie marathon coming to cinema
Film fans can enjoy a whole day of back-to-back adventures as Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy trilogy returns to the big screen.
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Medway train stations to shut this weekend for engineering works
A number of services will be impacted by works
'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”.
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Giant fire-breathing bird to headline winter light festival
The dazzling display also includes a bioluminescent garden, glowing geodesic dome and street performers in colour-changing costumes.
‘Protect our school’: Villagers voice concerns over ‘dangerous’ new junction proposed for housing estate
Residents turned out in their droves to protest against plans to build 154 homes and a new single access road in their village.
Kent town some call 'miserable' set to be flooded with Londoners
This Kent town is set to see an influx of Londoners as it becomes the 'next big thing', according to observers - but not everyone is happy about it
Concerns raised over ‘excessive and unreasonable’ hours for new wedding venue
Plans to give an iconic town centre building a new lease of life as an events space have been met with fears over a “risk of noise nuisance”.
Garage block could be demolished to make way for ‘much-needed’ flats
Plans have been submitted to redevelop a block of garages to create affordable housing and help regenerate an area.
School applies for £1.3m expansion to meet ‘rapid’ population increase
Plans for a £1.3million expansion of a primary school could take a step closer next week.
Meeting planned for hundreds of objectors to oppose 154-home estate in village
Objectors have written more than 250 letters opposing “the most unpopular planning application in history”.
A2 reopens after crash near Bluewater
Drivers faced long tailbacks after a crash on the A2.
Person taken to hospital after crash involving a McLaren on A2 in Gravesend
Police and paramedics rushed to the scene
Three men arrested and images released of two others after man attacked
Police are hunting for two more people after a man was left in hospital with head and facial injuries in an alleged early morning assault.
A2 crash causes 2.5 mile queues and long delays near Gravesend - recap
Congestion had spread back to the M2
The Kent train stations to close this weekend for Southeastern works
Rail replacement buses will be running in a number of areas
Tributes paid to much-loved barber who built empire from scratch but never sought ‘glory’
A much-loved hairdresser, who dedicated more than 50 years of his life to his loyal customers, has died.
Reform UK gains three councillors in one day as defections mount
Three councillors in Kent have announced they are joining Nigel Farage’s party as they continue to gain traction in the polls.
Bid to carve up town centre flats and turn them into HMOs
Developers have submitted plans to convert two flats into a five and a four-bedroom HMO.
Motorists lost £3.6m in unused Dart Charge payments - with government pocketing it
Drivers have lost millions of pounds in unused payments for the Dartford Crossing over the past two years, new figures have revealed.
Police appeal after man suffers head injury in town centre attack
A man had to be taken to hospital following a report of a serious assault in a town centre.