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Delays on A2 due to overturned car
Motorists headed home were facing lengthy waits on a busy stretch of A-road following due to a three-car collision.
Rubbish removal company owner fined £8k
A businessman has been fined after items linked to his company were discovered at a large-scale illegal dump.
New special needs school given green light
A trust has been given the go-ahead to build a new special needs school following the success of its existing academies.
M20 traffic stops Tony’s chance to meet the King
A hold-up on the M20 will cause a young hero to miss attending a Royal garden party.
Domestic abuser ‘forced tooth’ from victim’s mouth
A man has been jailed for two years after strangling and punching two women he was seeing.
Calls for government to ‘step in’ and fund collapsed road repairs rejected
A Kent MP’s call for the government to fork out the upfront costs of repairing a collapsed road shut for more than a year has been refused.
Fears another Kent Beefeater at risk of closing
It is understood another well-known restaurant could be shutting down as part of countrywide closures.
Dad marks five years after daughter took her life by encouraging others to talk
A dad is encouraging youngsters to talk about their mental health as he marks five years since his daughter took her own life.
Missing man found ‘safe and well’
A police helicopter had been called to aid the search for a missing man.
BGT star: ‘Youth clubs are vital for young people’
A singer who captured hearts on Britain's Got Talent with his ‘surprise’ audition is throwing his support behind youth clubs threatened with closure.
'I almost fed my baby out-of-date formula - why did M&S have it on the shelves?'
A fuming mum says she was moments from feeding her daughter out-of-date baby formula - before seeing it had expired 16 months ago.
Driver who destroyed historic structure in crash to pay for repairs
Taxpayers will not pay for the repairs to a 120-year-old horse trough damaged in a crash, a council has said.
Pupils tuck into school’s new ‘edible garden’
Primary school pupils have been growing their own fruits and selling them to the community as part of a new “edible” scheme.
Ben Portsmouth is bringing The King back to life
Elvis Presley impersonator Ben Portsmouth is taking his sensational This Is Elvis live show to venues all over the country.
Cyclist taken to hospital after ‘hit and run’
A cyclist was taken to hospital after being hit by a car carrying a livestock trailer which failed to stop at the scene.
‘Sitting in this swish pub was quite literally like watching paint dry’
Secret Drinker has an afternoon to forget at a revamped town centre corner pub
Lifeboat rescues five people after boat ‘struck by lightning’
Five people had to be saved from a yacht “drifting” in the Thames after a lightning bolt hit the ship and wiped out all communications and power.
Man arrested after counter-terrorism police storm cul-de-sac
A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence after a heavy police presence was spotted in a cul-de-sac.
‘Outlandish theories’ surrounding future of major town scheme shut down
Developers behind a massive regeneration project have squashed social media rumours surrounding the progress of the multi-million pound scheme.
‘My wife died aged 64 after working in hospitals exposed to silent killer’
A widower of a nurse who died just months after contracting asbestos-related cancer is appealing for information about hospitals she once worked for.