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Brad Harper joined the KM Group in 2019, working as the Whitstable reporter. He also covers the Canterbury district, Faversham and Thanet.
A council contractor is being investigated after “very dark” liquid was discharged across a seafront promenade.
Dreamland bosses say they remain committed to reopening the park’s iconic cinema building – but first have plans for it to be used for another film.
Police have published a CCTV image after a man reportedly exposed himself.
A homicide review reveals a mental health team concluded a violent alcoholic posed his partner no risk - on the same day he killed her.
A man’s body has been found in woods close to a university campus.
A teenage girl was taken to hospital after being struck by a hit-and-run driver.
A lorry transporting a tank has struck a bridge causing road and rail delays on a main route.
A gun smuggler renewed his passport specifically to travel abroad through a Kent port to collect eight revolvers in his car.
Police are hunting a man after a pervert knocked on a window before exposing himself to a woman in her home.
A takeaway worker who threw a metal chair at a dad-of-two causing his fatal injuries has been jailed.
Officers continue to investigate a man’s death after his body was found on railway tracks two months ago.
An appeal has been launched after a man was taken to hospital with head injuries following an alleged town centre assault.
An investigation continues to identify a man after a body was sadly pulled from the Channel, an inquest heard.
A substance thrown at a girl which caused a school to be evacuated and a huge emergency response is believed to be vinegar.
A dad-of-six who had the “biggest heart and would help anyone” tragically took his own life, a coroner has ruled.
A report has laid bare the consequences of climate change for thousands of homes and businesses if sea defences are not improved in a Kent town.
A council has been unable to find a business partner to deliver a 10,000-home ‘garden town’ more than a year after cash flow fears were raised.
A huge emergency response descended on a harbour following concern for a man.
Police are appealing for video footage of a missing man following his disappearance five days ago.
Three men were arrested after officers discovered drugs, cash and a knife after the search of a car and house.
