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Family's grief after woman, 23, dies when car overturns
20 August 2013The family of a young woman killed when a car she was in overturned in a field have today described her as "always laughing and joking".
And it burns, burns, burns...
19 August 2013Hotheaded chilli lovers took part in a chicken hotwing challenge at the Deal Hoy, taking on the ghost chilli - one of the world's hottest peppers.
Girl funds air pistol
16 August 2013Police who took four hours to attend when a gun was found in a Deal playground have defended their late response because it was “not a threat to safet
Fine A-level results for east Kent
16 August 2013Schools and students from around the Dover-Deal-Sandwich district are celebrating excellent A-level results.
Mum's tearful plea after teenage son dies in crash
16 August 2013A mother fought back tears as she urged others to wear seatbelts... after her 17-year-old son lost his life in a crash.
Hospital development delayed by WWII bunker
15 August 2013A bunker dating back to the Second World War has held back work on a new hospital.
Community interest company will submit fresh bid, says former Mayor
15 August 2013Former mayor Sue Jones and her business partner Ross Miller say they will not give up hope of running the toilets at East Cliff.
What's in this week's East Kent Mercury
14 August 2013Some of the top stories in this week's East Kent Mercury
More shops join fight to halt drink problem
14 August 2013More off-licences are joining in the crackdown on the problems caused by street drinkers and their anti-social behaviour.
Litter campaigner calls for street recycling bins
14 August 2013The removal of recycling facilities in Dover came as a surprise to a man who collects discarded cans from the town's streets for recycling.
Help protect wildlife site from criminal damage
14 August 2013One of Britain’s most important wildlife sites – the Warren between Dover and Folkestone – is being damaged by crime and anti-social behaviour.
Fake washing powder "could cause pain"
14 August 2013A 20-tonne load of counterfeit washing powder which could cause a painful reaction has been found at Dover docks.
Smiles all round as sailing club celebrates investment
14 August 2013Sport England has given £50,000 National Lottery funding to the Downs Sailing Club in Walmer and the community is invited to celebrate the investment.
Sandwich Photographic Competition winners
14 August 2013A stunning picture of the town’s famous Salutation Gardens has won this year’s Sandwich Photographic Competition.
Office destroyed in Deal fire
13 August 2013Fire-fighters are urging people to be careful how they dispose of cigarettes following a fire which destroyed an office in Deal yesterday evening.
Appeal for stranger who grabbed driver's hair and rammed head into wheel
13 August 2013A stranger flagged down a woman driver before pushing her head into the steering wheel.
Nightclub death man named
13 August 2013A man who collapsed at a Deal nightclub and later died has been named.
Cocaine worth millions seized from banana boat
12 August 2013Drugs with a street value of millions of pounds have been seized from a banana boat coming into Dover
Three new tenants move to Discovery Park
11 August 2013Discovery Park, the former Pfizer site at Sandwich, attract three new tenants
Lifeboat tows stranded yacht back to Dover
10 August 2013Dover Lifeboat went to the aid of a yacht becalmed in the busy shipping lanes in the Channel.
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The abandoned ‘ghost road’ that once took holidaymakers to the Kent coast
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'Our son didn't attend lectures for five months - why didn't uni check on him?'
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Hundreds in the dark after power cuts
