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Oliver Leonard joined the KM Group in December 2022 as a trainee reporter, covering the east Kent area.
All prospective buyers lined up to take on a closed leisure centre “intend to reopen” the facility, administrators have confirmed.
An elderly vandal cut down and binned hundreds of handmade poppies created to honour the fallen - because he “didn’t like the red weeds”.
A woman was reportedly attacked and repeatedly punched by two teenage boys on a bus.
A man has been taken to hospital after being hit by a van on a zebra crossing.
A mum-of-two decided to tackle her addiction to wine after she “humiliated” her daughter on her university graduation day.
A now-closed nursery inside a prominent seafront building could be transformed into a health clinic.
Owners of a struggling hotel say they are determined to make it a success after plans to turn it into a boarding school fell through.
A fed-up family say their neighbours have been playing musical instruments “all day, every day” and they “can’t take it anymore”.
A huge crane at the site of a much-delayed seafront development has been taken down - but bosses stress work will restart early next year.
A pan-Asian restaurant that occupies a large town centre site is set to close next month.
A man has been taken to hospital after being hit by a lorry in a town centre.
A man has been charged with sexual assault and outraging public decency after a woman reported being attacked at a PureGym.
A Christmas market promising a “magical experience” will return to a Kent seaside attraction next month.
A furious dad says he is “completely fed up” of council-owned land outside his house being left a “total mess”.
A furious mum feels discriminated against after being removed from a GP practice list because “they could not deal with” aspects of her autism.
New housing approved on two sites will add 160 homes to an “overdeveloped” village which is earmarked to take hundreds more.
A baby has died after a boat carrying migrants ran into difficulties in the Channel, French authorities have said.
A van has reportedly overturned this morning, forcing an A-road to shut while emergency services work at the scene.
Forecasters have issued a yellow warning for fog in parts of Kent this morning.
A man had to be taken to hospital after suffering burns in a blaze at a house last night.
