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Alan Smith joined the Kent Messenger as a trainee sub-editor in 1989. In 1998 he switched to a reporting role, chiefly on the Kent Messenger and subsequently on Kent Online.
A portrait of Henry Vlll’s minister Thomas Cromwell now hangs in the home of Anne Boleyn - whose downfall he organised.
There are calls for a speed camera after a crash this morning at what’s been described as an accident blackspot.
A road has been closed after two cars collided.
Much of the county’s coastal areas have been issued with a flood alert by the Environment Agency.
A new school has opened to help 70 children with autism, ADHD and other additional needs.
A prominent nightclub has had its licence suspended after one of its door staff was charged with rape.
A man has suffered serious injuries after being assaulted by a gang in the early hours.
Traffic was held by police in both directions on the A21 after a serious accident.
A town’s Christmas lights switch-on featured an appearance by 90s’ legends garage artists Artful Dodger.
A man has handed himself in to police after an accident in which a 60-year-old pedestrian was killed.
Crews in eight fire engines were sent to help tackle a bungalow blaze which saw a main road closed.
It is understood no one was hurt in a three-car collision that resulted in long queues on one of the county’s busiest roads.
A secondary school that had been told it “requires improvement” has seen its rating jump to “good” after its latest visit from inspectors.
Villagers have cast scorn on an announcement by Wasps rugby club that it has secured land to build a new stadium in Kent.
A Green-led council has been accused of playing “fast and loose” with taxpayers’ money over plans to make offices more environmentally-friendly.
Three Kent veterans from Britain’s nuclear test programme of the 1950s have taken part in a documentary exposing the “scandal” of their treatment.
A company that looks after people in supported living accommodation has been placed in special measures and ordered to make urgent improvements.
Emergency repairs to a leaking water main have cut off a key river crossing just a few miles from another bridge that’s closed.
An international renewable energy company hopes to build a new hydrogen generation factory in the county.
Long-suffering churchgoers have been told to expect another road closure outside their place of worship.
